A young student named Huang Xishi from Anhui Province met a girl named Manmiao at a riverside. He fell in love with her at the first sight. When he was on the train to Beijing where he was going to study in a university, he met another girl named Bai Xingsu. After arrival, he stared to chase her. They went to the same school. A trip made him realize the power of money. He was so vain that he pretended to be the son of the rich. He ignored his fathers hard work and spent a lot of money for a social beauty named Mi Jinhua. Later his father came to Beijing to visit him. He pretended that he didnt know the poor man at all. But Mi found out his trick and broke up with him. His father also broke the relations with him. Xishi was sad and went out to find other girls. Unfortunately he was infected syphilis and ended up on the street because of poverty and illness.
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