Living by the survival-first creed of just making it to quitting time, a max-level corporate drone transmigrates into a courtyard full of troublemakers.
He discovers that the original owner was a universally despised villain whose story ends in a miserable death.
To rewrite his fate of growing old alone, he switches to a strategy of doing everything the other way around.
His wife looks down on him? No problem. He shows off masterful household management by keeping the books down to the last cent.
Someone sends a letter of denunciation? No big deal. He turns the tables with a web of connections and favors.
When the factory director personally claps Xu Damao on the shoulder and praises him, the courtyard elders turn green with envy.
We’re still scheming over a mouthful of cornmeal. How did you become a trusted aide to a top leader?
You don’t clear your name by being kindhearted, but by proving your abilities are beyond reproach.
