Jiang Lan, PhD in Sociology.
She wrote a straightforward sentence on the dating website:
"I hope to get married within three years and are willing to buy a house together."
Love can come slowly, but marriage must be calculated clearly.
Shen Mingchuan, PhD in Architecture.
Born in a mountainous area with an ordinary family, he has a dull personality, but is so serious that he is almost clumsy.
He replied to her for the first time:
"I'm clumsy, but serious."
A calm and rational female doctor, and an ordinary and sincere male doctor.
Their encounter seems romantic, but behind it is the tug of war between family, class and reality.
Jiang Lan bears the "hope" of her family and has a younger brother who is too lazy to eat;
Shen Mingchuan has brothers, but he is always the second most important one in the eyes of his parents.
She was thinking about the future house, and he was wondering whether he could support his responsibilities.
People around me reflect different choices:
Zhou Mian was unable to get married, but Gu Qing chose not to get married.
Lu Xu lost to family pressure, but Bai Ye's sincerity lost to reality.
Some compromise and some persist.
And Jiang Lan, standing at the crossroads, wanted to give herself an answer.
In an era of involution and class consolidation,
This is a story about marriage, love and freedom.
Marriage is not the end, just another problem.
Purpose: Women should have the freedom to choose between marriage and non-marriage.