To outsiders, Zhang Chunmei, the second daughter-in-law of the Ni family, seems to have a perfect life. But during the matriarch's birthday banquet, her husband, Wei Qiang, suddenly disappears. When Chunmei finds him, he tells her he wants a divorce. Then her mother-in-law is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. The eldest son, Ni Weimin, lives with his wife, Wu Erhu, and their newlywed son, Ni Jun, and his wife, Liu Hongyan, all crammed into an old apartment building. The youngest, Wei Zhen, has always lived a carefree life, but her mother's illness gives her, for the first time, a desire to start a family. The lives of three generations of the Ni family are thrown into turmoil. How will they face the tests of family, career, and marriage?
