Cao Xinyue, a poor village girl, earns the provincial top score in the college entrance exam and gains admission to Tsinghua and Peking University. But the village chief covets her and tears up her admission letter, forcing her to marry a mentally disabled young man. She suffers countless torments: her identity is stolen, her father is buried alive, and her mother is tricked into signing an organ donation agreement. With help from Gu Sheng, a world-class AI expert, and teachers from Tsinghua and Peking, she fights relentlessly and finally realizes her dream of entering university. Five years later, she returns home in success. She sponsors poor students, proving that knowledge can change fate and passing the torch forward.
