Zhao Chen is a truck driver who has spent ten years paying off mortgages on two apartments. Once the mortgages are cleared, his parents give both apartments to his older brother, who has passed the civil service exam, and assign his long-insane uncle to Zhao Chen. Zhao Chen resolutely cuts ties with his family and lives with his insane uncle in a rented room. The pressure of life and the harsh outside world make his situation even worse, yet Zhao Chen and his insane uncle redeem each other.