Mrs Chan (Cecilia Lee) comes to try to rouse her daughter Bing (Annie Yip) from the depths of depression. This illness developed once her parents decided to move from the house she had made ready for them. Old Mrs Chan sets up the altar she brought from Hong Kong and apologises to the ancestors for disturbing them ‘from such a distance’. She asks for their help with Bing, and for the whole family. Bing cries quietly on the stairs behind her, unknown to her mother.