Zhang Ran is reborn in a parallel world much like the one he knew in his previous life, carrying all his memories with him.
On May 19, 1990, after finishing some business abroad, Zhang Ran boards a luxury cruise ship to return home, full of anticipation and joy.
After the ship sails through a bank of fog, Zhang Ran discovers that time has jumped straight to 2018. Their cruise ship has arrived twenty-eight years in the future.
'Overnight', his previously lonely household register suddenly lists a son, a daughter-in-law, a daughter, a grandson, and a granddaughter.
