Original Title: Bìn biān bùshì hǎitáng hóng Author: Shuǐ rú tiān er Beiping in 1933 was the busiest city in China. The crowd in this city is different from other places. Not only is it full of flamboyant people and foreigner, but this place is also full of entertainment. Opera Kunqu, Beiping Opera, Qin Drum Player, all the traditional arts you can imagine are on a magnificent stage. Here is also the place where the opera group leader "Shui Yun Tower" and also the actor who is famous for rumors, Shang Xirui, meets with Cheng Fengtai, the Cheng family's second young master from Shanghai. Cheng Fengtai removed the red plum flowers on Shang Xirui's hair and placed them in his own clothes. He smiled, like in a dream, with his eyes half closed, as if he were already inside the Eternal Palace. Shang Xirui sang, "Come here, I will walk with the Second Master." Cheng Fengtai replied, "I will always be with you as long as you want." This is the story of two people who met because the play on stage, the words they express like two lines of poetry. This is the story of "Winter Begonia"

(Just original novel's translated work not a fan ficiton) -.- Movie ver of this novel is really good. And its animation is amazing. I watched movie first and inspired by it. So I looked for the novel and I keep it here. I do not own the translation.