Life Ticks, Power Rises - Episode 7

Mia shocks the household by calling off Lucy and Theo’s engagement. Voices clash over the bride price: they had agreed on 20 taels, but the payment is missing and Lucy’s family now demands 30 taels. Theo promises to hunt and bring money, but relatives mock him as lazy; the mother accuses the family of favoring the useless son and threatens to leave. Sophia insists Theo has changed. The father grants one year and proposes a bet: if Theo returns with game he won’t take a coin and Lucy can marry him—Theo’s proof remains unresolved.