Following the death of Sheung Wan’s abalone tycoon TONG YAN-KAI, his descendants are to launch a legal battle for an estimated fortune of HK$600 million. TONG CHI-YAT is on the side of his stepmother WONG SAU-KAM, who is against his siblings CHI-ON, CHI-FOON and CHI-YAN. The story goes back a few years, when KAI was still alive… KAI has got two wives, namely LING HAU and WONG SAU-KAM. Despite the complex relationships among them, the TONGS have been living together in harmony and their business has expanded from a small sea-products retailer to a portfolio of assets worth more than HK$600 million. LING LEI, the younger sister of HAU, is in charge of the daily management of Tong Ki Sea-products. She is furious to discover that her brother LING PO has purchased a consignment of poor-quality mushrooms. A customer called SHEUNG TSOI-SUM has just bought some mushrooms at Tong Ki.… ...

The whole family has held a dinner for HAU to celebrate her birthday and her recovery, during which everyone has got a chance to try the “double head abalones”. Now that KAI has a bite of the “double head abalones”, his lifelong dream is finally fulfilled. YAN has a crush on a shoe salesman named HO SIU-KEI and is amazed to find out that he is going to take part in a cross-harbor swimming race. She tries to persuade ON to buy her a set of fitness equipment so that she can keep herself in shape and show her best face to KEI. ON comes to discover that SUM is actually a good friend of YAN. Following her defeat in her legal action against her husband’s mistress, Mrs. WONG comes to Tong Ki with her son to cause trouble. ON gets injured in the confusion and is sent to hospital for treatment. HAU goes to the hospital to see ON, during which she manages to have a talk with Mrs. WONG.… ...

KAI has won a voucher for a free tour in the lucky draw. To enjoy a holiday with KAM, KAI offers to pay top-up fees for a cruise to Dubai, in the hope that HAU, who is prone to seasickness, will choose not to join them. KAM has changed her mind and would like to go on a shopping trip to Europe. KAM and KAI bump into YAN when they are shopping around. KAI is shocked to discover that YAN has started dating (which is a breach of the family rule as children of the TONGS are not allowed to go out with members of the opposite sex until they get into university) while YAN and her friends have noticed that KAI and KAM have bought two sets of ski gear. YAN and KAI have then made a pact to keep each other’s secrets. To make his plan work, KAI even tries to enlist the help of YAT and FOON. KAI and HAU’s 35th wedding anniversary is coming, so ON plans to arrange a family tour to Dubai for a celebration.… ...

In an attempt to approach KEI, YAN decides to take part in the cross-harbor swimming competition. Unfortunately she is injured by a jellyfish midway through the race and needs to be sent to hospital for treatment at once. KAI tries to get KAM to apologize to HAU, but in vain. KAM thinks that she has been ill-treated by the TONGS over the years. Fearing that her biological son FOON will only get a small share of the family fortune, KAM remains in a bad mood and is getting more and more sensitive. HA has split up with her boyfriend. To cheer the girl up, YAN lures ON to HA’s flat in the name of his biological father, hoping that he will bring a bit of fun and laughter. She forces ON to play mahjong with her friends, making him an object of ridicule all through the night. On their way home, SUM gives ON a few words of consolation and ON is so impressed by her thoughtfulness.… ...

HAU decides to hold her 35th wedding anniversary celebration in Hong Kong. The family of nine have a buffet dinner, following which ON and his siblings present HAU with a specially made music video. HAU gets so surprised and is deeply moved by her children’s thoughtfulness. HAU and YAN head for the United Kingdom to look for information on universities. Before she goes, HAU reminds KAI to put KAM’s name on the title deeds of two shop premises. KAM wants to have a site visit and needs KAI to look around the shop premises with her. SUM wants to borrow HK$30,000 from ON and ON, without much consideration, agrees to her request. ON is shocked to discover that SUM has spent all the money on football betting. He feels cheated and tells KAI and PO about the whole incident. KAM has picked out her favorite shop premises and proposes to increase the rent from HK$30,000 to HK$70,000 per month.… ...

SUM is devastated by the insults flung at her. To prove her integrity, she not only pawns everything she has to repay part of the loan but also writes ON an IOU. KAM and LEI have hardly been on speaking terms since the dispute over the shop rentals. KAI would like to put KAM’s name on the title deeds of two bigger shop premises but offers it as a suggestion from LEI. KAM reveals during the dinner that the two shop premises recommended by LEI are found to be full of problems. She believes that it is all a plot by LEI and is so angry with her. KAI tries to prevent LEI from showing up, but in vain. LEI and KAM pick a quarrel as soon as they meet in the restaurant. LEI can no longer put up with KAM’s verbal insults and decides to move away. HA asks ON out for SUM’s sake. She reveals to ON that SUM’s brother TAK had run up debts and SUM, as his guarantor, was being threatened by the loan sharks.… ...

KAI wants to settle the argument between KAM and LEI through the help of PO but ends up offending him unwittingly. PO gets so angry with KAI that he decides to resign. PO is going to work for another sea-products shop and has successfully convinced his colleague KAT to join him in making a career move. ON tries his best to make it up to SUM and is surprised to discover that she is planning to sell her cat via the Internet. With the help of YAT, ON manages to win the bid at a high price. ON does not want SUM to find out too soon that it is he who has been helping behind. To keep the truth from her, ON has been hiding his identity. But no secret can be kept forever and SUM is really furious when she finally finds out the truth. She assumes that ON is only playing a trick on her.… ...

The goods left by TAK do not sell well, and to lend a hand to SUM, ON tries to learn some simple Filipino words from his Filipino friends so that he can help promote the sale among the Filipino community. HAU learns from her maid and the restaurant staff that the TONGS were caught up in a series of family conflicts while she was away. YAT and her girlfriend CHEUK MAN-LAI go on a date together but they get hounded by the paparazzi all through the day. LAI is in fact a married woman. YAT wants to terminate their adulterous relationship but LAI is so unwilling to break up with YAT. YAT suddenly gets attacked when he is walking along with ON in the street. ON happens to meet SUM’s father and offers to help him with different types of household repairs. PO reveals to the TONGS that he has approached certain travel agencies and that the people in charge have agreed to bring their tour groups to Tong Ki.… ...

PO asks KAM, who was not around when he was told off by HAU, out for tea. During their tea gathering, PO distorts what HAU says by claiming that she is going to give KAM a lesson. The Charity Race Walking Cup is approaching, so ON offers to be the trainer for the whole family, during which he happens to discover the secret relationship between YAT and LAI. YAT gets a call from LAI and is shocked to hear that someone has got their intimate photos. The pair are being blackmailed for HK$700,000. ON invites SUM to join Tong Ki, which causes KAI and others to speculate about his relationship with the girl. ON’s family believe that he must be in love. ON is surprised to learn that YAT is being blackmailed. To help him out of the predicament, he decides to embezzle money from Tong Ki, which is later discovered by LEI. Assuming that it is PO who has embezzled the money, LEI gives PO a severe telling-off during the dinner.… ...

KAI has written a letter to ON describing how sad he is about the embezzlement. PO keeps on attacking ON for what he has done, thus adversely affecting the domestic harmony. YAN is busy preparing for her A-level examinations but is so deeply disturbed by the recent family conflict that she suffers from insomnia almost every day. To help relieve her pressure, the TONGS decide to play a few games of table tennis with the girl. KAI manages to get SUM’s phone number and calls her up to give her a dressing-down, which shocks ON to the core. ON offers to apologize to SUM at once but SUM says she takes no offence at all at KAI’s remarks. YAT urges LAI to get a divorce from her husband but LAI rejects his request with a list of excuses. PO continues to attack ON and the verbal insults thrown at ON are getting more and more serious with each passing day. HAU can no longer put up with PO and orders him to shut up.… ...

PO attacks ON again, which irks YAT no end. YAT cannot bear to see ON suffer and eventually reveals that it is he who has taken HK$700,000 and that the money is used to help a female friend of his who is in financial need. Although ON has proved his innocence, he still gets blamed by HAU. ON wants to say sorry to HAU asking SUM for help to finish an apology letter. ON drives YAN to the examination centre and passes her a red packet as a token of support. During the dinner, YAN expresses her gratitude to ON for all he has done for the family. Having heard what YAN says, HAU offers to apologize to ON. ON treats SUM to a meal, after which SUM runs into her one-time senior schoolmate CHING LEUNG, who has now become a solicitor. From LEUNG, she has got an interview opportunity unexpectedly. KAI notices that ON has been behaving strangely of late.… ...

KAM goes to confide in PO, during which they bump into YAT and LAI. LAI looks very familiar to KAM. Out of curiosity, KAM decides to take a photo of LAI with her mobile phone. Later KAM finds out that LAI is the wife of a local business tycoon. In an attempt to sow discord, she reveals to the TONGS the adulterous relationship between YAT and LAI. HAU asks YAT for an explanation and YAT admits that he has been dating LAI for quite a while. YAT goes on to reveal the truth behind the embezzlement of HK$700,000, which enrages HAU even further. HAU gets so worked up that she falls down in a faint and is sent to hospital right away. KAI and YAT go to see HAU in the hospital. KAI urges YAT not to provoke HAU in any way. Despite KAI’s warning, YAT presents HAU with a bouquet of flowers on behalf of LAI. KAI and YAT have once again got into a quarrel.… ...

KAI asks YAT to put his wedding on hold but YAT insists on marrying LAI without any delay. YAT reveals his plan to hold a marriage ceremony in the United States, which irks KAI beyond measure. Filled with anger, KAI gives YAT a severe dressing-down and kicks him out of the family home. Tong Ki’s abalones have been illegally replaced. Believing that there must be some strange goings-on behind the scenes, LEI decides to raise her concerns during the family dinner. In an attempt to distract others, PO means to speak ill of YAT. KAI asks PO not to comment further on the affair between YAT and LAI but the guys end up in a terrible fight. YAT and LAI go to visit HAU in the hospital. YAT reveals to HAU that LAI is found to be pregnant with his baby and that he is resolved to marry her no matter what. HAU flies into a rage and throws the pair out of the ward. LEI discovers that PO has run an abalone farm in mainland China.… ...

ON seizes every opportunity to eat with SUM. He believes that his relationship with SUM is going really well. In order to punish KAM, HAU puts her at the far end of the dining table and deters her from taking part in all kinds of family activities. ON comes to discover that it is not he but LEUNG who is SUM’s real Prince Charming. Desperate to regain his place in SUM’s heart, ON sends her a bouquet of thirteen classic roses as an expression of love. Not knowing how to react, SUM starts to avoid ON. KAM writes PO a check for HK$200,000 hoping that he will take full responsibility for running the abalone farm. PO agrees to her request without much hesitation. HAU has decided to evict PO from TONG’s Mansion. Shocked and embarrassed, PO packs up his things and goes off right away. ON has finally come face to face with SUM.… ...

The TONGS are about to meet LAI’s family but HAU has decided to exclude KAM from the dinner and needs her to stay at home. The two families have had a nice chat and the dinner ends in a very good atmosphere. Filled with nostalgia, KAM asks KAI to have a tram ride with her, during which she blames KAI for not having stood by her when she is in need. KAI plucks up his courage and tries to intercede with HAU for KAM. HAU promises to forgive KAM and the family is back in harmony again. LAI’s mother LAI-MEI requests four shop premises as LEI’s betrothal gifts, which shocks the TONGS to the core. SUM’s friend MING-HA holds a birthday party at a pub. As she is celebrating with her friends, the wife of her boyfriend suddenly turns up and gives her a severe telling-off. YAT’s wedding is approaching but the TONGS have already lost contact with PO. PO who is dressed in ragged clothes walks past the entrance of Tong Ki.… ...

KAI offers to give MEI over HK$2,000,000 as LAI’s betrothal gifts but MEI refuses to give in. MEI asks for three shop premises from the TONGS and emphasizes that she will not attend LAI’s wedding if her request is not granted. The TONGS and the CHEUKS have got into a serious argument. HAU asks MEI out and brings her to a shop premises owned by the TONGS. HAU would like to give the shop premises to the CHEUKS as LAI’s betrothal gifts, which gives MEI a great thrill. MEI is so happy with the offer and finally promises to attend the wedding. In fact the shop premises has already been passed to KAM. Now that MEI has taken the property, KAM will have to pick another shop premises. KAM is so unhappy about HAU’s decision. To seek revenge, KAM decides to approach the media and get them to cover YAT’s wedding. Dozens of journalists come to the wedding of YAT and LAI.… ...

YAT and LAI make a formal apology to PO. PO accepts their explanation and finally offers forgiveness to the couple. KAI and HAU go out for tea together, during which KAI suddenly claims that he has a terrible stomachache and asks to leave at once. KAI is in fact pretending to be sick so as to avoid a woman called UT-YING. ON bumps into SUM’s father FUNG again in the street. ON brings FUNG back to his home in the Sai Wan Estate, and to avoid any possible accidents, he decides to put labels on various household items for FUNG. ON goes to visit SUM later in the night but is shocked to learn that the building she lives is on fire. ON feels a huge sense of relief when he knows that SUM and FUNG are safe and sound. Knowing that SUM’s beloved cat has gone missing, ON decides to wait until the building is reopened so that he can help with the search later on. ON manages to find the cat and returns it to SUM anonymously.… ...

The wealthy tycoon from South Africa CHAN KWOK-LIT decides to come to Hong Kong to see ON. KAI and LEI are so disturbed by the sudden appearance of UT-YING. After some consideration, they decide to have a talk with the woman. The TONGS are going to have dinner with LIT but KAI refuses to join them. KAI turns up suddenly midway through the dinner and asks LIT to provide evidence to prove his relationship with ON. SUM realizes that LEUNG has been trying to keep away from her in front of others in spite of their intimate relationship. This has upset her slightly. KAM goes to see LIT and reveals to him when and where ON was discovered as an abandoned baby. LIT is so grateful to KAM for the information and gives her HK$500,000 as a token of thanks. He promises to further reward her with HK$5,000,000 if he can be reunited with ON eventually.… ...

PO keeps pestering KAI for an explanation. KAI cannot put up with his endless questioning and finally reveals the truth – KAI is in fact ON’s biological father. PO tries to approach UT-YING, who actually wants nothing but a chance to see ON face to face. Knowing that UT-YING has not come for money, PO decides to grab this opportunity and swindle KAI out of HK$550,000. By stratagem, ON manages to make KAI tell the truth – ON’s biological mother UT-YING used to fancy KAI and had been wooing him for quite a while. After knowing that HAU was diagnosed with cancer, KAI sank into despair and meant to drink himself into oblivion. Drunk as a skunk, KAI had sex with UT-YING and made her pregnant. Three months following the birth of ON, UT-YING got married and moved to Malaysia. She did not take baby ON with her and left him alone at the nursery instead without paying the fees.… ...

The disclosure of ON’s identity has enraged KAM beyond all belief. KAM asks to split up with KAI but is stopped by HAU. HAU announces to the TONGS that she is heading for the United Kingdom to take a rest and that she will leave all the family issues with KAM in the coming days. SUM and LEUNG have a gathering with their friends at a pub, during which SUM gets to realize that ON has been very down and depressed. SUM wants to leave for a while so that she can accompany ON and gives him a few words of comfort, which is not opposed by LEUNG. SUM can finally get in touch with ON. As SUM is consoling ON, HA, who is in the pub too, goes to chat LEUNG up and manages to have a dance with him. LEUNG would like to go on a trip to Maldives with SUM but the plan has to be cancelled soon after due to some reason. The pair have a terrible quarrel over this subsequently. It seems that no one except KAM can get in touch with HAU.… ...

SUM is worried that LEUNG may go to see his ex-girlfriend in secret. Later SUM finds out that it is just a misunderstanding and LEUNG has made his apology by sending her a bouquet of flowers. HAU reveals to KAM that her cancer is found to have recurred. KAM tells KAI about HAU’s situation and claims that it is HAU’s wish to sell all the shop premises so that YAT will have enough capital to establish his own business. KAI is astonished to hear the news. To give LEUNG a birthday surprise, SUM has been learning saxophone in secret. The saxophone teacher is very negative about SUM’s progress and states that she has absolutely no talent for playing this musical instrument. Despite such harsh comments, SUM has no intention of giving up. YAT and LAI are returning from their honeymoon. KAM offers to pick them up at the airport and reveals everything that has happened to the family recently.… ...

Although SUM has been trying hard to catch up in each of her saxophone lessons, she is advised to withdraw due to her lack of talent. ON reveals that he is an expert at playing the saxophone, so SUM asks to be his apprentice at once hoping that she can manage to play a song for LEUNG on his birthday. SUM’s brother SHEUNG TSOI-TAK comes back home suddenly. He claims that he is no longer interested in doing business and will look for a steady job as soon as possible. LEUNG warns SUM not to expect too much of TAK. What he says has made SUM very unhappy, which soon leads to a bitter row between the pair. HAU is about to undergo the first course of chemotherapy. ON needs all members of the TONGS to stay optimistic and to support HAU with smiles and laughs during her fight against the disease. LEUNG suggests that HA may try to look for her Mr. Right through cold calling.… ...

HAU has completed the initial course of chemotherapy and is sent back home for recuperation. The CHEUKS have come to pay HAU a visit, during which MEI secretly urges LAI to move back with her. MEI points out that HAU has been suffering from a serious disease, which is believed to be a bad omen for the rest of the family and is very likely to constitute a threat to the health of LAI’s baby. LAI, however, does not believe in superstition and insists on staying at TONG’s Mansion. LEUNG apologizes to SUM but SUM is determined to split up with him. LEUNG is so depressed that he means to drink himself into oblivion, during which he happens to bump into HA. YAT and LAI start to quarrel again – LAI’s ex-father-in-law is dying in the hospital and LAI is desperate to pay him a visit, with which YAT is very unhappy. YAT refuses to let her go but HAU finally agrees to LAI’s request under her persistent persuasion.… ...

LAI would like to attend the funeral of her ex-father-in-law but is stopped by HAU. HAU points out to LAI that she should recognize and respect the feelings of everyone in the family. HA realizes that she has fallen in love with LEUNG but her dream is soon shattered when she hears that he has already made up with SUM. HAU falls down in a faint suddenly. Thinking that she is about to die, HAU, after waking from her coma, asks ON to help gather the family around every time she falls unconscious so that she can say a last farewell to everyone. And ON, with tears in his eyes, agrees to her request without hesitation. ON manages to get TAK a job but TAK is sacked shortly afterwards. LAI has promised to model for her ex-husband and is still worried about how to convince YAT. She turns to HAU for help but is rejected right away. LAI who insists on modeling in the fashion show accidentally slips off the chair in the changing room.… ...

YAT brings HAU to a shop premise, which is the proposed location of the to-be-established Tong Ki Abalone Restaurant. YAT has complete confidence in running the restaurant. KAI and FOON are told by their family doctor that KAM is found to have symptoms of depression. HAU loses consciousness again. ON manages to gather the family around so that HAU can say goodbye to them one by one. LEUNG offers to take FUNG to see the doctor but FUNG later goes missing along the way. SUM puts the blame on LEUNG and once again asks to break up with him. LEUNG is so unhappy that he decides to confide in HA. HA gives LEUNG a few words of consolation. Filled with warmth and thankfulness, LEUNG leans forward and kisses HA passionately. HAU wakes up from the coma and is out of danger. KAI brings KAM to see HAU. KAM kneels down before HAU to make her apology but HAU does not show any response.… ...

The abalone restaurant is unlikely to be ready for opening on HAU’s birthday, which irks YAT a bit. PO tells YAT that LAI has met her ex-husband in secret. YAT goes to ask LAI for an explanation, which causes her to pick a quarrel with PO afterwards. HAU calls LEI up asking her to dismiss PO from his posts at both Tong Ki and the abalone restaurant. PO is resolved to find out who has been keeping HAU informed of the family’s situation. ON admits that he is the one who has provided HAU with the latest family updates. PO goes to confide in KAM and an idea suddenly occurs to KAM during their conversation. KAM keeps talking about the affair between LAI and her ex-husband while dining with KAI. Fearing that LAI will cheat on YAT, KAI warns YAT to keep a close eye on his wife. Desperate to fan the flames of conflict, KAM gets KAI to go and hassle LAI’s ex-husband at his office.… ...

TAK reveals to ON that he has been hired as a ballroom dancing teacher. He asks ON for some pocket money, but is rejected. LEUNG brings HA to his new home to have a look. Having noticed SUM’s message on the wall, HA decides to leave a few words on the wall too. KAM who has been learning ballroom dancing is one of TAK’s students. The two of them have soon become friends. TAK has heard from KAM about the current situation of the TONGS. TAK sides with KAM and promises to help her claim a half share of the family fortune. LEUNG holds a housewarming party at his new apartment, during which SUM is addressed by her colleagues as “Mrs. CHING”. SUM seems very happy to be identified as LEUNG’s other half. LEUNG wants to terminate his relationship with HA but cannot stand the pain of separation from her. He is so obsessed with HA that he finally chooses to continue the affair.… ...

ON asks after LEUNG but SUM reveals that LEUNG has been so busy with work and that they have not seen each other for quite a while. SUM’s reply has shocked and worried ON deeply. HAU is sent to hospital again. PO informs KAM of HAU’s latest situation and KAM is over the moon to hear that HAU is already on the verge of death. TAK reminds KAM that she will need HAU’s forgiveness and permission to be allowed back to the family. KAM hurries to the hospital and falls to her knees to beg for HAU’s forgiveness. HAU gets to whisper to FOON before she draws her last breath. FOON points out that HAU has granted KAM forgiveness in her last words. Three months after HAU’s death, Dr. TSU passes an audio tape of HAU to the TONGS. The TONGS are sad yet moved to hear HAU’s voice again. SUM and LEUNG finally find out that it is ON who has been helping TAK in secret. LEUNG, however, is very unhappy about ON’s constant assistance.… ...

SUM is shocked to discover that LEUNG is not at home. She calls LEUNG up and cannot help crying when speaking to him. But LEUNG is too busy flirting with HA that he does not realize that there is anything wrong with SUM. In order to keep his secret, LEUNG goes on to lie to SUM. KAI brings KAM to HAU’s tomb on her birthday to pay her respect, to which ON and his siblings are not opposed. KAM reveals to TAK that her relationship with the TONGS seems to have improved a lot. KAM and TAK are in fact having an affair. SUM has found some evidence at LEUNG’s home which indicates that he has been lying. LEUNG goes on a business trip and manages to squeeze in a short stay at Taiwan with HA after finishing the work. KAI takes KAM back to TONG’s Mansion, to which LEI and ON are strongly opposed. After a serious argument with LEI and ON, KAI finally decides to put KAM up in the guest chamber.… ...

KAM points out during the dinner that she and KAI have decided to postpone their wedding until three years later. The news comes as a huge relief to everyone in the family. KAM is in fact desperate for a legal marriage and wants to tie the knot with KAI as soon as possible. She is so badly in need of PO’s support that she decides to bribe PO in secret. SUM is still suffering from the break-up with LEUNG. She finds it so hard to concentrate on her work and keeps on making mistakes. It is sheer torture for SUM to work along with LEUNG in the same office, ON offers to lend her money so that she can tender her resignation without too many financial worries. SUM is so grateful for ON’s assistance. ON is shocked and a bit worried to find that KAM has a personal acquaintance with TAK. TAK suggests that KAM should pretend to be pregnant in order to trick KAI into marriage.… ...

Under the influence of SUM, LEUNG has sought to improve his relationship with his mother. HA asks LEUNG out for a chat, during which she reveals that she has already got into a new relationship. LEUNG is so pleased for HA and extends his most sincere greetings to her. KAI realizes that there is something wrong with his health, which bothers him hugely. KAM tells KAI that she has made a mistake and that she is not expecting a baby. To make his apology, KAI would like to treat the family to a nice meal. But in a split second, KAI falls into a dead faint and is later diagnosed as having a stroke. He is very worried about his health even though he has only suffered a mild stroke. LEI has arranged for ON to go on a blind date with a Canadian-born Chinese girl named CHERRY. Knowing that ON will start dating very soon, KAI feels so happy and the whole family is once again filled with joy and life.… ...

The death of LEUNG’s mother has unwittingly brought about the reconciliation between LEUNG and SUM. With SUM by his side, LEUNG has calmed down a bit and begins to fall asleep. SUM calls ON up to confess that she has made up with LEUNG. ON tries to pull himself together and carries on dating CHERRY. PO gets to meet KAM in secret, during which he reveals that he has offered to take on a debt of HK$200,000 for his girlfriend and is under serious financial pressure. He turns to KAM for help but is rejected straight away. LEUNG tries his best to make it up to SUM but what he did before has already left a deep scar on her. SUM realizes that she has never really forgiven LEUNG and that she will be so eaten up with jealousy every time she sees ON hanging out with CHERRY. KAM points out that PO is deep in debt and is planning to kidnap KAI in exchange for money. Filled with rage, KAI decides to throw PO out of the family home.… ...

HA means to let SUM find out the truth. SUM is plunged into despair and asks to break up with LEUNG through SMS text messaging. After consultation with a solicitor, TAK comes to find out that KAM will have to remain KAI’s legal wife for at least two years if she wants to claim a larger share of the family fortune. FOON is shocked to the core when he discovers that someone has left KAM a love message on her mobile. Fearing that her affair will come to light, KAM turns to TAK for advice at once. TAK, on the other hand, sees it as a great opportunity to go further and achieve what they want. KAM admits to FOON that she has had some affection for TAK but that she may have a change of heart if KAI promises to offer her a legal status as Mrs. TONG through marriage. FOON advises that KAI and KAM can hold a marriage ceremony overseas during their trip to Europe so that KAM’s lifelong dream can be fulfilled.… ...

After two years of peace, KAI suffers a stroke again and is sent to hospital for treatment. KAM grabs the opportunity and reveals to the TONGS that she has been married to KAI for two years. KAM and TAK have a pact with renowned solicitor TAI KIN-HEI. The three of them will gang up together against the TONGS in the fight for the family fortune. KAM, accompanied by TAK, PO and the CHEUKS, has arrived at Tong Ki. KAM announces that TAK will take up the post of General Manager at Tong Ki and that the CHEUKS will join the sea-products retailer too. KAI is enraged to hear that KAM has caused so much trouble. He hurries to Tong Ki and manages to settle the dispute. ON and LEI decide to hire a private detective to follow KAM. The detective has found some strong evidence which suggests that KAM has been having an affair with TAK. KAI bursts into tears when he finally finds out the truth.… ...

SUM is going to be confronted with HEI, an extremely experienced lawyer who has defeated LEUNG four times in a row. SUM feels a lot of pressure and has completely lost confidence in herself. But with the help and support of LEUNG, SUM has finally won the case. KAI and KAM go to apply for separation at a legal firm. KAM requests more than 50% of the family fortune, which shocks and outrages KAI no end. KAI gets so worked up that he falls down in a faint again. KAM brings TAK to Tong Ki and calls for an instant audit. LEI and ON have no control over KAM, so KAI, who is already exhausted, is left with no choice and to rush to Tong Ki to stop her. KAI has been so depressed recently but he seems to be filled with hopes again when he hears that LAI is expecting a baby. KAM is going to have a negotiation with the TONGS at their mansion. Before that, she and TAK have managed to visit KAI in secret.… ...

KAI is sent to hospital again. KAM and PO come to pay KAI a visit, during which KAM offers to withdraw her request for a divorce. SUM would like to represent a mentally-ill defendant, to which LEUNG is utterly opposed. LEUNG cannot make SUM change her mind but agrees to support her all through the legal proceedings. After saying goodbye to LEUNG, SUM gets into a taxi. SUM learns from the taxi driver that there is a horrific collision between a car and a taxi somewhere nearby. Fearing that LEUNG is involved in the crash, SUM hurries to the scene of the accident to see what is going on. LEUNG, on the other hand, is also worried about SUM and decides to make his way to the scene of the collision at once. KAM is furious to hear that KAI has revised his will, under which his children will inherit a full share of the family fortune. TAK goes to consult HEI for legal advice.… ...

SUM is astonished to hear that LEUNG is involved in a car accident. She hurries to the hospital at once but by the time she arrives, LEUNG has already passed away. Among the things left behind by LEUNG, SUM has found a sea shell, on which the words “Please Forgive Me” are carved. SUM breaks down again as she catches sight of the sea shell. KAI, who is lying on his bed in the hospital, explains to his children that it was HAU’s decision to pass the four remaining “double head abalones” to KAM. He hopes that KAM will have a change of heart after receiving this precious present from the TONGS. SUM is still suffering from the pain of losing LEUNG. ON do nothing but keep her company day in and day out. To make SUM feel better, ON decides to bribe the taxi driver who knocked LEUNG down. As instructed by ON, the taxi driver approaches SUM and tells her that LEUNG had said he had read her email before he fell to the ground.… ...

YAT would like to set up a number of chain restaurants, which is however opposed by LEI. KAI suffers a stroke again and KAM arrives at the hospital soon afterwards. Not long after, LEI, ON, YAT, FOON and YAN also come along but all of them are driven out of the ward by KAM right away. KAI wakes up suddenly and agrees to revise his will to offer KAM a half share of the family fortune on condition that his children and granddaughter are allowed to stay. KAM agrees to his request. KAI has a nice chat with his children, during which he has not mentioned a word about his will. KAI finally passes away without having his will revised, which irks KAM no end. KAM is so disappointed in KAI and blames him for keeping cheating her even before his death. As KAI’s legal wife, KAM insists on holding the funeral of her late husband. KAM refuses to let the TONGS attend the funeral.… ...

Desperate for the family fortune, KAM decides to bring the matter to court. Knowing that KAM has resorted to legal action, ON turns to SUM for help. SUM has brought together a team of legal professionals, all of whom are LEUNG’s ex-colleagues, to work alongside her in the legal battle against KAM. ON is very grateful to SUM for her help. KAM confesses in a press conference that she and TAK are an item. Having heard what KAM says, FOON gets extremely upset and keeps trembling with anger. ON has taken full control of the family finances, about which YAT is very unhappy. LEI tries to defend ON and gives YAT a good telling-off. ON responds that he will leave for South Africa and stay with LIT when the proceedings are over. SUM is a bit upset to hear that ON will be leaving Hong Kong soon. LAI returns to her mother’s home and gives the CHEUKS a severe dressing-down for ganging up with KAM and TAK only for the sake of money.… ...

YAT states in court that KAI was in a state of confusion after suffering a stroke. According to YAT, KAI had mixed up two traditional Chinese festivals and asked to have a bite of a mooncake during the Dragon Boat Festival. To satisfy KAI, YAT was left with no choice but to turn to the CHEUKS, who run a Chinese tea restaurant, for help. One of LAI’s family members testifies for YAT and emphasizes that what he says in his statement is absolutely true. SUM blames YAT and the CHEUKS for providing false statements. She goes on to point out that, according to the records provided by Hong Kong’s Immigration Department, YAT was in Australia for about ten days around the Dragon Boat Festival and that what he said in his previous statement is just a pack of lies. The TONGS come to realize that it is all a plot by YAT – he means to make a false statement in the hope that the benefit of the doubt will go to ON and LEI in the end.… ...

The story begins in 1996 outside Moonlight Cake Shop. Everybody is waiting to buy cakes but only egg tarts are available since the shop owner CHUNG SIU HOR has gone to the court. HOR is fighting for the custody of her six children with her ex-husband KAM TAI CHO. During the hearing, HOR blames CHO for not knowing the children well and for committing adultery with YAN HUNG. After reviewing the case, the judge grants the custody of WING KA, WING YUEN and WING CHUNG to CHO. On the other hand, HOR is granted the custody of WING HO, WING HING and her adopted daughter SUEN HO YUET. Ten years later, HOR’s younger sister SIU SA returns from Portugal. Her father CHUNG FAN TAT prepares dinner for her on the 16th of August of the Lunar calendar. SA realizes that HOR can only meet up with KA, YUEN and CHUNG on the next day of the mid-autumn festival. HOR recalls that CHO wanted to have seven children when they get married.… ...

CHO’s mother KWAN LAI suddenly comes to the cake shop to scold HOR. HOR’s neighbors find LAI extremely unreasonable so they help kicking her away. HING uses sign language to talk to his family members. SA misconceives that he is teasing her and she reveals to everybody that she has divorced with her husband. After divorcing with HOR, CHO tried to draw HOR’s cake master LIN CHI YUNG to his cake shop by paying him higher salary. After that, HOR had no choice but to give up selling moon cakes. SUM follows HO to his home and she spends a great time with her childhood friends. HO asks LAI to allow all grandchildren to dine with their grandfather TAT on mid-autumn festival and LAI agrees. HUNG requests CHO to take away the signboard of Moonlight Cake Shop at HOR’s shop. CHO visits HOR and HOR tries to lock SA in the room. HO learns that CHO comes to make an unreasonable request and he releases SA deliberately.… ...

TAT prepares the dinner menu for his grandchildren happily. However, he suddenly learns that LAI has changed her mind and he is very disappointed. LAI suddenly refuses to allow TAT dining with the grandchildren because she recalls a past grievance about her deceased son TAI CHEUN. During the time, CHEUN tried to borrow money from HOR but HOR refused. CHEUN had no choice but to commit suicide eventually. HOR requests CHO to keep his promise. HUNG discovers that YUNG wants to move to another shop so she fires him and warns all other cake shops not to hire him. YUNG doesn’t know what to do and he turns to HOR for help. HUNG discovers this and she prevents the grandchildren from dinning with TAT. HOR calls HUNG to apologize and HUNG is satisfied. HUNG discovers that SUM is joining the reunion dinner and she is enraged. She rushes to the restaurant with LAI to stop everybody from having the dinner.… ...

During breakfast, HUNG apologizes to the sons and she tries to explain her relationship with CHO to them but KA responds to her coldly. In fact, KA never recognizes HUNG as his mother from the very beginning. CHUNG is going to continue his study in England. HOR discovers that CHUNG acts strangely in Hong Kong and she wants to find out the reason behind. HOR rushes to the airport but she cannot get close to CHUNG when CHO and HUNG are around. SA is against YUET all the time for she thinks that YUET is only an adopted child and they fight with each other all the time. YUET discovers that TAT suddenly withdraws all his savings and she informs HOR immediately. HOR questions SA for the reason of borrowing 400 thousand dollars from TAT. SA reveals that she needs the money for a lawsuit with her ex-husband. With the help of SUM, HO accompanies HING to a job interview and HING gets the job successfully.… ...

HOR meets up with KA and she asks KA if he has carried out his promise to take care of YUEN and CHUNG. HO deliberately asks her eldest son KA to stay with CHO ten years ago so that KA could take care of his younger brother and sister. SA borrows money from TAT again and TAT reminds her to treat YUET kindly. SA tries to please YUET but they end up fighting with each other again. YUET suddenly decides to move out and live with her friends. HO rejects the idea but YUET insists to do so. YUET has actually rented a small flat for herself alone. She is broke for she has borrowed money from the credit company on behalf of her boyfriend. SA discovers an email from YUET in HING’s mailbox and she prints it out to everybody. YUET’s boyfriend fails to pay the debt and YUET is fired because of this. YUET is afraid of the creditors so she tries not to return to her little flat. All family members finally find YUET.… ...

TAT and HOR are worried for SA has been disappeared for 4 days. However, SA suddenly shows up and invites everybody to a dinner. During the dinner, SA reveals that she will go to Portugal for a lawsuit soon. KA is not able to find 2 models for a product launch event so he asks his two younger sisters to do the job. KA also convinces his boss ELIZA to hire YUET as an assistant. A westerner comes to the cake shop to buy cakes and SUM helps with the translation. HOR wants to treat SUM for dinner but SUM suggests that she wants to join a charity event instead. SUM and HO joins a charity walkathon together and they recall the memories in the past. SUM opens HO’s letter at home and realizes that HO gave up studying in order to help HOR in the cake shop. SUM realizes that she had helped breaking up the family unintentionally. KA promises HOR that he will stop trading stocks but he is still addicted to stock exchanges.

HOR asks CHO out and reveals to him that KA is addicted to stock trading. CHO discusses the case with LAI. He suggests that KA should work in the cake shop and LAI agrees. CHO organizes a birthday celebration for SUM. He seeks for HUNG’s permission for allowing KA to work in the cake shop and HUNG agrees eventually. CHO suggests KA to handle their cake shop business during dinner and HUNG only wants KA to work in the smallest cake shop. Nobody follow up the case eventually. SA suddenly appears again and she reveals that she has got 4 million dollars compensation from her ex-husband. She wants to become a shareholder of HOR’s cake shop and HOR agrees reluctantly. SA plans to expand their business so she tries to recruit cake master by herself. HOR discovers that all the cake masters hired by SA are not qualified and SA is embarrassed. SA persuades TAT to name the cake shop as “Moonlight Cake Shop” again.… ...

SA requests CHO to make a compensation of 50 million dollars to the cake shop. CHO and HUNG object the idea and they fight with SA in the court. CHO and HUNG tell lies in the court and they claims that HOR voluntarily handed over the brand name of “Moonlight Cake Shop” to them long time ago. SA loses the case and she calls HUNG a drug smuggler outside the court. HUNG is enraged. She decides to sue SA for defamation and she requests for a compensation of 4 million dollars. HOR decides to apologize to HUNG on behalf of SA even though all her children object the idea. HOR and YUNG arrive at HUNG’s place and they promises to give 200 thousand dollars compensation to HUNG but HUNG responds to her with harsh words. While sending HOR away, HUNG deliberately makes her fall and HOR is hurt. HOR cannot bear to reveal the tricks played by HUNG. Long time ago, HUNG asked YUNG to teach KA all about stock trading and this had made KA a stock addict.… ...

On the next day, LAI is absent for breakfast and HUNG goes to LAI's room to apologize. HUNG cries for mercy in front of LAI and LAI finally forgives her. SUM starts working in the hospital and she comes across a traffic accident while chatting with HO on the phone after work. HO rushes to the scene to help the victims with SUM. He also buys clothes and shoes for SUM to change for he knows that SUM is going to have dinner with the family. SUM is very grateful about it. KA is not able to hand in his report on time. He tries to solve the problem by kissing ELIZA voluntarily. On the next day, YUET tells KA that he has caused huge loss to the company by not carrying out his duty properly. KA tries to please ELIZA by sending her flowers but ELIZA fires him in return. ELIZA had tolerated KA for a long time simply because HUNG sent her many gifts before. HO brings his girlfriend TING TING to a family dinner.… ...

HO invites CHO for dinner at home. CHO is shocked to meet CHUNG there because CHUNG is supposed to be studying in England. CHUNG wants to quit schooling and HO supports him. CHO calls for a family meeting and blames HO for spoiling CHUNG. CHUNG cannot bear to tell the truth about his inability in studying. CHO finally accepts the reality but he asks everybody to keep this secret. KA suddenly borrows 30 thousand dollars from WING HO because he wants to move away from the KAM’s family. KA meets an old neighbor Granny WAN and he realizes that WAN loses all her money in the stock market. YUET discovers that KA didn’t rent a flat. She misconceives that KA uses the money to buy stocks again and she wants to tell HO about this. KA fails to stop YUET and he gets mad. Everybody organize a surprise birthday party for SA and SA is overjoyed.

SA introduces her good friend Mr CHU to YUNG. CHU wants to open a Chinese style franchise cake shop in Australia and he decides to hire YUNG as the cake master. YUNG realizes that he can reunite with his younger sister CHUI PING who studies in Australia and he is overjoyed. YUNG reveals his plan to HO and HO wishes him all the best. HO suffers from backache and the doctor suggests her to have an operation for removing the spur and all her children are nervous. LAI visits WING HO at the cake shop. SA invites her for a walk with YUNG. They consoles LAI and convinces her to let go of the past. SA discovers that CHUNG cannot read simple Chinese and English. She therefore calls him a half illiterate. CHUNG cries silently at the corner of a basketball court. His brothers and sisters come to console him. They also persuade him to join a boat contest. HO tries to watch CHUNG’s boat contest through her mobile phone before the operation.

HO’s operation is successful and everybody come to visit her at the hospital. When CHO visits her, HO reveals to him that she wants to teach CHUNG on her own. LAI returns home to find that KA is moving out. KA wants to open a PR firm and he takes it as an excuse for moving out. TAT and everybody decide to take CHUNG home. SA discovers their plan and she calls LAI secretly to reveal the truth. LAI is enraged. She threatens everybody that she will stop eating and taking medicine until CHUNG and KA return home. After discussing with HUNG, LAI also forces CHO to swear that he will not meet up with HO again. CHO has no choice but to swear in front of LAI. All the grandchildren come to visit LAI. HING indirectly reminds LAI about her selfishness. HO recovers and she returns home. SA tries to put the blame on others but HO discovers her tricks and she scolds her harshly.

All grandchildren visit LAI with a birthday cake made by HO on her birthday and LAI is overjoyed. While trying to look for a hair dryer, WING HO finds SUM in her room. SUM shows him the trophies she has got in school. WING HO discovers that SUM is still keeping the cassette tapes he sent to her long time ago and he feels very happy. KA discovers that ELIZA always gives YUET a hard time. He tries to record ELIZA’s voice when she scolds YUET and then plays it in front of everybody. ELIZA is deeply embarrassed and she fires YUET. KA reveals that he is going to open a PR firm and CHO asks him to design the promotional plan for their wedding cakes. CHO shares KA’s idea with HUNG but HUNG discloses KA’s plan to ELIZA. During the promotional event, ELIZA plays tricks on KA and all 38 pairs of couples that KA invited fail to show up on the day.

HUNG learns that CHO is staying in HO’s home for a celebration party and she is displeased. HUNG finds YUEN sitting by the pool alone for YUEN has lost his love recently. She encourages YUEN to concentrate on his work instead but she finds that YUEN hasn’t think about the promotional plan at all 3 days later. HUNG wants to fire KUNG for not teaching YUEN properly. She also forces CHO not to see HO and the children again. HING suddenly resigns and WING HO is puzzled. WING HO and SUM find that HING is arguing with a man called KA LOK on the street. They rush to HING’s side to protect her. LOK asks HING out and he reveals to her that he wants a separation because she is mute. HUNG and LAI return from a hot spring trip in China. KUNG reports to them that CHO is keeping contact with HO and the children. HUNG, LAI and KUNG visit HO. CHO hides away successfully. However, since CHO is in such a hurry, he is knocked down by a car accidentally.

CHO is frightened and he asks HO to help him. The ambulance arrives and LAI asks HO to accompany CHO to the hospital. HUNG is displeased. CHO loses his eyesight temporarily. HUNG visits him and she learns that CHO thinks that HO’s family is a happier place to stay. HUNG is enraged. SA tells everybody that HUNG wants to give 80% of the shares of “Moonlight Cake Shop” to all the children but everybody react to the news coldly. HUNG announces to the KAM’s family that she has decided to pass “Moonlight Cake Shop” to all the children and she will travel around the world with CHO for 2 years. HUNG learns that ELIZA is attacking KA’s company all the time and she tries to help KA. CHUNG reveals to HO that he has quit his job as a computer salesman because HUNG has promised to appoint him as a manager in the IT department of “Moonlight Cake Shop”.

SA tries to speculate on properties but she fails to sell the premises. She asks all family members to give her money. She thinks that the family’s money is her money and everybody finds her unreasonable. SA asks LAI out and she reveals to LAI that HO is making use of the children to take revenge on KAM’s family. She suggests LAI to organize a birthday party for HO in order to please her. During the birthday party, all the old neighbors who had moved to other countries return to see HO. It was CHO who paid for the air tickets secretly. All children try to perform a comedy to HO as well during the party. SUM meets a pregnant woman in the shopping center and this woman is about to deliver her baby suddenly. While trying to help her, she meets Dr LING CHI SHUN. CHO suddenly visits HO and he asks HO to allow their children to work for Moonlight Cake Shop.… ...

SUM meets SHUN after work. SHUN invites her to visit the baby together. They become so familiar that they start calling each other brother and sister. CHO wants to join the birthday celebration for HING at HO’s place. HUNG deliberately breaks CHO’s glasses and plays tricks to make him stay in the street. HUNG suggests KA to take care of all the promotional campaign for Moonlight Cake Shop. KA is in great debt and he agrees reluctantly. Everybody goes to KAM’s family for dinner. HUNG brings KA and other staffs to home and she reveals that KA is going to produce a TV commercial for Moonlight Cake Shop. KUNG suggests that they could replay a past incident when HUNG lost her baby accidentally because of YUEN. KA cannot bear to disclose the truth to everybody. He reveals that HUNG deliberately asked KUNG to shift the guilt to YUEN for her miscarriage.… ...

MUI invites HUNG for tea and HUNG asks for some antihypertensive medicine. In the evening, HUNG deliberately mentions the case of YUEN to SUM and she tries to speak for herself with excuses. HUNG tells her story agitatedly and she collapses suddenly. LOK and HING meet each other in the rain and they decide to reunite with each other. WING HO returns home and discovers that everybody is cheerful. This is because SA has discovered that HING and LOK are dating again. LOK’s mother KUEN even suggests that the two families should meet each other. HO and the family members meet KUEN for tea but KUEN suddenly leaves. HO rushes out and KUEN reveals that she doesn’t want her son to date with HING. LOK goes to HO’s place for dinner secretly but KUEN discovers it. HO rushes back to mediate between them and she speaks for KUEN. SHUN invites SUM for a seafood dinner at Lamma Island and they find that they share a lot of common interests.… ...

SUM meets SHUN at the hospital. She discovers many baby photos with thank you letters in SHUN’s office and her impression on SHUN is getting even better. HUNG’s ex-husband HAK KEUNG suddenly comes to look for her at Moonlight Cake Shop but HUNG treats him coldly. HUNG reveals to LAI that she wants to travel around the world with CHO for 2 years. CHO reveals the travel plan to his children at HO’s place and all the children are dissatisfied. CHO becomes drunk at HO’s place and he asks everybody to scold him. On the next day when CHO leaves, all the children say that they have forgiven him. SHUN plays trick to date SUM again after work and they spend a romantic evening together. The doctor tells LAI that she is suffering from Myodegeneratio cordis and LAI is worried. HUNG worries that if LAI reveals her disease to everybody, her travel plan will be cancelled.… ...

LAI asks WING HO and TING out but she fails to show up. WING HO discovers that LAI has collapsed at the bridge. KUNG informs HUNG that LAI is in the hospital and HUNG decides not to tell CHO about this. KUNG calls HUNG again. He lies to HUNG that LAI has wakened up for a while and she has apologized to HO when she’s awake. HUNG is enraged and she further confirms that she will not tell CHO about LAI’s case. MUI wants to call HUNG but KUNG stops her. Their conversation is overheard by YUET. YUET tells HO about this and HO begs MUI to give her the telephone number of HUNG but KUNG stops her from doing so. LAI’s condition is getting worse at midnight. HO is frightened. She shouts to LAI desperately and encourages her to carry on. LAI finally survives the critical phase. SHUN invites SUM to Lamma Island again and they spends the whole evening talking to each other.

WING HO tries to declare his love to SUM by a cake but SUM replies to him that she only treats him as a brother. Everybody go to visit LAI at the hospital and LAI ask them not to disclose her illness to CHO. HO also asks YUET to promise not to disclose the case to CHO. SA announces that her daughter KA MEI will come to Hong Kong to reunite with her. SA empties her room for MEI and YUET is forced to share the room with SA. SUM loses contact with SHUN but she finds his blog on the Internet and she feels that there is a special bond between them. CHO returns Hong Kong and he questions YUET. YUET admits that she has done something wrong. KUNG is becoming tyrannical and HO steps in to mediate between different parties. LAI cannot bear to reveal that she has realized KUNG’s plan for some time. HO brings everybody to her daughter’s room and she moves all SA’s belongings to her room.

KA and YUET return home to find SA and MEI coming back as well. They also meet SA’s friend YUEN YAN TSZ and his mother. KA is shocked to find that MEI is such a beautiful woman. SA brings MEI to her room but MEI blames SA for not being considerate to other family members. YUET overhears their conversation. She tells everybody that TSZ is going to marry SA. MEI learns that KA is organizing a promotional event on aerobics and she voluntarily offers herself as the dancer. SA suggests postponing their wedding date and TSZ starts a quarrel with her. SUM discovers that SHUN is trying to keep a distance from her and she goes to Lamma Island alone. SUM meets SHUN there and SHUN reveals to her that he has got a 7-year girlfriend already. SUM decides to stop going further with SHUN. SA announces to everybody that she is going to get married with TSZ. She also suggests appointing TSZ as the shop manager of their cake shop and everyone is shocked.

Mid-autumn festival is coming. CHO suddenly arrives at HO’s cake shop and he wants to make a huge moon cake with a diameter of 33 inches. With the help of all children, CHO brings the huge moon cake to Moonlight Cake Shop secretly but he finally fails to bake the cake successfully. CHO doesn’t give up and he keeps on trying. HO is puzzled with CHO’s persistency but HING reminds her that CHO is trying to carry out his promise. During the family gathering on mid-autumn festival, LOK proposes marriage to HING and HING accepts. SHUN brings SUM to Lamma Island to visit the baby he helped to deliver. The two of them are feeling more intimate with each other. MEI is in trouble at work and she calls home to air her grievances. KA learns about the case and he rushes to MEI’s shop to protect her. KA finally decides to hire MEI and YUET is dissatisfied. SA and TSZ force TAT to call CHO for a compensation of 10 million dollars.… ...

Everybody discuss the wedding plan of HING. SA finds that CHO is willing to spend a lot on HING and she is jealous. TAT suggests holding the two wedding parties together. CHO doesn’t like it but HING welcomes the idea. CHO’s good friend suddenly dies. CHO worries that his children will live a hard life if he dies suddenly so he asks HUNG to prepare a 30 million dollars cheque for him. HUNG objects the idea but CHO insists to give the cheque to TAT. HUNG and HO meet in a restaurant. HUNG accuses HO for seducing CHO and she slaps her across the face. HO decides not to disclose this in front of others. HUNG tells SA that CHO has given 30 million dollars to TAT. SA questions TAT and TAT admits it reluctantly but he refuses to share the money with SA. On the wedding day, SA suddenly finds some evidence to prove that HO is not the daughter of TAT.… ...

TAT hands over the 30 million dollars cheque to CHO in front of SA and TSZ. SA blames TAT for doing so and she reiterates that she has evidence to prove that HO is not his real daughter. CHO doesn’t want SA to disturb the harmony of the family so he promises to give SA 3 million dollars. HO learns about the case from CHO eventually. She suggests carrying out a DNA test with SA and TAT. HO and YUET rush to China in the night and they finally learn about the truth. HO reveals to everybody that SA is actually an adopted daughter. SA wants to return to the family so she asks TSZ to take all the blame. However, TSZ reveals that he is returning to Portugal with his mother. SUM meets SHUN’s girlfriend WING LAM at the hospital and she finally tells SHUN that she wants a separation. WING HO searches around for SUM in the rain and he finally finds her.… ...

SA follows everybody to the restaurant for she wants to apologize herself but everybody ignores her. SA cries bitterly at the restaurant toilet and she throws her apology letter to the rubbish bin. Everybody discover that SA is sincere and they go to SA’s motel to visit her. MEI discloses her secret to KA. YUET finds that MEI and KA are acting intimately and she feels unhappy. HUNG and KUNG hand in their resignation letter with 16 other senior officers to CHO and CHO is enraged. HUNG is upset for CHO is seeing HO frequently. HUNG asks SA out. SA knows that HUNG has slapped HO across her face before so she wants to take a revenge for HO. SA fights with HUNG and HUNG falls down from the escalator accidentally. KUNG informs CHO about this and everybody believes that SA fights with HUNG for money. SA returns home to ask for help but everybody refuses to help her. The police finally arrest SA.

HUNG decides not to sue SA eventually. SA returns home but everybody kicks her out. HO and KUEN return Hong Kong. They invite SA to their home for a “final” dinner. SA discovers that HO actually trusts her and she is relieved. HO also helps to arrange the return of TSZ so that SA could reunite with him. HUNG returns home from the hospital. She suggests to CHO that she wants to hold a wedding banquet again on their wedding anniversary and CHO agrees. SUM invites WING HO to cycling and WING HO tries every ways to make SUM happy. HUNG wants to invite HO and all children to her wedding banquet but CHO refuses to do so. HUNG asks KUNG to defame CHO in front of the media so that CHO will follow her decision. CHO tries to send HO the wedding banquet invitation. WING HO learns about it and he accuses CHO for being shameless.… ...

CHO visits HO and the children. He finds that SA is requesting all family members help move her belongings for she has purchased a new flat downstairs. YUET is overjoyed that she will have a business trip to Hawaii with KA soon. MEI voluntarily asks to accompany them and KA agrees. MEI helps YUET to pick up her passport but she destroys it secretly while pretending that the passport was lost in a taxi. WING HO believes that SUM has recovered from her past love but he discovers that SUM has reunited with SHUN. YUET finds a postcard from Portugal and she discovers that MEI has got a son already. KA and MEI return to Hong Kong. They announce to everybody that they have become lovers. YUET receives a letter from the orphanage and she requests MEI to reveal the truth to KA within 3 days. MEI is enraged and everybody discover that YUET’s letter is a counterfeit. The real letter from the orphanage arrives later.… ...

CHO returns to work and HUNG asks everybody to submit a position paper on this. Old staff CHAU supports the return of CHO and HUNG punishes her secretly. LAI visits the resigned staffs with WING HO and she persuades them to return. LAI overhears the telephone conversation between HUNG and her ex-husband HAK KEUNG. She asks WING HO to follow HUNG with her. HUNG actually collaborates with KEUNG secretly and she is trying to purchase KEUNG’s stores with high price. KA accepts YUET’s promotional plan while giving up MEI’s plan and MEI is dissatisfied. During the performance, MEI plays tricks to lead YUET away from the venue and she replaces YUET’s performing role. In the evening, SA teases YUET for being lead away by trick so easily. HO cannot bear to speak up for YUET. Mrs YUEN also finds their action unbearable and she reveals the truth to everybody. KA has no choice but to separate with MEI reluctantly and MEI leaves miserably.

MEI leaves the company. KA pretends to be easy going about her departure but he actually feels lost. SUM and HUNG go shopping together. They accidentally meet SHUN’s girlfriend WING LAM and HUNG realizes that SUM has become a third party in the relationship. MEI meets an old friend from Portugal called JIMMY and she tries to play tricks to gain KA’s love again. LAM suddenly visits SUM and she reveals that she has become sterile because of SHUN. LAI discovers that WING HO is crying in the park. She questions WING HO and he finally reveals that he is in love with SUM. HUNG asks SHUN out and she persuades him to separate with LAM. LAI is sick and HO visits her with all children. HUNG asks KUNG to tease WING HO for committing incest by loving SUM secretly. In order to protect SUM, WING HO lies to everybody that he is just being jealous of SHUN. SUM cannot bear to reveal to everyone that she is actually the third party in the relationship.

SUM asks SHUN out for she wants to end the relationship. SHUN reveals to SUM that he will separate with LAM. SA reveals that she is returning to Portugal with TSZ. HO suggests organizing a farewell party for her. During the farewell party, everybody helps reunite SA and MEI. HO invites TSZ to work in her cake shop so that SA could stay in Hong Kong. CHO reminds YUEN to put HUNG on his guard and YUEN scolds him for being skeptical angrily. KA and the other children go to CHO’s home. They request HUNG to handover the General Manager position to YUEN. Surprisingly, HUNG accepts their suggestion peacefully. All family members celebrate at HO’s place and CHO is relieved. KA discovers that somebody is disturbing MEI lately. This person is JIMMY and he claims himself as the father of RONALD. He requests MEI to give him money all the time. On the other hand, HUNG is actually taking full control of YUEN behind the scene.

JIMMY appears again to harass MEI. KA voluntarily settles the payment for MEI. MEI visits KA to return the money and she suddenly collapses when leaving. KA sends MEI to the hospital nervously and he eventually collapses because of serious heartache. MEI visits KA and she kisses him passionately. SHUN sells his flat and car. He gives all the money to LAM but LAM refuses to take anything. SHUN is very ashamed of himself. WING HO discovers that SHUN has decided to move to England with LAM and he informs SUM about this. SUM rushes to the airport desperately and she is heart-broken to realize that SHUN has chosen LAM eventually. YUET discovers that JIMMY is not the father of RONALD and she scolds MEI for telling lies again. MEI asks KA out and she reveals that she will not reunite with him. KEUNG brings HUNG to the grave of his wife. He reveals that his wife had requested him to make reparation to HUNG by all means.… ...

SA accuses HUNG for slapping her across the face but MEI claims that SA is falsely incriminating HUNG. MEI helps HUNG because HUNG plans to hire her as YUEN’s personal assistant. CHO is overjoyed to learn that HING is pregnant while dinning at HO’s place. HUNG invites MEI to dine at home and she asks YUEN to swim with MEI. YUEN reveals that he is dating with MEI and everyone is worried. CHO learns that HUNG continues to give orders to YUEN and she requests him to buy another new store again. He cannot bear it anymore and he proposes to divorce with HUNG but HUNG rejects. YUEN reveals to CHO that he had killed someone during a car accident in Thailand and KEUNG knows it. In order to help YUEN, CHO gives 20 million dollars to KEUNG and asks him to leave Hong Kong. However, HUNG suddenly invites KEUNG to be the deputy general manager in the company. HUNG discovers that MEI is pregnant and she asks YUEN to marry her.… ...

HUNG invites KEUNG to have dinner at home. She announces that KEUNG is going to purchase 30% shares of Moonlight Cake Shop. CHO realizes that HUNG plans to take over the whole company and he is enraged. LAI is shocked to hear the news and she collapses. CHO meets KEUNG again and KEUNG hits his eyes. HUNG starts selling the shares of the company. LAI tries to stop her but HUNG asks YUEN to kick LAI away. LAI is enraged and she collapses again. The mid-autumn festival promotional event turns out to be a success but KA suddenly collapses afterwards. KA is sent to the hospital and the doctor says that KA is suffering from heart disease. CHO suddenly stops seeing all the children. HO encourages CHO to face the obstacles bravely and continues to take care of the children. YUEN tries to sell the company’s share to KEUNG but LAI arrives on time to stop them. CHO also steps in to stop the transaction.

CHO’s eye surgery is successful and LAI also recovers. Everybody visits KA and KA reveals that he is getting better now. YUEN and MEI plan to get married. LAI and the others decide to forgive MEI and MEI apologizes to HO sincerely. YUEN and MEI finally get married. HO knows that SUM still suffers from her lost love so he asks her to write him a diary everyday. MEI invites TSZ to work at Moonlight Cake Shop by offering him 50 thousand dollars salary. JIMMY returns from Portugal and he tries to blackmail MEI for she has married a rich man. MEI is frightened and she decides to abort the baby. HO tries to persuade MEI to give up the plan but MEI falls down accidentally while fighting with HO. YUEN returns from a business trip and MEI blames HO for causing her miscarriage. HO is shocked and she cries for MEI’s mercy. SA cannot bear it anymore. She takes out a rattan to beat MEI and reveals the truth to everybody.

KA and YUET close down the company so that they could work for Moonlight Cake Shop. They work till late at night and YUET asks KA to take a rest. KA’s heart disease is actually getting more serious and another heart attack could be fatal. SA meets up with MEI. She persuades MEI to apologize to everybody and reunite with YUEN but MEI ignores her. HO steps in to persuade MEI but MEI leaves coldly. WING HO follows KEUNG to the hotel. He persuades KEUNG to apologize to SUM and take good care of her. KEUNG suddenly collapses because of an old disease and WING HO asks SUM to visit KEUNG. SUM finds that KEUNG is dying and she agrees to forgive him perfunctorily. HO announces to everybody that HING is going to deliver a baby boy. She also tells everybody that KA’s heart disease is getting more serious. SUM discovers that SHUN has returned to Hong Kong but she eventually decides to be WING HO’s girlfriend.… ...

The lawyer tells HUNG that chance of winning the lawsuit is high. HUNG bribes TSZ to give fake evidence so as to further increase her chance of winning. HUNG organizes a press conference. SA questions her during the press conference in order to accuse HUNG and MEI in front of the public. HO announces that LAI is going to move to their place and everybody is overjoyed. SUM finds that SHUN is arguing with his boss at the hospital and SHUN eventually resigns. LAI is sent to the hospital again and she tells everyone her final wishes calmly. SUM discovers that LAM has died. She questions SHUN and SHUN reveals the truth to her. LAI leaves the hospital secretly to visit her old friends. Everybody learns that LAI is seriously injured in KAM’s family. LAI asks HUNG to meet her alone before she dies and she asks HUNG to carry out her 3 wishes. HUNG tries to procrastinate and LAI fails to speak a word before she dies.

SUM tells WING HO that SHUN did not marry LAM at all. WING HO is shocked and he suggests not see each other for a while. During the lawsuit for the divorce case, HUNG blames CHO in every ways and she keeps telling lies. MEI and TSZ further support HUNG by accusing CHO as a problematic husband. HUNG’s lawyer accuses CHO for being dependant all the time. HO and SA try to invite some old friend to support CHO in the court. They realize that LAI has visited these friends before she dies. CHO asks HUNG out and he promises to take only 20% company shares. HUNG accepts his suggestion but she requests CHO to sign a letter acknowledging that he has committed adultery with HO. HO and all children suddenly arrive to stop them. HO discloses the evidence of HUNG seducing her husband long time ago to the media. HO reads out the lover letter from HUNG to CHO aloud and CHO is very ashamed.

HUNG supports MEI financially for setting up a dance school. SA steps in and asks MEI to stay away from HUNG but MEI refuses. SA hurts herself while trying to rescue MEI. Everybody informs TSZ about this and TSZ finally apologize to SA. HUNG’s lawyer asks CHO if he wants to reunite with HO. CHO says yes and everybody in the court is shocked. SUM informs HUNG that she will become a volunteer doctor at Yunnan. She also reveals to HUNG the reasons for SHUN’s silent departure. WING HO learns that SUM is leaving Hong Kong with SHUN and he realizes that SUM has made her choice. KA reveals to everybody that HUNG is making an appeal at the court. HUNG asks MEI to reveal to the media that YUEN has killed someone in Thailand. However, MEI suddenly changes her mind and reveals to everybody that HUNG has killed LAI during the press conference.

MEI accuses HUNG for killing LAI and MUI also steps in to support her. WING HO calls SUM to inform her about HUNG’s case. SUM and SHUN rush back to Hong Kong immediately. SUM questions HUNG if she has killed LAI but HUNG denies. SUM is heartbroken and she says that she wants to move to England with SHUN. HUNG encourages SUM to marry SHUN and she asks SUM to tell lies for her at the court. SUM informs WING HO that she is going to marry SHUN. WING HO is heartbroken but he congratulates her calmly. Before the lawsuit, HUNG decides to gives 70% of her 80% company shares to SUM. She invites all senior management to the house to announce her decision but CHO suddenly appears to join the meeting. SUM reveals that she has decided to hand over all her shares to CHO and HO. HUNG is deeply shocked. SHUN reveals to WING HO that he was just pretending to marry SUM and SUM actually loves WING HO. As a result, he asks WING HO to take good care of SUM…