Plot Rating: 9/10

Artist Rating: 9.25/10

For someone who was new to the industry, I thought Amy Kwok and Adai Choi did exceptionally well in the series. Ada plays the villian role very convincingly. Overall, I felt the series was very exciting in the last few episodes. Some of the plot dragged a little, but overall, a good series and I would recommend it. It has a great cast.

The Lam family owns a small seafood restaurant.
Here's the family in a nutshell:
Dad
Aunt
Uncle & his son (later uncle gets married to some lady from China)
Eldest Son (Lam Ka Wah) & his wife (Lam Kei Yun)
Second Son (Eddie Kwan)
Third Daughter (Amy Kwok)
Youngest Daughter (Lily Chung)

This is basically the story of the Lam family and how the four siblings struggle to find happiness in their relationships and their marriages. It's easier just to summarize the relationships, so that's what I'll do.

Eddie Kwan & Gigi Lai
Eddie and Gigi first meet when he witnessed her stabbing her boyfriend. Gigi was a bad girl those days and she just hung out with the wrong crowd. She ended up going to jail for a few months because of her crime. Later, Eddie becomes friends with her godfather who lives downstairs from him. When Gigi's let out of jail, she turns good again and works as a salesperson in a car dealership. She and Eddie become good pals and later they realize that they like each other. They get married but then his family finds out that she's been in jail before. His uncle's wife accuses Gigi of stealing money so they move out. Eddie and Gigi start a trucking firm which is very successful but one incident made him lose everything and they had to start all over again. However, their struggle and hard work led to an even bigger company and at the end of the series, they owned a big trucking firm.

David Siu & Amy Kwok
David met Amy through her sister Lily. Amy was an up-an-coming actress and David liked her immediately. However, he was the second son in a very old-fashioned, wealthy family and his mom didn't approve of her. Despite their troubles, they ended up getting married after a very short courtship and she withdrew from the acting industry. However, she wasn't happy living with his family and there were many problems. Finally, they moved out and David left the family business. However, his mom begged him to return to help with the failing family business. This posed as a problem for the couple and they soon got a divorce, even though they still loved each other. Amy realized that she was pregnant though and had a baby girl. David indirectly led to the death of their daughter though when he was chasing Tsang Wai Kuen (his sister's husband) because he found out that Tsang was involved in some illegal laundering of money from the company. During his fight with Tsang, they accidentally knocked over the carriage and the baby was hit by a car. Because of the death of their baby, Amy couldn't forgive David and decided to become a nun ("ci gu") at a temple. However, the day she was to officially become a "ci gu", David went to find her and got trapped in the landslide. David was in a coma and because of this incident, Amy realized that she still loved David and after he woke up, they were together again.

Lam Ka Wah, Lam Kei Yun, & Ada Choi
This was the most complicated relationship in the series. Ada Choi's father, Chu Kong, was in love with Lam Ka Wah's aunt. Many years ago, Chu Kong was on the verge of marrying his wife to marry Wah's aunt. However, Ada's mom went to find them and yelled at his aunt. She was accidentally hit by a car and paralyzed forever, hence Chu Kong couldn't divorce his wife and marry the woman he loved. Later, Ada's mom accidentally falls down the escalator when she tries to hit Wah's aunt. This incident was passed over to the next generation when Ada Choi decides to seek revenge on the Lam family. She has an affair with Lam Ka Wah, who really loves her. Lam Kei Yun starts the series as an annoying, miserly, show-off type but at the end, her character underwent a dramatic change. After she finds out that Ada is pregnant, she voluntarily divorces Wah (because she knows she can't have kids) but Ada deliberately falls down the stairs and accuses Lam Kei Yun of pushing her. Ada's plan succeeds and Lam Kei Yun is viewed as a bad person by the rest of the family. Only Gigi and Eddie believe that she's innocent. Lam Kei Yun warns them to look after the family because she knows that Ada's up to no good. Ada soon moves in with the Lam family and causes a lot of problems. She even messes with the brakes of their van, almost killing the entire family. (I'll tell the end of the series at the bottom if you want to find out, then read till the end).

Lily Chung & Tsang Wai Kuen
Lily is the youngest daughter in the family and she's very quiet. All her life, her older sister, Amy, has been better than her and because of this, she felt very pressured. Lily likes David at first, but he ends up liking her sister, so she's very sad. Later, she has an affair with Tsang Wai Kuen (who's David's brother-in-law) who treated her very nicely. She knew that the relationship would get her nowhere so she left him. (Tsang himself was inferior in David's family. His wife and her family, with the exception of David at first, treated him like dirt). She found out that she was pregnant and decided to keep the baby. Her dad was very angry with her and kicked her out of the house. Later, he forgives her though. In the end, Lily gets together with a neighbor, who has always been really nice to her and her son.

Ending
The ending was really exciting. Eddie comes home drunk one night and only Ada is there in the house. He mistakens Ada for his wife and hugs her. Just then, the family comes home and they think that Eddie is trying to rape her. Ada gets all pouty and cries and all so that the family believes her. Gigi is upset at Eddie but the next day, she sees Ada singing happily and realizes that something is up. Then she recalls Lam Kei Yun's words of warning. Because of this Ada tries to get even with her. One night, the entire family is out at a banquet except for Ada and Gigi. Gigi is home because she's pregnant. Ada tells the family that she has to go to Cheung Chau to go to her mom's grave. Instead, Ada comes home that night and almost makes Gigi lose her baby. Eddie comes home and finds her in a puddle of blood.

Eddie takes Gigi to the hospital and luckily she and the baby are fine. She tells Eddie that Ada tried to kill her and he almost hit Ada when she came to the hospital acting all innocent. Gigi decides not to worry the others in the family because she feels that they won't believe her anyways.

Ada diverts her plan to acting on Eddie's aunt (the one who was in love with her dad). However, her dad arrives on time and she accidentally stabs her dad and kills him. Ada is really scared and she frames Eddie's aunt for the murder. With the help of Lam Ka Wah, the family proves that Ada is the killer. However, she escapes from the police and she's on the run.

Meanwhile, David has recovered at the hospital and Amy promises to forgive him. She happily returns to his side. Lam Ka Wah and Lam Kei Yun get back together again also.

Ada shows up one night while the Lam family is at their restaurant all sitting together having a happy meal. Ada uses a chain and locks them in the restaurant and tries to set fire. Gigi sees her and chases her up the building. The Lam family run out and try to put out the fire. Then the family runs after Gigi and Ada. They're on the roof of the building and Ada holds Gigi hostage (remember that Gigi's still pregnant). Ada loses her footing and falls off the roof but grabs onto Gigi and won't let go of her. The whole family tries to grab a hold of Gigi and finally Ada falls off the building and dies. Gigi's at the hospital and she's lost a lot of blood......

The series continues three years later. Gigi had a baby girl and she's fine. The entire family chipped in and bought a new restaurant for their dad. Amy and Lam Kei Yun are both pregnant (she had surgery and she can have kids now). Happily together, they pose for a picture.

Scenes from the series:

12/4/98

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