From Maid to Matriarch of the Huo Family
Yang Chunfen had been a widow for twenty years, living her entire life for her son Zhang Qicheng. She ran a street stall from dawn till dusk to raise him, spent every penny she earned to buy him a house and cover his bride price. To meet his demand for a million-yuan dowry, she even signed a lifelong maid contract to care for the paralyzed Elder Huo. Yet all her sacrifices earned her nothing but her son’s bitter hatred. In her later years, she was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, clinging to life in a hospital bed. Her own son Zhang Qicheng blamed her for the deaths of his wife and child. He ripped out her oxygen tube with his own hands, leaving her to die filled with grief and resentment. As she drew her last breath, Yang Chunfen swore an oath: if given another life, she would never sacrifice a single thing for her son again. When she opened her eyes, she found herself reborn back in 2014, at the wedding banquet of Zhang Qicheng and Xu Qingqing — the very beginning of her tragic fate. At that moment, her in-law Lin Feng suddenly demanded an extra million yuan in bride price, trying to force Yang Chunfen to marry the paralyzed Elder Huo in exchange for money. In the chaos, Xu Qingqing pretended to fall to frame her. The tragedies of her past life were about to repeat themselves. But this time, Yang Chunfen finally woke up. She publicly denounced her son for emotionally blackmailing her, overturned the wedding table, cut off all ties with Zhang Qicheng, and called off the doomed wedding. She refused the deal of trading marriage for one million yuan, but chose to work as a live-in maid to look after Elder Huo, repaying the kindness the Huo family had shown her in her previous life. Along the way, she stood up to her malicious in-law Lin Feng time and again, exposed Xu Qingqing’s infidelity, and fought back against Liu Yuan, who tried to extort and bully her. She finally broke free from the bloodsucking chains of her toxic family. Huo Zhanyun, the young master of the Huo family, was deeply moved by Yang Chunfen’s kindness, fortitude, and wisdom as they spent time together. He stepped forward to defend her countless times, and their relationship evolved from employer and maid to kindred spirits who truly understood each other. At the age of fifty, Yang Chunfen finally learned to live for herself. She donated money to charitable causes, tended to Elder Huo devotedly, and helped him recover, carving out a brilliant life of her own. When Zhang Qicheng learned the whole truth, he finally woke up to his mistakes and drowned in remorse for his years of unfilial conduct. In the end, all wrongdoers, including Xu Qingqing and Liu Yuan, received their due legal punishment. Letting go of all her past grudges, Yang Chunfen accepted Huo Zhanyun’s proposal. In the second half of her life, she gained genuine happiness, respect, and love.
