A Nationalist plot to destroy public utilities in the City of Binghai during the celebrations of the establishment of the People's Republic is thwarted.
Set in late 1970s, a paintress sketching on Fairy Peak witnesses that two men fight on the cliff edge and calls the police. One of the two fighting men is found murdered that night. Detectives try to find the murderer.
An outstanding college student who lost his sight accidentally has no faith to live on until he meet an encouraging girl who is also blind. But the girl leaves him when his sight is recovered and tells him not to treat promise as shackles.
A battle between estranged brothers over how to control coal dust in the Yangcheng mine.