The film was released in mainland China on 31 December 2021 and depicts love stories between ordinary people during the COVID-19 lockdown in Wuhan, Hubei.

[2][7][8] The fourth is about a middle-aged couple, two businesspeople who run a travel agency and a supermarket, played by Xu Fan and Gao Yalin.

[2] In the early stages of production, Xue interviewed a variety of people who had helped with the epidemic response and gathered their stories as source material for the film.

Huang Bo said at a press event that he worked hard to learn the dialect so that his accent wouldn't ruin the audience's suspension of disbelief.

[20] Zhang Jinfeng of China Film News (中国电影报) said that it was "written with warmth and artistic depth" and called it "a work that depicts a new age, a new journey, and a new hope".

[20] Giving the film 3.5 out of 5 stars, Richard Gray of The Reel Bits called it "a vehicle for national pride and feel-good spirit" but praised its attention to individual characters and its theme of body positivity.