The story concerns a male youth named Ah Chung (or Diong-ah in the Taiwanese dialect) who graduates from high school and descends into a maelstrom of personal, familial, and communal conflicts.

One such victim, a 36-year old, who wanted to be known as Ah Chung, lost RM1,000 to one such scammer after borrowing money for personal use. Ah Chung had borrowed RM2,000 from a loan shark ...