Half a Lifelong Romance"Shanghai, 1930s. Shen Shijun, a young engineer, has fallen in love with his colleague, the beautiful Gu Manzhen. He is determined to resist his family's efforts to match him with his wealthy cousin so that he can marry the woman he truly loves. But dark circumstances a lustful brother in law, a treacherous sister, a family secret force the two young lovers apart. As Manzhen and Shijun go on their separate paths, they lose track of one another, and