In the novel, Zeng Yingzhu and Wang Yueming meet through three car accidents, and their feelings for each other gradually grow. However, their romance is beset by one complication after another. Wang Aoxue refuses to accept Guo Jianhua's love because of her identity, until she finds her biological parents and boldly accepts his love. Zeng Yingzhu's cousin, Lü Bin, has also been in love with her for a long time. His love is possessive and driven by desire, so it is ultimately unrequited. Their relationship is also a major source of conflict in the novel and the root of its tragedy. The novel also features a love triangle told mainly through memories: the relationship between Lü Bin's parents, Lü Zhongren and Zhang Yanmin, and Hu Xiaopeng, the father of Hu Dongmei, is buffeted by life's ups and downs, and reaches its final conclusion twenty years later. Another important character in the novel is Great-Grandma Zeng. She is the key to bringing her granddaughter Yingzhu and Wang Yueming together. Without her, their relationship would never have continued to develop. As long as Great-Grandma Zeng is around, Yingzhu and Wang Yueming enjoy a sweet romance. But when she suddenly passes away, their relationship reaches a turning point, and the novel fills with conflict and strife, pain and sorrow...
