Hard Fate

Jewelry designer MOK HEI YEE has been dogged by bad luck ever since her childhood. YEE meets a merchant named LEUNG PAK YIN at a jewelry exhibition. She is not aware that YIN is an expert on jewelry and tries to show off her knowledge in front of him. YEE’s father MOK SAI LUNG is a taxi driver and her brother MOK HEI MAN has been unemployed since his graduation. YEE’s great aunt SUEN YIN TSAU has been suffering from Senile Dementia and YEE alone has to support the whole family. YIN’s business partners SHU HUNG and CHUN NAM have bought a raw stone for HK$10,000,000. Despite YIN’s opposition, NAM decides to cut the stone. As expected by YIN, the stone is of poor quality. After knowing that the company she is working for is going to implement a staff reduction program, YEE tries to make up with YIN. Sadly, all her efforts are in vain and she is finally dismissed from her job. TSAU is cheated out of her precious jade ornament ‘Hon Shan’……

TSAU refuses to go back to the elderly care home and begs YEE to help her locate the missing ‘Hon Shan’. TSAU came from a wealthy family that had been engaged in the jewelry trade. But as the family fell into poverty, TSAU’s mother forced her to marry SIU TUNG, the son of the owner of a cotton mill, just for the sake of money. To avoid an arranged marriage, TSAU decided to run away. She took with her the ‘Twin Fairies of Harmony’, which were handed down from her ancestors, and fled from home. Along the way she met a rickshaw driver named TAK CHEONG…. YEE is so amazed by TSAU’s story and swears to help her locate the missing jade ornament. YIN plans to carve a jade sculpture out of the raw stone bought by NAM and HUNG and wishes to give it the name ‘Hundred Birds Heading for the Nest’. NAM, however, does not welcome his idea. YEE goes to the jade market to look for MING, hoping to get back TSAU’s ‘Hon Shan’……

Having just lost her job, YEE is already quite upset. Now she is even more perplexed as she worries that LUNG has got conned by MING. But when TSAU tells her the story of the ‘Twin Fairies of Harmony’, she soon becomes a bit relaxed. KIT not only persuades NAM to sell the raw stone that he bought, but also seizes the chance to mock YIN’s secretary SHUK KWAN, who, many years ago, chose to give up him for YIN’s sake. YEE, who is desperate to get back her savings, has followed MING to Jieyang. Disappointingly, MING has already spent almost half of the money in purchasing stones. YEE knows there is no way back now. She has no choice but to stay and select stones with MING. YEE meets YIN who has come to Jieyang to look for the carver. YIN promises to help with the stone selection, which has got YEE much less stressed. YIN is shocked to hear that the carver has already signed a contract with KIT……