Chen Hui-Ling

The young illustrator Xiang Yan, who had just stepped out of the ivory tower and longed for a happy married life, unexpectedly met Lin Hengyu, a successful dentist who had always advocated for celibacy. By coincidence, the two became roommates and, over a long period of cohabitation, Lin Hengyu's icy heart was melted by Xiang Yan's warmth. He gradually realized his love for Xiang Yan, and Xiang Yan also gradually discovered that her desire for marriage was essentially a desire to establish an intimate, trusting relationship with a partner. The two overcame the ups and downs of love and career. Gradually understanding the true essence of love, they finally walked hand in hand into marriage.

In the early 1990s, the orphan Jane Xiaoai was forced to drop out of school due to her family’s poverty and moved to Guangzhou to work. In Guangzhou, she worked as a small restaurant worker and a tea girl in a foreign trade company. With her cleverness, kindness, and daring fighting spirit, she has grown into an excellent foreign trade merchandiser and business manager. But Jane Eyre is not satisfied with the identity leap that has been achieved. After several setbacks, she established her own foreign trade company. After experiencing the 1998 financial turmoil in Southeast Asia and the 2008 financial crisis, she relied on the results of China’s reform and opening up. China’s booming foreign trade trend eventually grew into the boss of a multinational.

Qiao Nuo, a fresh graduate, comes across an unexpected opportunity to become an intern for the city court. Because of her lack of knowledge for what the work entails, her abilities are questioned by the judge. Qiao Nuo witnesses the intense confrontations between prosecutors and defense lawyers with her own eyes and starts to develop an appreciation for her profession. She becomes determined to become a good judge. Under the guidance of the chief judge, Zuo Dong Hai, she is unafraid to put in the hard work to search for useful clues to help a trial case, to accumulate experiences, to meet friends and to find love.

Mainland-born Liang Huan came to Hong Kong with her daughter Li You Hao in the 1980s to be reunited with her husband, Li Gao Shan. However, he dies unexpectedly, leaving Liang Huan to fend for her late husband's teahouse.