After forty-two years of an unremarkable life, Wang Haoran dies beneath the wheels of a vehicle while saving a child. The ancestral black jade pendant at his neck melts into a mark on his chest, carrying him back to 1951.
The former Wang residence was donated by Old Madam Long and handed over to the neighborhood committee. In accordance with the rules, his family bought the western courtyard, making it the only privately owned home in the compound.
Reborn as a ten-year-old orphan whose parents are gone and whose only family is his five-year-old sister, he faces neighbors in the compound who each harbor their own greed. The Jia family is overbearing, and the three masters are shrewd schemers, all coveting his home and savings.
He has no System or miraculous encounters, only the mature judgment he has gained over half a lifetime, the Bajiquan he has practiced for years, and his fishing skills to help make ends meet.
He won't invite trouble, but he won't let anyone bully him either. He'll protect the family home and look after his sweet little sister.
Through the long currents of time, he avoids turmoil and traps, steadily builds a life, watches his sister grow up and find a good match, and lives peacefully in their courtyard, making up for every regret from his previous life.
