A dead father returns as a ghost to haunt his daughter’s room, seemingly due to unfinished business. The quest to find the cause of his regret is a moving tale that sparkles with wit.

Shan-Shan’s father, Wu Ming, was a tour bus driver until he dropped dead on the job one day, exhausted from too much overtime. Six months later, Shan-Shan thinks she and her mother have finally gotten past their grief and are ready to start a new life when her father’s ghost shows up in her room, wearing clothes better suited to a rock musician than a bus driver.…

At first, Shan-Shan’s childhood sweetheart Yen I-Ching is the only person she feels she can tell such a ridiculous tale, and the pair start brainstorming ways to help Wu Ming’s ghost move on peacefully. Chou Tzu-Yao is Shan-Shan and I-Ching’s high school classmate, a handsome and considerate class monitor who takes the same bus they do to school every day. As the trio grows closer, he joins the quest to help Wu Ming.

After a Taoist temple attendant explains that ghosts usually linger in the mortal world due to unresolved regrets, Shan-Shan attempts to fulfill her father’s one-time dream of being a singer, but letting him possess her on stage at her school’s anniversary celebration doesn’t work. The trio then tries to sneak into the tour bus company late at night to take pictures of her father’s attendance records, but their plan to receive compensation by proving in court that overwork caused his death is equally successful. What is still worrying Wu Ming? Meanwhile, the trio’s relationship grows more complicated as their feelings become increasingly difficult to hide.

A look at regret and love expressed too late, this book depicts the deep bond between parents and children, as well as youthful feelings for love interests of either sex. The author’s humorous, relaxed writing style makes this novel a touching and heart-warming coming-of-age story.