It tells the love story between a genius doctor and an actress who are two people who both refuse to have their marriage arranged by their parents, yet realize that love is destined.
Actress Su Jinbei has a beauty that can defy the heavens. With her popularity on the rise, she is used to being the center of attention. However, the dark side to fame means that she's a magnet for controversy. She may be the best at flirting but she doesn't get any further and has been single since birth.
Zhou Shiyunis a genius doctor with the looks, the money and the smarts. He is a perfectionist who likes to be in control but doesn't care much for many things as he can be quite indifferent. Women flock around him in droves and he doesn't bat an eye. Instead of the usual overbearing CEO that falls for the woman, it's the actress who takes initiative in love.
On the cusp of graduation, an accounting major searching for her career winds up living with a genius physics student who shakes up her daily routine.
Situ Mo is a graduating student. As someone who got used to having her whole life planned out for her, she is at a loss about her future and can't find the courage to make a decision for herself.
Because the school districts have merged, physics major Gu Weiyi barges into her life. They clash repeatedly without noticing that they are slowly walking into each other's hearts. To their surprise, they accidentally end up having to live together.
Rong Jinxiu (Chen Qiao’en) arrives in Shanghai in search of her half-sister, Yin Mingzhu (Lv Jiarong). Jinxiu’s family has fallen on hard times and is hoping for any sort of assistance from Mingzhu. However, Mingzhu, who is now the lover of a well-known businessman, still harbors hatred for the Rong family because they abandoned Mingzhu and her sickly mother many years before.
Mingzhu is willing to meet with Jinxiu once but does not offer any help. On her way out of Mingzhu’s luxurious house, Jinxiu literally bumps into Xiang Yingdong (Kimi Qiao), who has a crush on Mingzhu despite her being the woman of his older brother. With Yingdong is Zuo Zhen (Huang Xiaoming).
Unable to find food or lodging, Jinxiu wastes away on the streets of Shanghai and is discovered by Zuo Zhen and one of his followers, Shi Hao (Yang Le). They bring her to a high-end hotel owned by Yingdong. Thinking that she was rescued by Yingdong, Jinxiu develops a crush on him, which she confesses to Zuo Zhen.
Song Xiao Lei, an unemployed but honest and idealistic man. After treading through a mind-numbing breakup, and with the help of his friend, he moves in with three pretty ladies: Bai Jing Jing, a sharp-tongued fashionista, Li Mei Dai, a naive girl running away from home, and Hu Li Li. After being witness to much parental discord leading to her mother's suicide, Li Li is cautious and cynical towards love.
Adapted from the web novel "One Man and Three Women Renting Together" (一男三女合租记) by Song Xiao Jun (宋小君).