1930s. A man named Li, hiding his face under a hat, white scarf and dark glasses, shows up in Guangzhou. He rents a vacant building that used to be a brothel, moves his sick wife there and disappears from the sight of the neighbors. They remember him when a suspicious odor begins to spread around Lee's house. The police discover the corpse of a strangled woman who has been victimized by a necrophiliac.

Marcos refuses to pay the cab driver who gave him a ride with his fiancée. A fight breaks out between the men and he accidentally kills the driver. Terrified by what they have done, the young men run away. The next day the girl asks Marcos to go to the police and tell everything. After refusals on his part, she declares that she will not marry him.

Jerry Strong is the son of a wealthy businessman. Against the will of his father, who sees his son as his successor - the director of a railroad company, he would rather be an artist. Jerry hires Kay Arnold, a nice girl with a questionable past, as a model for posing. They fall in love with each other and plan to get married, but Jerry's parents have serious objections ...