Gu Xiaozhu was born in the countryside. Her father favored boys over girls, and her mother was weak and helpless. Gu Xiaozhu made her way to the city through her own hard work, where she reunited with Lei Liying. After meeting several times and getting to know each other, they became a couple.
But Lei Liying's mother told Gu Xiaozhu to leave, so she left the city and went to teach in a remote mountain village. Before long, she discovered she was pregnant. She gave birth to a boy. When the child was three, Lei Liying found them and brought them back to the city, setting off a series of events...
