Shen Nian's own mother forces her to give her only property to her younger sister. On the day Shen Nian moves out, her mother collapses at the doorway, crying as if her life depends on it, and the entire internet condemns Shen Nian as cold and heartless. But she doesn't know that her mother's tears are an act, her sister's sweetness is a disguise, and every penny she has quietly saved has become a stepping stone for her sister to marry into a wealthy family. When Shen Nian finally decides to fight back, an anonymous letter, a stack of old remittance slips, and the silent ledger by her father's bedside expose the bloody truth of the past twenty years: she was never someone who should have given way. Her whole life had been a setup.
