
After being laid off, Liam Wright started driving for Uber to support his family, only to hit rock bottom when his daughter was diagnosed with leukemia and his wife cheated on him—then, after saving the chairman who crashed right in front of him, he earned the man’s trust, kicked off his rise from nothing, outsmarted every scheming rival, fought his way to the top, and ultimately won both fortune and the heart of the woman he loved.

Wang Defa, a ride-hailing driver, rescues an injured and unconscious elderly person by the roadside during his shift out of kindness. Not only is he strongly opposed and abandoned by his passengers, but he is also ridiculed by passersby. Wang Defa resolutely takes the elder to the hospital, only to discover that the elder is the chairman of Gu Corporation. While anxiously waiting at the hospital, he receives a催促 call from his ex-wife, Li Wan, questioning why he forgot their adopted daughter Lele's birthday, putting him in a dilemma.

This episode depicts the predicament of Wang Defa, a former executive now working as a ride-share driver. On his daughter Lele's birthday, he's too broke to afford a 180 yuan cake, and his sensible daughter kindly tells him to forget it. To celebrate his daughter's birthday, Wang Defa tries to get an advance on his salary from his boss, only to be told he's being laid off due to industry competition. In despair, his boss offers him a dangerous deal: take the blame for the boss's son and offend the powerful Gu Group, in exchange for keeping his job. To make ends meet, Wang Defa is forced to agree to this perilous transaction, setting the stage for future conflicts.

This episode follows the down-on-his-luck former boss, Wang Defa, who encounters his ex-brother-in-law, Li Jie, a debt collector, on the street while trying to buy a birthday cake for his daughter, Lele. Li Jie and his subordinates heap humiliation upon Wang Defa, not only with verbal taunts but also by forcing him to crawl between their legs to retrieve the cake. Despite Wang Defa enduring the shame for his daughter's sake, Li Jie breaks his promise. Instead, he and his men brutally beat Wang Defa, smash the cake in his face, and then leave triumphantly. A despairing Wang Defa is left alone in the rain, cleaning up the ruined cake.

Ride-hailing driver Wang Defa returns home from work with a birthday cake for his daughter, Lele, only to find her in a high fever and unconscious. He is frantic with worry, but his wife, Li Wan, who is preparing to go out dancing, is utterly indifferent and verbally abuses Wang Defa for his poverty. Then, his ex-mother-in-law joins the argument. Not only does she side with her daughter, but she slaps Wang Defa and berates him as a good-for-nothing, revealing that she only agreed to the marriage because her daughter got pregnant before marriage. Finally, she forcefully prevents Wang Defa from taking their child to the hospital, and the family conflict explodes.

The male lead, Wang Defa, rushes his adopted daughter Lele to the hospital as she has a high fever, but he is ruthlessly blocked by his ex-mother-in-law and ex-wife, Li Wan. Li Wan and her mother are solely focused on marrying into wealth, plotting to divorce Wang Defa and leave him with nothing. Wang Defa, in a desperate rush, takes Lele to the hospital, where she is diagnosed with leukemia. While preparing to donate bone marrow to his daughter, Wang Defa receives devastating news: lab results show he is not Lele's biological father, making their bone marrow incompatible and preventing him from saving his daughter.

Ride-hailing driver Wang Defa is devastated to learn that his beloved daughter Lele is not his biological child, making him unable to donate bone marrow for her transplant. Under immense emotional and financial pressure, he receives a call from his mother and, suppressing his grief, falsely assures her that everything is fine. Later, while picking up a fare, he unexpectedly drives his ex-wife Li Wan and her lover Chen Tianyu. Witnessing their intimacy in the car, a mix of anger and betrayal overwhelms him. He eventually forces them out of the car on the street, his emotions completely breaking down.

Ride-hailing driver Wang Defa unexpectedly picks up his ex-wife Li Wan and her new lover Chen Tianyu during a fare. Enraged by Li Wan's alleged infidelity while their daughter Lele is critically ill in the hospital, Wang Defa gets into a heated confrontation with them. The wealthy second-generation Chen Tianyu not only verbally humiliates Wang Defa but also tramples on his dignity with money and violence, ultimately beating him severely. He then forces Wang Defa to sign the divorce agreement in humiliation in exchange for money for his daughter's life-saving treatment. At the end, the doctor informs Wang Defa that his daughter's condition is critical and her life is in danger if she doesn't undergo surgery immediately, plunging Wang Defa into deeper despair.

Desperate to afford a bone marrow transplant for his adopted daughter, Lele, male protagonist Wang Defa finds himself unable to raise the enormous sum required, despite exhausting all his resources. Meanwhile, the chairman of Gu Corporation, whom Wang Defa had unintentionally saved, is in the same hospital. He is on the phone with his granddaughter, Gu Yating, eagerly wanting to find his savior and repay him. These two converging storylines hint at a turning point in Wang Defa's predicament, filled with dramatic coincidences and tension.

Gu Yating publicly offers a reward to save her grandfather, drawing strong dissatisfaction and a slap from her second uncle, Gu Hao, who accuses her of damaging company interests. Chairman Gu, upon waking, scolds Gu Hao for his greed and filial impiety, and praises Gu Yating's filial piety. He then announces his intention to find his savior at all costs, using this as an opportunity to showcase the Gu family's absolute power to Jiangcheng's four prominent families. Meanwhile, ride-sharing driver Wang Defa, while driving, learns from a friend that the elderly man he rescued might be the wealthy magnate the entire city is searching for.

This episode follows taxi driver Wang Defa, who is summoned by Chen Zeming, the assistant to the chairman of Gu Group, after saving the chairman's life. Chen Zeming is initially suspicious but his attitude changes drastically after Wang Defa presents video evidence to prove his story. Wang Defa does not demand a hefty reward but instead pleads for a loan of 500,000 yuan for his daughter who has leukemia. His compassionate and righteous character touches Chen Zeming. However, the plot takes a shocking turn when Chen Zeming sends Wang Defa away and then meets the chairman with his own son, Chen Tianyu, claiming the life-saving deed as his own. This sets the stage for future conflicts.