people say, forty eee。 but forty-two-year-old bian liang (played by huang bo) suddenly found that he was more and more confused, which left him at a loss. this year, crises in life have come one after another. as a father who actively seeks progress and breakthroughs, he encountered resistance from his son (played by rong zishan) with a quiet and indifferent personality; his career was deeply trapped in a bottleneck and seriously hindered his progress plan. immediately afterwards, the family, who had always thought it was smooth and happy, actually had sudden changes in this forty years. bian liang suddenly realized that the wisdom and experience he had accumulated over the past forty years of life were no longer enough to deal with various problems, and even the way he had dealt with life seemed to be wrong. bian liang felt melancholy and confused and powerless, but as a responsible middle-aged man, he could not stop and could only move forward with difficulty while trying to find a solution to the problem. finally, when the past life was broken and reorganized, bian liang reconciled with his wife (mei ting), son and relatives and friends, and also found the right way to open up his life.