Shen Yihua and Wu Yunan were mutually enamored but never got together, while he became entangled with Xie Yufei, a woman who had fallen on hard times. He also had an ambiguous relationship with Su Li, a married woman. He kept striving for success in life, but the rigid social hierarchy was never something to take pleasure in. Competition among people born in the 1980s and 1990s had become cutthroat, as everyone struggled to survive. Should you lie flat or keep fighting? It is a difficult choice. Being able to endure hardship and willing to work hard does not mean you can succeed. No matter how hard you struggle, all it can do is send you back to a place you can never return to. It is futile when it comes to life in the city.
