Um prodígio de tecnologia de 12 anos cujo experimento científico dá errado e ele cria uma conexão telepática com seu melhor amigo, seu cachorro. A dupla une forças e usa suas perspectivas únicas da vida para superar comicamente as complicações da família e da escola.
Liang is a four-year-old little rebel, possessed of a pair of luminous eyes and a precociously indomitable will. His father deposits him at a well-appointed residential kindergarten in post-1949 Beijing, since his parents are often away. Life at the kindergarten appears rich and colourful, made up of a variety of cheerfully sunny rituals and games meant to train these children to be good members of society.