After her husband’s death, Chen Huilan’s retirement house is seized by her son Lin Qiang’s family and her daughter-in-law’s six relatives for three years. She is reduced to an unpaid nanny and even beaten. Having endured enough, she sells the house and leaves resolutely. Supported by her best friend Wang Xiuqin, she sues for alimony and gets justice through law. The family that took her home falls apart. Lin Qiang wakes up to his mistakes amid hardship and goes to Africa to work. Two years later, he returns repentant with savings, while Chen Huilan has regained freedom and dignity in her new home, living her golden years for herself.
