Back to 1995: The Eldest Son Chooses School over Work

In his previous life, Jiang Gu had just graduated from junior high when his shady uncle tricked him into going away to work illegally. After finally escaping and building a successful career, his stepmother and younger half-siblings coveted his estate.

When he suddenly returns to 1995, Jiang Gu, who has suffered enough from having no education, firmly refuses to work and insists on going to school.

His stepmother tries to stop him? He'll make his shady uncle reveal what really happens to migrant workers: you can earn money, but you might not live to spend it.

His father won't pay? He'll make the whole town learn that the old man has been cuckolded, sending him fleeing in the middle of the night.

He can't afford tuition? Jiang Gu catches crayfish and gathers river mussels, turns his old hobby into cash, and transforms his drawings into stacks of bills.

When he returns to that unscrupulous construction site, everything is already completely different. Brand-new apartments are selling like hotcakes, with ads that sound like a scam:

Hong Kong's handover is just around the corner, and Shenzhen's property values are being reassessed!

In a prime location in Fu District, near the subway, with prices starting at just 6,xxx yuan per square meter!

Seventy-year ownership, with municipal water and electricity. Grand opening this Saturday, and the first 50 buyers get a full set of home appliances and a blue-stamp household registration!

Passersby curse the place, saying every line is a trap and only an idiot would buy.

But Jiang Gu doesn't hesitate. He buys!

This is the last low-cost ticket Shenzhen will ever offer ordinary people to get in!