Ran Hongchao quits his high-paying job and returns to his hometown, only to learn that his younger brother, Ran Jianbo, has teamed up with Li Mengqing to force their mother to sell the ancestral home for a bride price so he can marry Liu Siya, the daughter of the Liu family—and he refuses to acknowledge his own kin. Wen Xiuhua sells the old house and drifts from place to place, missing Ran Hongchao by mere moments time and again. At the wedding, Wen Xiuhua, working as a cleaner, tries to acknowledge her son but is humiliated instead. Ran Hongchao arrives to shield his mother, his true identity is revealed, and Ran Jianbo is consumed with regret. Ran Hongchao buys back the old house and reunites with his mother, only to discover that all the money he sent home was pocketed by his brother. Ran Jianbo and the others pressure Wen Xiuhua, and, unwilling to drag her son down, she attempts suicide by poison but survives. Ran Hongchao exposes the entire conspiracy, delivers Ran Jianbo and Li Mengqing to the law, and resolutely leaves with his mother.