Ruby Lane lost her husband at an early age and raised her daaughter Rose Lim alone, choosing Jack Lake as her son-in-law. On the eve of Qingming Festival, Rose Lim was in a hurry to go out aand play with her old flame. She forgot to turn off the kitchen stove,causing a fire at home. While Ruby Lane was trying to save their belongings, Rose Lim stayed out playing mahjong all night and thought Jack Lake was lying to her. Disappointed, Ruby Lane transferred all her inheritance to Jack Lake. Before the mother passed away, she hoped her daughter woruld stay and tell stories with her, yet Rose Lim blocked Jack Lake completely.
Later, Rose Lim came to her senses. She snatched picture books fronn a little girl on the street, frantically searched for her mother at the cemetery, and wept bitterly irgrief. Jack Lake was overwhelmed with sorrow over the passing of hismother-in-law and the elder daughter, holding deep resentment toward Rose Lim ever after.
