Chun Hua, who has been away from home for years after cutting her father off, receives the news of her grandfather's death and has no choice but to return home with her daughter for the funeral. Her father, whom she hasn't seen in years, is as cold and rude as ever, and doesn't look kindly on them. And when night falls, the family seems to be hiding more horrible secrets.

Raised in a rural area, Feng (popular Taiwanese actress Jean Kao) defies her grandmother"s objections and runs away to Taipei to become a singer, only to be trafficked as a prostitute in Japan. Years later, upon returning to Taiwan, she discovers her elderly grandmother suffering from dementia. Consumed by guilt, Feng avoids going home and resumes her old profession in a brothel, secretly sending money back to redeem herself. She resigns herself to this life for fifteen years. Meanwhile, her younger brother Ming, now a grown-up police officer, searches for his sister in Taipei. Expecting to find a successful singer, he instead finds her as a prostitute who refuses to acknowledge him. The inner turmoil of both siblings takes a turn when an underage girl is sold to the brothel...