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Episode 126
Virtues Of Harmony II - S1 - E126
YEE wants to find herself a referee for competing in a design contest. CHRIS thinks that she is deemed unsuitable for a contest and tries to dissuade her, but her convincing words change his mind. YEE struggles to come up with a design, and in her extremely confused state, she ruins all the office appliances. She loses the contest, despite being the favorite. Still, YEE is grateful for CHRIS’ comforts.
Virtues Of Harmony II: Season 1 - 101 Episode s
1x76 - Episode 76
August 18, 2003
ROGER is proposing a wage cut of twenty per cent. FRANCIS gets wind of the news and breaks it to his colleagues. Kitty unwittingly reveals that she is the highest earning staff, though both she and KAM have claimed to receive only a meager salary. Maddened, ATHENA passes out. ROGER summons his staff. All read their letter with sorrow, except KITTY and KAM who are lucky enough to keep their present salaries. MAY opens hers and screams out loud…
1x77 - Episode 77
August 19, 2003
Luck has not been on KAM’s side lately. But SARAH treats him exceptionally kindly. KAM blames KITTY for bringing him ill luck. He gets a fright finding that his peace charm has gone missing. CHRIS advises that KAM takes a few days off. KAM decides to spend his holiday on Cheung Chau where he will also attend a wedding banquet. A dejected KITTY also goes to the island for a break. A drunken KITTY enters KAM’s room. Thinking it is ALEX that is lying on the bed, she throws her arms around KAM.
1x78 - Episode 78
August 20, 2003
The next morning, the naked KITTY and KAM scream and shout at the sight of each other. KITTY feels a sharp pain in her stomach. CHRIS suspects it to be a case of appendicitis. Words just escape KAM’s lips, saying that she already had her appendix removed. Holding a bright red brief in her hand, SISTER OI inquires about its owner. Again without hesitation, KITTY is able to tell that it is KAM’s belonging. It is only when KELLY notices a jade Buddha pendant on KITTY’s neck that KITTY and KAM find out they are wearing each other’s pendant.
1x79 - Episode 79
August 21, 2003
KITTY intrudes the gent’s toilet to retrieve her butterfly pendant. She gets stuck as CHRIS and the other two guys walk in and gossip about the affair between the secretary and the office boy of their neighboring company. KITTY loses her spirit and appetite as she suspects that she is pregnant. Leaving the office, KAM, KITTY and LILY take the same lift. Without any warning, LILY is going into labor with the two assisting her.
1x80 - Episode 80
August 22, 2003
KELLY and MARCO return to the office from hospital. They switch on the video recorder to play the message LILY has recorded for KAM. On the screen, LILY is cursing KAM for bringing her bad luck. During her pregnancy, she has always expected to give birth to a baby boy, which turns out to be a girl. KAM visits KITTY at her home. The two jump for joy when learning that KITTY is after all not pregnant. KAM chances on his ex-girlfriend AH HAN. HAN makes a mockery of KAM at the presence of her current boyfriend SIMON. KITTY shows up posing as KAM’s girlfriend and kisses and hugs him in front of everyone.
1x81 - Episode 81
August 25, 2003
KAM is thankful for KITTY’s passionate kisses that heal his ego wound. But the gesture costs Ka Yan a five million dollar deal. KAM is filled with guilt. The two meet again in a crab specialty restaurant. Though their friendship grows by leaps and bounds, KAM goes shilly-shally at the reminder of an old man. This puzzles KITTY a great deal. The following day, KAM musters up his courage to declare his love to KITTY. But the two still play the odd couple in public. The colleagues eavesdrop on their heart-to-heart talk in the patterns room. The couple covers up their romance by shaking their fist and legs at each other.
1x82 - Episode 82
August 26, 2003
To save face, KAM spends a fortune on a lavish night out with KITTY. Though KITTY’s lifestyle and social circle bear no resemblance to KAM’s, she tries her best to accommodate their differences. She splashes out on expensive clothes for KAM, claiming those to be counterfeits. KAM gives her bargain-basement dresses as gifts. Their swapping of styles takes their colleagues by surprise. Believing that KAM is extorting money from KITTY with pictures of nudity, they follow hot at his heels and find out the truth…
1x83 - Episode 83
August 27, 2003
The KITTY and KAM romance doesn’t look too promising in most people’s mind, but KITTY refuses to dump KAM despite their persuasion. FRANCIS demands to know from GEORGE the identity of his mother but to no avail. To infuriate him further, GEORGE actually believes it is perfectly all right to bear a son out of wedlock. FRANCIS finds out that a Cantonese film star PO LAM used to be GEORGE’s best screen partner. He digs up some old newspaper clippings and a pocket watch and learns that the two had gone missing for twenty-four hours during a trip to Malaysia years ago. Disguising himself as a journalist, he interviews PO LAM. Spotting the same watch she carries, he is convinced that she is his natural mother.
1x84 - Episode 84
August 28, 2003
CHRIS tries to sound GEORGE out but fails. TODAY takes him to PO LAM’s when the two witness her chasing off some swindlers pretending to be relatives of hers. FRANCIS becomes hesitant. GUCCI thinks that a sincere apology is the solution to reconciliation. TODAY hatches a plan in which she asks GEORGE to recite lines of apologies for an assumed audition tape, which will be played to PO LAM. But the lines are turned into chiding by GEORGE, who shows up unexpectedly. FRANCIS’ screaming for mother silences PO LAM and stuns GEORGE as the two engage in fisticuffs.
1x85 - Episode 85
August 29, 2003
The truth about the enmity between the old screen partners is at last revealed. FRANCIS is distressed to learn that his birth mother was a pornography starlet. Though YEE and CHRIS are constantly at odds, they make a perfect couple on the catwalk. YEE is unhappy with CHRIS’ currying favor with their client MR NG. She would rather walk home than sitting in the same car with him. NG wants to ask YEE out. He even attempts to lure her over to his company with big money. CHRIS is alarmed. Thankfully, YEE fends off his advances with wits. Still, YEE’s hostility towards CHRIS has not diminished. She seizes every opportunity to poke fun at him.
1x86 - Episode 86
September 1, 2003
YEE accompanies MAY to deliver a book to a friend of CHRIS’. During MAY’s visit to the bathroom, YEE has an encounter with the friend SAM. Meanwhile, MAY saves SAM JR. in another bathroom incident. SAM takes YEE fancy. But misconceiving that he is courting MAY, CHRIS pledges him his full support. SAM takes YEE to dinner at a curry restaurant. Despite CHRIS’ bribing the waiter, things don’t work out smoothly. SAM’s face turns chilli red from consuming the curries. MAY chances on SAM JR. again. Turns out this SAM is also not a fan of spicy food…
1x87 - Episode 87
September 2, 2003
SAM JR. gets involved in another accident when seeing MAY home. During their wait for help, MAY loses her bracelet. While combing the streets nearby for her bracelet, they have found a handful of golden bracelets and necklaces. Back home, everyone believes that MAY has a wealthy suitor. TAI CHUEN forces her to dress up for her dates. YEE will only agree to work overtime if CHRIS buys her disserts, but CHRIS gets a bruise on his head in the process. CHRIS has gone through much trouble to redeem a cute chicken radio for SAM, only to realize that YEE is SAM’s object of affections….
1x88 - Episode 88
September 3, 2003
The colleagues exclaim what a perfect couple YEE and SAM make. Their compliments earn them a seafood barbecue. FRANCIS eggs CHRIS on to compete with SAM. CHRIS loses three rounds in a row and almost gets drowned. FRANCIS cannot but blame CHRIS’ ill luck. While YEE is hunting for an out-of-print pictorial, she learns that CHRIS has been giving SAM a hand in his courtship. She believes it to be another of his business tactics to sell her out. She gives CHRIS a smack on the face and joins SAM to a trip to France. CHRIS looks dispirited. YEE returns to the office out of the blue, because…
1x89 - Episode 89
September 4, 2003
Not able to enjoy a convenient lift as he used to, MARCO shows up late for a meeting and loses his client. ATHENA chastises him with harsh words, while his colleagues call him a loser. KELLY vows to buy a new car to address the injustice done to MARCO, by saving on dining out and going to work on foot. KELLY’s food in her lunchbox has turned bad. She insists to attend a meeting on her empty stomach and passes out on the street.
1x90 - Episode 90
September 5, 2003
No sooner she strikes lucky and wins a car in a lucky draw, but she cautiously asks MARCO to keep it from his family and colleagues in case they all scramble for a ride. MARCO is filled with guilt. MARCO has left his car key in the house. KAM’s nonsensical utterances on the key almost expose their lie. One day, MARCO gets stuck in a traffic jam and has to crouch down the driver’s seat when his family walks past him. MARCO drives the LAMs to Sai Kung to have seafood and is shocked at the sight of GUCCI and others.
1x91 - Episode 91
September 8, 2003
MARCO rakes his brain to conceal his ownership of a new car from GUCCI. But a clash later costs him a fortune to repair the vehicle. A ferocious-looking KONG is mistaken to be a pickpocket. Doubling KELLY’s embarrassment, ATHENA believes she has subdued a molester. Taking SHEUNG for a cleaner, KONG recites to him a list of Ka Yan’s top ten shortcomings. SHEUNG is outraged. KELLY loses no time to chase KONG out. KONG and MAY get trapped inside a lift. While the two try to find a way to escape, MAY gets hurt as KONG stumbles on her….
1x92 - Episode 92
September 9, 2003
KONG is sacked for making irredeemable mistakes and injuring his co-worker. He idles away his leisure time by wrecking all the home appliances. SHUM hints at KELLY to find him a job at Honey Cave but the idea is tactfully turned down by GUCCI. KELLY finds it hard to get a job for KONG at Honey Cave: there is no way to get rid of the influential and high incoming earning TAI CHUEN and HELENA, nor can she find flaws in AH WONG’s work. Just then, AH WONG is held under the suspicion that he has stolen money for paying a friend’s debt. Angry at the unfounded accusation, AH WONG resigns. KELLY breaks the good news to KONG, but he rejects the offer…
1x93 - Episode 93
September 10, 2003
KAM is on the verge of exposing KELLY’s conspiracy of posting fake recruitment ads for SARAH. She misleads KONG to believe that TAI CHUEN has been maltreating her in order to convince him to take up the job at Honey Cave to keep an eye on him. KONG’s thunderous voice gives the customers a flight. GUCCI and SARAH are victims, too. KONG purchases a set of advanced equipment to keep close surveillance on TAI CHUEN and gather evidence of his bullying acts. His silly acts make KELLY boil with anger. TAI CHUEN and wife attempt to get KONG sacked by adding laxatives to his food but their plan backfires….
1x94 - Episode 94
September 11, 2003
TODAY is displeased with KELLY for taking advantage of the family. KELLY lines her own pocket by taking small changes from purchases she does for her colleagues, though she won’t admit it. KONG’s parents drop by at Honey Cave and entrusts some abalones to their custody. A hospitable KONG treats them to a big meal. TAI CHUEN comes seeking revenge and demands that KONG’s parents pay for their food. The situation soon turns into a farce. A furious GUCCI orders that no one should give away free meals from then on. KELLY’s colleagues teach her a hard lesson for taking advantages of them. The abalones have gone missing. KONG tells the police that TAI CHUEN is the real culprit, but the truth is…
1x95 - Episode 95
September 12, 2003
The alumni decide to present the ‘Old Virgin’ golden plague to SARAH now that KITTY has a boyfriend. Frustrated, SARAH tosses the plague down a wishing well and curses that KITTY gets beaten up by KAM. When SARAH sees bruises on KITTY’s body, a fear for her curse and swear sends a shiver down her spine. She goes down the well to retrieve the plague and gets injured. She meets KITTY in hospital and at once rebukes KAM. Meanwhile, the plague slips out of the pocket….
1x96 - Episode 96
September 15, 2003
GUCCI insists that SARAH take a few days off; SARAH enters a TV game show and beats GEORGE to become the champion. But because she has resorted to violence at one point, she is disqualified. KELLY teaches SARAH the invincible ‘Laugh, Fawn and Fake’ discipline of dealing with people but she proves to be a bad student. BOON YAT SIN prophesizes that SARAH’s man is an oddball, but SARAH takes it to mean its homophone ‘American’, and reassures herself that it is where her future holds when CHRIS introduces her to an American returnee. Gradually SARAH begins to realize that the man has…
1x97 - Episode 97
September 16, 2003
SARAH avenges her insults on the KIMs one by one. KAM becomes the scapegoat of her misfortune. SARAH seeks a ‘bachelor women’ house but her unrefined speech repels the residents, who turn down her application. Ignoring the gossips rampant in the press, GEORGE coaches a newcomer PING PING on an intimate scene. This incurs SARAH’s displeasure. Later, she and GEORGE are wired up and lifted to mid-air and cannot get down. SARAH recalls her dream and is stunned to realize how similar it is to her predicament now. As a media hype, PING PING falsely accuses GEORGE of taking liberty with her.
1x98 - Episode 98
September 17, 2003
GEORGE cannot prove his innocence and comes under fire when trying to save a little girl. SARAH learns of PING’s scheme and seeks to expose it, but her action only makes things worse. GUCCI and others cannot think of a solution. SARAH takes a page from an old Cantonese classic and prepares a casserole for GEORGE. It gives him diarrhea, but also because of this short break from filming, PING cannot apply her old trick on him. PING’s lie is exposed. But rather strangely, GEORGE only shows his gratitude to HELENA.
1x99 - Episode 99
September 18, 2003
SARAH is torn between her dream and the reality. GEORGE emerges in her dream as her life-saving hero, but in reality, he never stops heaping criticisms on her. To get even with KAM who has inflicted injury on LILY’s daughter, CHRIS seeks to expose KAM’s phoniness in assuming the air of a highflyer in front of his mother SISTER SEVEN. But again, KAM turns the tables on CHRIS. GUCCI mentions something that arouses KAM’s suspicion of the real identity of his father. He follows SISTER SEVEN to her meeting with SHEUNG. SHEUNG gives her his promise to take care of KAM. KAM can’t help but think that the man is….
1x100 - Episode 100
September 19, 2003
KAM tries to justify the secret held between his mother and SHEUNG, and convinces himself that SHEUNG gives him the book as a gesture to show concerns for his staff’s future. KAM has got a split headache. Remembering that SHEUNG has kneeled to pick up a book in front of him, he fears that it is the jinx for having the father to kneel down before the son. KAM closely observes their small gestures and is even more convinced that they are related in blood. KAM takes SHEUNG to Temple Street and teaches him to resort to the fist under difficult circumstances. Getting caught between two rivalry gangs, SHEUNG puts on a bold front. KAM shivers, as a massive fight is about to break out…
1x101 - Episode 101
September 22, 2003
SHEUNG is worry about the head injury that KAM receives. KAM unexpectedly gets a pay raise and a promotion. At Ka Yan, he supervises everyone’s work as if he is the boss’ son. KITTY is perturbed about bringing KAM into trouble as she has the same clothes as ATHENA. KAM eases her of anxiety by revealing his identity as the boss’ son. LILY happens to overhear it. Believing that SHEUNG is going to buy him a big house, KAM threatens to move out the KIMs. CHRIS makes him sign a lease termination paper as confirmation. SHEUNG meets a traffic accident. Thinking he is critically injured, KAM rushes to his bedside.
1x102 - Episode 102
September 23, 2003
SISTER SEVEN can hardly bear to hear KAM calling SHEUNG dad. She faints at the scene. Regaining her consciousness, she explains to KAM that he is only an adopted son and is not in any way related to SHEUNG. SARAH tidies up KAM’s room and declares the rebirth of the place. The KIMs amuse themselves by addressing KAM as the boss’ son while waiting for the most opportune moment to play trick upon him.
1x103 - Episode 103
September 24, 2003
KAM consumes food of the entire KIM family in one single night and wakes up the next morning sick with a tummy ache. The KIMS pay no attention to his complaint and continue their countdown to his departure. KAM raises his arms and screams out. Everyone shouts out ‘Uncle’. A hair-removing cream has revealed a distinguished birthmark on his arm, from which they learn of his real identity as FU, GUCCI’s brother.
1x104 - Episode 104
September 25, 2003
To save up for a golden watch for her future mother-in-law’s birthday present, SUGAR eats only leftovers. It startles KITTY, who reveals to KELLY and others that she has actually never met SEVEN SISTER. KELLY thinks that KITTY has no formal status in the family. They arrange for KITTY to meet SEVEN SISTER. The mother forms a good impression of her, thinking she is about the same age as KELLY. KAM welcomes the mistakes and dares not tell the truth. During dinner at the KIMs one night, SEVEN SISTER at last finds out about KITTY’s age and denounces her openly. The meeting ends on an unhappy note. The family reprimands SARAH for smirking at KITTY’s misfortune without knowing that she has a very good reason to.
1x105 - Episode 105
September 26, 2003
SEVEN SISTER’s rejection makes KITTY brokenhearted. KELLY, TODAY and MAY try hard to think of a solution. The mother is startled by the bruises all over KAM’s body. BOON YAT SIN prophesizes that KAM will meet head on with a life-threatening crisis unless he is protected by a python. KAM tells the mother that luck has not been on his side ever since he broke up with KITTY. A man takes down the fortune-teller’s signboard, calling him a sham. SEVEN SISTER also believes that the fortune-teller is a swindler until she learns it to be a ploy of KITTY. KITTY gets her just scolding.
1x106 - Episode 106
September 29, 2003
FRANCIS has a crush on TODAY. GEORGE jokingly says that he has a tempting heart. FRANCIS criticizes the wardrobes of the various women. Though TODAY has no distinct style of her own, she wins FRANCIS’ praises, which surprises everyone. FRANCIS intends to purchase TODAY’s star photos but has bought an adult VCD by mistake. He goes to visit TODAY on set but instead bumps into GEORGE, who embraces him and mistakes it to be a friendly visit to him. Seeing TODAY harassed by her match TAI TAU MAN, FRANCIS could only fantasize playing against her in a film.
1x107 - Episode 107
September 30, 2003
FRANCIS feels rejected and loses his appetite having watched over an intimate scene between GEORGE and TODAY. GEORGE understands the young man is troubled by an unrequited love and invites him to vent his anger on him. FRANCIS simply ignores him. Getting wind that the KIMs are offering disserts on the house, He hurries to his next-door neighbor. No one compliments KELLY’s red bean soup except MARCO; similarly, TODAY receives no applause for her puddings except from FRANCIS. TODAY is furious after learning why FRANCIS washes down her disserts. She sets out criteria for an ideal lover and indicates she won’t choose FRANCIS as her boyfriend. FRANCIS is upset.
1x108 - Episode 108
October 1, 2003
TODAY asks him to behave as usual since the last thing she wants is to let others know of his love for her. Still KELLY senses something unusual is going on between the two. Back at Ka Yan, a lovelorn SUGAR is reduced to tears. As no one dares to keep her company, TODAY makes FRANCIS stay by SUGAR’s side. Remembering FRANCIS’ encouraging words, TODAY pulls off a fine performance and accomplishes a very challenging scene. She treats FRANCIS to dinner but he leaves halfway through the meal and rushes to SUGAR’s side. TODAY burns with jealousy when she sees SUGAR weeping on FRANCIS’ shoulders.
1x109 - Episode 109
October 2, 2003
FRANCIS looks exhausted after staying up with SUGAR the whole night. While others think that FRANCIS is taking advantage of her vulnerable state, TODAY is convinced that SUGAR will not fall for him. TODAY arrives at Ka Yan and sees SUGAR holding FRANCIS’ hand. The colleagues announce the birth of a new office romance. TODAY returns SUGAR’s complimenting remarks on FRANCIS by listing out his weaknesses. It’s only then TODAY realizes there is nothing going on between SUGAR and FRANCIS. Meanwhile, FRANCIS, who has been sitting at a table behind, hears TODAY’s accusations and storms out the place. TODAY tries to offer her explanations but to no avail.
1x110 - Episode 110
October 3, 2003
CHRIS sees YEE buying rotten fruit from a hawker and thinks she is broke. He chances on a former staff and learns that he lost his job owing to his poor marketing skills. CHRIS worries for YEE and specially arranges her to meet a client alone. An ill-prepared YEE is all of a tremble but denies she is not up to the task. She uses nervousness as an excuse and blames CHRIS for setting her up.
1x111 - Episode 111
October 6, 2003
YEE is upset with CHRIS for making a fool of herself. But the women consent to his challenge given to YEE. ATHENA’s rebukes to CHRIS seem to find accords with YEE. YEE is to meet a client but is forced to get off the taxi which breaks down on the road. She drops her sketches when trying to hail another taxi. TODAY and FRANCIS are taking a ride on CHRIS’ car when they happen to see her. Frightened, they drive off in full speed, creating a gust that swirls the sketches up the air. CHRIS gives YEE a warning letter for failing to turn up at the meeting.
1x112 - Episode 112
October 7, 2003
The superiors of FRANCIS and YEE are swapping places. FRANCIS is glad that he no longer has to put with up ATHENA’s temperament. YEE is also pleased that she will work under a new boss. Before long, she is taught a lesson or two by ATHENA’s nasty tactics. Meanwhile, KITTY’s and KAM’s affair goes stealthily. KITTY is worried when KAM is pressed by the mother to visit a fortune-teller. She follows KAM and his new acquaintance to an apartment. Flying into a rage, she charges the room and gives KAM a good scolding. It is but a misunderstanding. Unfortunately, the mother also learns thereby that the couple has never broken up.
1x113 - Episode 113
October 8, 2003
SEVEN SISTER has been showing KAM the cold shoulder for days. KAM receives a big parcel one day. He opens it and an awful stink fills the air…inside the box were the presents that KAM had given SEVEN SISTER over the years. YEE complains to SHEUNG about ATHENA, also requesting to launch a new product line on her own. SHEUNG tries to pacify her by saying that he needs time to think it over. When SEVEN SISTER asks SHEUNG to sack KITTY, SHEUNG proposes to fire KAM instead.
1x114 - Episode 114
October 9, 2003
SHEUNG challenges YEE by making her pledge to find a job in two weeks or return to her studies in England. ATHENA has FRANCIS labor for her work, even doubling his workload. His colleagues are concerned. When CHRIS discusses with SHEUNG about FRANCIS’ situation of working under two bosses, ATHENA demands he hire a new designer. Without luck to land a job as the deadline approaches, YEE is anxious. She gives GUCCI some woolen yarn as a farewell present. The idea inspires CHRIS, who hatches a plan to get her reinstated. YEE successfully seals a deal and returns to Ka Yan with a big smile on her face. Her colleagues are shocked.
1x115 - Episode 115
October 10, 2003
KAM claims talking to ‘KITTY’ despite the telephone line has been cut off. CHRIS and others agree that KAM suffers from hallucinations. KAM insists that the best cure is to immerse himself in work, though he misses KITTY even more terribly. KAM deduces from the incoming phone number left on MAY’s phone that KITTY is calling from Cheung Chau. Having found KITTY, an emotional KAM shouts at her, asking her to come back with him. While the think tankers gather to find a solution for the star-crossed lovers, SEVEN SISTER drops by and shows a radically different attitude. They wonder what she is up to.
1x116 - Episode 116
October 13, 2003
On the roof, SARAH overhears GEORGE and WU YING reminiscing on their past. YING was GEORGE’s mentor and gave him his break in the showbiz. She is moved by their friendship. Later, GEORGE is implicated by YING’s troublemaking at the station. The press dubs the duo ‘The Dumb and Dumber’. TAI CHUEN blames YING for smearing GEORGE’s reputation and fears that nobody will offer him a job again. Turns out it is a blessing in disguise. The TV producer drops by at the family with an invitation to GEORGE and YING to co-host a comedy show.
1x117 - Episode 117
October 14, 2003
GEORGE receives full support from the family for hosting the show with YING. SARAH prepares him breakfast but is scolded by him. During the shooting, the duo is subject to the director’s yelling and the production assistant’s bullying. BROTHER TAI DEI, allegedly an established actor in Hollywood, returns to Hong Kong to look for actors. He tells GEORGE that his stature will give him an edge in the overseas market. GEORGE is overjoyed, believing that he is in luck. While waiting to make his successful comeback, he watches the news and realizes that he has lost ,000 to a swindler.
1x118 - Episode 118
October 15, 2003
To pay his debts, he resorts to making adult movies despite the discriminations his family and friends hold against him and the jeers of his peers. Finally, a fan letter brings him surges of joy and surprise. In the letter, the devoted fan said that the money needed to pay his loan has been deposited into his bank account. GEORGE has no idea who that person is. GUCCI urges him to take good care of himself and suggests they take care of each other. GEORGE believes that GUCCI is the fan without knowing that it is in fact someone else.
1x119 - Episode 119
October 16, 2003
FRANCIS notices GEORGE’s strange moves as he puts away a huge box of ‘tempting hearts’. GEORGE thus tells him that GUCCI takes him fancy. The rumor reaches FRANCIS, who then shares it with TODAY. The lovers ponder on the weird idea they will become siblings by marriage when GEORGE and GUCCI tie the knot. TODAY investigates into the truth of GUCCI’s transfer of ,000 to GEORGE’s account, but her plan is discovered by CHRIS. She tells him her concerns, with KAM eavesdropping on their conservations. The rumor finally reaches KITTY and MAY. All give their blessings to GEORGE and GUCCI, except TODAY and FRANCIS.
1x120 - Episode 120
October 17, 2003
GEORGE accompanies GUCCI to a Cantonese Opera performance but dozes off and twists his neck. GUCCI suggests having Chiuchow food or curries after the show. GEORGE is troubled to learn that they have no common interests. CHRIS and KAM urge GEORGE to find a way to end their relationship before further damage is done. TODAY and FRANCIS decide to tell GUCCI about their love. Despite the many setbacks in life, SARAH is determined to take fate in her own hands and contends with GUCCI for GEORGE’s love.
1x121 - Episode 121
October 20, 2003
Francis has prepared an exquisite dress for TODAY’s new commercial. However, LOI HEI appropriates the dress and makes a pass at FRANCIS. Her advances infuriate TODAY. FRANCIS makes up an excuse to visit the KIMs, hoping to placate TODAY, but she slams the door at his face. Several days later, GEORGE moans about FRANCIS’ negligence of him since he has a girlfriend. This serves to confirm TODAY’s suspicion of FRANCIS’ unfaithfulness. She follows him to a meeting with a girl and bawls out at him.
1x122 - Episode 122
October 21, 2003
HELENA’s application for a credit card is met with TAI CHUEN’s opposition. She tosses out in a fury. The next day, TAI CHUEN goes to the waterfront and sees the body of HELENA floating on the water. Dumbfounded, he returns home to see a completely soaked, pasty-faced HELENA sitting on the couch. GEORGE and FRANCIS get a fright as they see UNCLE MING and a glamorous-looking HELENA going out on a date.
1x123 - Episode 123
October 22, 2003
KAM shows off a golden necklace he has bought for KITTY. SARAH comments sarcastically that the necklace is so light that it can be blown away effortless. HELENA maintains that only a two-carat diamond will impress her. FRANCIS and GEORGE again chance on HELENA and UNCLE MING walking arm in arm in the streets. They can’t help but notice the glittering diamond ring on her finger and decide to tell TAI CHUEN about their affair.
1x124 - Episode 124
October 23, 2003
TAI CHUEN and the father and son speed to UNCLE MING’s home to expose their adultery, but the trio get beaten up in a park en route. HELENA returns home and finds her ring missing. She banishes the trio. SISTER OI fends off TAI CHUEN’s advances on MAY but realizes that it is a misunderstanding on her part as the two are in fact father and daughter. Already distributed by the dissimilarities between his daughter and himself, TAI CHUEN is further frustrated by his failure to obtain MAY’s hair for a genetic identification to prove their biological relationship.
1x125 - Episode 125
October 24, 2003
MAY has secretly prepared TAI CHUEN a present for his upcoming birthday. Incognizant of MAY’s thoughtfulness, TAI CHUEN becomes critical of her. He cuts a lock of hair from her head for the DNA test while she is asleep. But the scene of a father and daughter enjoying familial bliss reminds him that love is thicker than blood. He decides to ignore the test whatever the result is. FRANCIS and GEORGE take TAI CHUEN to launch a raid at UNCLE MING’s flat. Spotting the two dancing, the trio is determined to catch the adulterers red-handed, but more surprises are installed for them.
1x126 - Episode 126
October 27, 2003
YEE wants to find herself a referee for competing in a design contest. CHRIS thinks that she is deemed unsuitable for a contest and tries to dissuade her, but her convincing words change his mind. YEE struggles to come up with a design, and in her extremely confused state, she ruins all the office appliances. She loses the contest, despite being the favorite. Still, YEE is grateful for CHRIS’ comforts.
1x127 - Episode 127
October 28, 2003
YEE is moved when learning that CHRIS nearly lost his job because of her mistake. Love breeds from gratitude. CHRIS is alarmed by news report of flooding in YEE’s neighborhood. He rushes to the temporary shelter but YEE is nowhere in sight. The two meets in the rain, and their love grows by leaps and bounds. CHRIS wants to take YEE out on her birthday but is stunned to see her walking on SHEUNG’s arm on that day.
1x128 - Episode 128
October 29, 2003
KELLY and MARCO return from a business trip. The office folk find fault with the stingy couple, who hasn’t brought them any souvenirs. A gorgeous PAULINE offers CHRIS a generous contract. YEE pleads with SHEUNG to retain CHRIS, but with no success. To remedy the impacts of CHRIS’ departure, SHEUNG hires DICKSON to serve as CHRIS’ assistant. YEE makes her fondness for the new guy known, much to CHRIS’ disappointment.
1x129 - Episode 129
October 30, 2003
DICKSON each gives MARCO, KELLY and others a gift. His generosity wins the colleagues’ unanimous praise. This fills CHRIS’ heart with distaste. YEE asks CHRIS if he is to join PAULINE’s company. Instead of answering her question, CHRIS asks her if she is leaving. Their dialogues are ended abruptly by FRANCIS’ sudden appearance. YEE bitterly announces her plan to organize CHRIS’ farewell party after overhearing his conversations with PAULINE. However, CHRIS indicates his staying at Ka Yan for a special person. The following day, CHRIS discovers that DICKSON is sneaking sketches out from Ka Yan. SHEUNG fires DICKSON and reinstates CHRIS.
1x130 - Episode 130
October 31, 2003
CHRIS plans to take YEE out for celebration, but while shopping for a present, he sees YEE buying a men’s watch which later appears on SHEUNG’s wrist. While all female colleagues have voted CHRIS as the “Sexist Man of Ka Yan’, YEE casts her vote for SHEUNG. She even kisses SHEUNG as he gives her a necklace as present. CHRIS is astounded by their intimacy.
1x131 - Episode 131
November 3, 2003
CHRIS is heartbroken to see YEE kissing SHEUNG. YEE waits eagerly for CHRIS in the restaurant, only to realize that he will not show up after reading a cell message he sent out. Feeling numb and rejected, YEE stands in the streets in the pouring rain. When SHEUNG seeks to learn a trick or two from CHRIS on how to dump a young woman, he receives a good scolding. However, as CHRIS tries to verify if the young woman is in fact YEE, SHEUNG is visibly offended by his suggestion and warns him to guard his tongue. MAY is going through a spell of bad luck. BOON YAT SIN asks her to find a ringer before calamity strikes.
1x132 - Episode 132
November 4, 2003
MAY hesitates to find a scapegoat to drink a concocter made with ashes of a charm, AH KONG gravely downs the potion by mistake. MAY asks SIN for an antidote. SIN instructs her to keep pestering KONG, but KONG mistakes her to have a crush on him.
1x133 - Episode 133
November 5, 2003
GUCCI misconceives AH WONG’s help rendered to a friend as his scheme to smuggle illegal goods and fires him. But she takes pity of WONG and rehires him after seeing him feeding on leftover French fries in the streets. KONG thinks that MAY takes him fancy as she takes surreptitious glances of him in a diner, offers him an umbrella in the rain, and rolls about in his bed.
1x134 - Episode 134
November 6, 2003
When KONG shows up to pick her up from the night school, MAY is so shocked that she nearly faints. She finds out that CHRIS has sold her out and makes him treat her to dinner as compensation. Upset that MAY would rather have dinner with CHRIS than with himself, KONG vents his anger on CHRIS by punching him to the ground. MAY has no choice but to spill the beans to KONG about the potion and her backfired plan.
1x135 - Episode 135
November 7, 2003
Business at Honey Cave is bogged down by overstaffing and skyrocketing costs due to AH KONG and AH WONG’s repeated mistakes. GUCCI decides that Honey Cave will be split into two zones and designates KONG and WONG to each oversee a section. SHUM asks leniency from GUCCI on KONG’s behalf and urges her to give him an important position. But when KONG offers help to a passer-by at the expense of losing the company’s money, the KIMs’ unanimously agree to sack him. This decision seems to agree with KONG’s determination to leave and to work for a “Big Brother”.
1x136 - Episode 136
November 10, 2003
SIN, SHUM and KELLY go to a teahouse. SIN tries to reason with the manager as they spot a fly in their tea but gets beaten up as a result. As SHUM is denouncing SIN’s meekness, a ,000 note slips out of her pocket. SIN picks up the note. KELLY and MARCO pity his dire circumstances and give him several thousand dollars respectively. SIN’s heart goes astray.
1x137 - Episode 137
November 11, 2003
SHUM gets wind of KAM’s taking SIN to a mahjong game. Irrespective of the right or wrong, she rains blows on KAM and starts a feud with him. SHUM deliberately chooses to lodge with the KIMs to contend with KAM for the family’s favor. SEVEN SISTER arranges to take KAM to meet with their benefactor, who is none other than SHUM. SHUM exploits their meeting to poke fun at him, but KAM tolerates it.
1x138 - Episode 138
November 12, 2003
SHUM boldly criticizes the diet and the decor of the KIMs. The family is compelled to stomach her insults. KELLY and MAY split the cost to buy a training cycle, which is later installed at MAY’s home. SHUM has reservation over KELLY’s friendship with MAY and questions MAY’s motives. When she learns from a neighbor that the training cycle bought with KELLY’s money is now placed in MAY’s flat, she sneaks into the house and intends to take it away. HELENA gets wind of SHUM’s moves and dashes home, only to discover that the training equipment has been dismantled. She wrestles with SHUM.
1x139 - Episode 139
November 13, 2003
KELLY and MAY rush to hospital and see SHUM and HELENA ignoring the wounds they received in their censures of each other. A jade Buddha in a department store catches both the eyes of SARAH and GUCCI. The two treat each other courteously over a meal but are mistaken as lesbians. Their muddling explanation only confuses the matter further. SHUM makes the Buddha over to sow discords between SARAH and GUCCI.
1x140 - Episode 140
November 14, 2003
SARAH strikes against GUCCI’s unfair treatment and threatens to migrate to Canada. GUCCI fears that SARAH will find it incredibly hard to adapt to the new environment and mobilizes the entire family to assist in her emigration. SARAH learns from SIXTH AUNT that she has wrongly blamed GUCCI. With SARAH gone, the family take out the money collected for SARAH and starts counting, only to be interfered by the sound of weeping coming out from a room.
1x141 - Episode 141
November 17, 2003
SHUM has outstayed her welcome at the KIMs. To get rid of the loathsome guest, the family throws a sumptuous dinner at Green Light Restaurant for SHUM and SIN, hoping that they will reconcile over dinner. MARCO tracks SIN down and urges him to make up with SHUM. Instead of joining SHUM for the dinner, he is competing in a Mahjong King Contest the very same night. In his winning speech, SIN thanks his wife for leaving him and the family and thus giving him the chance for making a successful comeback. Enraged by his speech, SHUM decides to file a divorce.
1x142 - Episode 142
November 18, 2003
SIN takes the mahjong table in a mahjong establishment and wins game after game. A fire breaks out at the premises. While crawling along a drainage pipe to escape from the fire scene, SIN is stepped on the head by a woman. The two fall down the ground and land with the woman’s skirt wrapping his head. KAM happens to walk past the scene and foretells that SIN will be plagued by three years of ill luck.
1x143 - Episode 143
November 19, 2003
SIN gets in his car in chase of SHUM. His eyes rest on a picture taken thirty years ago which captured a glimpse of his glorious days as a top racer. Charged with the boldness he once had, he speeds up the chase but a traffic car reaches him first. A former secret admirer bails him out. This arouses SHUM’s jealousy and ironically hastens their reconciliation.
1x144 - Episode 144
November 20, 2003
TODAY and GEORGE are assigned to co-star in a new filming project. Their intimacy makes SARAH green with jealousy. TODAY has picked up a computer-generated photo of a couple’s future child. Finding the idea exciting TODAY brings FRANCIS to take one for themselves. SARAH chances on them and learns of their secret affair. That night, TODAY takes the photo she picked up the other day to a specialists for reverting. Rather shockingly, the “parents” are revealed to be SARAH and GEORGE. Just then, SARAH stands in front of her holding a fruit knife in her hand…
1x145 - Episode 145
November 21, 2003
SARAH coerces TODAY into arranging a romantic rendezvous for her and GEORGE. To make sure TODAY comply, she threatens to concoct a folk potion cooked with toads and makes FRANCIS drink so as to mess up with his male hormones. She even makes her change GEORGE’s sheet and pillowcase. GEORGE’s sudden appearance throws TODAY in panic. She takes his yellow sweater in a flurry. Just as a terrified TODAY is expecting SARAH’s punishment, the sweater brings SARAH a surge of joy.
1x146 - Episode 146
November 24, 2003
MRS HO and her daughter are negotiating business deals with SHEUNG. The daughter thinks that the samples SHEUNG has put on are outdated but gives compliments to CHRIS’ smart outfit. She signs the contract with CHRIS without hesitation. KAM warns CHRIS against stealing the boss’ thunder. In the restroom, CHRIS has just applied facial mask on his face when MAY rushes about to evacuate the office after noticing a gas leakage. He refuses to leave.
1x147 - Episode 147
November 25, 2003
CHRIS and YEE are waiting for their client MR LEE to show up at a restaurant, but LEE fails to show up for the meeting. Afraid to let past events get to them, they immediately check the bill and leave, only to bump into each other in a different restaurant. Not much later, CHRIS again chances on YEE in a shop where he rents an umbrella. The two end up walking in the rain under one umbrella. YEE finds CHRIS’ gesture very moving. The news that YEE’s taking a few days off leaves CHRIS in a disturbed state of mind. He drives home en route Crouching Dragon Villas where he catches glimpses of YEE standing on the balcony of SHEUNG’s flat. The sight shatters his heart.
1x148 - Episode 148
November 26, 2003
Instead of giving YEE the watch as a gift, CHRIS offers it as a prize for Ka Yan’s anniversary lucky draw. CHRIS is at once surprised and thrilled that YEE becomes the watch’s lucky winner. It also becomes clear to SHEUNG that YEE fancies CHRIS.
1x149 - Episode 149
November 27, 2003
YEE admits to SHEUNG her love for CHRIS but urges him not to interfere with their relationship. SHEUNG is impressed by CHRIS’ meticulous care in picking out the shredded chili from YEE’s takeaway. He tries to find out more about the young man’s character. When CHRIS and others go to a restaurant for lunch, a waiter who used to be a fashion designer tells CHRIS his plight for falling in love with the boss’ mistress. SHEUNG inquires of CHRIS about his feelings towards YEE but CHRIS admits to loving FRANCIS to avoid getting others implicated.
1x150 - Episode 150
November 28, 2003
SHEUNG sets up blind dates for YEE. Much to her annoyance, the men all resemble a puritanical scholar. YEE seeks to learn CHRIS’ feelings for her from SHEUNG, who frankly tells her to get CHRIS out of her mind and meets someone else.
1x151 - Episode 151
December 1, 2003
SHEUNG applauses KELLY’s performance and entrusts her with the order from MRS MA. This jars on ATHENA, who tries to dampen her spirit by calling MARCO and FRANCIS useless. MR MA aspires KELLY to think big and introduces her to FRANCO, a well-mannered, easy-going young man who easily makes MARCO pale before him.
1x152 - Episode 152
December 2, 2003
KELLY’s daring attitude to voice her protest at ATHENA’s overbearing attitude wins the admiration of her colleagues. To show gratitude for FRANCO’s assistance, KELLY treats him to dinner when a fire breaks out at the restaurant. FRANCO steers her out of the scene. KELLY is deeply impressed by his extraordinary calmness. HELENA tells the KIMs about a rapist dressed in a raincoat on the loose. KELLY represents the family to attend a meeting held by the incorporated owners. She returns and announces that one hundred dollars will be deducted from the management fee. But the good news comes at an expensive price — a security guard, cleaning persons and repairmen — their work is to be borne by all the flat owners.
1x153 - Episode 153
December 3, 2003
TODAY meets the alleged rapist at the staircase. CHRIS and MARCO dash to her rescue and each passes a jolt at the black-garbed man, who turns out to be KAM. GUCCI and SARAH get tripped over by the garbage accumulated along the staircases. KELLY asks MARCO to accompany her to a cocktail party at the launch of the company’s new yacht and reminds him to dress smartly. MARCO shows up in a tuxedo but is mistaken by the master of ceremony to be the magician invited to give a performance. It hugely embarrasses KELLY in the presence of FRANCO.
1x154 - Episode 154
December 4, 2003
KELLY returns home, evidently having had a glass or two as the odor of alcohol suggests. MARCO retrieves a message that reads “Missing You” on her cell phone and suspects FRANCO to be the sender. He sinks into grief…. MARCO and CHRIS chance on KELLY and FRANCO in a restaurant. He notices that FRANCO’s wallet is the twin half of KELLY’s coupling wallets; KELLY carries home a bagful of seductive lingerie but leaves home hurriedly. Believing that she is joining FRANCO for a rendezvous, a furious MARCO gives chase…
1x155 - Episode 155
December 5, 2003
MARCO hails a taxi to follow hot on KELLY’s heels as she has gotten on FRANCO’s car but soon loses track of them. Later FRANCO, rather improperly dressed in his nightshirt, drives KELLY home. MARCO chastises her for meeting with a guy bringing along her nightdresses…. FRANCO takes KELLY to the CEO room and asks if she is happy with the decor. It occurs to her that FRANCO is raiding KA Yan on its staff. LILY, GIGI and SUGAR beg to leave with her but an arrogant KELLY belittles them as minor staff and refuses. MARCO accompanies KELLY to Mo’s Company to sign her contract. A sign “Filial Piety Charity Foundation Chairman” posted outside the CEO office startles them.
1x156 - Episode 156
December 8, 2003
An important Japanese client MR KIMURA takes his family along during his visit to Ka Yan. But he is appalled at KAM’s selfish acts and thus forms a negative view on KAM’s family members. To prevent further conflicts, SHEUNG demands CHRIS and others to surrender their holidays in lieu of KAM’s suspension from work. KIMURA brings his wife to Honey Cave and indicates his interest to pay a visit to the KIMs. CHRIS urges KELLY to leave home with KAM. CHRIS takes the KIMURAs home. A blast shocks everyone. They turn around and see a bound KAM falling out of the closet.
1x157 - Episode 157
December 9, 2003
KAM has purchased a lot of tonics, hoping to make a good profit from reselling the goods. But his face pales at the news which reports the seizure of fake tonics. KAM gnashes his teeth with hatred after learning that he is left out by CHRIS and family from their sumptuous abalone and shark fin feast.
1x158 - Episode 158
December 10, 2003
KAM walks past Lo Lam Restaurant and storms into the reserved VIP room where he devours the dinner before the KIMs arrive. KAM entices his colleagues to bet on horse races by setting up a fung shui formation in the company. ATHENA’s excruciating screams echo through the company: the formation throws her off her balance and she trips over it. KAM slips a silk scarf he has found under his sweaty shirt. Walking past an off-course betting branch, he places a bet and gains a windfall of nearly ,000. He recalls that luck has been on his side ever since finding the scarf. As he sees others searching for their client MADAM PUI’s missing scarf, he resolves not to yield his lucky charm. Just now, ATHENA shouts command at KAM to surrender the scarf.
1x159 - Episode 159
December 11, 2003
KAM puts the scarf on a table. A thrilled ATHENA loses no time to put it. KAM vows to retrieve it from her. As ATHENA is hassled by a man, she asks KAM to pose as her boyfriend to chase the man away. KITTY follows them to a restaurant and pleads with ATHENA to surrender KAM to her. KAM seizes the chance to snatch the scarf as the two women wrestle with each other. At the same time, a dark secret long kept by ATHENA is revealed.
1x160 - Episode 160
December 12, 2003
KAM’s eyes meet the malignant gaze of an old lady while taking the same lift with her. ATHENA tells KAM that the scarf was her late grandmother’s love keepsake and warns him of upsetting the soul of the dead. The old lady asks to meet KAM the very same night. KITTY believes that his gesture has infuriated ATHENA’s dead grandmother and volunteers to disguise as him to attend the meeting. As the old lady angrily threatens to “drag him down,” KITTY gets down to her feet and pleads to suffer the consequences in KAM’s place. KAM turns up just then, revealing to the old lady a brief pasted with a charm.
1x161 - Episode 161
December 15, 2003
HELENA and TAI CHUEN ask TODAY for tickets to a music variety show. KAM gives the sarcastic comment that friendship is meant to be abused. MAY cries a scream of dismay when she bumps into a voyeur in the restroom. SAM Jr., who happens to be fixing water pipes nearby, charges the restroom for MAY’s rescue. MAY learns that his real name is MAI KWAI. She treats him to dinner for coming to her aid. KELLY looks down on KWAI for his lowly status as a plumber, but all female colleagues rebuke her jeer. Later, MAY meets KWAI at the engineering department. KWAI aspires to become an inventor and when he asks MAY what aspirations she has, MAY shakes her head, though she does say she has a dream to fly. KWAI promises to make her dream come true.
1x162 - Episode 162
December 16, 2003
HELENA and TAI CHUEN treat KWAI much friendlier, only because they want him to fix some electrical appliances. MAY suspects she has arthritis. KWAI immediately gives her a newspaper clipping that contains information on the illness. Fearing MAY will become an old maiden, the couple sets up a blind date for her. But MAY is scared by the keen suitor, who fires at her questions regarding her hobbies and preference for the gender of her child. KITTY, TODAY and KELLY again set up a blind date for her. MAY agrees to attend the meeting.
1x163 - Episode 163
December 17, 2003
MAY’s blind date turns out to be AH CHEONG. Yet he swears that he would rather die than marry her. MAY feels blessed being treated with exceptional courtesy by the guys she has met during the day. She is devastated to learn that KITTY and KAM have bribed them all. KITTY, TODAY and KELLY resort to drawing lots to decide who will keep MAY company at the weekend. MAY shows up in a sexy dress. Before she turns around and leaves, she indicates she has a date. MAY sits alone in a park. KWAI turns up, having seen through that she is not meeting anyone. A man named SUN FU carrying a child on his back approaches MAY and asks her for cab money.
1x164 - Episode 164
December 18, 2003
The following day, SUN FU shows up at MAY’s office to return the money and has brought her a bouquet of flowers. He even asks her out for dinner. KWAI has scepticism over SUN’s claim of work in a garage. When SUN’s wooden hut is ruined in a fire, MAY offers him money. SUN asks MAY to stay over in his temporary apartment. Again, KWAI comes to her rescue in the nick of time. The meager TODAY takes home displeases KELLY and triggers a confrontation between two women.
1x165 - Episode 165
December 19, 2003
TODAY has rashes caused by the dodgy sanitary products used at home. KELLY taunts her with stinginess. GEORGE slips up in the street and falls down a gutter. While recovering in hospital, he is outraged by the headline on a magazine cover. PRODUDER TSUI pays him a visit and offers him the role of the “Gutter Man” in a newly launched children show. TODAY cries her eyes out in front of FRANCIS after learning that the director has removed her role from the cast list. FRANCIS pulls a publicity stunt for her but his plan backfires. TODAY is suspended from work.
1x166 - Episode 166
December 22, 2003
When she finds out FRANCIS has orchestrated the plan, she breaks up with him. During the shooting, the director criticizes TODAY for failing to carry her role as an old prostitute. TODAY ventures to Temple Street to study under SISTER HA, a veteran of the profession. Her acting at last wins the director’s applause.
1x167 - Episode 167
December 23, 2003
TODAY brings SISTER HA a cake as a token of appreciation. From her, TODAY learns that FRANCIS has conducted a research in the area, and immediately she regrets failing his kind intention. KELLY has been collecting ring-pulls to redeem prizes. Much to her delight, UNCLE CHAN and the water delivery boy FAI give her the ring-pulls they have saved up. KELLY is indignant that SUGAR earns the reputation of a “dream woman.” KAM sums up the three qualities of a dream woman: tenderness, stupidity and a great body. CHRIS and MARCO couldn’t have agreed more. KELLY’s gaze rakes MARCO and silences the trio.
1x168 - Episode 168
December 24, 2003
WING has returned from Australia and asks to meet MARCO. She tells him that she is getting married and asks to take the jade butterfly pendant back. MARCO seizes his intimate moment with KELLY to take off her necklace, only to realize that the pendant is not fastened to it. MARCO racks his wits to come up with a way. KAM takes out a pouch of “itchy powder.” When KELLY switches on the fan, the wind raises a powder dust all over on the KIMS, causing everyone to itch like mad.
1x169 - Episode 169
December 25, 2003
The KIMs have exhausted every means to make KELLY take off the jade butterfly necklace. WING goes to Ka Yan with the purpose of getting the jade pendant back from MARCO. When KELLY, MARCO and KAM return home, they are confronted by a robber who has broken into their flat. KELLY gives up all her valuables to the robber. WING sees her beloved jade butterfly in the robber’s possession and knocks him down. She also reveals dating with MARCO once. MARCO meets VICENT on a business deal. CHRIS warns him against pushing down the prices. WING tells KELLY that she has a crush on CHRIS; but all along, MARCO believes that WING likes him.
1x170 - Episode 170
December 26, 2003
CHRIS still nursing a grudge against CHRIS over WING, he spurns at the warning. CHRIS hurries to the airport to sign a deal with MR LEE, but his car breaks down and he can’t find a taxi. MARCO also hangs up on him. MARCO returns to Ka Yan and only then he realizes that his act costs CHRIS a big business. MARCO receives a good scolding from CHRIS for his immaturity and partiality. He returns home in a lousy mood. The falling out of the brothers throws the KIMs into a panic. SARAH regards it as unfilial behavior towards GUCCI.
1x171 - Episode 171
December 29, 2003
KAM each writes an apology card to CHRIS and MARCO assuming to be the other brother. He pretends to suffer from cancer but his masquerade is soon exposed. SHEUNG has high hopes for the Industry Soccer Challenge Cup, but with the Ka Yan dream team comprising CHRIS and MARCO falling out, they suffer heavy defeat.
1x172 - Episode 172
December 30, 2003
Back at Honey Cave, CHRIS and MARCO are sitting in their respective enclave. SARAH heaves a deep sigh. GUCCI calls SARAH, saying that she will bring home an aunt. GUCCI, the aunt and her two grandsons arrive. GUCCI hopes that CHRIS and MARCO will join hands to punish the two mischievous kids. Rumor has it that Honey Cave is closing down due to the rivalry between the brothers. At last, they seek out the gossipmonger, VINCENT, and teach him a hard lesson. GEORGE is troubled by his acne-scarred face. KAM believes that it is caused by hormone imbalance. When CHRIS flashes a coupon for free tonic offered by a Shenzhen dispensary, GEORGE loses no time to snatch it.
1x173 - Episode 173
December 31, 2003
FRANCIS and TODAY enjoy their rare private moment while the family is away. The couple discovers that GEORGE has purchased some potency drugs, but he defends by saying that the drugs are for his acne and are supplements to the treatment he receives from an herbal doctor across the border. GUCCI introduces GEORGE to a girl called JULIE, but he is apparently put off by her large breasts. On her way home, SARAH chances on a middle-aged woman called KO PING, who claims that she has not eaten for three days. SARAH pities her and takes her to Honey Cave for a meal. When HELENA’s hand gets burnt by boiling water, SARAH recommends PING to cover her.
1x174 - Episode 174
January 1, 2004
PING is in fact FRANCIS’ birth mother AI NA, who seizes the chance to find out her son’s reaction of their union. FRANCIS gets very emotional and blames her for walking out on her husband and son. He refuses to recognize her. AI NA goes to FRANCIS’ office and especially invites him home for dinner. GEORGE follows FRANCIS to AI NA’s home and tactfully arranges for FRANCIS to leave. GEORGE refuses to let AI NA reunite with her son. The old couple gets into a fistfight. FRANCIS returns midway and is stunned by the scene.
1x175 - Episode 175
January 2, 2004
GEORGE asks FRANCIS to get down on his kneels and announces the news of AI NA’s presumed death three years ago. On the other hand, GEORGE presses AI NA to leave, but she begs to see FRANCIS for three more days. FRANCIS takes one look of an old photo taken with his mother and recognizes AI NA in the picture. No sooner AI NA’s departure sets GEORGE at ease than her reappearance with FRANCIS. GEORGE chastises her for failing to keep her promise. FRANCIS jumps at her defense and is slapped across the face by GEORGE.
1x176 - Episode 176
January 5, 2004
GUCCI agrees to take NA in. FRANCIS is provoked by two players into competing with them on the soccer field. GEORGE shows up and takes the challenge. The father and son receive some rough tackles. AI NA schemes to hoax FRANCIS by taking him to meet some relatives. An idea springs to her mind as she sees newlyweds unwrapping wedding gifts and money packets at a banquet. AI NA claims suffering from a terminal illness that leaves her with only a month. SARAH accompanies her to visit a qi gong master and is told to keep it from FRANCIS. SARAH even pledges to fulfill her last wish. She breaks the news to GEORGE and tells him AI NA’s last wish to become his lawful wife.