In remote Surabaya there lives Cak Kartolo, an old widower who opens a boarding house for students. There are four students who live in the boarding house. They are Simon from Papua, Yusuf from Makassar, Mat from Tulungagung, and Boncel from Malang. Her neighbor, Ning Tini, is a widow with one child, Jon. In front of the house there is warkop Cak Sapari and his wife, Ms Dewi. There is also a Bendoyo guard who lacks hearing. But one day Cak Kartolo fell ill. Then came his daughter, Sari, who lived with Cak Kartolo's ex-wife in Jakarta. Sari's beauty makes four boarding school children compete to get her. Jon, who is Sari's childhood friend, is even forbidden from coming back. How will their rivalry end? Will Cak Kartolo recover and make peace with Sari?

Jack , a youth of Arab descent, was forced to continue the shop owned by his father, Wak Dollah. In order to follow the wishes of his father, Jack is willing to study in a department that is not in line with the world of art that he loves. It is almost seven years he studies there and still does not graduate. The atmosphere become increasingly heated when Wak Dollah learns of Jack's closeness with a Chinese girl, Meyling, Halim's only child. He is the famous owner of a Chinese medicine shop in Surabaya.

The story of two bestfriends, Joko and Ayu, who are both hurt because of their respective situations.