Lu Chuan is an orphan who craves family affection and makes every concession to his mother-in-law's family. He pays 360,000 in pension for his parents-in-law in advance, but at the family reunion dinner, his mother-in-law gives two thousand red envelopes to each of her three grandsons, while leaving out only his granddaughter and even scolding her as a "good-for-nothing money-loser." Lu Chuan flips the table and erupts. His wife, Xu Ning, has been brainwashed since childhood to sacrifice for her birth family, dropping out of junior high school to support her older brother's studies, having her bride price taken by her parents, and continually subsidizing her birth family even after marriage. Lu Chuan helps her see her parents' true colors, and Xu Ning finally awakens, recovers the debts, and breaks ties with her birth family. A year later, Xu Ning learns to love herself, and the two come back together.