罗永浩和雷蕾大学时开始相恋，两人郎才女貌，在大学校园里成双入对羡煞旁人。毕业后两人一起选择留在上海工作，两人租了房开始在上海艰难打拼。雷蕾是家中独女，她家在杭州有一定的社会地位和人脉，母亲沈曼希望雷蕾回老家工作。沈曼原本看不上罗永浩的家境，但看雷蕾和罗永浩感情深厚，她只得退而求其次让罗永浩和雷蕾一起回杭州，她会给二人买婚房，还会给他们找好工作。罗永浩觉得那算倒插门，是对自己的侮辱，他果断拒绝。为了赢得沈曼认可，罗永浩急于创业，结果却以失败收尾。雷蕾脚踏实地，在工作中表现非常出色很快晋升，她和罗永浩的差距越来越大，两人的相处失去了原来的平和甜蜜，罗永浩变得自卑痛苦。为了改变这种现状，留住雷蕾的爱，罗永浩再次创业。然而急于求成的做法只会适得其反，罗永浩再次失败。沈曼的压力、雷蕾追求者的优秀所产生的压力让罗永浩几乎喘不过气，他们的感情几乎到了崩溃的边缘

Luo Yonghao and Lei Lei began to fall in love when they were in college. After graduation, the two chose to stay in Shanghai to work together. They rented a house and began to work hard in Shanghai. Lei Lei is the only daughter in the family. Her family has a certain social status and connections in Hangzhou. Her mother, Shen Man, hopes that Lei Lei can return to her hometown to work. Shen Man originally looked down on Luo Yonghao's family background, but seeing the deep relationship between Lei Lei and Luo Yonghao, she had to settle for the next best thing and let Luo Yonghao and Lei Lei return to Hangzhou together. Work. Luo Yonghao felt that it was an insult to himself, and he resolutely refused. In order to win Shen Man's approval, Luo Yonghao was eager to start a business, but ended in failure. Lei Lei is down-to-earth, she performs very well at work and is soon promoted, the gap between her and Luo Yonghao is getting bigger and bigger, the relationship between the two has lost the original peace and sweetness, Luo Yonghao has become inferior and painful. In order to change this situation and keep Lei Lei's love, Luo Yonghao started his own business again. However, the eagerness for success will only backfire, and Luo Yonghao failed again. The pressure from Shen Man and the excellence of Lei Lei's suitor made Luo Yonghao almost breathless, and their relationship was almost on the verge of collapse