When James Delaney returns to London after years of adventure for his fathers funeral, he is presumed dead and has no money to his name, aside from disputed land in Africa. He learns that his father died of poisoning, and becomes wrapped up in a plot for vengeance and wealth, while fighting against the power of the East India Company.

Nian is a bullied high-schooler focused on preparing for the Chinese gaokao, the exam that will decide her future. Soon after she befriends Bei, a small-time criminal, her nemesis is mysteriously murdered, and she realizes that while Bei solves her old problems, he creates new ones in this drama based on a YA novel.

John, a single father living in Northern Ireland, receives the prognosis that he only has a few months left to live. With his time left, John sets out to find his four-year-old son, Michael, a new family to look after him after he is gone.