To stay by his wife's side, Gu Chengzhou hides his wealthy family background and works hard to build a life in Jiangcheng, shouldering all the family's expenses alone. At a parent-child sports day, Li Nian actually forces their son to call her overly familiar colleague, Qin Ye, "Dad," leaving Gu Chengzhou utterly heartbroken. He takes his son back to Haicheng, assumes the position of director at Gu Group, and asks for a divorce. Li Nian, who constantly supports her younger brother, spends her entire salary supporting her family and Qin Ye. Meanwhile, Qin Ye tampers with project data, causing her career to collapse one disaster after another. She and her family storm an industry conference in public to smear Gu Chengzhou, only to have the whole truth exposed before everyone. After the divorce, Li Nian struggles to make a living under a mountain of debt, with only the bond between her and her son left to hold them together.