Follows a young Chinese woman in the 1980s who must deal with the emotional aftermath of her teenage pregnancy; hoping to bring his children home to see their mother on her deathbed, a retired schoolteacher travels to the city to find his son and daughter have entered dangerous criminal realms; as a reclusive young girl prepares to start college and a new life, she meets and falls in love with a delivery man, triggering a series of unexpected events; a young tailor struggling to pay for his father's medical bills and gain the attention of a young lady uses a police officer's uniform in his shop to impress the girl and extort money.