The episode opens with intense conflict. Liu Feng, Qian Xiaomei's sister-in-law, is displeased with the painting she brought and tears it up in public, verbally humiliating her. Qian Xiaomei calmly retaliates, pointing out that the destroyed painting is a genuine masterpiece by the renowned artist "Bada Shanren," and publicly questions her nephew Qian Jun's art academy diploma, suggesting it was bought. This enrages her father, Qian Shouli, who believes Qian Xiaomei is unrepentant and slandering family. He publicly beats her severely with his cane. Amidst her mother, Old Mrs. Qian's, futile attempts to intervene and the cold stares of other family members, Qian Shouli even viciously curses her. Just as Qian Xiaomei is beaten to a bloody pulp, her son Li Bin arrives just in time, shouting "Stop," bringing a turning point to the plot.
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