The episode opens with Rano persuading Shalu to hold the engagement ceremony during an auspicious time for Lakshmi. After some consideration, Shalu agrees to go ahead with the engagement event.
Meanwhile, Balwinder is frantically searching for Lakshmi in the hospital. Hearing a knock from the cold storage room, Lakshmi calls out, revealing her presence. Balwinder feels a flicker of hope as he thinks he hears Lakshmi’s voice echoing from the floor below.
Back at the Oberoi mansion, Rishi asks Neelam if they have any news about Lakshmi. Neelam reminds him that today is Ayush and Shalu’s engagement day and advises him to focus on the occasion rather than worry about Lakshmi.
Malishka interjects, questioning Rishi’s continued search for Lakshmi. She accuses Lakshmi of intentionally creating chaos because she cannot handle Malishka’s rising respect in the household. Shalu, overhearing this, defends Lakshmi, urging Malishka to reconsider her opinion. Rishi intervenes to quell the argument, while the pandit expresses his frustration, insisting that the ceremony cannot proceed if the bickering continues. Rano urges the pandit not to stop chanting the mantras.
Meanwhile, Balwinder ransacks the basement, calling out for Lakshmi, but ultimately believes she is not there and leaves in search of her elsewhere.
The engagement ceremony progresses with Shalu placing the ring on Ayush’s finger. As Ayush prepares to place a ring on Shalu, Anushka intervenes, demanding that they halt the engagement. In the scuffle, Ayush accidentally drops the engagement ring, which rolls away to Anushka. When Ayush asks Anushka for the ring back, she refuses, stirring tension. Ayush doesn’t want to argue and persists in asking her for the ring, while Anushka tosses barbs at Shalu.
Karishma tells Anushka she is not welcome in the house and pushes her to leave. Malishka joins in to help eject Anushka, leading to a confrontation between her and Anushka.
Suddenly, a group of women from an NGO arrives at the Oberoi mansion, announcing that they have come to halt the engagement and demand justice for Anushka, insisting that she deserves her husband back. Anushka points to Shalu and makes derogatory comments about her.
The NGO women confront the Oberoi family, asserting that Ayush cannot engage when he is still married to Anushka. Rishi attempts to explain the situation, but Anushka pretends to faint. The NGO women urgently call for water, and Malishka, along with Kiran, rushes off to fetch it.
Malishka, on the way, expresses her desire to call an expert to determine how long a person can survive in freezing temperatures. She dials the number, sounding concerned.
Meanwhile, Lakshmi wraps herself in cardboard to keep warm as she faces the biting cold.
As the Oberoi family tries to reason with the NGO women, who insist that Anushka is still Ayush’s wife, Rano’s rude comments about how much the NGO women have been paid create further complications. Recognizing the situation is escalating, Shalu takes Rano aside to calm her down, urging her to avoid conflict.
In a later scene, Malishka reveals to Kiran that according to her sources, Lakshmi has only half an hour left to live, casting a grim shadow over the events unfolding.
The episode concludes on this tense note, leaving viewers anxiously awaiting the next developments.