On New Year’s Eve, Cherie returns from studying in Germany and insults Yu Chunhua in French at the dinner table. Winnie encourages her, and Zachary sides with his wife and daughter, ignoring Yu Chunhua’s dignity. Once a senior French scholar with hidden wealth, Yu Chunhua finally decides to act. She moves out, reclaims property, freezes Zachary’s finances, revokes Mona’s scholarship, and exposes their unfilial behavior. In the end, she rebuilds her academic career and embraces a new life of independence and self-respect.