List of No Regrets episodes

In 1984, a mass grave has been discovered in Canton (Guangzhou), China. As the bodies are being recovered by workers, an elderly woman and her granddaughter arrives to the site. They are greeted by the officials and reporters, who know that the elderly woman had been present when the mass grave was first created by the Japanese during their occupation. The elderly woman has flashbacks of the time, when Chinese resistors against the Japanese during the occupation had been shot and buried, but she had gunned down one of them herself. Seemingly betrayed by the man she loved, she had told the Japanese that she would collaborate with them if they would let her kill the man. Ten years later, the woman dies. In a church where her funeral is held, people from all over the world returns to see her off. One of them, Tong Kat, begins to remember the past, what had happened in the country in the 1930s.

In 1936, villager Tong Kat, nicknamed "Spareribs" (Pierre Ngo) arrives to the city after gaining a spot in Lau Sing's (Wayne Lai) criminal investigation team. His grandmother sold all her land to the police superintendent, the superior to Leung Fei-fan (Evergreen Mak), in order for him to gain entry and he promises to repay her and be a good policeman. However, Spareribs' weak and timid nature does not leave a good impression on Sing, the two of them are quickly at odds. Meanwhile, drug lord Cheng Long-kwan (Elliot Ngok) successfully secures a smoking license from the government and opens up a public opium den. Seeing that all his businesses are booming, he expresses that he wants to become a large shareholder of the Wing Yip Bank (永業銀行). His eldest daughter Gau Mui (Sheren Tang) promises him that she will be able to persuade the bank's stubborn CEO.

By the time the operation is over, the robbers are all dead, and Fei-fan reports that he is responsible for shooting the robbers. Sing's police unit is furious but say nothing, yet they all promise that one day they will quit the police force. Dissent is not limited to the police station along, in a clear attempt to secure power Gau Mui's youngest brother Cheng Siu-kit (Deno Cheung) requests to take charge of Gau Mui's casino in Guangzhou. Their aunt Cheng Long-hei (Susan Tse) proposes that whoever gets the highest votes will be able to take the position. Much to everyone's surprise, Gau Mui immediately gives the last vote to her brother, under a few conditions. Her brother agrees.

Angry and frustrated, Siu-kit starts harassing a woman and Spareribs recognizes her. He takes out his gun to warn Siu-kit, but the mob prince is unafraid, physically attacking Spareribs and telling him that the whole police department was in his father's pocket. A gunshot fires behind Spareribs and fatally wounds Siu-kit. Spareribs is the only one who sees the shooter running off in the darkness, Siu-kit thinks Spareribs shot him and claims so in front of the newly arrived gang members. Spareribs flees in horror, knowing that both the gang and police force will be after him.

Placed at gunpoint, Spareribs tearfully thanks Sing and his police colleagues for treating him well and trying to save him. Just before he is to be shot, Gau Mui sees someone who looks like the suspect Sing told her about. She stops her father from executing Spareribs and gives him a chance to identify the killer, and sure enough Spareribs chooses her suspect - Choi Hing, Siu-kit's accountant. Choi Hing confesses to killing Siu-kit for revenge, because Siu-kit had driven his wife to suicide. The gang imprisons Choi Hing, and Spareribs finally becomes friends with Sing.

Sing's wife Tung-nei (Elena Kong) returns to Guangzhou and tells Sing that she wants them to move to Macau to help out at her uncle's bread shop, but Sing refuses. His sister Ching Ching (Fala Chen) also returns to Guangzhou after staying in Hong Kong for several months. Yeung Yeung (Raymond Wong Ho-yin) tells her that his brother and wife aren't in good terms because Sing spends most of his income to pay for her hospitalisation fees and school tuition in Hong Kong. Feeling grateful, Ching Ching tells them that she's fully healed and she will try her best to earn money to repay them.

Long-hei leads 600 employees to hand in their resignation letters to Gau Mui. Long-kwan learns about it and tells Long-hei to retract her orders but she refuses, arguing that Gau Mui is taking everything with the intention of leaving them to ruin. Long-hei has not only forced their men to resign, she has cut off the Cheng family's opium supply. Gau Mui thinks of a way to win, she tells Fei-fan that after the police confiscate illicit opium she will buy it from them, Fei-fan agrees. Meanwhile, Sing receives a report that somebody illegally smuggled in some drugs into Guangzhou. As he is about to lead his officers to investigate the case, Fei-fan interrupts the operation and instructs that only Yeung Yeung and Spareribs are to handle the operation alone. Though they are successful, Sing sees just how brutal the gangs are. Fei-fan sells all the opium the police confiscated to Kau Mui, but gives only a small portion of money to his men.

Gau Mui said that she is one who values loyalty, and vowed that if Fei Fan tries to make things difficult for anybody, they can come to her for help. To prove her honour and keep her words, she rewards the police subordinates with an even higher amount of money than promised. The men are delighted that they have been compensated and that Fei Fan had been put down publicly, however Lau Sing is feeling unsettled as he still could not figure out what kind of person Gau Mui is. Everybody was curious as to how Gau Mui was able to stop Lau Sing from asking about Choi Hing’s whereabouts so effortlessly, and laughed at the both of them for having similar brainwaves and good chemistry.

Later that night Long Hei and Dai Fong woke Siu Hong, asking him where he went. Siu Hong is confused at their actions, protesting that he had early classes tomorrow. Long Hei and Dai Fong brought him to the entrance of a carabet dance club, where they remind him of the old Siu Hong who had killed a gang rival in cold blood at the same spot. Long Hei asks where that Siu Hong went, and tells him to return and take charge of the family before Gau Mui ruins them. Inspired, Siu Hong gathers all the gang members and assigns them a secret task: To find out if Gau Mui is really Long Gwan’s daughter and his sister.

With the extra money from Gau Mui, Lau Sing and the rest of his unit decide to open a restaurant. Yeung Yeung was to meet the dim sum chef and sent Lau Ching to work, making her very happy as she is no longer treated like a disabled person. Gau Mui herself visits the restaurant, and many in the community are willing to help Lau Sing's restaurant. Unfortunately, a vengeful Fei Fan plots to cause as much trouble in the restaurant as possible, and the business start to loss money, causing further strife between Lau Sing and Dong Nei. Finally, they had to close the restaurant. Dong Nei asked Fei Fan to help Lau Sing get back his old police job, but Fei Fan refused. Dong Nei had to keep begging him before he finally relented. In reality he was leading her on, forcing her to make repeated visits and lying to her about Lau Sing's poor behaviour and how he had to threaten to resign himself before the police department would take Lau Sing back. Dong Nei believed in his lies, and becomes very grateful to him.

Lai Sim was very worried for Yeung Yeung, and was afraid that Fei Fan would make things difficult for him. Lau Sing led a group of people to see the police superintendent, saying that he was willing to give up his salary so as to keep the rest. Dong Nei blames Lau Sing for not speaking the truth, He had to tell Dong Nei about how Gau Mui helped him, but Dong Nei blames him for not being realistic, and for being acquainted with Gau Mui. She said that it was Fei Fan who helped him get back his job. Lau Sing realised that Dong Nei met up with Fei Fan, and was very angry. Both of them fought again.

Dong Nei felt wronged, and told her troubles to Fei Fan. She blamed Lau Sing for treating his sister more important than her. Dong Nei doubted Lau Sing’s love for her, and said that she did not know how to continue living with him. Fei Fan made Dong Nei drunk and brought her to his apartment…

Lau Ching went to the doctor, and realised that she needs a surgery in order to mend the hole in her heart. However, the cost of surgery is very expensive and the chances of success are not high. Lau Ching hopes to live the rest of her life happily. Lau Sing feels sad.

Gau Mui wants to seal a deal with Lau Sing, saying that if the deal succeeds, she will help to pay for Lau Ching’s medical fees.

Dong Nei was about to leave for her village, and tells Lau Ching to take care of herself. Lau Sing said that both he and Dong Nei will still remain good friends; Dong Nei feels touched.

Long Hei found out that Gau Mui has been meeting Lai Wah, and asks for Lai Wah’s help to find out more about Gau Mui. However, both Lai Wah and Gau Mui did not know that they were being taped...

Gau Mui brings Lau Sing to the Cheng family's opium store-room, and tells him how she was kidnapped by opium dealers when she was only 6. She becomes sworn sisters with another girl, Lan Heung, who saves her by allowing her to escape. Years later, Gau Mui finds her hero again, who turns out to be Lai Wah's mother, but discovers that she has become an opium addict. No matter how hard Gau Mui tries to help her quit, she ends up in a vegetative state due to smoke inhalation after she was caught in a fire at an opium house. Gau Mui tells Lau Sing how much she actually hates opium and her plan to close down the family business. She burns down the store-room, and Lau Sing helps her by making the scene look like an accident. Gau Mui's aunt and uncle, Long Hei and Tai Fung, try to blame the store-room fire on Gau Mui but her father, Long Kwan, believes that it was an accident. Long Hei tries to get information from Chow Teet about Gau Mui but fails. Meanwhile, Lau Ching gets caught in a rainstorm as the streets begin to flood. She finds a telephone booth to call Lau Sing and Yeung Yeung but eventually passes out. They find her with a high fever but she recovers over time. Her feelings for Yeung Yeung grow.

Lai Wah asks Gau Mui not to send her to Shanghai, but Gau Mui refuses as she knows that Lai Wah wants to stay in Guangzhou because she wants to become a singer. Gau Mui points out that the rich men who watch her only want to take advantage of her and don't actually care about her success. Lai Wah's mother, Lan Heung awakens and Gau Mui goes to visit her. Gau Mui promises to take care of Lai Wah as her own daughter. Meanwhile, Lau Sing is worried about Gau Mui after Fei Fan escapes from prison vowing to get revenge on her. Long Kwan goes to Shanghai to get treated for his failing health and leaves Gau Mui in charge. Gau Mui asks Lau Sing for advice and they both agree to close down all Tung Tai's opium houses. In Shanghai, Lai Wah sneaks out of her home and is catcalled by two Caucasian men but she defends herself by slapping one of the men. The man slaps her back and they leave. Gau Mui calls her and Lai Wah falsely claims that she was raped. Gau Mui is devastated and blames herself in front of Lau Sing. Gau Mui pushes him away by telling him to stay away from people like her.

Long Hung arrives from Shanghai, and praises Gau Mui for having foresight to shut down the opium dens in order to avoid possible wartime damage and losses. He receives news that Beiping (Beijing) has fallen to the Japanese, who have now begun to attack Shanghai. Gau Mui and the rest go to the French Concession in Shanghai to fetch Long Gwan back to Guangzhou, but Long Gwan is terrified by the intensive aerial bombing outside of the Concession, so Gau Mui decides to let Long Gwan stay in Shanghai to recuperate.

Soon after, Guangzhou begins receiving its share of frequent air raids. One day, Lau Ching chanced upon bad weather to go out with Yeung Yeung as the Japanese will not be able to bomb the city under such conditions. She realised that the road ahead of her was very empty...

Gau Mui gets used to life in Ju Long Lei. On the night of May 7th, a series of previous intensive air raids on a strategic part of Guangzhou results in a sudden building collapse. Lau Sing and the rest of the men went forward to help the wounded but an air raid strikes, the women back at Ju Long Lei grow worried. Madame Yeung and Lau Ching have panic attacks but Gau Mui keeps them calm until Yeung Yeung runs back to let them know everyone is safe. After the curfew is lifted, Gau Mui and Lei Wah leave Ju Long Lei and return to their home. Lei Wah tells Gau Mui that she is auditioning to star in an international film and asks if she can fund the movie. Gau Mui refuses. Madame Yeung sees the chaotic situation, and intends to bring Yeung Yeung back to the countryside. She asks Lau Sing to take care of Ju Long Lei for her. While interrogating Fei Fan, Lau Sing has a close shave with another air raid. He is forced to release a pleading Fei Fan as bombs explode just outside the police station.

Everybody was curious as to why Yeung Yeung suddenly came back. Yeung Yeung explains that he left a note to his mother and secretly returned. Gau Mui delivers rice and other foods to Ju Long Lei and Lau Sing gets the neighbourhood together for a final dinner together knowing that the Japanese army is about to take the city. Afterwards, Madam Yeung also returns from the countryside to be with his son.

Meanwhile, Long Hung, who has been investigating Lai Wah's rape case, tells Gau Mui the real story. Gau Mui returns home and realizes that Lai Wah has snuck out again. She receives a call from Hong Kong letting her know that Lan Heung was in her final stages and she sends people out to find Lai Wah so she can speak to her mother on the phone one last time. Gau Mui breaks down as she recalls the time she spent Lan Heung. Hours later, Lai Wah returns but her mother's already passed.

Gau Mui handles the funeral matter saying goodbye to her sworn sister and Lai Wah promises to be a responsible person.

Lau Sing, Yeung Yeung, and Tong Kat are reinstated as police officers as life gets back to normal under the Japanese rule. As police work under the government which is now controlled by the Japanese Army, Wong Luk accuses them of being traitors. Yeung Yeung goes to the hospital to restock Lau Ching's heart disease medication but most medication stocks were destroyed in the bombings. Yeung Yeung encounters Japanese soldiers on the street and is beaten when he forgets to bow. Lau Ching worries about Yeung Yeung when he bikes off to another town to get medication for her. He returns safely.

When Lau Sing and the rest of the police force return to their jobs, they realize that the Japanese Army is forcing them to capture Chinese loyalists associated with the anti-Japanese movement. Japanese soldiers arrive and their commander, Mukaiyama Tetsuya asks Lau Sing to show him his shooting skills. Lau Sing negotiates with him to ask him for rice and if he can let the police force do regular work rather than being involved with capturing people involved with anti-Japanese movement.

Gau Mui meets Lau Sing, and says that the Japanese commander has expressed interest in opening up an opium smokehouse with the Cheng family. Lau Sing tells her to leave for the United States rather than get involved.

Gau Mui comes for a visit and drives Madam Yeung to the hospital. Lau Ching visits a herb shop and the owner tells her that he saw Japanese soldiers taking Lai Wah into an alley before they ran up to Ju Long Lei. Gau Mui comes over for dinner and Lau Ching tells everyone what the owner saw. Lai Wah once again brings up her fabricated story about her rape in Shanghai before Gau Mui reveals that she investigated and calls her out on the lie. They kick Lai Wah out but she begs to be let back in and promises Gau Mui to be a good person.

The Japanese commander goes to Gau Mui's office at Tung Tai, and they discuss about the opening of the new opium smokehouse. He tells her that he will give her five train tickets to leave Guangzhou for Hong Kong. Gau Mui meets Lau Sing, and says that she will give him and his neighbours at Ju Long Lei the five tickets. Wong Luk and his wife, Yuk King encounter Japanese soldiers and they beat Yuk Kung for accidentally stepping on a piece of newspaper that happened to have the Japanese flag on it. When they return to Ju Long Lei, everyone argues for a ticket to leave.

Gau Mui tries to negotiate for a 50/50 partnership with the Japanese commander if they open the opium houses but she fails. She apologizes to Lau Sing for not being able to get the five tickets but promises to get them back. Lau Sing tells her to leave for Hawaii instead of thinking for everyone else but she tells him that if she doesn't open the opium houses, someone else will. If she chooses to do it, she will still have control and be able to negotiate with the Japanese Army. Lau Sing gives her an ultimatum telling her that they cannot be friends if she works with the Japanese Army. Gau Mui asks the commander for the train tickets and he throws her one. The people at Ju Long Lei decide that Lau Ching should be the one to leave since Hong Kong will have medication and treatment for her heart disease. Lau Ching boards the train but returns after realizing she cannot leave without her family and neighbours. Fei Fan has become a traitor and the Japanese Army tells the police force to reinstate him as a police officer.

The Japanese soldiers captures and kills the person in front of everyone. Gau Mui tells Lau Sing that the Army plans to send 500 orphans from Guangzhou to concentration camps and that if she continues opening opium houses, she can get enough train tickets for them to safely leave for Hong Kong. Lau Sing reminds Gau Mui to think of herself and her own reputation as the entire city is calling her a traitor but he ultimately chooses to help her. Gau Mui and Lau Sing arrive at the orphanage and together, they help the 500 orphans leave Guangzhou for Hong Kong.

Long Kwan suddenly comes back from Shanghai, and asks why Gau Mui collaborated with the Japanese to open up the new smokehouse. He accuses her of being a traitor and making him a traitor as well. A friend from Hawaii delivers a present for Long Kwan's 70th birthday but is intercepted by Long Hei. She replaces the gift with a fake bomb and papers inside with the word traitor. When Long Kwan opens the present at his party, he becomes shocked and upset.

Lau Sing reminds Gau Mui to think about her own wellbeing instead of only thinking of others before she leaves. Fei Fan helps Long Hei meet up with the Japanese commander, where she plays him the tape of Gau Mui saying she wants to burn all opium. Gau Mui receives news that the Japanese commander is coming for her so she smokes opium to drown their suspicion telling them that the tape is fabricated and she smokes opium everyday. The soldiers spy on her for months and it doesn't take long for her to become addicted.

Months later, Lau Ching is well enough to leave the hospital. Lau Sing encounters the Japanese commander who invites him to a shooting contest using wooden bullets. He declines using the excuse that he is still healing from being shot. Lau Sing often passes by Tung Tai worried about Gau Mui. One day, Gau Mui calls him out of desperation but hangs up before saying anything. Lau Sing waits for her at Tung Tai and is shocked to find her smoking opium. She tells him that she's quitting slowly and tells him to leave.

A woman married to a resistance fighter comes to Tung Tai to meet with Gau Mui after she hears a rumour that she has been helping children escape. She asks Gau Mui to give her son a ticket to Hong Kong. Fei Fan finds this ticket in the child's bag at a hideout with Gau Mui's name as the guarantor. While the mother and son already escaped, he threatens Gau Mui by recording her saying he has captured the mother and son and asks for 100 train tickets which were supposed to go to orphan children. She has no choice but to give him the tickets for him to sell.

Lau Sing waits for Gau Mui at Tung Tai and takes her to the church they always meet at to help her kick her addiction but he fails to hold her back. Before she leaves, she tells him about Fei Fan's threat. Lau Sing goes to the Japanese commander and takes up on his invite for a shooting contest. He gets shot by wooden bullets and arrives at Fei Fan's house showing his wounds. He lies to Fei Fan saying that he is forced to compete again using real bullets next time and that since he was going to die, he will take Fei Fan with him. Eventually, a fearful Fei Fan gives him all 100 tickets.

Lau Sing accompanies Gau Mui for the whole night and they continue to meet at the church until her addiction disappears completely. Gau Mui finds out that the 2 Japanese commanders, Tetsuya and Takamori, are fighting amongst each other. Long Hei convinces Takamori to come to their house as she suspects someone to be a resistance fighter in attempt to drive a wedge between Long Gwan and Gau Mui. She is successful when Long Gwan gets slapped by Takamori and blames his daughter. Gau Mui, hated by her family, falls back into smoking opium as a coping mechanism while avoiding Lau Sing's calls.

Gau Mui visits Ju Long Lei one night and Lau Sing follows her to find her smoking opium again. Lau Sing realizes that he cannot simply help her quit and that she has to choose to quit. He goes to Long Gwan and lectures him of being a narcissist, only caring about his own reputation while his daughter takes all the shame of being a traitor in the public eye. He tells Long Gwan about Gau Mui's opium addiction, which shocks him. Long Gwan tells Gau Mui that Lau Sing is right and that she should think about her own wellbeing. Later, Gau Mui walks out of Tung Tai ready to quit as Lau Sing waits outside for her. He once again helps her kick the addiction.

Long Gwan feels pleased when Gau Mui tells him what happened to Takamori. It was reported that Takamori was killed by the anti-Japanese movement but Lau Sing, knowing the true story, tells the Ju Long Lei people not to worry as the Japanese Army will not investigate. Gau Mui asks Lai Wah, now a nurse, to monitor Long Gwan's health.

The Ju Long Lei people find out about the Attack on Pearl Harbor. With the United States involved, Gau Mui and Lau Sing discuss if the American Army will send planes to bomb places under Japanese rule such as Guangzhou. They decide on a meeting place, the church, in case they ever get separated.

Gau Mui informs Lau Sing that there is a rumour that there has been attacks on Tokyo. Chinese planes fly over Guangzhou delivering papers that the war will end soon. Long Hei visits Long Gwan in the hospital, and tells him about how the soldiers are starting to fight against the Japanese. Long Gwan regrets listening to Gau Mui’s advice for him to step down. Lai Wah takes very good care of Long Gwan and tells her that he will bring her into the business. Long Hei notices the growing tension between Lai Wah and Gau Mui.

Fei Fan arrests Yeung Yeung and all of Lau Sing's neighbours. Gau Mui finds out that Lau Sing has been arrested. She tries to negotiate with Fei Fan but he leaves her in the middle of the woods. When Gau Mui returns, she gets information that conversations are recorded in the prison cells. Lau Ching offers to help to save the rest of the family while letting Gau Mui focus on saving her brother. Lau Ching takes advantage of Tachiya's interest in her and convinces him to release her neighbours from prison. She offers herself to him but he leaves and has Yeung Yeung, the last of the prisoners other than Lau Sing, released.

Gau Mui is confronted by her family who warn her to keep her distance from Lau Sing. Gau Mui doesn't listen and takes all the money from the safe to try to negotiate with the Japanese commander for his release. She cooks up a story saying that she and Lau Sing are in a relationship but the commander tells her there's nothing he can do except let her see him. When Gau Mui meets with Lau Sing, Lau Sing easily follows along with her story. When Gau Mui realizes that she cannot save him through convincing the commander, Gau Mui finds another way by accusing Lau Sing of cheating on her with his ex-wife and fabricates fake letters. Lau Sing follows along but questions what Gau Mui's plan is. Gau Mui realizes that she can no longer live without Lau Sing and prays that her plan would work.

As Gau Mui is leaving with the Japanese soldiers, she pretends to be sick and let out of the car. She races back to the scene where resistance fighters are already present searching for Lau Sing who is buried underneath. They find him still breathing and bring him to a hidden underground shelter.

The doorbell rings at Ju Long Lei. The Japanese commander's brother has brought a bunch flowers for Lau Ching in order to show his sympathy for Lau Ching, whose brother has been killed. Resistance fighters later arrive to take Lau Ching to see Lau Sing. They explain to her that they created a less damaging bullet, which Gau Mui used to shoot him. Lau Sing recovers but has to remain in hiding as he is presumed dead. He says his goodbyes to Gau Mui, Lau Ching and his neighbours and leaves with the resistance fighters.

The Japanese commander becomes more displeased with Gau Mui saying that ever since she executed Lau Sing, the opium smokehouses have not been doing very well in business. Gau Mui becomes concerned after seeing Long Gwan and Lai Wah growing closer. She accuses her subordinate Chow Teet for not watching Lai Wah closely enough and their argument is overheard by Long Hei.

Gau Mui is brought to the concentration camp by the Japanese. She suffers through the poor conditions at the camp. Tachiya visits Ju Long Lei and tells Lau Ching that he is leaving for Hong Kong and hopes that she can send him off. They find out that Gau Mui has been brought to a concentration camp.

Long Gwan is brought to the hospital due to his poor health and constant worry about his daughter. Long Hei negotiates with the Japanese commander to collaborate with him and become his new partner in opening the opium houses pretending to help Gau Mui get out of the camp. She gives Lai Wah power to speak for Long Gwan while he recovers in hospital and steals credit for saving the orphans.

Meanwhile, Chinese planes return and air raids grow more frequent. Gau Mui contracts malaria and believes that she won’t live long. She writes her last letter to Lau Sing.

The guerrillas including Lau Sing infiltrate the concentration camp. Lau Sing finds Gau Mui asleep clutching the letter and reads it. He rescues her while the other prisoners escape and the concentration camp is destroyed by an air raid.

Lau Sing visits Ju Long Lei and tells everyone that he has joined the resistance fighters and that Gau Mui is safe but no one can know as they are both presumed dead. He gives Lau Ching one of two fake bombs that can be used to scare away enemies. He and Gau Mui leave Guangzhou and he tells her that he will send her to a hospital to recover but he cannot stay with her because the resistance fighters are sending him on a secret mission. He tells her that they will see each other back in Guangzhou when the war ends. He gives her the second fake bomb.

Long Gwan and the Cheng family find out that the concentration camp has been destroyed and believe her to be dead. Long Hei sees Siu Hong and says everything will be his soon. Fei Fan suddenly tries to apologize to the police force and realizes his wrongdoings.

The commander is angry at his brother for liking Lau Ching but cannot stop him from wearing his Japanese ceremonial robes and proposing to her. She pretends to say yes after threatening the people at Ju Long Lei and takes out the fake bomb. She uses the bomb to scare the Japanese and the men at Ju Long Lei take their guns and kill them. Lau Ching faints and they debate whether to take her to the hospital as the Japanese Army will be looking for them.

The police force tell Fei Fan that they need to go arrest Yeung Yeung, Tong Kat, and the rest of the people at Ju Long Lei but a changed Fei Fan tells them to let them go.

Siu Hong comes back and promises Long Gwan that he will be a good son and not meddle with Tung Tai's affairs. Gau Mui recovers from malaria and tells Chow Teet that she wants to return to Guangzhou as soon as possible once the war ends. Lau Sing accomplishes his mission and hears from his neighbours that Lau Ching’s illness has relapsed. Fei Fan tries to assassinate Tetsuya but gets shot instead.

In 1945, Imperial Japan surrenders officially ending World War II. The people at Ju Long Lei rush Lau Ching to the hospital while Guangzhou celebrates. A group of people barge into the Cheng family's house and throws rocks calling the family traitors but Long Hei kicks them out. Lau Sing returns and sees Fei Fan. Fei Fan explains that his pregnant wife was executed by Japanese soldiers at the hospital. He tells Lau Sing to help take care of his son before he dies from his wounds. The Japanese commander under disguise is seen by Lau Sing and Chinese soldiers but he surrenders meaning they cannot execute him. Tong Kat shoots him regardless. Lau Sing and the public plead for Tong Kat to be released and Chinese soldiers turn a blind eye.

Gau Mui fulfills her promise, and invites all the neighbours from Ju Long Lei for a meal. As they celebrate, the crowd brings up Lau Sing being shot and Gau Mui breaks down. Gau Mui and Lau Sing discuss about their future and she tells Lau Sing she feels that there is something fishy about Siu Hong and Long Hei.

The police chief offers Lau Sing a promotion in Nanjing and he considers taking it as they have better hospitals that can help with Lau Ching's illness. Gau Mui hides her disappointment and tells him to go. Lau Sing hides his own disappointment.

Long Hung returns from Shanghai. Siu Hong and Long Hei take full control over the business. Gau Mui and Long Hung come up with a plan to eliminate opium from Tung Tai.

Lau Ching's condition worsens. Lai Wah tells the Cheng family about Gau Mui's plan to eliminate opium. Long Gwan slaps Gau Mui and she loses all credibility. She blames herself for not taking good enough care of Lai Wah and Lau Sing bickers with her.

Lau Sing and Yeung Yeung find out that Lau Ching is in her final stage and there is nothing else that can be done. Gau Mui encourages Lau Sing not to give up, and both of them cry. Yeung Yeung specially takes leave to bring Ching Ching out. Ching Ching knows that her condition has worsened. Yeung Yeung proposes to Ching Ching, and also tells everybody about Ching Ching’s condition.

Out of fear, Dai Fung betrays Long Hei and blurts out the truth. He tells Gau Mui and Lau Sing that while Long Gwan was away on business, Long Hei got pregnant while Gau Mui's mother had a miscarriage so they pretended Siu Hong was Long Gwan's son. Lau Sing and Gau Mui run off while Long Hei vows vengeance. Long Gwan finds out that Siu Hong is not his son and realizes they were trying to steal the family business. However, Gau Mui helps Long Hei and Siu Hong by telling her father to let them leave in peace.

Yeung Yeung and Ching Ching get married. Lau Ching asks Gau Mui to sit beside Lau Sing for the tea ceremony.

Lai Wah accompanies Long Gwan to a gathering, and she is widely accepted by the gang members. Long Gwan has a small stroke and gives all power to Lai Wah.

At the hospital, Gau Mui comforts Lau Sing. She questions who will be waiting for her when she dies. Lau Sing replies depends on who leaves first; if he does, then he'll wait for her. Ching Ching requests to be discharged from hospital. She dies on her way home. Yeung Yeung reads her diary out loud for everyone at her funeral.

Air raids begin again in Guangzhou. Gau Mui discusses opening a bank with Lau Sing and asks if she would come with her if she decides to start the business in America. He tells her that he follow her wherever she decides to go. Long Hei returns and tells Gau Mui that Dai Fung died escaping the civil war. With the Nationalists unable to hold onto China for more than a few weeks, all public servants (which includes Lau Sing, Sparerib and his police colleagues) were ordered to evacuate to Taiwan.

Meanwhile, Long Gwan decides not to follow Gau Mui to Hawaii, fearing of dragging her down. Lau Sing and Tong Kat decide to accompany Long Gwan to Guangxi before meeting the rest back in Guangzhou and leave for America. However, Long Gwan gets hit by a bomb and dies on the journey while Lau Sing goes missing. Tong Kat comes back to tell everyone the news and Gau Mui is devastated. She waits for Lau Sing in the church but he never shows and she has no choice but to leave before the Communist government arrives. Lau Sing wakes up weeks later got knocked in the head and suffers brain trauma. He does not remember anything about his identity. Gau Mui experiences seasickness on a ship as she leaves Guangzhou and reminisces the moments she was with Lau Sing before breaking down. Meanwhile, Lau Sing awakens weeks later at a hospital, only remembering that he needed to meet with someone.

Gau Mui eventually arrives in America, and every 6 months, she would buy an ad space for a "missing person" ad on a local Chinese newspaper, in an effort to locate Lau Sing. Lau Sing never contacted her. After 30 years, China began its reform and opening process, and Miss Kau decides to make a trip to Canton, to find Lau Sing.

When she arrived in Canton, Gau Mui reunited with almost everyone at Chu Long Lane (with the exception of Quack's wife, who died at some unspecified point in time). It turns out that Sparerib and the rest of his police colleagues never had a chance to escape to Taiwan: the military evacuation ship never arrived. After the Communists entered Canton, Chu Long Lane was confiscated from Madam Yeung. The house was only repatriated to Madam Yeung recently.

Sparerib is married (wife is not shown), and has a grandson. At this time, and it is revealed Lai Wah married a Half Chinese/Western (specific nationality not revealed), and that Gau Mui's granddaughter was adopted. Gau Mui also revealed that Sister Teat died a few years after she and Gau Mui arrived in Hawaii. (The status of Lai Ka Lok is unknown.)

Sparerib went on to tell Gau Mui what happened to Lau Sing. He eventually regained his memory, and tried to reach Hong Kong, so that he can fly to the US to meet Gau Mui. He was caught many times, and spent almost a decade in prison. He also served the Communists during the Korean War. During the Cultural Revolution, Lau Sing was exiled to Shanxi. After the Cultural Revolution, he was allowed to return to Canton, and in recognition of his still-excellent sharpshooting skills, he was appointed as principal of a police training academy in Foshan. Just as Sparerib was finished with telling Gau Mui what happened to Lau Sing, Lau Sing returned to Chu Long Lane, where he revealed that he has made multiple attempts to get an American visa, so that she can find Gau Mui. Gau Mui and Lau Sing finally reunite, and in a series of flashbacks, they were shown traveling around the world, and having a joyous time together.

Finally, in 1983, Lau Sing died on Gau Mui's shoulder, while the two was enjoying the sunset in Hong Kong. The next year, Gau Mui, with her adopted daughter, visited the place where she pretended to kill Lau Sing. She finds the fake love letters, and still carries the fake grenade that Lau Sing gave her. The story finally comes full circle, as the scene was also shown in Episode 1.