ACT I

In School
It is spring season with flowers blossom, birds singing and mountain water running. LIANG & ZHU are studying eagerly in class. Even dressed herself as a male, ZHU plays cheerfully with her classmates after class. MA Wencai is a bully and he disregards the teacher and cheats his classmates. ZHU Yingtai tries to stop him but gets threatened. LIANG helps ZHU, but is beaten by MA. At last, MA is driven out of the school.
In the evening, ZHU kneads LIANG’s wounds with all sorts of feelings. She dreams in love with LIANG. But LIANG isn’t aware of ZHU’s heart.
Dawning. A letter comes from ZHU’s family, asking her back home.

ACT II

Farewell
It is a beautiful midsummer morning with frogs croaking & cicadas chirping.
LIANG escorts ZHU back home with deep friendship but ZHU is laden with anxiety on the way. Butterflies are flying in pairs. Mandarin ducks are playing in the water. Magpies are singing. It is a love scene in ZHU’s eyes, but LIANG pays no heed. Passing by a team of meeting bride for wedding, ZHU disguises herself as a bride, but LIANG takes it as a game. LIANG pleasantly surprises to realize that ZHU is a girl on the gift fan with butterfly decoration given by ZHU at the separation.

ACT III

Against Marriage
Grief and loneliness penetrates through autumn leaves.
Wedding ceremony in rich family is magnificent with guests in splendid costumes. ZHU Yingtai is arranged to marry MA Wencai, the former classmate. MA amazes with extreme satisfaction. ZHU Yingtai is upset and against the marriage.
LIANG Shanbo comes to propose marriage to ZHU Yingtai. But Zhu’s father looks down upon him. MA’s family takes advantage of its wealth to bully LIANG. ZHU opposes coercion of her father and Ma family. ZHU expresses her deep love for LIANG. Under the beating of MA’s servants, LIANG falls to the ground.

ACT IV

Turning into Butterfly
Calm wind and in fairly quiet white snow, stands only LIANG’s gravestone.
On her wedding day, ZHU comes to LIANG’s grave and mourns, disregard all oppositions.
LIANG died for ZHU. ZHU died for love.
Suddenly and as if heaven is abiding by their wishes, they become two beautiful butterflies – LIANG and ZHU are reunited and become a pair of butterflies.
Episode: Brother LIANG, I miss you.

Sister ZHU, I miss you too.

We could not marry in life,

We live together in another world.
Spring returns to the good earth. It is a beautiful & colorful world.

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