During a match, a girl defeated a boy, and in doing so, earned his friendship and trust. Soon afterward, a sports academy came to recruit students. When one of the boys was absent, she disguised herself as a boy and impressed the teacher with her excellent ball skills.

Xiao Xiao is sold into arranged marriage with a 2 year old boy, who she must raise as his nanny until he is old enough to marry her. She is expected to honour tradition and to toe the line so far as social proprieties are concerned, but the young girl rebels against the edicts of her elders until at 16, she falls in love with another man.