In her previous life, Chen Shuilin was a wicked mother-in-law notorious throughout the ten surrounding villages. Not only was she cruel to her daughter-in-law, but she was also unkind to her two dutiful and respectful younger sons. She was blind to the truth and instead cherished her eldest son, who was cunning and deceitful. Despite her devotion to her eldest son, she ended up losing her two younger sons to a tragic fate. The eldest son, whom she had pampered for half her life, ignored her and even allowed her to die. As she lay dying, it was the daughter of her second son, the one she despised the most, who risked being discovered to bring her a bowl of water.