Chu Xiaoli (Huang Shengyi) and three friends went to explore the culture of the Kuyi people. On the way, they hoped to stay at the home of Xiaoli's father's friend. However, the owner was not there. Only a gloomy man received them, and fear soon fell. Zhou Dong (Chen Sicheng), a young worker of a state-owned factory, came to Panjia Town to visit Mr. Huang, a retired worker. He met a middle-aged man with a vicissitudes of life in Dongfeng Hotel. Zhou Dong became friends with him and gave him a modern dialectical relationship between men and women. Little did he know that his self-righteous preaching would cause irreversible consequences. After 20 years of imprisonment, the decadent and lonely man stood at the crossroads of life again. He had no idea where to go. At this critical moment, an unexpected incident pushed him to take a crucial step.