Three siblings idle their time while their parents are away. Youngest son, Hsiao-hung, finds a young fugitive taking refuge in their empty home, and hides him. Later, his mother finds the murderer sleeping in a cupboard – and a night of horror takes hold.

The sequel to "American Dreams in China", three young men from small towns arrive in Beijing, completely new to the big city and ready to create something big. Their story happens against the backdrop of the development of China's Internet industry in the last 20 years, from the 1990s to present-day.

Shouldering all of her family's responsibilities, a mother scrambles to find a bigger apartment for her suddenly crowded household.

The teacher is invited by someone she likes to join a class reunion. They play a game to invite ghosts to make friends, unaware that curses are placed upon them. There is a reason for the malevolence.

A nearly blind reclusive physicist is forced to share a hospital room with an eccentric woman photographer suffering from dementia. Despite his wish for isolation, he finds himself ever more drawn into her puzzling world, and surprisingly he needs her presence to prevent the fading light from disappearing for good.