Lin Jianjun, a transmigrator, enters the body of a man in a courtyard house in the 1960s and becomes a substitute cook in the steel mill cafeteria. As it happens, the original owner was being ostracized for taking the blame for Silly Zhu. With his memories of the original story, he knows the courtyard is full of schemers who'll “eat you alive without leaving a bone behind”: Qin Huairu's subtle manipulation that bleeds you dry, Jia Zhangshi's selfish cruelty, Third Master’s calculating ways, Xu Damao's malicious tricks, and the tragic fate of Silly Zhu, who gets morally blackmailed. This time, Lin Jianjun is determined to break free of the “everyone's a villain” trap. He won't be anyone's scapegoat. He'll use his cooking skills and brains to build a life worth living!
