In 2015, Beijing successfully bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. In response to the national "Arctic-South Expansion" strategy, Zheng Kaixin, a former member of the national short-track speed skating team, took the lead in finding the Qingdao speed skating team and began to discover new talents in ice and snow sports. Chen Mian, a roller skating girl, took the initiative to join the Qingdao short-track speed skating team out of her love for short-track speed skating. From a non-professional player to a main player of the Qingdao team, he entered the national team and finally gained the recognition of his father Chen Jingye, who had always been unfavorable to him. Unexpectedly, Chen Jingye and Zheng Kaixin were once close comrades in the national team. They once spent their youth and sweat together to win glory for the country, but they parted ways because they were burdened with too heavy pressure to win gold.

Xu Xiao has risen to become King of Northern Liang at a time of great upheaval in China. Steppe kingdoms have risen with deadly intent, and rebellious uprisings threaten to destabilise the realm in the south. Xu Xiao has managed to defeat them all. His unconventional, free-spirited son and heir Xu Feng Nian has spent years on the road, honing his horse skills and fighting prowess. Along the way, he meets the double sword-wielding martial arts expert Nan Gong Pu She, who becomes his confidante. Also joining the royal household is a woman named Jiang Ni. At age 12, she joined the court of the Northern Liang. She is the princess of a rival kingdom, and could be harbouring deep sentiments of revenge. When Xu Feng Nian has to take to the throne, some at court worry he will not be able to follow in the footsteps of his father. But things come to a head when the party has to travel to another province to fight a decisive campaign, the result of which could determine the future of the realm.

Inspired by a true incident, Shen Yu's debut OLD TOWN GIRLS tells a tale about how an unsustained economic boom desolates working-class communities and familial relations. Tempted by living a new life as a professional dancer in big cities, Qu Ting bid farewell to her marriage in a decaying rust belt town, leaving behind her infant daughter Shui Qing, who’s been alienated by her dad’s new family since. Never felt equally loveable as her peers, Shui Qing instantly gets carried away by Qu Ting's worldly charisma and maternal attention when the two meet seventeen years later. But the high schooler is soon forced to face the reality behind her mom’s sudden reappearance and years of unglamorous survival. As dangers loom, she decides to sacrifice everything for the slim chance of reunification.

A story that follows two couples who mistakenly find themselves in a marriage they never expected and gradually grow in love and trust over time.