After dying suddenly in 2024, young policy researcher Chen Yue is reborn as a sent-down youth in 1976. Armed with a precise understanding of history's course and knowledge of the future, he begins by saving a small village, then changes his fate through the college entrance exam, receives an elite education at Peking University, and gains hard-won experience on the ground, eventually becoming a leader at the forefront of reform. Spanning nearly half a century of sweeping changes in Chinese society, the story weaves together his deep love for his first love, Su Wanqing, which crosses class boundaries, complex political struggles, and a central secret about "prophecy" and "choice." When he reaches the heights of power and pushes through crucial reforms, accusations of "prophecy" from the past drive him to the brink. The only proof of his innocence turns out to be a mathematical formula left behind by the woman he once loved.
