Modern youth Chen Yan unexpectedly time-travels, becoming the fake heir raised in the Zhenyuan Marquis's Mansion for eighteen years. As soon as he opens his eyes, his identity is publicly exposed and he is driven out of the mansion, falling from the clouds of luxury into the mud. His biological father is a compulsive gambler, his family is dirt-poor, and his starting situation is nothing short of disastrous. Fortunately, his biological mother Lady Bai genuinely cares for him, and former friends offer timely assistance, so he resolves with travel expenses to achieve a life turnaround through the imperial examinations. But no sooner does he step back onto his native soil than he encounters his father being beaten up over gambling debts; all sorts of storms follow one after another, and a life journey of rising from the bottom begins right here.