In the era of surging market economy, several young people with different personalities and destinies, including Tang Zining, Xie Xuefeng, Gao Xiao, Cong Dan, Li Li, and Tang Ziying, struggled and supported each other on the fork in life, using tenacity and original intention to fight against the hardships of life. Tang Zining's studies went smoothly. After graduating from university, she was admitted to the civil service and gradually became a section chief. She fell in love with Xie Xuefeng, who also entered the system, and then started a family. However, she was unwilling to settle down and decided to go to Harvard University to study for a doctorate. Li Li lost her mother when she was young. When her father was critically ill, she dropped out of school and returned to her hometown before graduating from high school to help her brother's education. She had no choice but to marry into a nouveau riche family. She suffered many injustices but never lost her desire for a better life. Art school classmates Cong Dan and Gao Xiao struggled to survive in the gap between ideal and reality - Gao Xiao reluctantly sold off the flower shop he had worked so hard to run in order to repay his mother's huge gambling debt, and stayed true to his kindness in the face of difficulties; Cong Dan, a Wu Dan actor in local opera, went to Shanghai to become a car model in order to make a living. After experiencing glitz and hardship, he could not let go of his obsession with opera, so he returned to his hometown and founded an art troupe. With his love and tenacity, he restored the glory of local opera. Tang Ziying is a kind-hearted and hard-working truck driver. A car accident caused her to sleep for nearly two hundred days... From a young teenager to a independent person, although they have gone through completely different life trajectories, they have always protected each other with the love of close friends. They go to bed early and get up early, keep their feet on the ground, and overcome many difficulties. Not only do they find true love, but they also have successful careers in their respective worlds.