Chen Ye is a destitute and helpless young man, and Su Wan is a wealthy girl who is in love with him. Class disparities, strong opposition from their families, fabricated debts, and cut-off jobs place their relationship under relentless real-world pressure from the very beginning. Refusing an arranged marriage, Su Wan leaves her hometown with Chen Ye and travels far to Nanyang to make a living. Life in a foreign land does not become romantic because of their "elopement." Chen Ye starts out as the hardest-working docker at the port, while Su Wan hides her worsening nervous system disease behind a smile. Rent, medical expenses, job discrimination, and the freight yard's interest circles bear down on them one after another.