The Girl Who Came to Bail Me Out at the Police Station in the Dead of Night

Synopsis

Yang Jin is a sharp-tongued young man making his way in Suzhou. One night, he gets into a fight while sticking up for a friend and ends up at the police station with a 6,000-yuan fine, and his wallet is still at home. With nowhere else to turn, he calls Meng Yao.

Meng Yao, a "crazy beauty" who graduated from the Shanghai Theatre Academy, rushes to the police station at midnight in cartoon pajamas and fluffy slippers to bail him out. She scolds him more fiercely than anyone, but her eyes are redder than anyone's.

One is a tough-talking but softhearted man of the streets; the other is a dramatic girl who says one thing and means another. After surgery, she sits alone in a hospital corridor without anyone to tell her she's nervous. He is already sleeping on the sofa, yet still promises to make her lotus root and pork rib soup. She says, "Move in with me and work off your debt," and he says, "Okay." She says, "From now on, sweet-and-sour ribs are only for me," and he doesn't say no.

But Yang Jin's past is not yet behind him. His ex-girlfriend Lin Xi is coming to Suzhou, and there's a question of whether he should attend his friend's wedding. And when Meng Yao says he's on a "trial period," is she joking or does she mean it?

A story about how people who put up a tough front learn to let their guard down. Two prickly people slowly lower their defenses and awkwardly draw closer.

"I'm telling you, I'm not that kind of person. Whether you believe me or not is up to you."

"Fine. I'll be downstairs at your place at eight-thirty."