To save face, a mother boasts everywhere that her son Zhou Cheng makes an annual salary of 500,000. Zhou Cheng, a purchasing merchandising clerk with a monthly salary of only 8,600, is consequently exploited by his brother-in-law, Gao Zhipeng, who uses his name to swindle 500,000 in collective fundraising money from the entire extended family. Facing pressure from relatives, betrayal from colleagues, and family conflicts, Zhou Cheng does not rely on sudden wealth or cheat codes; using the skills he honed over ten years as a merchandising clerk, he gathers complete evidence following documents, cash flows, and handwriting. The family breaks free from the shackles of saving face, tears apart the scam, recovers all the money, and lives out a grounded, down-to-earth life belonging to ordinary people. At the end of the season, the mother-in-law brings a new family crisis.