Liang Shanbo and Zu Yingtai's story is probably known to every citizen.
The story tells how the female lead, Zu Yingtai, disguised herself as a man to attend an academy and became good friends with her classmate Liang Shanbo. When leaving the academy, they bid each other farewell with the brotherly love of "Eighteen Farewells," each departure filled with reluctance.
When they met again, Zu Yingtai had resumed her female identity and openly reciprocated Liang Shanbo's romantic feelings.
Unfortunately, at that time, their classmate Ma Wencai also took a liking to Zu Yingtai.
Due to matters of family status, Zu Yingtai's family accepted a marriage proposal from Ma Wencai's family, looking down on Liang Shanbo who had only just passed the civil service examination.
As a result, Liang Shanbo died of depression, passing away in his sickbed.
