After years of a seemingly happy marriage and with a lovely daughter, Tina, Jessica Xu's world shattered at the family's New Year's Eve dinner. Her mother-in-law, Sharon Wang, publicly favored her grandsons over Jessica's daughter, insulting Tina. When Jessica looked to her husband, Marcus Zhou, for support, he blindly sided with his mother, urging her to endure the humiliation. Enough was enough. To protect her daughter's dignity, Jessica fought back. Her first act of defiance: canceling the entire family's $18,000 trip to the Aurelia continent. This single decision ignited a relentless, "war without gunfire" within the extended Zhou family.
