Beautiful and spoiled Lee Kay goes to college in New York City and also to visit her boyfriend Dickson.
The one to meet her at the airport is a distant relative Boat Head. Boat Head spends his days waiting tables in Chinatown, and his nights in gambling dens.
Lee Kay is shocked to find out that Dickson has a new girlfriend. In her depression she begins to cloister up herself. One day at home, Lee Kay almost dies of a gas leak, but is fortunately saved by Boat Head, who lives a floor below. Under Boat Heads care and guidance, Lee Kay gradually adapts herself to the new surrounding.
Autumn approaches, Lee Kay accepts a new job in another city. Boat Head comes to see her off. Neither of them make explicit their feelings, but they know they will always have a beautiful memory to fall back on.