周人瑞是山西五台县人，在陕西韩城县经商。其妻在生下一对孪生儿子后死去。周人瑞无力抚养，便请邻居王妈妈将次子卖给李三娘为嗣，取名李遇春。留下长子托王妈妈乳育，取名周天佑。周人瑞因生意倒闭，携天佑回乡。周人瑞的弟弟周人祥夫妇为独霸家产，不认天佑是周人瑞的亲子，涉讼公堂。县令晋信书偏是一个死啃书本的腐儒，见汝南先贤传有“陈业滴血认亲”的记载，便用此法断案。见周人瑞父子滴血入水不融，即错断其并非骨肉，勒令押解天佑出境自行归宗。遇春在李三娘的抚养下长大成人，与李三娘亲生女儿晚春姐弟相称，感情甚为融洽。李三娘有意要遇春继承门户，与王妈妈商定，假称女儿晚春是自己的养女，欲与遇春婚配，但尚未成婚，李三娘病逝。土豪阮自用垂涎晚春已久，捏造庚帖，借吊唁之机，前来诈婚，挑起讼端。晋信书来审此案。晋信书仍用滴血认亲之法，见二人血液融合，误断二人乃一母同胞不能成婚，将晚春判与阮家成亲。洞房之夜，晚春施计灌醉阮自用，乘机逃走。周天佑被解出境，寻父不见，一日往五台山进香求签，途中见一猛虎追踪少女贾莲香，便舍命相救。二人情投意合，由贾莲香父母许婚，二人成婚。李遇春得知晚春逃出阮家，离家寻找。与周天佑相遇，二人相貌一样，同感惊异。交谈之后，二人结为金兰之好。时值瓦剌犯境，攻破边关，二人同去从军，因功得官。王妈妈离家追寻李遇春、晚春踪迹，途中与穷途潦倒的周人瑞相遇，得知彼此都遭到滴血认亲拆散亲人的命运。商定同作人证，前往五台县质问晋信书。晋信书为证明滴血认亲无误，又传周人祥父子到堂试验，不料血液不融，晋信书无言以对，又谬说周人祥之妻有外遇。正在此时，旗牌官报告大帅接受周、李二人请求，以晋信书错判官司提到大营问罪。晚春与莲香先后到达，父子、夫妻终于团聚。晋信书因断案荒谬被罢官。

黄雪梅（林青霞 饰）的父母因保护“天魔琴”为六大门派追杀致死，小弟黄麟也失踪。她抱琴跳崖，重伤未死，并练得绝世之功“天龙八音”后出山报仇。她设计让欲夺“天魔琴”的武林人士自相残杀。在与飞虎镖局吕腾空义子吕麟（元彪 饰）交手中，雪梅发现他就是自己失踪的弟弟……

少君（琦琦）产下儿子明仔（叶靖岚）后被丈夫抛弃，为了不让明仔跟着自己过苦日子，她把明仔遗弃在了一艘豪华游船上，期望好心有钱的人士捡去，但自己从此落下心病。证券经纪人李兆荣（张国荣）见到明仔时虽已是因金融风暴而破产的穷光蛋，还是决定收养他，两人住进养老院天台的一间木屋，李兆荣开始靠骑单车为别人送货挣生活费。四年后李兆荣和明仔成为一对外人看来亲密无间的父子，少君则成了某慈善基金会的主席，因为一次资助养老院的兰姐（吴家丽）开设一家照料街童的托儿所事件，李兆荣与少君结识，悲情故事就此展开。

Nothing really looks what it really is when you look from a distance and so is Jinwoo’s quiet life, far from the hectic, stressful city life, tucked away in the beauty of the Korean countryside, welcomed with open arms by a loving new “family” that has accepted, on their sheep ranch, him and Seol, his wonderful niece who he loves as if she were his own daughter.But when Park Kun-young's careful and precise direction begins to focus on the details of Jinwoo's existence, slowly revealing his restless soul, we gradually discover the complexity of the reasons that led to Jinwoo's extreme choice to retire in the countryside to live like a shepherd.The arrival at the ranch of Jinwoo’s longtime male friend from university, Hyunmin, upsets all balance. Moonkyeong, the ranch owner’s daughter, who has a crush on Jinwoo, accidentally discover the two men in bed and shortly afterwards Jinwoo’s twin sister, and Seol’s birth mother, shows up at the ranch after years of absence and silence and wants to take her daughter back to Seoul.The community of that small country place, which seemed kind and nice, slowly reveals their true colours and deep disapproval of the two men's relationship. The fragile sandcastle of happiness that Jinwoo has struggled to build is crumbling and the cold, harsh winter is upon him.Giovanna Fulvi