After her husband Liu Peng is laid off, Xu Banxia partners with Lu Ze to run a small scrap recycling station just to make ends meet. Lu Ze refuses to return home due to long-standing conflicts with his father, while Liu Peng grows increasingly dissatisfied with his life. Craving more, Liu Peng starts an affair with Zhang Jiajia, the factory director’s daughter. Xu Banxia catches them in bed. Instead of defending her, her mother-in-law sides with Liu Peng, mocking Xu Banxia as useless. Heartbroken and furious, Xu Banxia demands a divorce. When she tries to expose the truth, Liu Peng attempts to assault her—until Lu Ze appears and knocks him down with a single punch.
On the day of the divorce, Zhang Jiajia arrives in a luxury car to pick Liu Peng up, publicly humiliating Xu Banxia. Xu Banxia doesn’t cry—she celebrates. She swears that everyone who looked down on her will regret it. Starting from a tiny scrap station, Xu Banxia claws her way up through sheer grit and determination, eventually turning it into a publicly listed company.
