Ji Lanjun devoted nearly her entire life to her husband, Dou Wenhua.
She honored his parents, supported his siblings, and raised the orphaned child of his friend all by herself. In doing so, she even neglected her own twin daughters.
After more than a decade of working tirelessly without complaint, Ji Lanjun waited, full of hope, for her husband to come home. Instead, Dou Wenhua returned with a beautiful woman named Ding Baifei and told her he wanted a divorce.
What's more, everyone around her urged her to let Dou Wenhua go.
Only then did Ji Lanjun learn that the whole family had known he was unfaithful all along. Even that "orphan" was actually Dou Wenhua and Ding Baifei's child!
With no child to hold her back, Ding Baifei had gone to university and pursued further studies. She and Dou Wenhua had grown together and become a couple everyone envied.
And Ji Lanjun? She was just an exploited tool, her contributions to the family never acknowledged.
After spending the rest of her life in misery, Ji Lanjun opened her eyes and found herself back at the age of twenty-three.
The "orphan" Dou Wenhua had brought home was drinking formula. The baby's chubby, fair appearance was a stark contrast to Ji Lanjun's two biological daughters, who were thin and dark-skinned.
Ji Lanjun's heart ached. She overturned the table right there, gathered both girls in her arms, and declared that she was getting a divorce!
Ding Baifei is reborn as the heroine of a period romance novel, at the most tragic moment of all: just after being widowed.
The devoted second male lead offers to help raise her child. Thinking of the success he'll achieve in the future, Ding Baifei decides not to follow that ridiculous tragic-love plot and asks him to leave the child with Ji Lanjun instead.
But just as she thinks she can focus on improving herself, Ji Lanjun suddenly gets divorced and sends the child back.
The child keeps Ding Baifei so busy that she can barely manage. By the time she realizes what has happened, Ji Lanjun has become the village's greatest contributor, landed a job at a state-owned factory, and raised her two daughters to become pillars of society...
Theme: Contributions to both family and society deserve respect.
