Shen Zhiyi and Xie Chenzhou were husband and wife for five lifetimes. In each lifetime, she humbled herself to please him and suffered every grievance. Reborn into the 1980s, facing Xie Chenzhou's still arrogant ordering around and cold neglect, Shen Zhiyi completely awakens, determined to become an independent woman, refusing to be a backyard appendage, and relies on her ability to become a sales backbone at the textile mill. Colleague Zhou Mingyuan respects and sincerely protects her all the way, and the two gradually develop feelings. Although Xie Chenzhou repents belatedly, even resorting to self-harm and bitter flesh tricks to make her stay, it is hard to win Shen Zhiyi back. In the end, Shen Zhiyi cuts off her five lifetimes of obsession, resigns, and teams up with Zhou Mingyuan to head south for business. Xie Chenzhou exits in tears, while Shen Zhiyi rushes toward a brand-new life.