Episode 1 · 70 episodes · Claire Kensington, Leo, Sylvia
姜晚晴 arrives at 程浩然's wedding carrying a gift envelope. She discovers his biological mother, 苏曼, sitting at the main table in the mother's seat. 程浩然 stops 姜晚晴 in the hallway and addresses her as Aunt Wanqing. He moves her to the third guest table. 林倩 leads her over. 姜晚晴 walks to the guest seating while 苏曼 raises a wine glass at her from the head table.
姜晚晴 dresses up and arrives at the wedding banquet hall holding a red gift envelope for her stepson 程浩然. She looks toward the main table and stops. 苏曼 sits directly in the seat marked for the groom's mother.
程浩然 grabs 姜晚晴 in the hallway and greets her as Aunt Wanqing. He explains that calling her mother is improper with his birth mother present. 姜晚晴 asks why twenty years of raising him counts for less than 苏曼's single day back.
林倩 steps forward to guide 姜晚晴 to a seat. 姜晚晴 discovers her place card sits at guest table three. 程浩然 confirms the seating choice directly, insisting that blood relations dictate where everyone sits at his wedding banquet.
姜晚晴 turns away and walks toward the third guest table. At the main table, 苏曼 lifts a glass of red wine toward her with a smirk. Tears well up in 姜晚晴's eyes as she watches.
“晚晴姨，你来了。”
“二十年都合适应，她回来一天，就不合适了？”
“你让我坐第三桌？！”
“我妈毕竟生了我，这种场合，得讲亲疏。”
姜晚晴 heads toward the third guest table, forced out of the family seat she expected. 苏曼 watches her from the groom's mother's chair and lifts her wine glass. Tears fill 姜晚晴's eyes as the guests watch the exchange. Will 姜晚晴 stay quietly at table three, or will she confront 程浩然 and walk out?