Across Borders beyond fate

He was Joaquin Dela Cruz, a Filipino exchange student. His excitement turned into unease when he finally met Lianhua Zhang, the daughter of his host family. Cold and distant, she made it plain that she didn't want him around. And when she muttered something about him not being the first Filipino student to come here and that the last one hadn't exactly been a success either the tension started to rise.



This search for unscrambling truth involves Joaquin in the old secrets, family feuds, and cultural expectations that bound him close to Lianhua. At Henan University, where both of them must spend time together, sparks are ignited between the two, as are misunderstandings, clashing ideals, and an undeniable attraction they cannot resist.



She would then reveal, within the course of this history, a painful past that once comprised a forbidden love between a Filipino student and the local girl: heartbreak, the loss of dignity when love ends in shame and despair. In a family where such happened before, it is not supposed to happen again. And yet, through everything here, Joaquin and Lianhua are inescapably attracted to one another above and beyond everything.



But when an unexpected betrayal exposes their growing relationship, Joaquin must make an impossible choice: fight for love or leave before he is forced out of China forever.