Zhang Sining is a thirty-five-year-old man who had to go through a failed marriage and re-entered real life after months of isolation. When implementing a long-distance travel plan, I ran into Ma Xiaojie, who was under ten years old. In the process of finding a mother for her child, she met Anya and learned that Ma Xiaojie was an orphan.
The love between Zhang Sining and Anya gradually emerged when they helped Ma Xiaojie get rid of the confusion and pain of losing his mother. Before the love was established, the three people started a virtual family life, so along with the love came the family affection for Ma Xiaojie.
It should have ended happily without any suspense. However, Anya's dirty work as a stage girl was gradually exposed as the two interacted and the third party deliberately obstructed her. Revolving around Anya's self-salvation, Zhang Sining and Anya's persistence in love, and the three people's yearning for happiness, including Ma Xiaojie, the story continues to advance in waves towards the other side of happiness.
The story is divided into main and branch lines. The main line revolves around the three protagonists Zhang Sining, Anya and Ma Xiaojie who finally form a happy family. The branch plot shows the protagonist's colleagues, friends, ex-wives, enemies, etc., The life course of success, failure, sinking, and redemption. The ending of each comedy or tragedy expresses the rareness of ordinaryness, happiness, and love. These are the themes that the novel has constantly emphasized from beginning to end.