新闻记者赵君尧和林辉战地采访归来，途经一小村，二人便欲停下来休整。刚一进村，君尧便被因思念出征多年的儿子而精神错乱的老人李鸿生当成了自己的儿子，其盲妻听得儿子归来，亦十分激动，美丽善良的儿媳阿香不知如何是好。第二天，李鸿生带君尧去扫墓祭祖，并拿出多年的积蓄给君尧投资经商。君尧深受感动，但知道长痛不如短痛，决定离去。阿香已与君尧互生情愫，却无法摆脱对丈夫的思念和封建礼教的束缚。清晨，君尧与林辉悄然离去……

Devotion, should be grim enough a lesson for my teenager in love. Little Kitty Ting Hao suffers due to social evils that ruthlessly rob her of the inalienable right to marry Chang Yang, the man she loves. Her incidental misbehaviour with Chang, which leads to the birth of a fatherless baby, does the final nailing of her coffin. Fortunately their daughter is intelligent and strong enough to be the master of circumstances and fights for her own love.