The renowned writer Yan Yu receives a special letter from Lan Xi, who asks to meet and tell her about the crimes she and two friends committed 20 years ago. She begs Yan Yu to turn their story into a novel and publish it as soon as possible, because one of her friends has cancer. When they meet, Lan Xi reveals a hidden past spanning 20 years. At 16, insecure Lan Xi, Bao'er, who loves ballet, and rebellious Liu Liu are brought together by an accident. While trying to save Bao'er, Lan Xi accidentally strikes a thug with a rock and kills him. Liu Liu goes to prison in Lan Xi's place to protect her. Six months later, Liu Liu threatens Lan Xi into helping kill her grandfather, but Bao'er gets there first and stages his death as an accident. Six years later, Lan Xi, now in a big city, rejects romance. After seeing Liu Liu, who is married, she decides to give love a try, but then Bao'er, who is being abused, comes to her and draws her into a plot to kill her husband. Lan Xi later discovers that the victim was a holdout resident and Liu Liu's husband. It all began when the victim discovered evidence that Bao'er had killed Liu Liu's grandfather and used it to blackmail her. Bao'er carefully devised a scheme to bind the three of them together once again.
What twists of fate brought their lives together, and where will Lan Xi's path lead?