1. "The Besieged City" is Qian Zhongshu's masterpiece and one of the most famous novels in the history of modern literature. Created during the turbulent years of the Anti-Japanese War and the War of Liberation, it does not show the world in flames of war, but the life of the middle- and upper-class intellectuals in the old society.
2. Fang Hongjian studied in Europe for four years and changed three universities. Finally, he bought a fictitious doctorate in philosophy from Clayton University from an Irish scammer. Four years later, he returned to China on the same boat as Su Wenwan. . When they were classmates, Su Wenwan didn't take Fang Hongjian seriously. She regarded her love as too precious. As a female doctor, she felt lofty and lonely, and no one dared to climb up to him. This time when we returned to China on the same boat, we knew a little bit about Fang Hongjian's family background. He was not unpleasant to him, seemed to be rich, and was ready to show his love to Fang Hongjian. But because he was a little more reserved, Fang Hongjian was seduced by the wanton Miss Bao who already had a fiancé. Miss Su was filled with jealousy and scolded them for being shameless. However, as soon as Miss Bao got off the boat, she immediately dressed up and came to Fang Hongjian.
3. Returning to Shanghai, Fang Hongjian lived in the home of his deceased fiancée Zhou Shuying. Zhou Shuying's father was the manager of Shanghai Midas Bank, and it was the Zhou family who paid for Fang Hongjian to study abroad. Mrs. Zhou asked Fang Hongjian about Miss Su and hoped to recognize his wife as his goddaughter, which made Fang Hongjian panic. Fang Hongjian returned to the county to visit his parents. He heard that the doctor who studied abroad in the Fang family had returned. The local principal wanted to invite Fang Hongjian to give a speech to the students. Unexpectedly, Fang Hongjian actually gave a special lecture to the students. Opium and syphilis came up, which embarrassed the principal.
4. Fang Hongjian returned to Shanghai and visited Su Wenwan out of courtesy, and met Su Wenwan's cousins ??Tang Xiaofu and Zhao Xinmei at Su's house. Zhao Xinmei's father and Su Wenwan's father were colleagues. Xinmei and Wenwan played together since they were young. Xinmei was passionately devoted to Wenwan, but Su Wenwan's thoughts were on Fang Hongjian. Zhao Xinmei and Fang Hongjian became jealous when they first met. Fang Hongjian visited Tang Xiaofu on the pretext of seeing Miss Su, and secretly fell in love with Tang Xiaofu. However, Zhao Xinmei and the "new-school poet" Cao Yuanlang were jealous of him, and Su Wenwan also hoped to use this to increase his own worth. And Zhao Xinmei was really jealous and never missed an opportunity to lose Fang Hongjian's face. At a party, Fang Hongjian was deliberately drunk so that Fang Hongjian could make a fool of himself in front of Su Wenwan. Miss Su expressed her concern for Fang Hongjian and sent Fang Hongjian home, which disappointed Zhao Xinmei.
5. Fang Hongjian had no intention of becoming an enemy of Zhao Xinmei because he did not love Miss Su. He loved the pretty, smart and lively Tang Xiaofu. After Miss Su understood all this, she became angry and told Tang Xiaofu about Fang Hongjian's past scandals such as buying fake diplomas and fooling around with Miss Bao. Tang Xiaofu returned the love letter written by Fang Hongjian to her, and asked Fang Hongjian to return all her letters as well. Fang Hongjian felt as if he had woken up from a coma, and began to feel heartache that couldn't stop, just like his limbs that were numb due to curling up, but when he straightened his blood vessels, he felt tingling.
6. Fang Hongjian’s job at the newspaper was gone. In order to keep him away from Su Wenwan, Zhao Xinmei introduced him to Sanlu University to teach. However, the president of Sanlu University, Gao Songnian, repeatedly urged Zhao Xinmei to come to Sanlu. He was appointed as the dean of the political department at the university. He agreed after being rejected by Miss Su.
7. Zhao Xinmei, Fang Hongjian, Sun Roujia, and Li Meiting finally arrived at Sanlv University after all the hard work. Sanlv University was a school reorganized to avoid the war. The school only has 158 students, and the professors who were just hired will most likely not be able to come due to excuses. Because Fang Hongjian did not have a degree certificate in his academic qualifications, he was hired as an associate professor in the Chinese Department.
8. At a dinner party, I heard from Miss Fan that Lu Zixiao was pursuing Sun Roujia and wrote many letters to Miss Sun. This incident was like a mouse gnawing in the wall, confusing him. He thought that he had not fallen in love with Miss Sun, so why didn't he want her to get close to Lu Zixiao? Miss Sun has her own cuteness, but her charm is unstable and forced, and she is not truly beautiful. Sun Roujia was already interested in Fang Hongjian and deliberately asked Fang Hongjian for advice on how to deal with this matter. Although Fang Hongjian only had a vague affection for Miss Sun, he subconsciously became jealous and suggested that Miss Sun return all Lu Zixiao's love letters without any reply.
9. Zhao Xinmei had an deviant relationship with the young wife of Wang Chuhou, the director of the Chinese Department. The old principal Gao Songnian also had evil thoughts about Mrs. Wang and exposed their affair to Wang Chuhou. Zhao Xinmei had no choice but to Leave Sanlv University. When he arrived in Chongqing and joined the National Defense Commission, he was quite proud. Compared with the embarrassment when he left, he seemed like a different person.
10. After Zhao Xinmei left, Fang Hongjian no longer wanted to stay at Sanlu University. He planned to cancel Gao Songnian’s letter of appointment, and he criticized the school administration in the letter and took advantage of it. This is where I vent my anger over the past year. Unexpectedly, he did not receive the appointment letter, but Miss Sun did have one, and even her salary was upgraded. Sun Roujia withdrew the letter of appointment and left Tiansanlu University with Fang Hongjian.
11. Fang Hongjian wanted to fly from Guilin to Hong Kong and then back to Shanghai, so he wrote a letter asking Zhao Xinmei to get him a plane ticket. Zhao Xinmei wrote back saying that his mother also wanted to go from Chongqing to Hong Kong. Fang Hongjian and Sun Roujia held their wedding in Hong Kong, where they met Zhao Xinmei and Su Wenwan. At this time, Su Wenwan was already Cao Yuanlang's wife. Su Wenwan neglected Fang Hongjian and Sun Roujia. Sun Roujia felt wronged and inevitably had a big quarrel with Fang Hongjian when she returned to the hotel.
12. After returning to Shanghai, Sun Roujia didn’t want to go to her husband’s house immediately. She wanted to go back to her parents’ house first. Her mother-in-law thought Sun Roujia was too assertive and not submissive. He also resented the fact that she didn't kowtow to her parents-in-law when they first met, so he often teased her and her son with innuendos and accusations. Roujia has two sisters-in-law, who originally had many conflicts, but once she heard her father-in-law praise Sun Roujia as a new type of woman who can stand on her own feet, he immediately recognized her as a common enemy, cleared up all previous suspicions, and united to the outside world. Sun Roujia never dreamed that she would become the messenger of peace between her sisters-in-law. Not only did they find fault with and slander Sun Roujia behind her back, they also often used hidden tricks when speaking in person.
13. Sun Roujia and Fang Hongjian are always quarreling with each other. They both want to act according to their own will, resulting in frequent conflicts. They quarrel over career choices, relatives, friends, and even for no reason, just over random words. The union of husband and wife is like enemies meeting each other, each using the other as a punching bag. Roujia asked Hongjian to work in her aunt's factory, but Hongjian wanted to go to Chongqing to find Zhao Xinmei. The two had a big quarrel over this matter, and finally Hongjian ran away from home. Wandering on the street alone, he finally decided to go home and reconcile with Rou Jia. When he got home, he found that Rou Jia had left.