The Tribulation of Life

AU YEUNG WEI HAN is abandoned by her boy friend and tries to commit suicide. However, she is saved by CHUN TAK who is taken ill after rescuing her from the fury sea. . HAN looks after him with great care and visits him often. The two gradually grow fond of each other and HAN proposes marrying him who gladly consents. - LEUNG MIU LING finds herself carrying the baby of LAM HUNG who refuses to marry her and even forces her to go for an abortion. LING's mother stops her from doing so and makes HUNG promises to marry LING. HUNG, GHENG YEE and two other gays plot to kidnap the son of a tycoon, TONG TUNG SHING. It just happens that the boy has got hold of his mother's diamond necklace. HUNG, being greedy, take. it and hides it inside a Buddha figure. LING is sent by HUNG to get the ransom and yet she is still in the dark about everything. However, LING is arrested by TAK.

LING tells the police that she is only sent by HUNG who is behind the whole plot. YEE uses his wits to get the ransom and releases SHING's son. At first, SHING refuses to cooperate with the police. and yet he changes his mind when he learns that the kidnappers are in possession of his wife's diamond necklace. HAN feels dissatisfied when she finds TAX too indulged in his work making him neglect the preparation of their wadding. TAK eventually locates the whereabouts of HUNG and YEE who are caught with the remaining two guys still. at large. HUNG pretends to know nothing about the necklace. So TAK suspects that it is still in the hands of the rest of the gang, who forces LING to give them the necklace. However, LING has no idea where the necklace is. HUNG and YAE are sent to prison. The latter works hard in his studies and gets a very good result.

LING gives birth to a son called MAN KEUNG to China. She leaves him in the care of her aunt and she returns to Hong Kong alone. Yet, she loves ease and hates work. So for a long time, she remains jobless. HAN is pregnant and she urges TAK to leave his job and switch to business. TAK refuses and they fall out. Their gap widen. when TAK does not turn up at the hospital during HAN's labor. HAN feels unhappy about TAK paying too much attention to work and neglecting her and their daughter. To pacify her, TAK gets into partnership with his colleagues to start a detective agency. YEE gets a good result in the public examinations and because of his good conduct, he is released from prison earlier. LING always dreams of becoming famous and wealthy and so she joins the television station.

YEE works hard and successfully gains a seat in the post-secondary college. LING develops special feelings for YI and later being encouraged. by her mother, she reveals to YEE her affections for him only to find that YEE just treats her as his friend. Upon graduation YEE gets a job in the Loans Department of a bank and yet he dares not mention a word about his being once in ,jail. HUNG is finally released from prison but is tracked by his former accomplice who want to have a share of the diamond necklace. They even entrust TAK to locate the whereabouts of HUNG. HUNG goes to find LING and asks her to bring him home. He hopes to get back the necklace but LING family try to kick him out. HUNG is chased by DOR and YANG, his former accomplices and he seeks refuge from YEE

Seeing HUNG being wounded, YEE pities him and lets him stay in his house. Yet his whereabouts is boated and the whole gang fall out. In the end, HUNG accidentally kills BOR’s brother and runs for his life. YEE involved and under investigation. He loses his job when his employer discovers that he has been in jail. At first, YEE and TAK are not on friendly terms. However, TAK offers him financial help when he is in difficulty. HUNG want to leave Hong Kong but lacks money. In the end, he becomes a killer in the south-east Asian countries. YEE is later employed in a big corporate and works under HONG KIU.

To satisfy HAN's wish, TAK emigrates with his family to Canada. YEE is of course sad to see him go. YEE and KIU do not get along well but he remains self-confident and strives hard for achievement. He is also eager to show his competence to his boss, TO TPNG KWOK. Eventually, he gets the opportunity and KWOK is impressed by his outstanding performance. KWOK wants to make him his personal assistant and KIU asks him to be patient and observes YEE for some more time before deciding what to do. Knowing that, YEE thinks that KIU is jealous of him being too competent and wants to resign.