In the 1980s, I Pretended to Be an Overseas Chinese in Northbound and Southbound

In 2025, Xu Luohua is knocked unconscious by something falling from above at a shopping mall. When he opens his eyes, he's transmigrated to 1983 and finds himself in the world of the hit TV drama A Lifelong Journey! Wearing a trendy hoodie and ripped jeans, he becomes the hottest guy at Ningyang Railway Station, instantly drawing everyone's attention, including that of Wang Xin, a young police officer.

With no money and no identity, he's about to be treated as a vagrant or even a spy. But then Xu Luohua discovers that his consciousness can connect to a vacuum-sealed shopping mall where time has stopped! It's stocked with all kinds of goods, and can even automatically adapt them to the rules of the era!

His membership card instantly becomes "proof of overseas identity," and his US dollars cause a sensation! Thinking quickly, he poses as an overseas Chinese returning home, pretending to be the long-lost nephew from abroad of Wang Sufang, who has come to reunite with her.

With imported snacks and drinks from the mall, he easily wins over the young officer Wang Xin. Relying on his foreknowledge of the plot and a steady stream of tall tales, he tries to win the trust of veteran detective Ma Kui. Just as he's starting to get established, he discovers that his ultimate bachelor gadget has come along too, and someone finds it!

The veteran detective holds up the "indecent evidence," blazing with fury. "An overseas Chinese from America? You'd better explain to me what the hell this is!"

Xu Luohua: "...Hear me out. I mean, let me explain!"

See how this transmigrator, armed with the goods of an entire shopping mall, uses dollars, chocolate, digital watches, and all manner of "modern gadgets" that don't belong in this era to navigate a time of fervent ideals and conservative innocence. Surrounded by characters like Ma Kui, Wang Xin, and Ma Yan, he'll roll with the mistakes and play up his returning overseas Chinese identity to