Liu Wenqu sets up a tea stall beside the mountain path, selling no expensive tea, only giving hot tea to passersby and letting guests exchange a story for it. People going to imperial exams, returning home, and escaping marriage arrive at the stall one after another; she listens quietly, not deciding others' paths for them. As the stories increase, the past she has waited ten years for is also gradually brought up. Shen Xingzhou finally returns to the mountain path, and after reuniting, the two resolve years of waiting and decide to guard the tea stall together. A Zhan and the villagers continue to come and go, and passersby constantly bring new stories. In the end, the tea stove burns, Liu Wenqu waits for the person she wants to wait for, and also lets the tea stall continue to warm the mountain path.