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Computer firm owner SAM takes his wife, MAY, and his two children, LONG and CATELINE, to the alumni gathering. His old schoolmate MING wants to buy one hundred computers from him. Just when SAM feels excited to have done a big business, a …

Incapable of repaying the heavy debts, WONG commits suicide by jumping into the sea. SAM is pulled into the sea while he is trying to stop WONG. LING questions SAM about his relationship with MING. WONG is petitioning for bankruptcy. The b…

In order to stall off SAM, who is going to the bank, MAY pretends to have stomachache. SAM learns about the truth anyway. MAY has no choice but to make up another lie. GIU nervously takes back her bankbook from LING. LING finds it very sus…

When the drunken SAM gets home, MAY tells him they still owe the bank over a million dollars. SAM is very depressed. The next day, he leaves home early in the morning. CHEONG chases MAY for the debts and the two end the scenario in the pol…

MAY has been paying insurance for FUN. An amount of $420,000 of dividend has accrued on the insurance; MAY forces FUN to give her a share. LING asks MAY to return the debts for GIU. MAY does not have a car now. She has to make do with the …

LONG and CATELINE are thinking of selling their toys for money. MAY promises them their quality of life will not be affected. SAM and an ex-subordinate of his apply for the same job. This sub-subordinate tells the interviewer that SAM has …

In order to help ease the burden, HEUNG and MUN work respectively in a supermarket and for a newspaper. SAM’s heart sinks when he learns about this. When CHING is worrying about her credit cards promotion job, she meets SAM’s brother YAN. …

Under SAM’s duress, MAY finally tells SAM the story of the money. SAM thinks that this is unlawful and asks MAY to report the money to the government. The following day, MAY runs away with the money. CATELINE has a fever. SAM takes her to …

CHEONG sends LING flowers and at the same time tells her colleagues the story behind. HING plans to investigate MING and SING’s illegal soccer betting activities. He sends LING to get into a dinner party to find out about SING’s telephone …

LEUNG cannot afford the debt. He plans to petition for bankruptcy. WA fears that this will affect his future and so asks HING for help. HING applied for an early retirement. This way he can use his pension to pay the debts. LEUNG is touche…

MAY has no alternative but to lie, claiming that she has an affair with Jo and that the money is given to her by him. Knowing that SAM and the children have overheard what she said, MAY explains to SAM in no time. CHEONG asks LING out to t…

MAY and SAM pretend to be a loving couple in front of MUN and HEUNG. CHANG picks his ex-girlfriend ANGEL up at the police station, which disappoints LING. In order to pursue LING, CHEONG tries to curry favor with her mother. GIU is very ha…

MAY has gone nuts. She tries in vain to ask money from FUN. LONG and CATELINE are upset to know that their parents are having conflicts. YAN asks CHING out. CHING gives YAN a stone doll that she made; YAN is very pleased. CHANG finds out t…

GIU sympathizes with SAM’s situation and promises to take care of him. JO pays the rent for MAY and offers her a pay rise too. LONG and CATELINE find it not right that JO is being so nice to MAY, and so they tell SAM all about it. SAM asks…

CHANG takes LING to see LI’s son, SHANG, at the school. They are told that SHANG went disappeared when they were having an outdoor painting lesson. CHANG finds SHANG at LI’s home in the end. He also notices that SHANG and LI actually get a…

CHANG asks LING to dinner to celebrate. However, LING, who is not pleased, asks him to go home earlier for ANGEL’s company instead. He therefore hastens to explain to her his relationship with ANGEL. LING realizes that NELSON and CHANG are…

SAM will not answer MAY’s calls. The next day, MAY goes to GIU’s home to find SAM, whom tells her that LONG and CATELINE have gone camping. MAY does not believe him. She calls the police, making SAM late for his job interview. MAY is unhap…

SAM persuades RUBY into biding for the license of a particular computer brand. JO gives two hundred thousand worth of shares to MAY. He wants to declare his love to her but is disturbed. SAM is astonished to see MAY trading shares at a ban…

MAY not only turns down JO’s love but also resigns. She writes a letter of apology to SAM and asks LONG to pass on to SAM. However, LONG mistakes that it is a letter of divorce and so he tears it up without SAM’s consent. MAY is upset to s…

LING has been receiving CHANG’s lucky stars for nine consecutive days. She, nevertheless, still finds him not sincere enough. LING is put under duress by a thief who is trying to escape from the police station. CHANG risks his own life to …