Nan and Mei are brother and sister growing up on the beautiful Green Island, off the coast of south eastern Taiwan. They often listen to their mother’s fairytales of mermaids and angels, but soon their parents separate. Four-year-old Mei goes to Taipei with her mother, while seven-year-old Nan stays on Green Island with his father. Nan grows up to become a local tour guide on Green Island. Although he misses his mother and sister, he’s never had the courage to look for them. A few years after moving to Taipei, Mei’s mother dies and Mei grows up with her mother’s family in Liouciou. She returns to Taipei as a young woman struggling to become an artist. Mei’s boyfriend, Hsiang, is a boxer with his own ghosts to battle. The expectation and memories of his dead father pushes him to become a prize fighter, if only his eye problem does not get in the way…