In 2026, Chen Yuanhang owns a business empire worth billions. At the age of sixty-one, an accident sends his soul back to 1980, into the classroom of his fifteen-year-old self. In his previous life, he devoted himself to studying and ignored the love that was true, shutting out Lin Wan, the childhood friend who waited years for him. Only after he topped the exams and made a name for himself did he learn that, after waiting in vain, she had hastily married someone else, worked herself sick, and died in sorrow. In this life, he returns with forty years' worth of knowledge about policy timelines, market supply and demand, and untapped opportunities. But his family is penniless: studying would take four years they cannot afford, and she cannot wait that long. After careful thought, he decides not to take the exams. But he knows this: a poor man's words are worth the least. When a poor man says, "I'm not taking the exams," people think he's crazy. Only the rich get to call it having a mind of their own. So first, he keeps quiet. First, he makes money.
