At forty, Chen Weiguo had spent half his life working hard and living honestly, doing everything he could to support his family. Who could have known that a brother he had trusted with all his heart for over a decade would run off with their money after tricking him into signing a guarantee, leaving him saddled with 280,000 yuan in debt overnight? His wife, who had shared his days and nights, was hiding her own agenda, joining forces with a villain pulling the strings to scheme against him at every turn. She secretly drained their daughter’s tuition fund and sealed off the family’s good fortune, trapping him in a hopeless situation where his loved ones had all turned against him, debt collectors were pounding on the door, and his home was on the verge of falling apart.
With nowhere left to turn and death looming, the yellowed old notebook his grandfather had left behind suddenly awakened, granting him a unique chance to borrow fortune and turn the tide. Debt and enemies on every side seem like a dead end, but they are also the beginning of a defiance of fate. A mysterious man in black closes in at every turn, bent on stealing his opportunity and cutting off his path to survival. Old friends hide their treachery, his beloved turns against him, and a vast web of conspiracy unfolds, spanning both the streets and the secret rules governing fortune.
So what if he is buried in bad debt? So what if he has suffered betrayal after betrayal? Armed with a priceless secret that can change his luck, Chen Weiguo casts off his weakness and rises against the odds, battered but unbowed. He dismantles one debt trap after another, tracks down the traitor who fled with the money, and tears away the mask of the woman at his side. At the same time, he faces the hidden enemies coveting his newfound opportunity, seizing chances, building connections, and launching a business amid the shifting currents of city life. Once a down-and-out middle-aged man drowning in debt, he now turns the tables step by step, breaks free of his predicament, avenges his loved ones, protects his family, and tears apart every scheme to live a life ablaze with possibility.
