On the day the college entrance exam results were released, homemaker An Ning accompanied her daughter, Zhou Nian'an, to check her scores. Instead, her daughter led her to stumble upon the admission celebration Zhou Minghai was holding for his illegitimate daughter, exposing the truth about his nineteen-year affair. Everyone mocked An Ning, unaware that Zhou Nian'an was the province's top liberal arts student and that her results had been officially withheld from public view. An Ning finally saw her husband's infidelity and her in-laws' cruel, calculating nature for what they were and resolved to divorce him. Mother and daughter joined forces to stand up to her heartless ex-husband and his family and reclaim what rightfully belonged to them. In the end, Zhou Minghai's crimes were exposed and he was sent to prison. An Ning succeeded as an entrepreneur, while Zhou Nian'an grew into a leading scientific researcher. Together, mother and daughter built new lives on their own terms.