Seeing that his beloved Pei Yan is about to marry another man, Fu Huaizhou, who has secretly loved her for nine years, sets a trap. He pretends to befriend her fiancé, Li Yueting, and under the guise of being “good brothers,” lures him into a scandal. On the eve of the wedding, Fu delivers a video of Li’s infidelity, completely shattering the engagement. Driven to desperation, Li Yueting drugs Pei Yan—only to fall right into Fu Huaizhou’s plan. At the crucial moment, Fu appears, playing the savior, and coaxes the dazed Pei Yan into signing a marriage agreement. This long-plotted act of seizing love finally succeeds.

Living in the slums of a wealthy town, Rudo and his foster father Regto try to coexist with the rest of the town's residents, but Rudo despises the wastefulness of the upper class. Ignoring the warnings from those around him, Rudo regularly rummages through the town's garbage in search of anything useful or valuable to save from the "Abyss"—a massive hole where anything considered trash is dumped, including people. Rudo's biological father was one such person, having been thrown into the Abyss after he was accused of murder. One day, after running into a mysterious figure on the way home, Rudo returns to find Regto's dying body on the floor. He is immediately found at the scene by the authorities and is charged with murder. No one believes his claims of innocence, and he is thrown into the Abyss. Instead of dying, however, he finds himself in a strange, foul-smelling place surrounded by monsters made out of trash. When Rudo is attacked by said monsters, he is saved by a man named Enjin, who reveals himself to be a "Cleaner"—someone who uses special weapons called Vital Instruments to combat these creatures. In order to get his revenge on the one who killed Regto, Rudo reluctantly becomes a Cleaner to fight his way back up and out of the Abyss.

Sent back to his youth, 44-year-old Win tries to fulfill his late friend Nut's dream by leading their band to a competition, fearing he'll lose Nut again and never express his true feelings.