Scene: On a rainy night, the Su family's old house (a century-old house in an ancient town in the south of the Yangtze River) is surrounded by deathly silence amid lightning and thunder.
Picture: The protagonist Su Wan (22 years old) is huddled in the corner of the woodshed, protecting her unconscious mother Lin Hui in her arms. There is blood at the corner of her mouth. In her ears, she hears the sharp laughter of her cousin Su Mengyao and the sound of heavy objects being dragged.
Conflict triggered: The door of the woodshed was kicked open, and two thugs in black broke in with wooden sticks, shouting, "Boss Su Zhenbang said, there is no point in leaving anyone alive, we must eradicate the roots!"
Protagonist's reaction: Su Wan's eyes flashed, she pushed her mother deeper into the firewood pile, grabbed the hatchet beside her, lowered her voice, "Mom, I'll protect you, hold on", and took the initiative to face the thugs, revealing the self-defense dagger hidden in her cuffs (foreshadowing: the fighting skills taught by her father during his lifetime)
