Synopsis
A modern businessman travels back to ancient times; he lands in the body of a man about to be married as a matrilocal husband into a family of cloth merchants. He then begins incorporating modern methods and ideals to help his friends and battle corrupt local businesses. Ultimately, he becomes involved in the affairs of the country.
Unexpected Marriage
Guo Qi Lin (郭麒麟) as Ning Yi
A prosperous entrepreneur in modern-day China is undercut by a business partner, who tells him that he will have to take his revenge against him in another life – and then has him brutally beaten.
When he awakes, he has traveled back in time hundreds of years and now inhabits the body of a young man named Ning Yi (Guo Qi Lin).
Song Yi (宋轶) as Su Tan Er
Ning Yi soon discovers and engaged to be married into the family of a successful cloth merchant. Ning Yi also learns and wish become a matrilocal husband, which will mean Ning Yi must live with his wife’s family, rather than the other way around, as per traditional Confucian custom.
At first, Ning Yi is reluctant to go ahead with the marriage, and even attempts to escape. But when Ning Yi meets his beautiful and charming fiancee Su Tan Er (Song Yi), he changes his mind, and the couple ties the knot.
Credits
Director
Deng Ke
Producer
Yang Bei
Liu Wen Yang
Writer
Qin En