Love Bond

SHUI is busy with the preparation work for his new business and YAN takes holidays to help him. SHUI’s company is opened and he meets HOI unexpectedly while presenting his products to a potential client Mr YUEN. Mr YUEN has chosen SHUI’s proposal but SHUI decides to give up this opportunity so as to avoid further conflicts with his brothers. SHUI recommends YEUNG’s flower decoration company to Mr YUEN and YEUNG eventually gets the contract. LAY offends Mr YUEN’s wife by mistake and the contract is lost. Not wanting to be scolded, LAY shirks the responsibility to SHUI and claims that SHUI is the person who spoils the whole thing. YEUNG and HOI are enraged. HOI runs to SHUI for a fight and hurts YAN accidentally. HOI is frightened to find that YAN has fainted. HOI therefore runs away. SHUI is very angry to find that HOI has caused the injury and sues him to court……

WU pretends to be dating with KEI so that KWAN would compare her with TINA. WU tries to be rude and impolite to KWAN all the time and KWAN always quarrels with her. In order to create a healthy environment for the baby, LAI asks all family members to quit their bad habits. SUM’s appetite changes a lot after pregnancy and wants to eat hot pot in the early morning. KONG loves her a lot and satisfies her need all the time. KWAN has conflicts with a foreigner on the street. TINA passes by and helps her. KWAN appreciates it very much and starts to like TINA. KEI therefore dates with TINA happily. SUM and LAI care about their babies a lot and plan to purchase expensive baby teaching kits. Since SUM and LAI get pregnant, MAN devotes himself whole-heartedly in taking care of them and MING feels that he is being ignored. MING starts a quarrel with someone on the street. MAN comes to mediate and is hurt……

SHUI worries about their future living expenses after marriage and frowns all the time. LAI thinks that SHUI doesn’t want to get married and they quarrel with each other. KONG prepares some nutritious dishes for pregnant women and asks SHUI to apologize to LAI with the dishes. LAI is touched by KONG’s kindheartedness and forgives SHUI. While KONG is planning to open a restaurant with GA, he finds that YEUNG needs money for expanding his business. KONG therefore gives up his plan and lends money to YEUNG. KEI dates with his colleague TINA. KWAN praises TINA for her thoughtfulness at first but criticizes her for being too open after a period of time. KEI doesn’t know what to do. SHUI watches property advertisements and MAN thinks that he doesn’t want to live with him. Later, MAN realizes that SHUI wants to have his own property where his family could settle down……

SUM has a serious stomachache after drinking the coffee and is sent to hospital for treatments. KONG is very concerned about SUM but LAI refuses to tell him the hospital address. KONG tries every hospital and finally finds SUM. SUM confesses that she does not want to see KONG anymore and KONG is depressed. In order to hide away from SUM, KONG decides to migrate to another country with FUN and her baby. While preparing for the wedding, FUN finds that KONG only looks happy when he stays with the baby but not her. She realizes that KONG still loves SUM and decides to step out. She lies to KONG by telling him that the baby is not his child and she has cheated him because she wants to get him back. FUN meets SUM when she departs at the airport. She tells the whole truth to SUM and asks her to give KONG a second chance. SUM hesitates.

SUM is very shocked to see the baby boy and leaves somberly. FUN claims that she only discovered that she was pregnant after she has left KONG. KONG is stunned by the fact that he has become a father. SUM waits for KONG’s final decision but it eventually disappoints her. SUM separates with KONG despairingly. KUEN suggests KONG and FUN to get marry on her birthday. SUM devotes all her time to work and pretends that she’s doing fine. SHUI and LAI develop good feelings towards each other after staying together on Lantau Island for one night. ELAINE asks YAN to work for her with good pay but YAN refuses. MING is mean to YAN in every way. YAN does not haggle over with him and forbears him all the time. LAI and SHUI meet in HEI’s place by mere coincidence and HEI teases them for having tacit understanding. Due to thunderstorm, LAI and SHUI decide to spend a night in HEI’s home……

SUM realizes that she loves KONG but KONG hides away from her since he is very concerned about SHUI’s feelings. SUM is tormented. SHUI encourages KONG to declare his love to SUM and the two of them finally become lovers. MING feels upset for being forced to work in the herbal teahouse. He deliberately burns himself during work so that MAN will ask him to resign. However, MAN only asks him to take good care of himself and he feels speechless. ELAINE is narrow gauge and she opens a coffee shop right opposite to SUM’s herbal teahouse in order to fight with her. KWAN finds that LAI and SHUI are dating with each other and criticizes them for being immoral. LAI and SHUI fight back to make a fool of her. ELAINE boils coffee all day long and the smell of coffee affects the business of other shops nearby. SUM sues to the property owner and ELAINE is asked to modify her ventilation system. FUN returns and SUM is worried.

KEI tells KWAN that he is dating with LAI. KWAN is very angry and objects their relationship. KWAN blames LAI for seducing her son. LAI denies and argues with her. MAN does not blame LAI for dating with KEI but is unhappy for she didn’t tell the truth. KWAN orders KEI to separate with LAI and KEI feels helpless. SHUI suggests opening a new line of flower decoration business at factory buildings. Both YEUNG and LAY object the idea while KONG supports it. YEUNG eventually agrees to give it a try. KONG worries that SHUI will be unhappy if he dates SUM so he keeps hiding away his feelings. SUM finds that KONG is trying to keep a distance from her and she is puzzled. KONG successfully convinced Mr HO, the manager of a factory building, to order flower decoration service from them. Mr HO gives them a lot of restrictions and asks them to finish all decoration overnight. KONG accepts the deal……

KONG falls in love with SUM unconsciously but hides away his feelings because of SHUI. SUM renews her tea-making formula and accepts KONG’s idea of making herbal teacakes as a gimmick. KWAN is dissatisfied with MAN for he has taken away her former position as the President so she tries to slander him in every way. MAN doesn’t want to be outdone so he keeps fighting back fiercely. The two neighbors become enemies. KEI fears that KWAN will disapprove his relationship with LAI so he dates with her secretly and carefully, which annoys LAI a lot. MING lives an aimless life. He continues his studies just to hide away from social responsibility. SUM and LAI can no longer tolerate his laziness and force him to find a job. SHUI buys hair clip to SUM as a gift. SUM feels awkward that this hair clip resembles his dead mother’s hair clip so much. SHUI finds that SUM is becoming apathetic but cannot figure out the reason……

SHUI works as a salesman in the flower decoration company and the three brothers strive together to boost up their sales figures. SHUI suggests printing new promotional leaflets but LAY refuses to spend money on this. YEUNG appreciates SHUI’s idea and decides to print the new leaflets. LAY is very picky on SHUI and SHUI feels frustrated. The two of them always have conflicts. KEI accompanies MAN to visit places during his spare time and MAN feels happier. Tenants complain that KWAN’s poor management of the mansion has resulted in serious rat problem and MAN agrees totally. KEI confesses his love to LAI. LAI casually accepts him out of loneliness and boredom. KONG visits WU while she is doing modeling job for WAI’s magazine. WAI thanks KONG once again for helping her on the street. WU and SHUI keep trying to introduce girl friends to KONG and KONG understands their good intentions.

KONG is very sad for FUN’s departure but he respects her decision. MAN is asked to retire and his boss has assigned someone to replace his position. MAN’s daughters suggest him to enjoy life and spend time in the community center. After retirement, MAN spends much time to take care of the pot plants. SHUI has not given up on SUM. He always goes to find YAN in order to see SUM. LAY hurts herself while using the secondhand furniture purchased by SHUI and has to take sick leave. In order to amend his fault, SHUI voluntarily works in her flower decoration company. WU quits school in order to do the job she likes. KONG is very angry because the dream of his deceased father cannot be fulfilled. MAN complains that KWAN’s poor management of the mansion has led to various problems in the building. KWAN ignores him and MAN is very upset. SUM is working late at her herbal teahouse when the typhoon is on……

FUN asks KONG to pretend that they are still lovers in front of KUEN and KONG agrees. KONG stays with FUN on his day offs. In the evening, KONG continues his work at the rooftop. SUM talks to him and realizes that FUN is staying in Hong Kong. MAN’s supervisor asks him to retire but he is not willing to. KUEN is going to have a dangerous operation and FUN worries a lot. KUEN’s operation is successful and KONG cooks delicious food for her to make her happy. KONG brings FUN to buy herbal tea for KUEN and SUM realizes that KONG still has affections towards FUN. After serious considerations, SUM decides to give up chasing KONG. SHUI secretly sends flowers to SUM and SUM mistakes it as LAI’s present. LAI denies. Some gangsters attack SHUI and LAI helps to fight them away. KUEN realizes that KONG and FUN has separated but she knows that FUN still loves KONG. KUEN therefore encourages FUN to reunite with KONG……

YEUNG and HOI apologize to KONG for misunderstanding SHUI. KONG is very angry and do not accept their apologies. CHU LIK KEI is a reporter for a magazine. He was a former colleague of SUM and the two are good friends. KEI promotes SUM’s herbal teahouse in his magazine without informing WAI. WAI criticizes SUM’s herbal teahouse from head to toe and SUM starts a quarrel with her. SHUI helps SUM to scold WAI and WAI leaves the teahouse cheerlessly. SUM helps to sow SHUI’s clothes and SHUI develops special feelings on her. SHUI gets caught in a court case and KONG helps him to settle the problem. With KONG’s constant persuasion, SHUI finally agrees to live with KONG and the family. Since YEUNG and HOI had conflicts with SHUI before, the three brothers always fight with each other. SUM’s herbal teahouse doesn’t earn much and she is distressed. MAN brings friends to SUM’s herbal teahouse in order to help her……

MING does not like to study and always visits game center. LAI discovers this and reports to MAN. MAN stands by MING’s side and LAI is very upset. KONG treats the clients whole-heartedly and gets many new orders. SUM makes use of SHUI to buy discounted teapots and cups from HOI. SHUI thinks that SUM is really a stingy person and calls her an iron cock. Since the death of YAN’s parents, SHUI treats YAN as his brother and works with him all the time. YAN helps SHUI to carry out the renovation work at SUM’s teahouse. SHUI recommends YAN for a waiter position in SUM’s teahouse. SUM finds YAN a hardworking guy and agrees to hire him. SHUI sees his father’s oil painting in KONG’s home and realizes that KONG is his long-lost big brother. SHUI believes that he was deserted by his parents and has developed hatred for KONG. As a result, he hesitates if he should reunite with KONG……

SHUI gets to know his neighbors KONG and TIN when renovating KWAN’s home. KONG finds SHUI a very devoted worker and forms a good impression on him. After realizing that TIN and SUM have separated, MAN runs to TIN to question him, where he meets SUM unexpectedly. SUM discovers that TIN is dating with ELAINE WAN right after leaving her and becomes very depressed. She hopes KONG could take over her coffee shop but KONG has used up all his savings to help YEUNG. SUM realizes that KONG also has a regretful relationship in the past. They help each other to overcome obstacles and become good friends. KONG starts working as a salesman in YEUNG’s flower decoration company and sells silk flower from place to place. SUM gets an idea of operating an herbal teahouse. After thorough research, she finds that this is a business with great potential. After comparing the quotation of several service providers, SUM has selected SHUI to renovate her shop……

After separated with his girlfriend CHEUNG PIK FUN, chef LAM YAT KONG returns to Hong Kong from abroad and decides to set up his own restaurant. However, his plan cannot be actualized due to unexpected circumstances. KONG’s neighbor KEI TIN MAN is a supervisor in a security company. After his wife’s death, MAN has taken up the role of looking after his three children. MAN always spoils his youngest son CHUNG MING and his eldest daughter HOI SUM and second daughter MEI LAI are dissatisfied about it. SIT SHUI works as a renovation worker, hawker, and operates parallel imports store at the same time. One evening, LAI who works in the Customs misconceives SHUI as a seller of pirated goods. Although it is proved to be a mistake, both of them have built up a bad impression of each other. KONG discovers that his second brother YEE YEUNG has borrowed a huge sum of money from the Lending Company……