Under a tin-gray sky, in a hollowed out corner of northern China, a stranger arrives in town bearing magical soap—but smelling it will cost you. Nearby, a pair of unenthused cops try cracking a seemingly simple case. Or not. And you can forget religious solace; the only monk around is not what he seems.

A middle-aged gay love set in a small town in the Northeast, where middle-aged residents find their identity through love, and how marginalized individuals in society save themselves through love.