Mother Ji Peizhen (Xu Fan) is the soul of this family. She takes care of the family so well, it seems there is clones of her. The home looks orderly under her gaze, but that is not the whole truth.Ji Peizhen thinks her daughter, Li Xiaomei, is the best, however there is other side of Xiaomei while she works and lives in Beijing. Peizhen's husband, doctor Li Wengfan, has been unable to pick up the scalpel due to mistake a few years earlier. With all this, Peizhen thinks she will be able to relax after retirement... But she is diagnosed with cancer. If the mother has only four months to live, how can the family's life continue?
Peizhen Ji, the mother of Xiaomei Li, was the center of the entire family, who took care of everybody. Their seemingly perfect life was not what it looks like. Xiaomei Li worked in Beijing with problems of her own, tired of mom trying to control her life. Wenfang, Li, Peizhen's husband was a doctor who had to work in the emergency room, unable to continue his career of a surgeon due a malpractice case. Her mother-in-law suffered from severe Alzheimer's disease and was dependent on Peizhen's care for daily activities. Finally Penzhen retired from her teacher's job, however she was diagnosed with late stage cancer, with only four months to live..