Divorced from the Start, She Turns a Losing Hand into a Royal Flush

In 1980s Northeast China, Wu Hongmei discovers her husband Song Zhao has betrayed her. After returning to the city, she learns he had a longtime love all along, and the boy they picked up by the roadside is actually his son with that woman.

When Song Zhao plots to drive her back to the countryside, Wu Hongmei finally wakes up: she has to divorce him! But before she does, she will fight to secure the best possible future for herself and her daughter.

After the divorce, she starts out selling scallion pancakes and carves out her own bright future despite all the gossip.

The warmth and support of a taciturn but kindhearted disabled veteran driver, and the passionate, sincere devotion of a younger man she has helped for years, teach her through three relationships that a woman's worth should not be confined to marriage. It lies in the resolve and courage to turn a terrible hand into a winning one.