Before her daughter-in-law Meng Ning has even completed her postpartum confinement, Jiang Xinlian insists on driving her son, daughter-in-law, and grandson out of the house. Everyone wonders why the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, who were once as close as mother and daughter, have suddenly become bitter enemies. Ten years later, Jiang Xinlian appears at a hospital with a ten-year-old child, and everyone finally understands: Jiang Xinlian has an illegitimate son.