Childhood flashback: Vivian Hooper was abducted to a poor village and forced into a ring that tried to sell her organs and press her into a massage parlor. She resists, a physical struggle erupts as men attempt to seize her and someone threatens to call the police. Key turn: years later Vivian tops provincial exams and the police return her to the home of her real parents. Mr. Hooper warns her to behave and to stay away from adopted Wendy, the family's 'little princess.' Vivian declares, "From now on, I live for myself," leaving a tense rivalry with Wendy unresolved.