Just before graduation, a handsome young man caught sight of a very ordinary-looking girl in the crowd. That one glance stirred the first ripples of love in her heart. She discreetly found out that after graduation he had returned to his hometown, Hangzhou, a city beside the Grand Canal. So she secretly left her family behind and came to the city in search of him. In Hangzhou, she crossed paths with an older schoolmate who had also come to the city to pursue her dreams, and found the kind-hearted dorm supervisor who had always looked out for her. The supervisor lived in the city too. Before long, the three women shared many adventures in this city beside the Grand Canal, and formed a bond closer than mother and daughter, closer than sisters. In the end, the two young women came to understand that life holds more than the dream of romance: there are countless other dreams to seek and pursue...
