The novel tells the story of:

The male protagonist Wen Chengzhi and the female protagonist Xie Changxia lived in ancient times for 12 years. Childhood sweethearts, they like each other but are not together for various reasons. Later, the male protagonist returned to modern times, and the female protagonist also traveled to modern times and met again, but this time they already had their own families and children. However, the feelings did not extinguish because of this, but became even deeper. In the end, they overcame many difficulties and got together.