After graduation, Lin Xiao settles into her job as an editorial assistant at a fashion magazine and acclimating herself to the glamorous, high-octane world of haute couture.

She meets her demanding and cold boss, Gong Ming, whose melancholic persona is described by Lin Xiao as “a distant, lonely planet in the universe”.

Her work puts her relationship with her high school sweet heart, Jian Xi in peril.

Nan Xiang paints to support her fashion design studies, while at the same time struggle with her on-and-off relationship with abusive boyfriend Xi Cheng.

Wan Ru worries that her aspirations in life are never really made certain, and the fact that she might not get a boyfriend.