Shen Yilan, a fishmonger struggling to survive in Jinghai Jiuchang Street Market, has no knowledge but is overwhelmed by reality. A dispute on New Year's Eve led her to an unexpected acquaintance with detective Lu Xiao, which also caused her to be misunderstood by a market bully as a "person with a background." In order to protect herself and her only younger brother, Shen Yilan made mistakes and made use of this "fake power" power to step by step from the fish stall to the center of power in Jinghai. She dealt with the right and wrong, using wisdom and ruthlessness to build her own business empire. However, on this road of no return, she gradually drifted away from Lu Xiao, who helped her in the first place, and eventually became an irreconcilable opponent. When the prosperity came to an end, she looked back at the way she came and realized that she was already at the center of the storm and could never look back.
