Yu Tu is a young aerospace engineer whose most recent project was passed on and so he is faced with a big decision regarding his future, stick to his interest or get a better paying job. Meanwhile, Qia Jingjing is a famous actress who is endorsing the game "Honor of Kings". When someone releases a video of her playing the game very badly from her private account, both fans and the game's company begin to turn against her, believing she lied about her interest and skill in the game but actually doesn't know how to play. Though their assumptions are true, Jingjing's team try to do damage control by saying she has been testing new characters but she is actually good at the game otherwise and she signs up for a competition in one month to prove herself. Now she has one month to learn the game and become moderately good at it. Problem is that she is a really slow learner and non of the player options seem to match her at all.
Yu Tu is contemplating whether to resign from his work in the research institute. If he works in finance, he can earn four times more than he is making now, but the galaxy is what he aspires to. Meanwhile, Jing Jing devises a plan to get Yu Tu to coach her in Honour of Kings to improve her skills.
Jing Jing requests Yu Tu to be her coach but he politely refuses. With continuous training, Jing Jing gets better at the game, surprising even to her manager. Upon finding out that Yu Tu lives in the same city, Jing Jing tricks Yu Tu to go to her house and they finally meet each other.
Yu Tu finally agrees to be Jing Jing's coach. Yu Tu goes to Jing Jing's place and teaches her how to play the game. They practice all day long to find the right hero for Jing Jing.
Yu Tu meets up with Xia Qing and has a clean break with her. Then he attends a class gathering and gets mocked for his career path. Jing Jing helps him to get even.
After playing a few matches, Yu Tu picks a few heroes that he thinks are suitable for Qiao Jing Jing's skill level. Meanwhile, Xiao Zhu notices that Yu Tu has started to treat Qiao Jing Jing differently. While playing with other gamers, Yu Tu records the game to help Qiao Jing Jing learn how to analyze the game better.
After Yu Tu has a somewhat awkward dinner with his friends, he asks if Jing Jing wants to go to a movie. Jing Jing picks a movie, but then realize it might make Yu Tu think of unpleasant memories. And even though they're careful, Jing Jing is still caught on camera by a fan. While Jing Jing and Yu Tu are watching a livestream at her house, Ling arrives with the makeup artists and stylists.
Jing Jing secures a role in a new movie and takes joy in being asked to gain a bit more weight for the role. She decides to introduce Yu Tu to Ling and brings him to Ling's house where he meets her close colleagues for the first time. She also sets a goal to level up in rank in the game.
Yu Tu sees his teacher and his wife in the restaurant that he and Jing Jing is in, and he invites them to eat with them. The conversation turns sour when his resignation is mentioned, and Yu Tu gets mad at Jing Jing when she defends him. Afterwards, Yu Tu receives an urgent call to go on a business trip to fix a problem with J-X, so they don't see each other for some time.
Yu Tu and Guan Zai work hard to salvage J-X satellite. As they're going back to their apartment, Guan Zai falls ill and worries about his family. Meanwhile, Yu Tu invites Qiao Jing Jing for games on Honour of Kings.
Yu Tu returns from Xi'an and reconciles with Qiao Jing Jing. Then he takes care of Guan Zai who is admitted to the hospital. Later, when Yu Tu continues to coach Qiao Jing Jing, she finds that he has changed after the trip.
Shen Jing is having a hard time coping with Guan Zai's cancer. Yu Tu is staying by Qiao Jing Jing's side to train her, giving her good advice on who to pick for her team. Qiao Jing Jing is surprised when Yu Tu asks her what she wants for her birthday.
The Super League begins and the players are divided into two teams of five. After training so hard under Yu Tu, Jing Jing confidently strategize with her chosen teammates. Can Jing Jing and her team win the battle against other professional gamers?
The second round of the competition begins. Which team will win the second round? After the competition is over, Yu Tu feels out of place.
On their way back from Super League, Qiao Jing Jing finds out that Yu Tu is going back to work at the research institute. She confesses to Yu Tu. However, he tells her that he will not be seeing her anymore.
After Yu Tu starts working at the institution again, he manages to lead the team to some success. However, with the original leader Guan Zai gone, his responsibilities increase. In the meantime, Yu Tu's ex-girlfriend comes to Shanghai, while Qiao Jing Jing hasn't been in touch with him.
Yu Tu visits his parents in Yixing before going on his one-month business trip. He digs out his old computer and reads his old chats with Qiao Jing Jing, reminiscing the past. When taking a walk with his mom, they talk about the old days and his mom's regrets of discouraging him from doing what he wanted in the past.
Yu Tu refuses to join any group activities during the outfield trip. He reads his old chats with Qiao Jing Jing again. Guan Zai calls Yu Tu and his advice inspires Yu Tu to write Jing Jing a letter. The next day, Yu Tu sends out the letter via post.
Jing Jing questions her ex-boyfriend's sincerity. She receives Yu Tu's letters and reads them. After her performance, she finds Yu Tu waiting to send her back to Yixing to spend the new year.
Yu Tu confesses his feelings to Qiao Jing Jing but he is rejected by her since she thinks that he's not sincere. He fetches her back to Yixing anyway and they spend the new year separately with their own families.
When Pei Pei asks, Jing Jing doesn't want to talk about Yu Tu, yet she decides to join the class gathering because of him. Upon hearing that Jing Jing will be at the gathering, Yu Tu rushes over for her.
Qiao Jing Jing and Yu Tu are officially together. Jing Jing wants to hide their relationship from their parents, but when Yu Tu's mom catches him and Jing Jing together by their house, Jing Jing comes up with lies. Yu Tu returns the favor with Jing Jing's parents before he drives her back to Shanghai.
Yu Tu stays over at Jing Jing's place. Xiao Zhu and Qiu Ling are surprised to find out that they are officially together. Yu Tu and Jing Jing start their long distance relationship as Jing Jing starts filming out of town.
Qiao Jing Jing returns to Shanghai a day earlier due to a change in her filming schedule. Due to the traffic situation, she goes to Yu Tu's house instead. In order to get Jing Jing to stay over at his house, Yu Tu pretends to play badly at Honour of Kings to delay her.
Qiao Jing Jing spends the night at Yu Tu's house, unaware that the house is being watched. The next morning, Yu Tu follows her to a jewelry event and has to disguise himself as part of the staff. Later that night, they are ready to take the next step in their relationship.
Jing Jing goes back to work in the desert, where she has trouble connecting to the Internet. Yu Tu visits her after completing his assignment nearby. Rushing as he has to return to Shanghai on the same day, he gets down to business immediately.
Jing Jing decides to stay over at Yu Tu's place after the filming ends. She lies that she'll be leaving the next morning, but Yu Tu finds out from Qiu Ling that she's having a break for two months. Then he surprises her with a revamped room.
Guan Zai returns to work, but Yu Tu feels sad about Guan Zai withdrawing from God Finder. Jing Jing convinces him by comparing it to their relationship. Meanwhile, Yu Tu introduces Jing Jing to his colleagues during Guan Zai's welcome dinner.
Chen Xue invites Jing Jing and Yu Tu over to her place for dinner. Later on, Yu Tu invites Jing Jing to watch him play in a basketball match and takes the chance to officially introduce her to his colleagues. He proposes to her after the match and both of their families start planning for their wedding.
Jing Jing wants Yu Tu to apply for the institute's group wedding instead of holding one on their own. Yu Tu doesn't agree at first but soon changes his mind after knowing Jing Jing's dream wedding. He makes a formal proposal and proceeds with the romantic group wedding.
Yu Tu invites Jing Jing to the launch site. Jing Jing knows that Yu Tu doesn't have time for her, so she takes all the other family members of the staff to go sightseeing so that Yu Tu can focus at work. At night, Yu Tu tells Jing Jing about his next task after the launch.
It is finally the day of the launch of God Finder. People from all over the country gather at the launch site at Wenchang to witness history. With immense tenacity and competence, Yu Tu leads his unit, and along with other units, they execute the mission perfectly.
