Even the Spring River Is All Tears

Even the Spring River Is All Tears Plot:

A-Ruan, a boatwoman in an ancient town, has guarded an old wooden boat for three years—it’s her "Spring River Promise" with Lin Shen, a painter. Back then, Lin Shen came to paint the spring river’s evening scenery. They recited the line "Even the Spring River Is All Tears" in the morning mist, and secretly saved words of confession under the fishing lights. But he suddenly disappeared, leaving only half-finished painting *Tears of the Spring River*. One day, A-Ruan found Lin Shen’s notebook under the boat: he’d been diagnosed with leukemia and hid to avoid dragging her down. When she rushed to the dock with the notebook, a familiar bamboo flute sound drifted in the river wind—the boat carrying Lin Shen was sailing through three years of tearful mist, heading straight for her…