Veteran chef Bai Xiue has painstakingly raised her eldest son, Song Zhiyong, exhausting her savings to advance money for his house purchase and wedding banquet. However, prospective daughter-in-law Liu Suqin and her family view Bai Xiue's sacrifices as granted, not only treating her as a "free cook" to humiliate her in every possible way, but also plotting to pay off her younger brother's huge gambling debts by tricking her into adding his name to the property deed. Amidst heavy pressures on the wedding day, Bai Xiue sees through the greedy true face of the Liu family, resolutely locking down the accounts and calling off the wedding publicly. Tearing off the label of humility, she walks from the smoke-filled back kitchen to the front stage, opening her own strong-willed life.