Hung Ta-Hao comes to a struggling bookstore to collect a debt, only to find that the owner has already fled. The unsuspecting store manager, Liu Ching-Wen, can offer only meager sales figures and an honest admission: given the bookstore’s dire situation, there is simply no way to repay the debt. For Ta-Hao, this assignment represents a rare chance to turn his life around. To complete his mission, he decides to help Ching-Wen sell off all the remaining stock within three months.
Reality, however, is harsh. With his background as a former thug, Ta-Hao quickly reads the bookstore’s predicament in its sparse foot traffic and low checkout numbers, and begins to understand Ching-Wen’s struggles.
Coming from vastly different worlds, the two clash in values and perspectives. Yet together they devise a range of strategies to attract customers.Through this cooperation, they gradually come to know each other better—and mutual affection begins to blossom.
Yet the shadows of their pasts soon come knocking at the door...