Who is Fan Liuyuan and Bai Liusu?

The hero and heroine of Zhang Ailing's novel "Love in a Fallen City". Bai Liusu was a declining lady in Shanghai. She had an arranged marriage and married a libertine. She contracted tuberculosis and died. She returned to her parents' home and lived under someone else's roof. Fan Liuyuan is a Chinese businessman. He was introduced to Bai Liusu's cousin. Later, Fan Liuyuan fell in love with Bai. Before World War II, Bai and his friends accepted Fan's invitation to visit Hong Kong. The relationship between the two was inseparable and they both had their own worldly affairs. The background is that the man is a playboy and does not want to be tied down by marriage, while the woman wants to escape from the family through marriage. Later, due to the war, the Japanese invaded and occupied Hong Kong. In a collapsed city like Hong Kong, two people who were in trouble, lonely and helpless were united by adversity and passion. What this novel reveals is that there are no pure emotions.