Tong Yan accidentally comes across a diary belonging to a woman who shares her name, also called Tong Yan. The woman is the wife of the director of Jiali Garment Factory. In the early 1990s, Tong Yan enjoys a prosperous, comfortable life and should, by all accounts, have a happy ending. However, she is hopelessly love-struck and falls under the spell of Wei Jie, a scumbag from the factory. She not only looks down on her husband but also mistreats herself and her husband's adopted son.