Xu Yamei, a rural woman, raises her biological son, Li Xiaowen, with endless hardship and sacrifice. Yet when he marries, he hides the truth about his mother from his new wife, falsely claiming that his biological mother is merely the family's housekeeper. His adopted brother, Peng Yi, returns to China and desperately searches for the adoptive mother he cannot find. By chance, he sees her being bullied at Xiaowen's wedding...