Chen Mo, 33, is a creative director at a Guangzhou 4A advertising agency. After three consecutive years of high-pressure work and relentless competition, his engagement falls apart and he quits. Armed with a fishing rod he won at the company's annual party and a one-way ticket to Heyuan, he heads to Wanlv Lake and sets himself an 180-day plan: "digital detox + fishing myself back." The story begins in late autumn as he arrives at the lake, then follows the changing seasons. The central metaphor: he's fishing for fish, and also fishing back the self that was swept away.
