On the border of northwest and north China, there is a mining area called Liushu Mao. In the mining area, there is a millionaire who made his fortune from mineral resources. The millionaire has a wife who evades taxes and a daughter who protects her mother until her death.
Before his death, the millionaire handed evidence of his wife's tax evasion to director Lin Chuan, who was filming a film in the mining area. The evidence brought a pair of former lovers together again.