On her 30th birthday, Cheng You Qing received an email on "the symptoms of premature aging" from Li Da Ren, her best friend of 14 years. Unable to accept that Li Da Ren is like a fine wine that will get better with age and she is like a grape that will dry into a raisin as years go by, she made a bet with Li to see who will get married first before they turn 35. As she looked around for a potential husband, she discovered that she was surrounded by unacceptable candidates, like gay assistant or cheating ex-boyfriend. The only man who could love her despite all her flaws is her best friend. The only problem was that they both swore that they were not or will ever be romantically attracted to each other.

The legendary Black Rose gave up her heroic duties and responsibilities for her family. She became a homemaker, taking care of her husband and children. However her children don't understand their mom who was a hero in the past, and treated her as a woman who is cowardly and has no sense of justice. When they learn about their mother's past, they began to understand her and her efforts in the family.

Although her father was a great magician, Yamada Naoko is merely a competent magician who utterly lacks showmanship. She has a hard time making a living, and is constantly behind on her rent. That's where Ueda Jiro comes in. Ueda is a professor of physics who is also an author of books debunking the psychic and supernatural. People with problems of a supernatural nature seek out his assistance. But who ends up doing most of the work? Yamada may not be the best magician, but she has a genius for seeing through other people's "tricks," and Ueda uses this to his advantage. Their strange and often very funny partnership is the real reason people get hooked on this series.

Jiang Xin and Jian Ning are the so-called "model" couple. They get married and have their first child before turning 30. But, they have no idea what having a child entails. When the onslaught of crazy responsibilities begins, these new parents start to wonder what they have gotten themselves into.

The background of the story of this TV series begins when the educated youth returned to the city in the late Cultural Revolution. By telling a love story amidst the rise and falls of three households because of the family’s entangled grudges.