The 1970s: The Doctor Wife Arrives and the Stoic Tough Guy Spoils Her Rotten

Su Tong, a battle-hardened military surgeon from the twenty-first century, dies on a peacekeeping mission and awakens in the body of Wu Tong, a sixteen-year-old girl in rural China during the 1970s. The original Wu Tong was the eldest daughter of a abusive family, forced into a transactional marriage with an elderly widower for fifty yuan. After her first two fiancés died under mysterious circumstances, she was branded a jinx. Desperate to escape her fate, she attempted suicide by smashing her head against a pillar while being transported by hired thugs. Su Tong inherits this broken body and a life of extreme poverty and mistreatment.

Upon regaining consciousness in a dilapidated cattle shed, Su Tong confronts the two thugs who were sent to assault her before delivering her to the groom. Using her combat training, she fights back but is forced to flee due to her physical weakness. Her escape leads her into a tense police ambush. Unbeknownst to her, a major criminal operation is underway. Qin Yi, a young and capable police commander, is leading a team to capture Ma Liu, a notorious fugitive wanted across three provinces for kidnapping and murder. Ma Liu is holding a young boy hostage and has strapped homemade explosives to his chest.

During the chaotic confrontation, Ma Liu captures Su Tong and uses her as a shield to escape in a stolen jeep. Recognizing the child is critically ill and near death, Su Tong proposes a trade: she will remain hostage if the child is released. The police agree, and Ma Liu abandons the boy to flee with Su Tong. Once alone in the vehicle, Su Tong seizes the opportunity. She expertly disarms Ma Liu, removes the detonator from his explosive device, and subdues his accomplice, Zhang Kui. Using professional restraint techniques and tactical driving skills, she crashes the jeep and ties both criminals securely before waiting for the police to arrive.

Qin Yi discovers the scene and is stunned by the professional binding methods and the disarmed bomb. He initially suspects a hidden operative but eventually deduces that Su Tong, the blood-covered girl in the back seat, performed the feat alone. Su Tong wakes in the county hospital, where she is hailed as a hero for saving the child. However, she is deeply concerned about exposure. Her family, led by her greedy mother Wang Guilan and jealous sister Wu Dongling, arrives at the hospital demanding rewards and attempting to extort money from Qin Yi. Su Tong calmly exposes their crimes, including forced marriage and attempted rape, leading to their arrest.

Qin Yi visits Su Tong to discuss the case. He is intrigued by her contradictory nature: a fragile rural girl who possesses the skills of a special forces operative. Su Tong requests that her role in capturing the criminals remain secret to avoid unwanted attention. Qin Yi agrees, though he remains suspicious of her true identity. Meanwhile, Ma Liu suffers from acute appendicitis, a condition that requires surgery but carries high risk due to a blood clotting disorder. The local doctors are unable to proceed safely. Su Tong recognizes the medical challenge and offers to perform the surgery, revealing her advanced medical knowledge. This decision marks a turning point, as it forces her to fully expose her capabilities to Qin Yi and the hospital staff, potentially altering her plan to live a quiet life.

The story establishes a dual conflict: Su Tong must navigate the political and social complexities of 1970s China while hiding her true identity, and she must deal with the lingering threat of Ma Liu’s criminal network. Her relationship with Qin Yi evolves from suspicion to a tentative alliance. As she recovers and begins to assert control over her new life, Su Tong faces the challenge of balancing her past skills with her present vulnerability. The narrative sets the stage for her integration into this era, using her medical and tactical expertise to protect herself and those around her, while uncovering deeper secrets within the criminal case that connects to her new reality.