Ling Chen is reborn as a leading scientist and gets roped in by his childhood friend to fill in for a male contestant on a dating reality show. Faced with top-tier star Yang Mi, he packs up the leftovers and insists on splitting the bill. The whole internet calls him stingy, but he hangs up and says, “I’m not interested.” Yang Mi's competitive streak flares, and she announces in front of everyone, “I'm interested in you!” When Ling Chen's identity as a chief engineer at the Chinese Academy of Sciences is revealed, the whole internet is stunned. At the celebration banquet, Yang Mi corners him in the lab. “Engineer Ling, are you interested in me now?” Ling Chen sees the System notification: [Yang Mi's affection: 100%]. He says helplessly, “Teacher Yang, do we have to split our relationship fifty-fifty too?”
