55-year-old Shirley Shaw spent her entire life savings to buy a house, only for her daughter-in-law Hannah Fang to move her entire family in, where they stayed for four years. Over these four years, Shirley's son Brandon Zhao, daughter-in-law Hannah Fang, father-in-law Frank Fang, and co-mother-in-law Lao Jinzhi leached off Shirley like parasites. Brandon allowed all of this, because he looked down on his rural-born mother and wanted to please Hannah's 'well-off' family. To keep the family peace, Shirley endured everything in silence. One day, after Shirley finished cooking a full meal for the whole family, she found a camp bed set up on the balcony next to her small suitcase. Brandon told Shirley she would sleep on the balcony from now on, claiming Hannah's parents were elderly and needed larger rooms to be comfortable. He planned to knock down the wall between Shirley's former storage room and second bedroom to expand the space for Hannah's parents. Shirley refused. Brandon was furious that she would defy him. Lao Jinzhi put on a fake kind act, tried to guilt-trip Shirley and pulled her hand pretending to be close, but Shirley shook her off. Seeing her mother being 'bullied', Hannah Fang yelled for their dog to attack Shirley, and the dog bit Shirley's hands and feet. Shirley expected her son to defend her, but Brandon pretended not to see, saying Hannah was only protecting her mother. This was the moment Shirley realized her son was an ungrateful wretch. Over the four years, Shirley endured e
