Lan Shan, a wealthy city woman, and her husband of ten years, Wu Chi, visited Widow Village to explore a business venture. Lan Shan tasked Wu Chi with inspecting a pond they planned to lease while she went to a textile factory in neighboring Qingshui Town to deliver a new phone to her twin sister, Lan Yue. During his inspection, Wu Chi met Xu Manman, the owner of the hundred-acre pond—a widow desperate to marry into the city. She proposed a deal: she would transfer the pond’s rights if he married her. Wu Chi, seeing her as naive and legally ignorant, agreed without hesitation, plotting to abandon her in some remote place once the project was underway. After finalizing the pond deal, Wu Chi met Lan Shan at the factory. Thrilled by his success, she handed him her 5-million-yuan dowry to fund the development. Unbeknownst to her, Wu Chi had married her a decade ago solely for this fortune. Now on the verge of securing the money, he coldly resolved to sell off both Lan Shan and Xu Manman