Although Mari Pepa was born in China, her parents are Spanish, and she therefore thinks of herself as a Spaniard through and through. There are those, however, who beg to differ because of the color of her skin and hair or the shape of her eyes and nose, and Mari Pepa begins to have doubts about her identity. As these doubts surface, Mari Pepa has a chance meeting with a boy who is running away from someone who wants to take advantage of his past, and she decides to help him escape.