In his previous life, Lin Tao tried to stop his younger brother and sister-in-law from mortgaging their family home to open a Chinese herbal burger shop. Instead, his older brother and sister-in-law pushed him into a river, leaving him to drown, while his parents spread rumors that he had fled to escape punishment. Reborn, he decides to stand back and watch. Yang Meili stubbornly mortgages the property, sells overpriced burgers made with inferior ingredients, and suffers devastating losses. She then falls victim to a loan scam after borrowing from loan sharks and accidentally seriously injures her husband, earning a six-year prison sentence. After selling their property, his parents show up at his company in Shanghai, making a scene and demanding an explanation. Lin Tao produces the notarized document severing family ties, calls the police, and gives them only enough money for their journey home before cutting all ties. From then on, he focuses on his career and love life, eventually finding his happy ending. It turns out the cruelest revenge isn't holding on to the past, but living a life they could never reach, no matter how hard they tried.