Lin Shuang, once a brilliant student at a top-tier university, ended up being a full-time mom. But she was betrayed and had to return to the workforce to fight for custody of her child. In her disheveled state, she met Gu Xu, her ex-classmate and now a talent from overseas. She confronted the challenges with Jiang Xi and Gu Xu, transforming into a professional from a homemaker, and fell in love with Gu Xu. Lin Shuang and Jiang Xi experienced personal growth, ushering in a new life of their own....

In 2008, a 19-year-old village girl Liu Wenjing from Shanxi went to Shanghai all alone. There she met Huahua and Xing Tianming and made friends with them, thus her life changed. During the following decade, Liu Wenjing and her friends helped each other and fought for their own goals but Liu Wenjing gradually lost herself. Influenced by friendship and kinship, she came to her senses, abandoned her empty life and finally found back her original aspiration....