Season 1

Zhuang Daoren is selling jade in the streets. Meigui mistakes him for a conman and is about to arrest him when screams pierce the air: “Robbery! Robbery!” Meigui ties Daoren’s hand to hers and goes after the robber. She…

Daoqiang is the vice principal of Li Zhi Secondary School. One day, he is doing volunteer work in the school garden with Jiajia when a fire breaks out in the storeroom. He rushes to the scene and manages to catch the al…

Daoqiang puts a movie ticket into Jiajia’s jacket, not knowing the particular jacket is Daohan’s. Daohan finds the tickets and assumes it is Jinbin who is trying to date her. She throws the tickets at Jinbin, who then a…

Daohan asserts that her wallet was in the mailbox and has more than $20 extra in it. Guilt-stricken about maligning Yishou, Shuiqing invites him to dine with the family, but he rejects the offer. Jiajia suspects he put …

Jinbin dines with Shuiqing and his family. Daohan refuses to accept his explanation of their misunderstandings and leaves the table when he proposes a toast of tea as an apology. Jinbin and Daoren became buddies after D…

Daoqiang is unsure of Jiajia’s feelings for him but does not dare ask her directly. However, he takes Daohan’s advice and invites her out again. Lin Dashou thwarts his plans. Dashou has regarded Jiajia as his goddess si…

Jiajia is clearly upset with Daoqiang. Shenlong tries to persuade a dejected Daoqiang to buy a jade pendant to boost his love life. Daoqiang finds out Shenlong’s son is Guoli, and Shenlong is trying to sell the pendant …

Jiajia rejects the shoes from Daoqiang. Back home, Daohan sneers at her brother. Shuiqing tells Daoqiang he needs to have thicker skin if he wants to succeed. Daohan and the others see Shuiqing off. Yishou calls for a t…

Daoren meets a sexy girl, Lynn, in a lift. Lynn shouts “molest” when he refuses to give her money. Meigui, who already has a bad impression of Daoren, gives chase. Daoren has no choice but to give in to Lynn’s demands. …

Shuiqing is sad that Daoren and Daohan seem to have attracted the wrong people. He is grateful when Jinbin offers to protect Daohan. The gift scare strengthens Daohan’s relationship with Jinbin. Daoqiang decides to adhe…

Ray stalks Daohan and issues the threat of an acid attack, in an attempt to get her to reconcile with him. She refuses, and he flings the acid. Jinbin is splashed by accident, and discovers the so-called acid is water. …

Daoren and Meigui tail Lynn and uncover Ray’s ill intent. Infuriated, he tries to knock Daoren down. Meigui stops him. Ray refuses to surrender himself to the police, in spite of Daoren and Meigui’s advice. Plagued by f…

Lynn finally opens her room door to see Li’ai. Guangming tries to drag her home. She refuses to budge, and reveals he has molested her. Shuiqing and the others are shocked. To Lynn’s disillusionment, Li’ai urges her to …

Troublemaker and Guoli play basketball in school during the holidays. Bored, they draw graffiti on the walls. The janitor uses a mobile phone to photograph them in action. When Wu Yanbin reports for work, he finds that …

Yishou is convinced Lin-sao is the thief when he sees her buying a new computer for her daughter. Upon interrogation, she finally admits she had pawned the watch for her daughter’s sake. She begs him not to expose her, …

Guilt-stricken about speaking unjustly against Yishou, Shuiqing hopes to get him to come back. However, Yishou has cut off all contact with everyone. The school opens up the wall for its students to develop their creati…

Meigui dreams of her father being harmed in an alley and wakes up in alarm. She sees her medicine by her bed, but decides not to take it. Her mother wants to take her to the clinic, but is locked in the room by her. Try…

Chatting on the telephone, Jinshan seems to be talking to his grandson. Shuiqing catches him grabbing sweets from the reception counter. Jinshan lies that his blood sugar has been low and it is necessary for him to eat …

Yanbin, Daoqiang and Troublemaker each draw a picture on the wall. Troublemaker draws a chicken drumstick and says it is Guoli’s dream. During recess, everyone sees a box with Guoli’s name on it. When Troublemaker finds…

Shuiqing is happy the inn can once again provide free green bean soup. Many neighbours turn up to apologise for demanding medical compensation. Jiajia stops Shenlong from telling Shuiqing about the molest case. Shuiqing…

Dongxuan’s death casts a pall on the students, who blame the school’s rules for his death. They go on strike and refuse to attend classes. Yanbin and Daoqiang encourage them to pull themselves together. After a match, t…

Yanbin does not believe Daohan is not Du Siman and even speculates she had an accident and lost her memory. Dabao and Zhixiang, too, claim she is Siman. Desperate, she takes Yanbin home with her, so that Shuiqing and th…

The principal decides to suspend Yanbin of his duties. Troublemaker and the others ostracise Jinji and even refuse to celebrate his birthday. Daohan consoles Yanbin by going with him to places he had visited with Siman.…

Alone and lonely, Jinji ruins his birthday cake and food. He is pleasantly surprised when Yanbin, Daohan and the other students turn up to celebrate his birthday with him. Yanbin has also convinced Jinji’s mother to fly…

Yishou is delivering water when he meets a tomboy-like girl named Emily, who greets him and claims she is delivering letters. He goes into an office to change the water dispenser, and she goes into Mr Chen’s office. Mr …

Shuiqing feels dizzy. Daoren takes him to the clinic, where his blood pressure is found to be low. Jiajia tells Shuiqing to seek treatment early to avoid problems. He promises to do so. Jiajia changes a light bulb while…

Shuiqing buys a work of calligraphy from his friend for $8000. Daoqiang wants it authenticated, but Shuiqing trusts his friend will not cheat him. Fu-sao shows off her gold jewellery and attracts the attention of robber…

A middle-aged man pays for his bottle of mineral water with a $100 note. Meigui gives him change without checking the note, and only later realises it is counterfeit. Daoren promptly helps her spend it. Meigui gets upse…

Daoqiang buys a ring to propose to Jiajia, but has no idea how to do so. Daoren and Daohan encourage him to find a novel way to move her heart. Dashou laments that he is down on his luck. He drove a pregnant woman to th…

Dashou sells to Daoren the goods Shuiqing had bought from him. Shuiqing finds out and is infuriated. Dashou insists the idea was Daoren’s. Dashou busies himself preparing to meet his rich girlfriend’s family in Thailand…

Yishou takes Emily with him to try Hokkien mee at many different stalls, hoping to figure out the x factor. Emily takes advantage of her good looks to help him. On the way back, Emily notices an old busker trying to att…

Troublemaker learns Guoli has picked up a large sum of money. Liang overhears their conversation and takes the money away. The two boys find out the money belongs to a maid, Siti, and decide to work to pay her back by i…

Guoli and Troublemaker help a houseowner with many chores, but earn only $2. When Troublemaker expresses his displeasure, the house owner complains to Daoqiang about the students moonlighting. Daoqiang probes into the m…

Jiajia and Daoqiang join a volunteer group and participate in delivering goodie bags to the poor. Hua-jie wants a goodie bag as well. Jiajia urges her to yield to the elderly, who are unable to work. Disagreeing, Dashou…

Shocked to find dead rats in the kitchen, Jiajia warns Hua-jie not to let anyone know, as that would ruin the inn’s reputation. She worries even more when Dashou mentions that no one has dared to patronise a food stall …

Daoqiang is looking forward to a gathering of his friends, and Daoren, a reunion of ex-classmates. When told his ex-girlfriend, Xiao Yaojing, will be accompanied by her dentist boyfriend, Daoren asks Meigui to pose as h…

Daoren waits outside Meigui’s house. When she appears, he apologises for hurting her and asking her to pose as his girlfriend. He learns she has a gathering of her own to attend, and offers to pose as her boyfriend. Mei…

Daohan rejects a suitor, and a stranger by the named of Try accuses her of toying with the man’s feelings. She returns home in a foul mood and tells Shuiqing what happened. Shuiqing hopes Daohan will put Yanbin behind h…

Shuiqing finally agrees to make changes at the inn. A lucky draw is held to pick one person to stay at the inn for free. However, as Fu, Lu and Shou each have a winning ticket, Daoren has no choice but to let all three …

Daoqiang is happily preparing for his wedding when Jiajia reveals that she had her first love’s baby but the baby died. Daoqiang is surprised, but asserts that they should not let the past affect them. He hopes she will…

An emotionally-charged Jiajia tells Chu’er she is her biological mother. To her surprise, the latter’s reaction is cold. Daoren finds out it is Shenlong who wrote the love letter to Hua-jie. Admitting it, Shenlong urges…

Shocked to learn Chu’er is Jiajia’s daughter, Daoqiang leaves in a hurry. Chu’er declares that Jiajia need not sacrifice her marital plans for her sake, but Jiajia insists Chu’er is her priority. Daoqiang does not want …

Jiajia refrains from slapping Chu’er when she remembers that is what Tiansheng did. She assures Shuiqing she will not marry Daoqiang. Shenlong tells Shuiqing that Guoli is not his son. He took Guoli in when he married t…

Daoqiang learns the other girl is Xiaotian’s twin, Xiaomi. As their mother has to work to support the family, she makes Xiaomi stay home to look after her siblings since she is weak academically. Xiaotian lets Xiaomi ta…

Daohan uses someone else’s mobile phone charger at a shop and offends the charger’s owner, who turns out to be Try. She goes off with her foreign friends to tour Singapore and leaves her mobile phone at the shop. Try ta…

Daohan confronts Try when she finds out it was he who took her mobile phone. Daoren sows discord and leads Daohan to be mistaken about Try. Daohan realises Try has removed the scratch that was on her phone’s screen. She…

Unable to tolerate the heat, Daoren considers moving into one of the inn’s rooms, but the inn is fully booked. . Daohan wants to take a bath and is peeved there is no hot water. Daoqiang helps her boil some water in the…

Chu’er is Lynn’s classmate at the polytechnic. Lynn finds out Chu’er’s mother is Jiajia. As Lynn needs money, Chu’er asks Jiajia for some. Jiajia refuses, and their relationship sours. Daoqiang offers to help, but wants…

Daohan is disappointed her family seems to have forgotten about her birthday. She is thrilled when Shuiqing appears with a cake, out of the blue. Fu-sao and Dashou make plans for a Christmas party at the inn to cheer Sh…

Fu, Lu and Shou refuse to leave, even after the party ends. They want to be there for Shenlong, whom they know misses Guoli sorely. Shenlong lies that he has more freedom, now that Guoli has left. Shenlong returns home,…

Daomei shocks everyone by bringing her child home on Daoqiang’s wedding day. She tells her family her husband, Xiao Daren, has chickenpox and could not make the trip. She makes an excuse to go to bed when Joey comments …

Chu’er moves in with the Zhuangs. Shuiqing gives her a pair of shoes, which she finds old-fashioned. She wants to stay at Lynn’s place when Jiajia and Daoqiang are on their honeymoon, but Jiajia advises her to get along…

Daomei prepares two types of cupcakes. Yishou, who likes the cupcakes, asks if she wants to take in an apprentice. He hopes Emily learn how to make cupcakes and be able to earn a living in future. Daomei comes to realis…

Try picks up the wishing bottle and proposes to Daohan. Assuming he is her Mr Right, she accepts the proposal, only to learn he wants her to go overseas with him after the wedding. Shuiqing is happy Daohan is getting ma…

Shuiqing is shocked to learn Daren is Daomei’s husband. Daomei relates how they had fallen deeply in love. No matter what the others say, Shuiqing refuses to accept Daren as his son-in-law. He feels even worse when Jinh…

Daohan does not want to disappoint Shuiqing. She quarrels with Try over the wedding banquet and declares she will not sacrifice her career and family for marriage. Jane catches up with Daohan at the charity event, which…

Daohan throws the big bear Try had given her into the rubbish bin. Shuiqing is not appreciative when Daren cooks for him. He tells the latter not to try to get on his good side. Jane thanks Shuiqing, and learns he knows…

A misunderstanding leads everyone to assume Daren is dead. Judging from Daomei’s reaction, Shuiqing realises there is no way he can separate the couple. Daren is only pretending to be in a coma. He hears Shuiqing expres…

Daohan recognises that Shuiqing is lonely. She asks to practise calligraphy with him. When Daoren voices his opinion, Daohan urges him to spend time with Meigui instead. Daoren wants Meigui to be at his beck and call. O…

Yishou tells Daohan that Emily has motor neurone disease. He offers to clarify matters with Try if they really did break up over the charity event. Yishou makes copies of a photo of Emily and asks Dashou to distribute t…

Shuiqing stops Jinhua from chasing away a mentally-challenged man trying to get a bowl of the free green bean soup. Dashou loses $50 when he places a bet with Fu-sao about the man. Daohan receives many letters from her …

Shuiqing confides in the mentally-challenged man and ends up plucking flower petals to find out whether he should agree to date Jane. He sounds his family out. Only Jiajia is supportive. Daoqiang, Daohan and Daoren obje…

Sujiao asks Shuiqing for a loan. He will only agree if she beats him in a game of mahjong. She is impressed by his skills, she asks him to take her in as his disciple. He agrees, but insists she promise not to gamble un…

Trying hard to find Emilyn, Yishou falls for the ploys of several cheats. Daohan advises him to respect Emily’s decision and get involved in meaningful activities like raising funds for motor-neurone disease patients in…

Shuiqing finds out what his children have been doing to stop him from starting a new romance. For their sake, he rejects Jane. He also realises Jane yearns for a father’s love, which is why she fell for him. Daoren admi…

Shuiqing buys bird’s nest to share with the family, as well as to support Daoren’s business. Meigui is watching Daoren’s reaction. She questions him and learns the bird’s nest is imitation stuff. He agrees to stop the d…

Shuiqing raps Daoren for selling fake bird’s nest. Daoren reveals he was pricked by a guilty conscience and had replaced the fake goods with quality bird’s nest. Upset that Meigui did not trust him, he breaks up with he…

Shuiqing feels bad about not trusting Daoren. He is concerned Daoren will be so desperate as to turn to vice. He finds out that even though Daoren keeps complaining he has no money, he has never touched the cash in the …

A customer has left a jar containing ashes at the inn. Jinhua runs after the customer and is told she can keep the urn. However, the customer eventually returns to get the urn, which Jiajia has fortuitously set aside. S…

Dabao meets Xia Tian at the inn. She claims to be a student from Vietnam and wants to ask him more about furthering her studies here. He falls into a trap and is blackmailed. He has no choice but to ask Daoqiang for hel…

Daohan arrives at Try’s home in America. His parents are out, but she meets his brother, Terence. She hands a box of snacks to him and leaves. After Daohan has left, Try comes out of the room. Terence is incensed that D…

Jiajia advises Dashou, Fu-sao and Hua-jie not to gossip about Try, even though the case is in the news. She is concerned Daohan will feel more upset. Daoqiang prepares a cradle for his baby and selects a name for it. Ji…

Dashou steals Wugong’s backpack. Unable to sleep, he panics when Shuiqing and Jiajia turn up at his door with Wugong. It is a false alarm. Jiajia and the others send Chu’er and Clinton off at the airport. Anxiety rides …

Yishou stops Daohan in the nick of time. Hua-jie suggests Fu-sao approach Yishou for help. While they are waiting in the park for him, Ziye appears and threatens to cut their hair if they do not repay the money. Fu-sao …

Daohan keeps exercising to relieve stress. Ziye eats at the restaurant and asks Jiajia to charge Yishou for his order. Everyone is surprised when Yishou agrees. Fu-sao announces that the loan sharks have been arrested a…

Hurt during the attack, Jiajia has a miscarriage. She and Daoqiang are devastated. Daohan is guilt-stricken, and calls on Uncle Wang to demand Ziye is. Yishou stops her from flaring up at Uncle Wang, and is scolded for …

Daomei stands to lose the sight in her injured eye. Jiajia blames herself for the series of problems, and Shuiqing’s reaction only adds to the pressure. She contemplates leaving home. . Daoqiang pleads with Jiajia not t…

Jiajia and Hua-jie go to the market together. Refusing to use the overhead bridge, Hua-jie is nearly knocked down by Dashou, who is speeding. Daohan takes her annual leave, but decides it is too much trouble to travel a…

Jiajia realises that Yishou will not be pleased about the blind date, as he likes Daohan. Yishou takes Amy to the inn for free green bean soup and deliberately neglects her. Feeling awkward, she decides to leave. She is…

Jinhua and Daomei blame each other for the burst pipe. Jiajia decides to ask Yishou for help, as the kitchen cannot be used at all. Daoqiang and Daohan manage to find a telephone number on Cong and learn about his situa…

It’s the first day of Chinese New Year. The Zhuangs get up early to give New Year greetings to Shuiqing. Daohan wants to wake Daomei up but is stopped by Jiajia, who cites that it’s taboo to do so on the first day of th…

Hua-jie needs money because Xiaoqi is being blackmailed for selling imitation items for her tuition teacher. Daoqiang and the others lure the blackmailer out, and it turns out to be the tuition teacher. The tuition teac…

Shuiqing makes popiah for his family everyday. Though everyone is tired of it, nobody dares to complain to him. Fu-sao takes her sister’s child to visit Shuiqing, who gives the child a red packet. She leaves in a huff w…

Jiajia cooks beehoon for breakfast. Everyone praises her dish, but Shuiqing remarks coldly that she should check if anyone throws their share of beehoon away. It dawns on them that he knows they no longer want to eat po…

Shuiqing does not return home after going out to buy durians. The family goes in search of him. It turns out that Shuiqing forgot his way home and taxi drivers refused to take him because of the durians. He found his wa…

When Dashou picks up Shuiqing’s medication, Shuiqing reveals he has dementia. Dashou takes him home and advises Jiajia to let him wear a tag. She worries he would be unwilling. Daomei invites Dashou over to play mahjong…

Cash-strapped, Hua-jie hawks curry puffs illegally, only to receive a fine. Shuiqing agrees to let her sell her puffs in the inn’s restaurant. Shuiqing is concerned about his dementia. Daomei suggests learning languages…

Daoqiang has a stomachache and enters a female restroom urgently. Xiuyan mistakes him for a pervert and blackmails him. Jiajia chides Daoqiang for being the guarantor for a loan that A-xiang’s daughter has taken out. Sh…

Daohan’s newfound fame troubles her. Dashou rescues Xiuyan by accident and they start a romance. A fortune-teller visits the inn and seems to possess in-depth knowledge of everyone’s life . They fall for his scam, inclu…

In order to inherit an uncle’s fortune, Dashou and Xiuyan register their marriage. The uncle passes away, dashing Dashou’s hopes of travelling the world. He decides to break up with Xiuyan. Jiajia reminds him Xiuyan mig…

Daohan and Yishou learn Daoren is crippled. Everyone tries to persuade him to return home. He demands Daoqiang and Daohan surrender their shares to him, and they agree. Daoren wants everyone to lead their lives as usual…

In the midst of his suicide attempt, Daoren rescues Chu’er. She reveals she had lied about her pregnancy, in the hope of emigrating with Clinton. However, she realised they were incompatible and left secretly. Jiajia an…

Daoren flies into a rage over the destroyed transfer papers. He demands his brothers sell the inn. Daohan refuses; the inn is Shuiqing’s life’s work. Daoren believes selling the inn will fulfill his dream, and Yishou ag…

Daoqiang is shocked to hear Daoren placing a million-dollar bet. Meigui thanks Daoren for the million dollars. She promises to return the money when she can. Nonetheless, she never wants to get back together with him. D…

Meigui, Daohan and Yishou are about to call an ambulance when Daoren opens his eyes. He is elated that Meigui worries for him. She is infuriated, and warns him not to pester her anymore or he might lose her respect. Dao…

The whole family gathers for dinner. Daoren has reverted back to his cheerful self. Shuiqing tells everyone Daomei and Daren quarrelled because Daren has been looking after his terminally ill ex-wife. Daomei has since b…

Xiaotian catches Troublemaker and Guoli cheating during an exam. She is disappointed when they deny her allegations. Hua-jie takes on a dishwashing job at a coffeeshop, to alleviate the family’s financial burden. Her bo…

Daoren opens the cabinet and a figurine falls out; it turnsout to be a baby doll. Disturbed, many guests demand refunds, causing an uproar. Jiajia announces she will stay in the “haunted” room for a night, to prove ther…

Daoren claims he had bumped into a ghost. Shuiqing decides to lock up the “haunted” room temporarily. Chu’er plants her video camera within, to capture evidence of the ghost. Incredibly, her SD card is stolen. Daohan tr…

Daohan returns home in anguish after Yishou rejects her. Shuiqing disapproves of Yishou’s background and tries to talk Daohan out of dating him. However, Jiajia is encouraging, and suggests Yishou might have rejected he…

Jiajia finds out Daoren is on drugs. Without exposing him, she consults Daoqiang for advice. He suggests he would call the police, if he knew a drug addict. Jiajia pretends to need Daoren’s help and traps him. She tells…

Jiajia tells Daoqiang she wants to help Daoren quit his drug habit. Daoqiang decides to take leave to help her. Jiajia and Shuiqing discover $200 cash missing; they suspect Hua-jie again. Jiajia invests in a food court …

When Daohan questions him, Yishou shares his worry that his family will burden her. He hopes she will find someone better. Daohan and Shuiqing visit Daoren at the rehabilitation centre and encourage him. Shuiqing’s wors…

Dashou has gambled away his savings at the casino. When he expresses his regret, Xiuyan advises him to buy a house within his means. Hongzhi is on the verge of abandoning his acting dream. Chu’er encourages him not to. …

Shuiqing is horrified to find out Xiuyan has handed her savings over to Dashou to gamble with. Dashou returns and reveals he had stopped himself just in time. The couple decides to pursue a better future through other m…

Daohan fails her driving test again. Chu’er is not recruited to be a director. Hongzhi quits to pursue acting full-time. His determination motivates Chu’er to work her way up from assistant director. Shuiqing picks Daor…

Yishou asks to move into Daoren’s room. He wants to help keep an eye on the latter. With more people at home, Jiajia worries it poses a danger to her pregnancy. She wants to live in her own home. Unable to talk her out …

Jiajia is unhurt but panics and wants to move out immediately. Before leaving, she requests extended time-off from Shuiqing. Daohan fails her driving test for the seventh time. Daoren advises her to see a doctor to over…

Yishou finds Daoren gone. He calls Meigui immediately. Daoren follows Henry and prepares to kill him, but Meigui arrives just in time to intervene. Henry escapes. Daoren asks Meigui for a reconciliation. She laments tha…

Dashou learns his organs will automatically be donated after his death. He hurriedly takes Xiuyan to fill an opt-out form with him. Daoren takes Meigui to the inn to help out. Everyone is pleased that they have made up.…

To everyone’s delight, Jiajia agrees to move back to the inn. Hongzhi tries to persuade Chu’er to take up the opportunity to film overseas. Jiajia reassures Chu’er that others can look after her now, but Chu’er insists …

Jiajia loses her temper, and Daoqiang apologises for divulging her secret. Still upset, Chu’er refuses to answer Jiajia’s phone calls. Unexpectedly, Shuiqing tells her that Daoren is adopted. Chu’er confides in Hongzhi …

Daoren does not understand why Meigui has not been visiting him, nor has she been in touch. When Daohan and Yishou find her, she confesses she has long since given up on Daoren and only reconciled with him to encourage …

Empathising with Meigui’s mother, the Zhuangs volunteer to be tested for the suitability of their liver for a transplant. Daoren is moved but advises everyone not to go ahead. He believes that since Meigui has chosen He…

The photo jolts Daoren into the realisation that he is not Shuiqing’s biological son. He visits Meigui for comfort, and they patch up. . Shuiqing realises he has misplaced the photo and guesses that Daoren now knows abo…

Daoren and Meigui get back into the buffet business again. For the time being, he shelves the idea of looking for his biological parents. Shuiqing loses his ability to write. His fears for his future deepen. To fulfil h…

A-cong drowns. Yanfang blames Daohan. Caught in between, Yishou feels helpless. Yanfang firmly believes Daohan did not save A-cong because she considers him a burden. Daohan is speechless. Daohan admits to Yishou that s…

Daoren goes to the stall and secretly watches Yanfang. She notices him and treats him to some food. Yishou arrives and calls out to Daoren. Yanfang feels uneasy when she hears his name. Later, Yanfang reveals to Yishou …

Everyone has the misconstrued impression that Daohan has a new boyfriend. She clears the misunderstanding. Troublemaker moves out as he is embarrassed about occupying Daohan’s room. To make things worse, Shuiqing doesn’…

Thinking Shuiqing is dead, Daohan is distraught with grief. She reproaches Yishou. Fortunately, Shuiqing has only sustained grazes. Daohan, Daoren and the family encourage Shuiqing to find a companion. They regret preve…