Xu Man, the female lead, awakens and fights back against her oppressive marriage of three years. Her husband, Gao Ming, earns 20,000 yuan a month but gives her only 100 yuan for food. After being dismissed from her job, she discovers that the 15,000 yuan her husband supposedly transfers to her each month for household expenses has secretly been diverted by her mother-in-law under the guise of family support. As she investigates further, she uncovers a shocking scam: her husband has another family outside their marriage and has been plotting to get his hands on her dowry and her birth family's assets since their university days. No longer timid, Xu Man calmly gathers evidence and carefully executes her plan. In the end, her unfaithful husband leaves the marriage with nothing, and the other woman gets nothing for all her efforts. Having reclaimed everything that belongs to her, Xu Man begins a new life and finds love again.