After a mission ends, a top Falcon agent wakes up disoriented in a home where strangers call her "Mom." Her daughters berate the household's gambling and pawned belongings, pleading she stop and begging not to be sold. The woman in whose body she now sits alternately promises to earn money and lashes out, threatening to sell unmarried daughters to pay debts. The agent struggles to reconcile being a deadly operative with this domestic role, realizes she has somehow time-traveled into an indebted mother, and faces an urgent choice as the sale of the girls looms.
Waking in a stranger's body after a time jump, a woman realizes she's been labeled an 'evil married woman' accused of selling her daughters. She is weak; her Spring ring transferred with her and can be used once daily to restore strength. Four daughters—Cathy, Helen, Jessie and Betty—eat in secret, resentful that their mother's gambling drained the household and warn they will stop any attempt to sell their sisters. Drinking detoxifying water eases her weakness. She decides to recover with the ring and 'see what I can do tomorrow,' leaving whether she can prevent more sales unresolved.
Debt collectors burst into Julie Clara’s run-down home demanding repayment and threatening to take her daughter as collateral. They taunt and attempt to force their way in; the daughter fights back and warns she'll kill them. A figure posing as a beggar intervenes, throws water to scatter the lackeys and answers the men who mock Julie. When provoked the beggar reveals her competence: "As a top agent, I didn't want to hurt you... I'll grant your wish," and disables the attackers. The gang yells "Boss!"—an immediate new threat closing in.
Julie Clara is surrounded and assaulted by an angry crowd shouting for her death. The attackers demand repayment of a debt and taunt, “even if you're an officer, you still have to pay.” Julie promises she will but has no money. The crowd escalates; one man declares, “Then your daughter is mine,” and reaches for the child. A bystander cries, “You dare hurt my daughter?” while an older woman shames the mob and drives them off. The episode ends with a warning—“Kill him, and you'll be arrested”—leaving the daughter's fate unresolved.
Debt collectors swarm a small home, demanding repayment and threatening violence. Dave rushes in with news: a dozen men blocked the gate and Gold Teeth took advantage of Betty while pressuring them for 300 taels with interest. Betty insists she’s fine, but neighbors panic. Their mother arrives; someone admits they acted without asking her and begs to be punished, declaring 'Betty is innocent.' The confession shifts blame off Betty, yet the collectors are still at the gate and the unpaid debt remains, leaving the family facing an unresolved threat.
Mom suddenly breaks up a family confrontation when a man begs to be beaten. She interjects that 'Betty is innocent,' revealing he’s the son-in-law Julie recruited for Betty. When a person alternates between refusing and threatening divorce and even vows to run away, Mom refuses violence and instead lectures the man to hold his head high, stop being timid, and stand tall. Her unexpected protective, firm behavior shocks Betty, who acknowledges the face is the same but not the manners. The episode ends with Betty staring at her mother’s surprising change—has Mom gone mad?—leaving the household shaken and decisions pending.
Debt collectors trash the household after a resident's gambling left a 300-tael shortfall. Betty and others scramble to clean up while a worried woman—aware her "old self" is back—keeps low profile. The mother confronts the gambler and accuses her; Dave was almost struck, raising the stakes and the need to hide the situation. The woman realizes the ring she carries has limited uses and can't support them, so she resolves to hunt for a living in this ancient time. With collectors demanding payment, settling the 300 taels becomes the urgent, unresolved priority.
After a direct threat—I'll confront her!—the household sits down to eat, still reeling from a recent attempt to harm someone and from Mom unexpectedly saving that person. Betty and the daughters argue over whether Mom has genuinely changed. The episode centers on Dave, who is excluded from the table: Julie insists he has no seat and Mom tells him to eat on the ground. Daughters protest and tempers flare. Jessie is sent to fetch a stool, patching the moment while the family's trust in Mom and her motives remains unresolved.
At a cramped breakfast, Jessie fetches a stool so Dave can sit while Mom unexpectedly fusses over him and offers to feed him. Mom then announces a plan to go to the mountains tomorrow to "earn money" and insists on taking Dave; one child volunteers to join. Siblings Cathy and Betty react with suspicion, calling Mom fake and reminding each other they hate her and see her as a monster. Mom swears she won't sell Dave, but family doubt grows. The episode ends with Dave warned to "be careful" as the mountain trip looms under unresolved mistrust.
Mom leads Dave into the mountains to trap a tiger whose intact fur is worth hundreds of taels. Betty and others beg to come but Mom refuses, saying they are fragile; Dave must promise they'll return before dark. People warn the area is sparsely visited and beasts eat people. Mom measures Dave's carrying weight, sets a grass-rope trap, and orders him to stand still. She walks off to finish the setup. Moments later she has disappeared. The episode ends with Dave calling, "Mom?" as a big tiger prowls nearby and his safety and the hunt's outcome remain unresolved.