Set in the Republican era, Chang Yinuo is not only the heiress of a wealthy family, but also a brilliant top student and the only female pupil of Dr. Bai Fan, a physics PhD. Dr. Bai has been working on a secret experiment and has kept Yinuo in the dark about it. Zhou Yike, a jobless drifter with a complicated background, is humorous and good-hearted, with an optimistic nature. The two meet by chance and fall for each other, but Yinuo is already engaged, and their romance is destined to be fraught with difficulties.