After incurring debts from his failed business venture in China, Zong Hua returns to Malaysia after a decade's hiatus. The demoralised Zong Hua faces problems finding a job and trieshard to get used to thingsat home, including his estranged relationship with his step-father, Xiaotian, who runs a Cantonese opera troupe, and half-sister, Jing Jing. Jing Jing is hostile towards Zong Hua as she always has the impression that the death of their mother was caused by the excessive fights between Zong Hua and his step-father.