Xiao Qun works as an elephant keeper at Beijing Zoo while her new lover Xiao Ling runs a small clothes stall in an indoor market. Their relationship is cool and seems potentially stable, but it soon meets two serious challenges. First, the arrival of Qun's divorced mother, who has no idea that her daughter is gay and persistently urges her to meet prospective husbands. Second, the appearance of Qun's former girlfriend Junjun, now on the run from the police after killing her abusive father; Qun feels compelled to help her, but doesn't know how to explain the situation to Ling.