In her previous life, Lady Shen was deceived by the frail appearance of Liu, her husband's concubine living outside the household, and tricked into signing a divorce agreement. After mother and daughter were driven out of the residence, they died miserably. Reborn in a single stroke, Pei Mingyao returns to the very day her mother is about to sign the agreement and stops her in front of everyone. Liu pretends to be weak while scheming at every turn to seize the family's property, and the grandmother's favoritism enables one trap after another. Amid the web of lies woven by the entire household, only Pei Mingyao sees through the deception. With Xie Heng's help, she exposes the schemes one by one, uncovers the truth behind her death in her previous life, and protects her mother as she escapes her predicament.