Unemployed designer Xia Li accidentally meets Wu Yan, a sorcerer cursed three thousand years ago, and becomes the only person who can see him. Wu Yan needs to use Xia Li's hand and a jade tablet to sacrifice himself to end the curse, while Xia Li gradually falls in love while searching for a way to lift it. When the curse issues its final ultimatum, Xia Li chooses to trade her life for his, and Wu Yan waits through a long vigil for Xia Li to awaken. In the end, love and waiting cross through time to reach each other.