In her previous life, Zhuang Xiaojin was forced to marry Chen Shaoqing for the sake of her family’s business. Her first love, Zhou Yijun, went far away, but returned as a collaborator with the Japanese. To protect her family’s secret recipe, Zhuang Xiaojin was willing to sacrifice both her loved ones and herself. In the end, she set a fire and died with Zhou Yijun.
When Zhuang Xiaojin wakes up, she discovers that she has transmigrated to the era of the sent-down youth. Everyone from her previous life has assumed a different identity, yet their tangled relationships draw them together once more. Realizing she has no choice but to settle the debts of love from her past life, she marries Chen Shaoqing.
Zhuang Xiaojin gets into university, and Chen Shaoqing moves to the city to start a business. As Chen Shaoqing makes money, his ambitions grow, and he eventually becomes a well-known local entrepreneur. Zhuang Xiaojin becomes a pharmaceutical researcher and takes her family’s secret recipe from her previous life to new heights. Zhou Yijun becomes a surgeon, but when his father is arrested for embezzlement, Zhou Yijun is also arrested and imprisoned for secretly accepting red envelopes. The store opened by Zhuang Liankui is driven out of business by unfair competition, and everything is handed over to Zhuang Xiaojin’s father.
The emotional debts of the previous life must be repaid in this one. The debts of money from the previous life must also be settled in full.
Carrying the memories of her previous life, Zhuang Xiaojin gradually makes her way through a life of hardship. Brave and composed, she continues the story of her past.
