描述一位上海女士經相睇後，嫁與一個香港商人，並隨夫來港後所面對的生活變化及她作出的適應。故事呈現了香港不同階層的面貌，以及人際間的感情，更反映出香港人對香港的歸屬感及重新認識，對本土文化更加以肯定。

It sets in China 1945, a romance develops between the young Ningjing ZHAO (Xun Zhou) and LIN Shuang-Ran, although they are distant cousins ​​and Shuang-Ran is already betrothed. Each will seek to fight against there destiny to try to live each their romantic feelings.

Life has not been kind to drinking buddies Sam, Fai, and Mok as they struggle to make ends meet, until one stormy evening a mysterious old man appears before them in a bar with a 'get rich quick' scheme: an ancient treasure is buried under a high-security government building.