In this funny, uplifting tale based on an actual lie, Chinese-born Billi reluctantly returns to Changchun to find that, although the whole family knows their beloved matriarch, Nai-Nai, has been given mere weeks to live, everyone has decided not to tell Nai Nai herself. To assure her happiness, they gather under the joyful guise of an expedited wedding, where Billi must navigate a minefield of family expectations and proprieties.