Successful designer Ming lives in Hong Kong with his beloved girlfriend Wai Luk and her younger sister, who loves ghost-story comic books. When Wai is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, Ming's life is turned upside-down and he sacrifices his career to spend more time with Wai. He finds a new job in a lower position, and out of the blue he finds that his new boss, Chu Fong, was his old friend in elementary school. When Wai gives up chemotherapy, she decides to treat herself with traditional Chinese medicine, guided by her aunt. When she starts to act strangely at home, her frightened sister insists that she is a ghost. Meanwhile, Ming gets closer to Fong, who is a successful entrepreneur but a woman needy of love. During a trip to Peking, they have a one-night stand. Over the next days, Ming and Fong have a love affair and Ming believes that Wai is a spirit resolving her issues to move to the next level.