Zhao Jiayu transmigrates just before the college entrance exams.
He climbs out of a river, shivering and hugging himself.
Just as he's starving and freezing, certain he'll die out in the mountains, a beautiful young widow suddenly drops out of the sky.
She wants to marry him and make him her live-in son-in-law.
He agrees without hesitation and happily follows her home. He's finally landed himself a comfortable life. He won't have to go hungry anymore!
But after only two meals, the wedding is over, and before night falls or they can retire to the bridal chamber, the widow's first love comes charging in.
Zhao Jiayu is knocked unconscious with a single punch.
When he wakes up, the widow and her lover have already run off together.
Zhao Jiayu looks around the bare-walled house, opens the empty rice jar, and faces the widow's fourteen-year-old son.
Wisps of smoke rise from the kitchen, and the aroma of rice porridge drifts to Zhao Jiayu's nose.
Starving after a whole day without food, Zhao Jiayu springs up and rushes to the kitchen, grabbing his stepson by the leg. "Son, your dad's hungry."
Lin Xiao sees his penniless little stepfather clinging to his leg and drooling, so he quickly gulps down the bowl of thin porridge.
Later, after Zhao Jiayu pesters him relentlessly, he manages to land himself another comfortable life by latching onto his stepson's support.
But this support isn't much to lean on. Following Brother Xiao means going hungry nine days out of ten.
Zhao Jiayu decides to shoulder the responsibility of supporting the family.
He takes a sickle to someone else's field to earn money cutting rice, but accidentally slices his own ankle. Blood gushes everywhere.
Lin Xiao rushes over and carries him to see a doctor.
Clinging to his back in alarm, Zhao Jiayu cries, "The sickle was rusty! They don't have tetanus shots here, so I might die! Boohoo..."
Lin Xiao runs, gasping for breath. "D-don't be scared. Tonight I'll... I'll make you brown sugar eggs. You'll be fine after you eat them."
Half a month later, the scab falls off and Zhao Jiayu is back on his feet. He goes up the mountain to gather wild vegetables and even finds a nest of bird's eggs. When he gets home, he fries Lin Xiao a tiny sunny-side-up egg.
The two of them come up with ways to find food every day. At night, they huddle together for warmth, heads close as they whisper and talk about how to make money.
Through their joint efforts, both of them manage to eat their fill at every meal, and grow into men.
The boys in the village who are Lin Xiao's age have already become grandfathers.
Lin Xiao still sleeps with Zhao Jiayu. At night, they huddle together and whisper, and every now and then they share a kiss.
* One-on-one romance, devoted to each other in body and mind.
* A transmigrated high school boy, Zhao Jiayu, is the bottom. His native stepson, Lin Xiao, is the top.
Theme: Happiness comes from hard work.
