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