Tong Yuheng, a retired special forces soldier and owner of a women's sanda training center in modern times, awakens in a freezing alley in Yan City with a head wound and blood on her neck. Rapidly processing a flood of unfamiliar memories, she realizes she has transmigrated into the body of a cannon-fodder character from a web novel she had listened to before sleeping. The original Tong Yuheng was the eldest daughter of a family of eight, destined to suffer a tragic fate orchestrated by the novel's heroine. Her father had died six months prior while pursuing a thief, leaving her mother, Tong Jiahui, a widow raising seven daughters. The original plot involved Tong Jiahui being drugged and framed for an affair with a man named Fan Eryong, forcing her into a marriage that would eventually lead to the family's ruin, the imprisonment of the protagonist, and the deaths or disappearances of her siblings.
Recognizing the immediate danger, Tong Yuheng rushes to the steel factory's administrative building, where her mother is working overtime on a holiday. She intercepts the initial stage of the conspiracy: Fan Eryong is in Tong Jiahui's office, intending to drug her tea to create a scandal that would compel her to marry him to preserve her reputation. Tong Yuheng confronts Fan Eryong, kicking him in the stomach and binding him with rope. She hides him in a storage room while she and her mother discuss the scheme. Tong Yuheng deduces that the thug who attacked her, Wu Zhigang, was an admirer of Fan Eryong's niece, Fan Yaqing, indicating a coordinated effort to incapacitate her before the frame-up.
Soon after, Han Ailian, the jealous wife of the propaganda department director, arrives with a group of women intent on "catching" Tong Jiahui in an adulterous act, having been misled by rumors spread by the Fan family. Tong Yuheng and her mother maintain their composure, revealing that no improper relationship occurred. Han Ailian and her entourage search the building but find nothing, eventually leaving in frustration after realizing they have been manipulated. Tong Yuheng then retrieves Fan Eryong from the storage room, forces him to drink the dirty water from a brush-rinsing jar, and throws him out of the second-story window to escape, ensuring he suffers physical pain and humiliation without killing him.
Back at home, Tong Yuheng analyzes the family's precarious situation. The Tong family, despite being labeled as a martyr's family, faces threats from neighbors and factory colleagues who covet their pension and survivor benefits. Tong Yuheng reveals her strategic mind, warning her mother that the Fan family's schemes are only beginning. She identifies the root of the conflict: the family's perceived wealth and the mother's attractiveness are drawing predatory attention in an era where such vulnerabilities can be exploited for political and social gain. Tong Yuheng resolves to protect her family, using her military training and combat skills to dismantle the Fan family's plots and prevent the tragic fate outlined in the novel.
The narrative establishes Tong Yuheng as a formidable protector who refuses to accept the passive role assigned to her character. She begins to systematically counter the enemies surrounding her family, starting with the immediate threat of Fan Eryong and the gossip-driven hostility of neighbors like Han Ailian. The story sets the stage for a prolonged conflict where Tong Yuheng must navigate the complex social dynamics of the steel factory community, expose the Fan family's manipulations, and safeguard her mother and six younger sisters from the ruin that originally befell them. Her actions mark the beginning of her transformation from a doomed cannon fodder into the central figure who alters the destiny of the entire Tong family.
| Date | Group | Release |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-11 | shanghai fantasy | c3 |
| 2026-08-11 | shanghai fantasy | c2 |
| 2026-08-11 | shanghai fantasy | c1 |