A modern young man unexpectedly travels back to 1972 and becomes Ma Lin, the hapless male supporting character in a period novel who is hopelessly infatuated with the heroine and destined for a tragic ending. At the very beginning, he is attacked by Jin Lan and her daughter, who break into his home to rob him and attempt to kill him. Using his newly awakened spiritual spring space, he turns the tables on the villains and unlocks his special powers. Determined to rewrite his tragic fate, Ma Lin refuses to remain Xiao Keke's lovesick doormat and publicly cuts ties with her. Haunted by the memory of losing his family in his previous life, he devotes himself to protecting his cousin Ma Dongmei, exposing the scandalous affair between his older sister Ma Hongmei's fiancé, Yao Jianshe, and a widow, and standing up to his biased aunt Ma Jinfeng. He firmly calls off a disastrous marriage arrangement and fiercely protects his family, embarking on a new life of turning his fate around.