The story takes us back to the 1980s, a courtyard house in Beijing, filled with the smoke and smoke of the neighborhood, but also hiding countless unspeakable emotional entanglements.
Lin Wan and Zhao Yu grew up in this courtyard house. They were childhood sweethearts and their love gradually grew. However, Zhao Yu's mother disliked the poor and loved the rich, and looked down upon the poverty of Lin Wan's family, so she tried her best to break up the lovers.
At the same time, Chen Xi, a young man from a wealthy family who returned from overseas, moved into the courtyard due to old family memories. After he met Lin Wan, he was deeply attracted by her gentleness and tenacity, and immediately began to pursue her passionately. Lin Wan is torn between the old love of her childhood sweetheart and the passionate new love. Zhao Yu regretted the loss and tried to save it.
At this time, the courtyard house was facing demolition due to urban planning. The residents had huge differences over the compensation plan, and conflicts broke out fiercely. In the torrent of changes in this era and the whirlpool of neighborhood disputes, the relationship of several people went through many hardships and finally came to a heartbreaking ending, leaving behind a relationship full of regrets.
