As young mother Meili (Vivian Wu) balances family life with her job as an interpreter in Shanghai, her world suddenly changes when her husband is shot dead on his way to sign a joint-venture contract with an American company led by a corporate troubleshooter (Richard Burgi). In her grief, Meili vows to avenge her husband's murder, and her once simple life is transformed by a tangled web of deceit, love and guilt in this time-bending mystery.