Rent a Girlfriend Home for New Year" is a drama that blends modern-city lifestyle of Beijing with the traditional small-town setting of Long Meng and invokes the rich Chinese historical heritage and cultural customs through the life of one of its descendants, Sun Yi Wei. Chu Xiao Xiao, is an independent, liberal thinking, headstrong, wealthy, college student raised by a single mother. When her family goes bankrupt and her mother goes missing, Xiao Xiao is forced to find a job to pay off creditors. Sun Yi Wei is the serious and stubborn son of a prestigious ancestral family.

When a young man is forced to wait on a woman hand-and-foot, how could his life be any more complicated? Li Ang is an aspiring photographer who gets a temp job at the fashion magazine called “Fashion Love” where Hao Li Ren is the director. Through a series of events, Li Ren “hires” Li Ang to pretend to be her fake boyfriend at a class reunion. She then becomes injured and is home-ridden. Since Li Ang needs a place to stay, he offers to become Li Ren’s caretaker/roommate/fake boyfriend to repay the money he owes. But will Li Ang’s girlfriend and Li Ren’s ex-boyfriend further complicate their strange arrangement?