

Granting You a Dreamlike Life
2018-09-07 · 45 min / episode · ★ 9.0
A French-Chinese food critic returns to her family home and finds an old diary that chronicles a grand love story between a popular actress and the son of a triad leader in 1920s Shanghai.
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An YuexiLin Ruo Meng / Lin Jing Yun / Duan Tian Ying / Xia An Ni
Zhu YilongLuo Fu Sheng / Cheng Mu Sheng / Luo Qin Geng
Fang YilunDuan Tian Ci
Kevin ChuXu Xing Cheng
Eva ChengHong Lan
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