The plot of "Desire": The young and beautiful female worker Liu Huifang (played by Zhang Kaili) hesitates in the face of two suitors. One is the workshop director Song Dacheng (played by Li Xuejian), and the other is Wang Husheng (played by Sun Song), a college graduate who comes to work in the factory. She longs for love, but the former is kind to her, while the latter is in trouble and needs help, which makes her in a dilemma.
Wang Husheng’s father, Wang Zitao (played by Lan Tianye), was a famous scholar. He was suddenly arrested at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution and his whereabouts are unknown. His mother was worried and died of illness. His sister Wang Yaru (played by Huang Meiying) was a doctor. After bidding farewell to her fiancé Luo Gang (played by Zheng Qianlong) at the cadre school, she discovered that she was pregnant. She ignored Luo Gang's dissuasion and secretly gave birth to a daughter named Luo Dan. Luo Gang suddenly returned to Beijing late at night. Wang Yaru was surprised and did not notice that his expression was strange. Suddenly, Luo Gang took his daughter and left quietly, leaving a letter telling him that he was wanted and had no hope of survival, and asked Wang Yaru to forget him.
Liu Huifang and Wang Husheng got married, and Liu developed a motherly love for the abandoned baby Liu found. Wang Husheng was reluctant, so she had to take him in and named her Liu Xiaofang (played by Hu Yuanyuan). A year later, they had their own baby. The child Wang Dongdong (played by Yu Hao). Song Dacheng, who was deeply disappointed, married Liu Huifang's good friend Xu Yuejuan (played by Yang Qing), but did not have deep feelings for Xu. Liu Huifang met her teacher Luo Gang at Ye Da. Occasionally, Xiaofang's life experience came to light. At this time, after several years of research, Wang Yaru finally cured Xiaofang of the same illness, and life once again forced Liu Huifang to make a choice.
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Character introduction in "Desire":
1. Liu Huifang
Kind and filial, she fell in love with an intellectual from the same factory Wang Husheng, the leader of the family, married him despite his mother's objections. Life after marriage was bumpy. Different family and cultural backgrounds made the relationship between the couple full of problems. Huifang adopted an abandoned baby and named her Xiaofang. Song Dacheng, who was in the same factory and admired her, devoted himself to helping the Liu family take care of everything.
2. Wang Yaru
Wang Husheng’s sister, since her mother passed away, Yaru has shouldered the double burden of mother and sister. She is worried that her brother and Zhu Xin have cut off contact. I will join a medical team to go to Henan in the near future, leaving my younger brother alone. There will be unexpected difficulties in work and life.
3. Wang Husheng
A college graduate who came to work in the factory. Wang Husheng’s father was a famous scholar. He was suddenly arrested at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution and his whereabouts are unknown. His mother was worried and died of illness. . Later, she married Liu Huifang, but unfortunately she eventually got divorced.
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