Starring Fen Juhua, Lin Yongrong, and Wu Suxin, it follows a young couple who fall in love after being arranged to marry.

[1] The patriarch of the Hong family desires his son Yulin (Lin Yongrong) to marry a respectable woman, and thus hires a matchmaker named Chen Shu'an (Gao Lihen) to find a suitable bride.

He takes a picture of Huizhu during a chance meeting with Yulin, at an angle where the latter's face is not visible, and at a time when he is not wearing his usual attire.

Li convinces Huizhu to maintain her spirits, then travels to the Hong home and insists that father and son speak plainly.

[1] Through films such as Heroine Li Feifei, their second, the Shaws sought to promote traditional Chinese values, as opposed to European ones.

When it found popular success, a new brochure was produced, which featured photographs of the stars – with Fen Juhua in the centre – as well as a more detailed summary.

[7] Critics have noted that the film's plot draws heavily from the Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies school of literature.