Qi Tiansheng (played by Wan Ziliang) is an orphan who is forced to leave her hometown alone due to being ostracized by relatives. She travels to Shanghai and works as a laborer in a theater troupe. She meets the playwright Fang Lihong (played by Wei Qiuhua), who falls in love but breaks up for some reason. Fang Lihong eventually returns to the side of the theater troupe's young student Li Yi'an (played by Liang Hanwei), who is already pregnant
Qi Tiansheng (played by Wan Ziliang) is an orphan who is forced to leave her hometown alone due to being ostracized by relatives. She travels to Shanghai and works as a laborer in a theater troupe. She meets the playwright Fang Lihong (played by Wei Qiuhua), who falls in love but breaks up for some reason. Fang Lihong eventually returns to the side of the theater troupe's young student Li Yi'an (played by Liang Hanwei), who is already pregnant