A former assassin, Xiao Yu, is forced to accept a mission to recover three pieces of source code in order to save his family, but must go rogue to save the fate of mankind.

The plot spans nearly 30 years and tells the story of a poor boy from the northeast, "Xiao Bao", who follows his village's hairdresser, "Er Ge" (Sha Yi), to Shenzhen, a special zone. The two are forced to take care of the baby, and then they meet up with a cold-hearted young woman named Ma Lu (Ma Li).

The story follows a band of courageous bodyguards headed by Yang Liu An, and tasked by General Ma Bao with escorting his daughter Chen Yuanyuan, concubine to the recently deceased Ming emperor Wu Sangui, and her son, the last hope of the Ming Dynasty, to safety. En route, they must fend off the attacks of enemy general Hala, as well as Ma Bao’s treacherous second-in-command Ma Biao, all the while being closely watched by the mysterious Zhu You.

Taoist Lu Shiyi took over the late night bookstore and found it difficult to manage. Modern people are keen on electronic books. Encountered a rogue Liu Ming and his gang have entanglements. Inadvertently released the book spirit in A Chinese Ghost Story, absorbing human essence and harming the world. Liu Ming took the opportunity of playing games to confuse Li Chenyu with his sister's beauty as an online dating photo and defrauded him of equipment. Li Chenyu is deeply involved, obsessed with Liu Ming's sister, Liu Ming is sucked by the old demon grandmother in the book, the ghost Xiaoqian is Li Chenyu's previous lover, Xiaoqian turns into Liu Ming's appearance, and the love for Li Chenyu increases, and Li Chenyu is deeply involved. G

Kate stars opposite Richie Ren (or Jen, depending on what rocks your boat), as couple Rachel and Fat. They're the atypical modern day couple living it up in Beijing, though the latter is suspect of the former's promiscuity. He loathes the time when he has to bring his girlfriend back to the village to meet his parents, and to get the stamp of approval from his father (played by Yuen Wah). So they device a plan, and that is to look for a substitute girlfriend (hence the title Contract Lover), whose mission is to be as disgusting as possible, so that Dad will tell Fat to find anyone else better than the current beau, and hence, for Fat to introduce Rachel.