Suzhou River

On the Suzhou River in Shanghai, Ma Da (Jia Hongsheng), who delivers goods on a motorcycle, takes over the job of delivering goods to the innocent girl Mu Dan (Zhou Xun). When the two get along, Mu Dan falls in love with Ma Da, but just when she decides to entrust her life to him, Ma Da, a wealthy man, joins forces with gangster friends to kidnap her, causing Mu Dan to jump into the Suzhou River in despair. Before jumping, if you drop the peony, it will turn into a mermaid and look for the motor again. Five years later, Ma Da, who regretted his behavior, suspected that Mu Dan was back and started looking around. When he saw Meimei (Zhou Xun) performing as a mermaid in a bar, Ma Da believed that she was Peony, but Meimei was just another infatuated woman.