Seed Of Hope

NICK WU, vice-president of Tung Chuen Company, is arrested for taking and processing illegal substances. With his girlfriend ALLY acting as his defense attorney, NICK recounts how it all happened…. NICK and his assistant LIU CHI KAN inspec…

NICK is sentenced to perform 240 hours of community service. KAN throws him a celebration party. Though in ALLY’s company, NICK’s mind is preoccupied with something else. The father and son meet again in the company, TING expresses his wis…

NICK keeps TUNG’s wetting the bed from others. MAN is aware of the lie but doesn’t say a word, though she secretly blames NICK for covering the lie for the girl. NICK and TUNG go to the courtyard to pick up a sheet blown away by a gust of …

CHEONG returns to the publishing house. TUNG and MAN play a practical joke on KAN at the grand opening party. MAN invites NICK back to the Home, NICK agrees. NICK resumes his post at Tung Chuen. TING accepts all suggestions he makes. A spo…

FUNG makes TUNG take him to the fun park. There, FUNG forces the old man to go on a plunging down game and plays hide-and-seek with him. TUNG can’t find FUNG and alerts MAN and NICK. Exhausted, TUNG faints. MAN and NICK arrive shortly to f…

ALLY is furious that NICK doesn’t offer her any explanation on FEI’s claims. TING reminds NICK of the importance of choosing the right girl. NICK is sick of FEI’s pester. FUNG mistakes him for bullying his mother and throws hamburgers at h…

NICK receives a call from his uncle WU KOON CHAK asking for his approval of a loan made to truck-driver SUEN MAN HOI. NICK investigates into HOI’s financial status and rejects the application. HOI visits his daughter SUEN SAU SAU at CHAK’s…

NICK puts CHAK up in a hotel to stay away from troubles. Meanwhile, He asks KAN to negotiate with the loan shark on CHAK’s behalf. Upon receiving a call from the loan shark, TING reprimands his son for settling the scores at the company’s …

FA dresses up to attend her son LO TIN YAU’s graduation ceremony, bringing together her husband LO CHOI, NICK and children of the Home. The fuss annoys YAU. Also present is Gordon, who is fuming with jealousy over MAN’s affectionate attitu…

KAN asks YAU to pick up some documents from ALLY’s law firm. On his way back to TUNG CHEUN, YAU drops one of the documents in the streets. It is picked by a passer-by who returns it to ALLY. YAU rebuts ALLY’s admonition, and because of his…

FA and CHOI heave a sigh of relief when YAU finds a coordinator job in a credit company. YAU and colleagues show up at the doorstep of FUNG MEI HING, KIN’s mother. She is too terrified to let KIN know. YAU’s leniency is mocked by his colle…

GORDON brings food to the Home, hoping to reconcile with MAN. That granted, GORDON vows to marry her and buys a flat as their new home once he gains a promotion. But as he tries to embrace her, she pushes him away. An anguished Gordon leav…

KIN treats everyone to sushi for YEUNG’s farewell. MAN expresses her concerns and urges NICK to clear up ALLY’s misunderstandings. But their conversations turn into a bitter quarrel. ALLY’s father HANG invite both her daughter and NICK to …

MAN spots CHAK inside a property agency. CHAK is vexed with finding his studio a new home. He also tells her about the takeover, his being the half brother of TING and the story behind the building. Sensing his worries, MAN tries to seek t…

YAU’s proposal gains KAN’s praises. YAU suggests that they lend out the loan. KAN not only takes YAU’s suggestion, but also promotes him. YAU returns to the Home a very proud man. FA mocks NICK for underrating his son. CHOI LAP PUN, chairm…

MAN is embarrassed and troubled by MEI’s criticism of her personal life and the children’s reenact of her intimate moments with GORDON. She tries to explain matters to MEI. MEI acquires banned substances through her bad influence, and this…

ALLY suggests FONG to surrender MEI’s custody to PUN in exchange of a loan from Tung Chuen. Meanwhile, she tries convincing NICK to grant the loan, but without success. She seeks the company of a friend CHUNG while drinking her dejection a…

Scared out of her wits, MEI returns to the Home and pours a bucket of water over herself. CHOI tries to stop her but stumbles against MEI. He sees MEI weep at night and blames it on his clumsiness. He tries to confess to FA but FA is fast …

The prime suspect of MEI’s misfortune, CHOI comes under fire from FA and MAN, who demand him to leave the Home. CHOI has no means to defend himself. MAN is troubled by MEI’s case, and her distrusts in CHAK and NICK surprise even NICK himse…

NICK sends MAN to hospital, thinking she is overwhelmed by work pressure. In her dream, MAN is haunted by memories of her being sexually assaulted as a child. Cold-shouldered by NICK, ALLY seeks CHUNG’s company when the police come chargin…

ALLY puts CHOI on the witness stand, thus revealing that MEI has wrongly accused him of molesting her and that her testimony is not trustworthy. In view of MEI’s disturbed state, the district attorney suggests her cross-examination be done…

NICK tells ALLY he wants to break up with her. He and MAN have a heart-to-heart talk on their respective unhappy childhoods. ALLY is jealous of their intimacy and asks to meet MAN. She takes MAN for a ride with her sitting behind the wheel…

PUN resolves to pay LUNG the money he owes him, but the escalating interests are beyond him. KAN orders YAU to collect the debts even if he has to resort to some nasty means. YAU dumps heaps of offal outside PUN’s house. MAN tries to catch…

MAN obtains a loan from a bank despite the high interests. FA vents her frustrations over YAU on the children of the Home. NICK offers to pay the loan for MAN. MAN is drawn closer to him after learning that his unhappy childhood was oversh…

YAU is sentenced to jail. He promises FA and CHOI that he will turn over a new page. FA nurses grudges against TING’s cover-up of KAN’s wrongdoings and blames NICK, too. MAN consoles him. YEE, YAN and MAN organize a children’s art exhibiti…

NICK is immersed in his memories for his dead mother; MAN gives her words of comfort. TING asks NICK to put efforts in his career but NICK challenges his indifference to the death of his own wife. HANG urges TING to push their expansion sc…

TING is diagnosed with coronary heart disease. The doctor suggests an operation sooner rather than later. TING tries to delay the operation on the pretext of his hectic work. YAN invites TING to see the exhibition. It brings him great joy …

MAN throws a barbecue party to celebrate the successful conclusion of the exhibition. Everyone is thankful for YAN’s hard work, but YAN fears she might have offended TING. CHAK also feels guilty for sowing discords between YAN and TING. CH…

With the scheme exposed, ALLY and KAN offer their apologies to NICK, but NICK finds them unforgivable. Witnessing TING’s declining health, NICK asks TING to be less devoted to his work, but TING refuses. TING banishes HANG and ALLY from th…

KAN colludes with a gang of robbers and schemes to kidnap NICK. CHI HO is overjoyed that his mother conquers liver cancer and his father his demons. NICK revamps the company and sweeps clean of HANG’s alliances. CHAK tries to stop him but …