A story of hope and despair surrounding the lives of a mother and son from a small town in Subei.
The 18-year-old Ding Xiao Jun who lives with his mother Ding Bi Yun has been admitted to a university in Beijing. However, as soon as he entered university, he is ridiculed by his classmates. Ding Xiao Jun starts to rebel until he gets a warning that he will no longer graduate. Luckily, his mother gets through to him in time for him to pull himself together and earn enough credits to graduate.
Amid the upheaval of Chiang Kai-shek’s 1927 coup, young revolutionary Xi Zhongxun defies political terror and emerges as a leader. Inspired by Liu Zhidan’s uprising, he joins forces to establish the Shaanxi-Gansu Red Army. During the Anti-Japanese War, he strengthens the revolutionary base and fosters its development, earning Mao Zedong’s praise for his loyalty to the cause. After Japan’s surrender, Xi Zhongxun fiercely defends the Northwest, helping to lay a foundation for national progress.
It tells the love story of Yu Zhong Sheng, the eldest apprentice of old carpenter Yi Da Chuan, and his granddaughter Yi Xiao Chuan.
Yu Zhong Sheng secretly fell in love with his teacher Yi Da Chuan's granddaughter Yi Xiao Chuan. Driven by jealousy, second apprentice Yin Dong Yi sabotages Yu Zhong Sheng's neighbor's house beam which results in the death of a child. Yu Zhong Sheng takes the blame and goes to jail.
Due to circumstances, Yi Xiao Chuan is forced to marry Yin Dong Yi even though she is in love with Yu Zhong Sheng. Yu Zhong Sheng hears about the news in prison and vows revenge. He makes good on his words after his release, taking ever opportunity to knock his opponent down. Seeing Xiao Chuan and their relatives in pain because of the fight between the two of them, Yu Zhong Sheng and Yin Dong Yi gradually come to understand the truth.
A story about young love that follows a group of students into adulthood and their dreams about the future.
When Xu Yong Xin runs into her old high school classmate, Zheng Da Wei, it stirs up bittersweet memories from their school days. Yong Xin remembers a time when she was just a bookish student who kept herself to herself, until a chance encounter introduced her to Gao Yu Xuan, Zheng Da Wen and Zheng Da Wei. The four once-inseparable friends changed and grew apart as time went on.
A story of a blended family follows Liu Bi Yun and Jiang Tian Huai who became husband and wife in their second marriage. Each with children of their own, they not only face outside challenges in their career but also have to handle family members with very different personalities. They return to the city after ten years of separation. Liu Bi Yun's stepdaughter Jiang Mei and grandma are the instigators of many conflicts within the family but Liu Bi Yun never takes it to heart as she tries to be a good mother and a good influence
Set against the backdrop of forty years of reform in Huli, Beijing, the Chen, Lin, and Pan families experience profound transformations. From career achievements to personal struggles, each family member confronts love, loss, and the changing tides of life, shaping their destinies in unexpected ways.
Xiao Baiyu is the CEO of the Feng Sheng Department store. He is the illegitimate younger grandson of the Xiao family. He was made CEO when his elder half-brother Xiao Junjiang had an accident and Junjiang resents Baiyu for this. Tong Tong is a reporter who inherited a strange disease from her father – once she kisses a mammal, she becomes a man within three minutes. One day, in order to change back to a woman, Tong Tong kisses Xiao Baiyu in her male form, which starts rumours that Baiyu is gay. To dispel the rumours, Baiyu asks Tong Tong to pretend to be his girlfriend.
Chen Jing, a folk music student, forms a band with her friends to challenge the dominance of Western music after being ridiculed for her lack of knowledge in the genre.
In a detective story full of bizarre twists and turns, perfectionist Cheng Yang and analytical reasoning expert Jun Wugui represent the boys while Su Wenyue who is skilled in martial arts and the quirky Ouyang Chuchu are their female counterparts. Together, they examine every piece of evidence to shed light on the truth.
Set towards the end of the Jin Dynasty and the beginning of Qing Dynasty, Sumoer is a Khorchin Mongol woman with a generous personality. She is someone who would rather endure difficult times alone for the sake of others. Su Moer meets Dorgon at a horse competition and they form a tight bond. One day, her world is turned upside down when an army invades their territory. Sumoer loses her parents and her homeland. To receive the protection of the Great Jin, the Khorchin Mongols arrange a marriage alliance between Princess Bumubuqin and Huang Taiji. Sumoer is also sent to Jin as a handmaiden of the princess where she crosses paths with Dorgon again and realizes that he is a man of high power. Initially hesitant to admit her feelings for someone she cannot reach, Sumoer tries to stay away, but she becomes a woman that Dorgon can turn to in his time of need and their friendship blooming into a passionate romance.
An Ni, a prosecutor of the Jiangcheng Procuratorate, was assigned by Chief Prosecutor Xu Ailin to handle the case investigating a missing college student who jumped off into a lake. She started with Zhao Jikai, the General Manager of Huiquan Games, and found connection between him and overseas organizations that promote bullying, leading to the arrest of the crime perpetrators. While Huiquan Games’ stocks price plummeted, Yin Huiquan donates to Jiangxiao Academy which would in turn corrupt minors in the guise of charity.
The student Li Xiaowen and other victims come forward, publicly denouncing the unorthodox means of Jiangxiao Academy to control youngsters. An Ni presents solid evidences in the court, leading to the academy’s shut down and punishment of those who were involved.
Yan Qin, who took over the Huiquan Games, misappropriated the funds to invest in the development of a copper mine. However, this investment venture was a Ponzi scheme by an online financial fraud gang.