In the 1970s, Luo Yitong, a grass-root cook of western-style food, got to know his good friends Li Gaoshan and Lao Jin in Like You Tea Restaurant and struggled together. Zhen Qianmei, a pretty Hong Kong-style housewife, Liang Huan, a new immigrant from Guangdong, and Xia Lei, a girl from Beijing, met in Hong Kong and stayed here together while brightening each other's life. These small characters and their families went through a lot, including the return of Hong Kong to China, the financial crisis, the successful bid for the 2008 Olympic Games, the SARS epidemic, the global financial tsunami... In decades of ups and downs, this drama depicts the struggles of two generations. The small tea restaurant was like a time machine. It accompanied generations of Hong Kong people to conquer adversity and embrace the light and witnessed the epoch-making changes of Hong Kong, the Pearl of the Orient - from its return, its prosperity and stability, to its integration into the Greater Bay Area for a new start....

Zhang Guimei, a middle school teacher from China’s mountainous west, saw many of her female students drop out of school due to poverty, often ending up in early marriages or labor, which deeply pained her. Determined to change this, she founded a free girls' high school in 2008 to give these girls a chance at education, allowing them to attend college and escape their circumstances. Despite starting with no teachers, students, funds, or experience, Zhang lead the teachers and students achieved the remarkable: every student, despite their initial academic struggles, successfully entered college. The school has transformed the lives of countless girls, changing their fates. However, as the school’s reputation grew and more impoverished girls from the mountains applied, new challenges and difficulties emerged....