Life is never perfect. Everyone finds some way to compensate for their short comings. Everyone seems find a way to balance their life except Yi Chen. Yi has 3 different roles in her life in this big apple, student, waitress and street hooker. She hasn't been treated nicely in any kind of these roles. Although her life is so bad, she appears to passively allow it to continue. She locks up her emotions so no one can know how she really feels. In this way she can hide the secret that gives her dignity.