Chinese scholarship student Wei travels to New Zealand to study medical research at a prestigious university. Shy, introverted, and hiding a genetic birthmark on her face, Wei is shunned by her social butterfly cousin Angela and her attractive friends. Determined to change her fate, Wei immerses herself in her late father’s research, working on a revolutionary skin grafting procedure that could cure her deformity. As her experiments take a darker turn, she becomes more dangerous and unhinged, willing to eliminate anyone who threatens her secret.