a touching love story reminiscent of in the mood for love . draw heavily on chinese poetry and how this be use by eastern people to communicate feeling to each other and the story focus on a schoolteacher who want so much to be a model teacher as well a a good husband and father . a senior student be very attracted to him . a the story unfold we see the emotion below the surface in his 20 year marriage and how he grapple with the moral dilemma that face him . a beautiful and move story .