At his 45th birthday banquet, Lu Zheng exposes his wife Su Wanning for raising another man's son for over twenty years. Shamed, Su demands a divorce. At the civil affairs bureau, Lu presents two paternity tests: the boy is neither his nor Su's—but the child of her first love Shen Huaizhou and Lin Zhiyi. Su collapses. After divorce, Lu leaves for a coastal town to restart his life. Su cripples herself in a suicide attempt; Shen flees with money. Lu then discovers his mother was murdered by his mother-in-law Fang Minzhi. Su dies in a fire she set; Fang gets life. Lu opens a gallery by the sea, meets Song Nian, and finally finds peace.
