Chen Cheng, a young man who returned to his hometown, spent three years and his own money transforming Qing Shi Village's abandoned, foul-smelling pond into a fish farm generating millions in annual revenue. When he initially invited the villagers to invest, every one of them refused. But once the fish farm became profitable, Wang Degui and his son stirred up the villagers' jealousy and turned against Chen Cheng, reporting him for illegally occupying the village's collectively owned fishpond. They maliciously cut off the electricity, causing large numbers of fish to die, and spread rumors that he was selling contaminated fish to force him to surrender the pond. Chen Cheng fights back in a livestream, exposing their conspiracy with contracts, surveillance footage, and inspection reports. He drives out the troublemaking villagers and refuses to renew the fishpond lease when it expires. After Wang Degui takes over, his business collapses and he is buried in debt, while Chen Cheng moves on to establish a new base. Through it all, he sees people's true nature and learns to withdraw his misplaced kindness in time.