Lynn lives with her grandparents in Meicheng, a small Hunanese city unsettled by an ongoing rape-murder investigation. With little structure to regulate her life outside of school, where she is bullied, Lynn begins smuggling and reselling confiscated mobile phones with her friend, which leads to encounters with the city’s seedier inhabitants.
Yao HongguiLynn Lin
Liqiao XiaoDaweiFang YaoMay
Huang JiHuang ZifanLynn's GrandfatherYan ShixiangLynn's GrandmotherLiu XiaolingLynn's MotherWei XincaiLynn's TeacherHuang WeiliangHair Salon BossWang ManlingMannie
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