Chen Kai saved 280,000 yuan of his hard-earned money to prepare to open a braised-food shop, only to discover that his savings had been secretly transferred by his wife, Lin Xiao, to pay the down payment on her younger brother's wedding home. From negotiating to get the money back to discovering that the emergency funds for his hospitalized mother had also been misappropriated, Chen Kai's heart turned completely cold amid his wife's constant favoritism toward her family and their endless schemes. He resolutely divorced her. Afterward, he gritted his teeth and worked hard, turning his life around by starting a business with his skills and the support of friends and relatives. He met his kindred spirit, Su Qing, and began a peaceful new life. Meanwhile, Lin Xiao continued to be drained by her family of origin. Eventually, her younger brother fraudulently borrowed money in her name, and even when she became seriously ill, her mother still pressured her to repay the debt. Finally, completely disillusioned, she broke free from the shackles of family ties and left for another place.