Ashin, a young man from Yilan in northern Taiwan, was a member of the school gymnastics team. He was talented and his coach had high hopes that he would become a great gymnast in the future. Knowing her son is slightly handicapped with one leg shorter than the other, Ashin’s mom pulled him out of the gymnastics team without telling him the reason why. Disheartened Ashin stayed home and helped her mom run the fruit shop. He and his best friend Pickle, who was a drug addict, picked up fights here and there on the streets. The brief telephone conversations he had with the operator girl for beeper were his only comfort in life, though he did not know the girl No. 599 in person. Ashin and Pickle soon got themselves in trouble and had to take the freight train to escape to Taipei one night when they knocked down Papaya, the son of the local gang Boss Pine. In Taipei Ashin and Pickle joined the gang led by Kun. Though Ashin would like to go back to Yilan, Pickle was reluctant. The violent death of Pickle on the street let Ashin make up his mind to return to Yilan to pursue his dream as a gymnast, Ashin returned to Yilan and regained his belief in gymnastics. Thanks to the support of his former coach and Boss Pine, who was also a gymnast when he was young, Ashin was forgiven and resumed training.
