In Xingzhou City in 2025, numbers and reality are intertwined, folding the emotional dilemmas of countless people.
Lin Xiaoman, a middle-level member of the Internet, hides his desire for intimacy under the label of "exquisite single"; Su Wan, a blogger with millions of fans, uses a "cyber family" to create a perfect family, but is lost in reality; Zhao Jing, a stay-at-home mother, becomes "roommates" with her husband, consuming themselves in silence; Tang Ying, a freelance illustrator, arms herself with a "love agreement", but cannot stop her instinctive devotion; Chen Lan, a retired teacher, unexpectedly uncovers her husband's secret while living in an empty nest.
A heavy rain caused the five trajectories to quietly intersect. They struggled with the dating farce, live broadcast crisis, marital deadlock, emotional paradox and awakening in their later years. From the suspended daily life to the cracks in the rules, from the pain of breaking out of the cocoon to the new life on the ground, five women tear off the labels given by society, and redefine family, love and self in the tearing of "should" and "want".
This is the emotional fold of Xingzhou City, and it is also the survival guide for every ordinary person - in the folded city, among countless choices, learn to say "I do" to yourself.
Purpose: This novel records the emotional folds of ordinary people in a city - those unspoken grievances, those perseverance, those struggles within the rules, those glimmers of light after breaking out of the cocoon.