Father documents the tumultuous relationship between a widowed father, Ma Lisheng, and his school-age son, Ma Che. Though he works as a low-level party functionary during the day, he finds his greatest challenges in the raising of a son on his own. Alternating between trying to bond with his son (even getting drunk with him), and verbally accosting him, Ma is at a loss. One day the son decides that the best way for his father to stop harassing him, will be to find him a new wife, which he finds in the form of the mother of a school friend, Qing Huaiyuan.

Tells the story between Leo and his father Li Changhai. Their relationship is tense and they don't understand each other. One day, while drunk, Leo made rude remarks towards an old photo. As a result, the photo started moving around and everyone got knocked down. When they woke up, they found themselves in a school playground in the 1990s – and soon realized that they had returned to Li Changhai's student days.

When his mother dies, Zino decides to look for his father, Farid. But twenty-five years ago, Farid became Lola.

A'gan, a high school senior with no expectations for the future and a carefree attitude toward everything, finds himself suddenly under strict supervision when his father, who has been away for a long time, returns home. An accident, along with a "mutual assistance agreement" between his father and Lin Xin'er, A'gan's crush, inadvertently leads to his father becoming A'gan's deskmate. This triggers a string of comical and heartwarming moments as both father and son gain new insights into love and life.