A mature woman leaves a state-owned enterprise in the northwest and heads to a coastal city to make her way. She takes a job as finance director at a small privately owned company. With her strong professional skills, she handles the business registration, tax matters, and contract negotiations requested by the boss. Combining her expertise with hard work, she helps the company's business flourish.
She and the boss fall in love while working together. For the sake of their respective families, both of them exercise the utmost restraint and remain as rational as possible.