In the late years of the Sui Dynasty, chaos reigned across the land. On the tenth day of the third month of the fourteenth year of Daye, a mutiny broke out in Jiangdu, Emperor Yang was killed, and the divine beast Kui Ox was left ownerless. Rebel forces from all directions and local powers mobilized to Jiangdu in search of the legendary divine sword that could subdue the Kui Ox. A scholar journeyed to Jiangdu for the imperial examination and, by twist of fate, arrived at the mysterious Caohang Ferry Inn. Within the small inn, there were aspiring scholars like him who possessed ambitions but were scattered across the world, as well as a delicate and enigmatic mute woman, and seemingly unreliable free-spirited martial artists.

An important high school exam alters the lives of Qian Liang, Zhu Lele, and Xiao Nan. Years later, Qian Liang's sudden death reveals hidden secrets among them. Ultimately, their emotions and conflicts are resolved at Qian Liang's funeral

Zhao Shasha, the daughter of the town hotel, is a billiard genius. The grassroots male Liu Hongyang, who fled to follow the technical school graduation, went to Beijing. By chance, he got the favor of the billiard agent Abu, and opened the journey of professional billiard players. In the process, her relationship with Abu was frustrated, and her ugly Liu Hongyang was always with her. When the billiard goddess met her love, she would choose the quiet grassroots man who was silently waiting, or the sun-loving Gao Fushuai?

A series of ridiculous stories about antiques happened in one day by a group of people.

Eight ordinary stories of love and hope that intersect in the winter of a raging epidemic, as people care for each other and save each other in the hope that spring will come.