After rebirth, Cao Xiao'e breaks free from her love-obsessed past. She clears her name from chasing a scumbag and draining her family's savings, resolves a work crisis, and mends her family rift. She takes over the factory's literacy program, innovates a reward and punishment system, winning over workers and leadership. She helps neighbors, confronts emotional entanglements, and starts a new life in the 1980s.