The play tells the story of three couples or couples aged 30 and 40 who are chased and blocked by life in a fast-paced environment and strive to save themselves, thereby realizing their respective life values. Shen Lin (Yin Tao), who has been a full-time housewife for five years, encounters that her husband Na Wei (Wang Xiao) is unemployed, both husband and wife are unemployed, the second child is hungry, and the mortgage is approaching month by month. After Shen Lin's road back to the workplace frequently runs into obstacles, she chooses to become a self-employed household to achieve re-employment; Shen Lei (played by Qin Junjie), who graduated from a prestigious school, took the civil service exam and worked in the archives department of his unit. He has a peaceful life and has no conflict with the world. However, his wife Xie Meilan (played by Chen Haoyu) divorced him because he was content with the current situation. Shen Lei's belief collapsed, resigned from his job and ran away from home; Na Jun (Zhang Zhehua), a programmer with a million-year salary, is being pushed forward by the gears of a big factory. He suffers from panic disorder due to his high-intensity work. He tries his best to cover up for fear of losing his job, making it difficult for his girlfriend Li Xiaoyue (Zhang Ruonan), who takes carpe diem as his attitude towards life, to understand. The two people who love each other are gradually drifting apart. Faced with their respective life dilemmas, they do not accuse or feel self-pity, face their hearts directly, and overcome life crises together.
