May your life be like a dream

In the summer of 2016, Lin Jingyun, a Chinese-American who grew up in France, a food critic, and a senior editor of a food magazine, came to Shanghai to explore food and embark on a journey to find his roots. At this time, the Lin family's old house had been transformed into a restaurant. The restaurant was filled with precious old Shanghai newspapers and old objects, recording the stories of that year. Lin Jingyun accidentally found a diary and opened it to read. It told the ups and downs of the love legend of a girl named Tianying. In Shanghai at the end of the 1920s, the Hong family's gang, the Lin family's chaebol, and the Xu family's police department were three pillars of power, dominating the Shanghai beach. Amidst the calm, undercurrents surged. At the Longfu Theater, Tian Ying's daughter disguised herself as a male make-up artist and came on stage to save the situation. However, she did not want to become an instant star and became a famous actor. This also made Luo Fusheng, the second head of the Hong Gang, and Xu Xingcheng, the son of the Xu family, fall in love at first sight, and each used their talents to pursue her. Tianying has just begun to fall in love, thinking that the elegant and gentle Xu Xingcheng will be his sweet first love, but fate plays a trick on him, and he unexpectedly meets and gets entangled with the ruffian and domineering Luo Fusheng. Unknowingly, Tianying's inner emotional balance was also quietly changing. At the same time, Duan Tianci regarded Tianying as his fiancée and imprisoned her in the name of protection, but she was kidnapped by her and drew a clear line with her; Hong Lan, the daughter of the Hong family, had a crush on Luo Fusheng and made things difficult for her at every turn, but was moved by her true nature.