In the mid-1980s, childhood sweethearts Wang Xiao Qing and Du Man Tang were separated by Wang Xiao Qing's mother's disapproval. Zhang Ze Zhong seized the opportunity, but later married the vice principal's daughter for his career. When his social climbing failed and his house was nearly ruined from a failed scheme to inflate its price, he ended up disgraced. Thirty years later, both Du Man Tang and Zhang Ze Zhong work as the managers in a neighborhood.