The drama is shot from the perspective of women and tells a story about finding light in the darkness and embracing hope in motherhood.
Lin Xu Zhi (Zhou Xun) is a woman who doesn't have a past. She was adopted and is still scarred from being abandoned by her birth mother. She meets and befriends 7-year-old Mu Lian Sheng (Chen Sinuo), who she quickly realizes is being abused at home by her mother and mother's boyfriend. One night, she finds Lian Sheng tied up alone in a closet, after a fire breaks out in Lian Sheng's house. Xu Zhi takes the girl into her own care, and they flee from Dalian to Beijing. In caring for the young girl, two broken souls find solace in each other.
