Hao Shuai, a modern-day reader, transmigrates into a tragic romance novel as the original male lead, who has spent five years humbly supporting his girlfriend, Liu Ruyan. Unwilling to remain a lovesick doormat, he rallies his family's bodyguards and influence to fight back. When Liu Ruyan favors her old flame, Fu Tingshen, and her group of girlfriends humiliates him, Hao Shuai exposes their behavior in public and withdraws all support for the Liu family. The Liu Group collapses, Liu Ruyan becomes a supermarket cashier, and Fu Tingshen repeatedly finds himself in detention. Hao Shuai escapes his doormat fate and uses his family's power to exact his revenge.