A modern college girl, Ruan Yu, transmigrates into a novel, becoming the vicious ex-girlfriend destined to be exacted revenge upon by the male lead, Lu Chengyun, who stages a comeback after hitting rock bottom. To escape the tragic ending of being sent to feed pigs, she lives together with Lu Chengyun in a damp basement while he works odd jobs to pay off debts. Outwardly maintaining the persona of a gold-digging girlfriend, she secretly sets up a street stall to paint and subsidize household expenses, showing tender care for him at every turn. The high-IQ Lu Chengyun is initially full of vigilance, but Ruan Yu's repeated acts of kindness gradually melt his heart, and the two slowly develop feelings for each other. As characters like An Boyuan continually intervene and the original plot repeatedly attempts self-correction, Ruan Yu finds herself simultaneously terrified of her predetermined destiny and deeply entangled in affection.