Mahiro married a man she met through work and moved to the countryside. She was on the verge of breaking down due to her mother-in-law Reiko's malicious abuse, but was saved by the encouragement of her stepson Hanzou. Seeing Mahiro as a woman who 'tries to fit into the family and build her own place,' Reiko, finding it uninteresting, calls men through acquaintances and orders them to ● Mahiro. After the act is done, Reiko berates the exhausted Mahiro. And then, Hanzo accidentally caught a glimpse of the scene and felt an indescribable emotion…
