Paternal Affairs

With better understanding, MING gradually finds. More and more difficult to get along with HOI. Fearing that it will hurt his pride, MING dares not say anything to refuse him but keeps delaying the day of their marriage. TONG and SING KUNG knows that HOI is really serious in his love towards MING. Though they are not happy about that, they have to accept the reality. HEUNG makes her last attempt to break up HOI and MING but the plan fails. All these pressures act only to strengthen their determination to stay together. TOM finally succeeds in winning HEUNG's heart and even gets her financial support in his business. HOI is aware of the evil intentions of TOM. He tries to warn HEUNG who pays no heed to his advice. Eventually MING promises HOI to be his wife but on the eve of their marriage, a car accident happens and MING is taken to the hospital for treatment.

MTNG feels infuriated when she knows that TONG and OR are working together to break up her relationship with HOI. She walks out of the house lying to her that she intends to marry HOI. This greatly saddens TONG. In fact, MING and HOI are just taking a vacation in a villa on one of the offshore islands. Yet she misses her mother very much and in the end returns home and begs pardon from TONG, who can do nothing more but to let them get along together. HEUNG stills has the hope of rekindling the love between her and HOI. She tries her best to please HOI who is not impressed and feels no affection for her. HEUNG feels hurt in her pride and turns to TOM who woos her because of her money. SING KUNG feels disillusioned and hopeless though he still secretly admires MING very much. He is then taken to drinking and this leads to conflicts between him and HOI. MING gradually understands HOI better and better.… ...

Knowing his father too well, SING KUNG thinks that HOI is not serious in his relationship with MING. So he allies with HFUNG to break up the pair. TOM admires TONG's elegance and plucks up courage to reveal his love for her. However, he is coldly refused by TONG and he feels so ashamed of himself. Filled with anger and shame, he insults TONG and discloses MING's participation in the beauty contest. TONG feels infuriated as she is all along kept in the dark. She and MING have a fierce quarrel and MING walks out of the house. Out of the love for her daughter, TONG goes everywhere to find MING who is later impressed by her deep love. The two make up and MING decides to withdraw from the beauty contest. In fact, MING's character is quite strong and she longs for independence. Added to this is her Electra Complex which makes her fall in love with HOI, hoping that she can one day break away from the control of her mother.

While SING- KUNG is working part-time in a fast food shop, he meets DING SHUET MING and is deeply attracted by her beauty. MING is brought up by her mother CHOI HOI TONG who is a widow and a career woman. She devotes much of her time to her business leaving little time to look after her daughter. Therefore, there is a gap between MING and TONG. Owing to financial difficulty, the fast food shop is on the verge of terminating the business. Fearing that he nay not see MING again, SING KUNG feels depressed. Being aware of that, his mother HEUNG purchases the shop and this delights SING KUNG very much. MING's cousin HUNG TIN OR is living with them and her character greatly differs from that of MING. However, she always wants MING's company. Once she forces MING to join a beauty contest with her and the two meets TOM YUEN who promises to be their image consultant, and recommends them to go for dental check at HOI's clinic.

YAU HOI has divorced with his wife TSANG CHUEN HEUNG for several years. On the one hand, he becomes a popular bachelor welcomed by his countless woman friends while she wants to rekindle the love between them and feels jealousy of the girls around HOI. Yet HOI feels no affection towards HEUNG. The factor contributing to their separation is that they often fall out over the constant demand for money from HOI's brother, HU. HOI feels indebted to HU who took up the role as the main supporter of the family when they were young. Though their family is not well off, with HU's support, HOI gets the chance to further his studies abroad and eventually becomes a dentist. With HOI's help, HU gets settled down and married. However, his wife walks out of the house leaving behind two sons with no one to look after them.… ...