A youthful affection that could never be spoken aloud upended the choices she made for years to come. Many years later, Gao Qingyao is forced by Zhang Mingyi's questions to look back on a youth full of regrets. A hurried farewell, the person she kept hidden in her heart, and the helpless compromises demanded by reality all come one after another. Carrying all her broken pieces, she presses on. In the time she spends with Zhang Mingyi, she revisits the mistakes and hurts of the past while slowly falling in love. After weathering many trials, she finds peace and a place to call home.