Shen Yichen, who was once the god of war on the frontier, was forced to retreat to the city due to a well-designed military and political struggle. He was adopted as a son-in-law by his old friend Xu Mingyao, and became a rich man's son-in-law in the eyes of outsiders. On the surface, he is a powerless "idler" who is despised by the whole city, but in fact he is secretly stirring up trouble. Faced with internal struggles within the Xu family, business intrigues, dark forces, and the appearance of former enemies and comrades-in-arms, Shen Yichen worked step by step on the road to protecting his family, upholding the right path, and resolving hatred. Multiple forces are intertwined, with constant overt and covert struggles. As the truth is gradually revealed, he not only peels off the disguise of his son-in-law's identity layer by layer, but also achieves self-salvation under multiple tests of family, love, friendship, etc., And finally returns to the top and becomes the true guardian of his family, city and country.