Village beauty Xu Chunyan loses her husband and faces reproaches from her in-laws and cold treatment from her family of origin. In her despair, she is saved by Chen Guangming and follows him to the city. Hiding her marriage and childbearing, she establishes a foothold in a hotel, and through an introduction gets to know Zhang Chunsheng, guarding boundaries with a written contract. Later, she creates her own Duoduo Spicy Fish, going from a few bottles to a small workshop, and is known as Factory Director Xu. Independently setting up a home and fetching back her daughter, she does not depend on Zhang Chunsheng. Zhang Chunsheng and Liu Ping cross boundaries and the two break apart; Chen Guangming confesses his love to raise the children together, but she guards her boundaries and does not consent, turning instead to a partnership in business.