A pregnant woman pleads with a woman who appears to be her mother, asking for protection and questioning why she was never shielded. To save her unborn child, she agrees to a cruel demand: she kneels, kowtows, and falsely confesses to deliberately breaking a bracelet. The other woman, emboldened, escalates by offering ten million to anyone present who will 'get rid of' the pregnancy, prompting a volunteer. An older woman intervenes, threatening that her grandson will seek vengeance, but the antagonist dismisses the threat, invoking the power of her husband, Ethan Mercer. As the assailant moves in, the pregnant woman's father arrives and orders everyone to stop.