The story follows 28-year-old architectural designer Chen Ye as the protagonist. He was once a highly anticipated newcomer in the industry, but he was accused of plagiarism due to a design accident. Not only did he lose his job, but his girlfriend Su Qing, who had been in love for five years, also broke up with her under pressure from her family. Frustrated, Chen Ye left the first-tier cities and returned to his hometown of Jiangcheng. He rented an old house with an attic in the old city and managed to make ends meet by doing scattered design work. His life was so miserable that even the design albums he once regarded as treasures were locked into the bottom of the box.
The new owner of this house is Lin Xi, a 30-year-old returnee investor. She had worked hard on Wall Street for many years, but when her father suddenly became seriously ill, she gave up her high salary and returned to China to take over the family's cultural tourism project that was on the verge of bankruptcy. She also wanted to escape the intrigues of the workplace. Lin Xi bought this old house to fulfill her father's last wish of "restoring the historical buildings in the old city." On the surface, she is calm, capable, and unsmiling, but in fact, she hides her guilt for her father and is tired of the fast-paced life.
