Fan Jiaying spent eighteen years in Chaoshan before getting into university in Beijing. Having tasted freedom for the first time, she begins making friends and dating.
In friendship, she clashes with her roommate over their differing views on being an only child and having siblings. She learns that every family has its own troubles and gains a new understanding of the custom of adult children in Guangdong contributing to their families.
In love, she dates Fang Chengfeng, a “Mr. Nice to Everyone,” but is tormented by his double standards when it comes to female friends. After they break up, she meets the mature and dependable Liang Zhiyu. His slow, gentle pursuit gradually wears down her resolve, and she nearly becomes a housewife.
At home, she begins to understand her mother’s hardships and realizes that her mother wasn’t as biased toward sons as she remembered. Influenced by modern ideas, her younger brother also turns out not to be a traditional Chaoshan man.
In the end, she understands that first and foremost, she is her own person.
