Debt of Love

This film (drama)Also known as情之债，is aMainland ChinaProducerbeauty live，At2008Released in year 。The dialogue language isMandarin Chinese，Current Douban rating5.8(For reference only)。

Professor Lv Yeping, nearing forty, is about to leave his single life behind. He encounters the famous theater actress Cong Yafen during a heavy rain, and they fall in love at lightning speed, planning to harvest the fruits of their love through marriage in less than two months. Cong Yafen's daughter, Ye Ye, firmly opposes her mother's remarriage; this 16-year-old girl hopes for her parents to reconcile. She uses fiery, almost barbaric methods to block it. Lv Yeping's mother, Huang Qiuchan, also disapproves. This esteemed painter concludes that her son marrying a woman with a child will not end well, and it also extinguishes her hopes of having her own third generation. Although Lv Yeping is a filial son, he believes that love becomes more charming through trials. With warmth, tolerance, humor, and even a bit of cunning, he breaks through the obstacles with Cong Yafen and steps into the marriage hall. However, Lv Yeping is unaware that his marriage harbors a huge crisis, one that stems from another family, the Lis. The son of his wife Shang Xuejuan, Li Yongchun, is not the child of her husband Li Zhichang but rather the result of her 17-year love affair with Lv Yeping during university. Lv Yeping does not know she was pregnant; he lost contact with her due to an unexpected overseas study trip. Li Zhichang is a lazy, extremely coarse man who has brutally abused Shang Xuejuan and her son for 17 years since learning that the child is not his. The honest Shang Xuejuan, aware of her sins, quietly endures, but Yongchun's young heart is seriously harmed, putting the frail boy on the brink of mental collapse. Shang Xuejuan's in-laws, honest retired workers, forgive her for the deception since they believe the child is innocent and dote on Yongchun. However, facing their boorish son and the harsh reality of being too poor to afford treatment for Yongchun, they worry about ruining their grandson’s life and repeatedly persuade Shang Xuejuan to send Yongchun to the Lv family. Hence, Lv Yeping's family falls into extreme chaos. Lv Yeping views Shang Xuejuan as blackmailing him and wants to conceal Yongchun's identity from Cong Yafen. However, Huang Qiuchan, with her artist's sensitive intuition, recognizes Yongchun as her grandson and cares for him deeply. Cong Yafen begins to harbor doubts about Yongchun and investigates his background through her ex-husband, who works as a security guard at the university, among other means. Ye Ye, who always wishes to disrupt her mother's marriage, also investigates secretly. Lv Yeping sees Shang Xuejuan's miserable plight and the scene of her being beaten by her husband, which greatly shocks him. During an instance of domestic violence, in self-defense, Shang Xuejuan accidentally stabs Li Zhichang and turns herself in to the police. Through a paternity test, Lv Yeping confirms that Yongchun is his son, deeply feeling that he has committed an unforgivable sin against his son and Shang Xuejuan, and he seeks to repent and atone. With the help of others, Shang Xuejuan is released from prison. Knowing the truth, Cong Yafen feels deceived and lashes out at the Lv family. Ye Ye also seizes this opportunity to launch fierce attacks on Lv Yeping's character and teaching ethics at his school, putting him in a difficult position. In this predicament, Lv Yeping finds some comfort from the young and beautiful girl Huang Xiaoyi. A distant relative studying painting under Huang Qiuchan, Huang Xiaoyi secretly loves him, but before she can confess, Lv Yeping marries Cong Yafen. She skillfully soothes Lv Yeping while stirring up trouble against Cong Yafen and her daughter, further complicating the family dynamics. Li Zhichang often visits the Lv family to create trouble for money, and Cong Yafen becomes convinced of an affair between Lv Yeping and Shang Xuejuan. Scared, Yongchun flees while Shang Xuejuan takes poison to prove her innocence. This deepens Lv Yeping's guilt. Ignoring Cong Yafen's feelings, he stubbornly carries out his atonement and gratitude actions, offering significant assistance to Shang Xuejuan and her in-laws. Cong Yafen is severely hurt, and coupled with Huang Xiaoyi's interference, the misunderstandings between her and Lv Yeping grow deeper, escalating conflicts step by step... By the time Lv Yeping wakes up and hopes to restore his relationship with Cong Yafen, it is too late; Cong Yafen files for divorce. Regrettably, on the day of the divorce, Li Zhichang and his men break into the Lv home to rob them. Lv Yeping risks his life to save Ye Ye, making Cong Yafen and Ye Ye truly feel his love for them, and Ye Ye acknowledges this stepfather for the first time. However, Cong Yafen bitterly tells her daughter that they are already divorced. Lv Yeping returns to being single, with three women ahead of him: Cong Yafen, Shang Xuejuan, and Huang Xiaoyi. Who will be with him in the end?