Fengjie's old town is already under water, but its new neighborhood hasn't been finished yet. There are things to salvage and there are things to leave behind. Han Sanming, a miner, travels to Fengjie to look for his ex-wife whom he has not seen in 16 years. Seeing each other by the Yangtze River, they decide to remarry. Shen Hong, a nurse, travels to Fengjie to look for her husband who hasn't come home in two years. They hug in front of the Three Gorges Dam. Despite a dance, they sadly call it quits and decide to divorce.