When she doesn’t hear from him, Qiao Qiao goes on a long journey to find him, passing though communities that are being displaced by the Three Gorges Dam, and all the way through Guangdong Province. Qiao Qiao and Bin’s hot-and-cold relationship are set to the backdrop of a rapidly-changing China. Both Qiao Qiao and Bin have noticeably aged. Qiao Qiao, once so full of verve and longing, has become a weary cashier at a grocery store. When they run into each other, Bin going up to Qiao Qiao at her job and waiting for her to recognize him, they both wordlessly acknowledge that their time, just like that time in 2001 when Qiao Qiao embarked on her odyssey, has passed.