At nineteen, Lin Feng arrives in the provincial capital with just 82 yuan, only to be tricked into working off his debt at the restaurant owned by his creditor, Chen Hong. On a stormy night, he curls up in a moldy storeroom and hears her sneer, “Li Cuihua owes me money. How are you going to pay it back?”
He washes dishes, hauls goods, and takes beatings. He watches as thugs smash up her restaurant to extort money; she grits her teeth, buys the place, and takes a knife meant for him from loan sharks.
When the boy enters an underground fighting ring for her, and she kisses his battered face on a rainy night
Their encounter began with a lie, but in the end, two broken souls find salvation in each other.
