In a frozen northern town unwilling to remain stagnant, middle-aged Zhang Zhiyong decides to come out, and soon meets Xu Gang, a man of similar age who has just gone through a breakup. Their meeting quickly ignites each other’s lives. Meanwhile, the young A Ying and Liu Ying decide to enter into a marriage of convenience with a gay man, in order to give both families a shared child. In this place, it seems everyone is seeking recognition through love. Beneath the intense love stories lies an absurd drama of identity politics, where the ghost of communism occasionally lingers beside the lonely.