Hope For Sale

CHAI’s store is suspected of selling contaminated vegetables. Everyone blames SCOTT, but he will not admit his fault. He is in debt after losing money in stock trading. LAI wants to leave him. HARPER tries his best to help him. His sincerity makes him ashamed and he wants to kill himself. LAI is shocked after talking on the phone with SCOTT. She gets help from HARPER. Finally, he settles everything. LAI and SCOTT become family again. He decides to live a new life. HARPER wants to stay with the market. He plans to rent some stores again. He asks for YUMMI’s love again, but she still refuses him. GI and YUMMI move out. They finally lose contact. Two years later, they meet on a street again. However, they have already had a partner. Will two people who love each other end up with separate lives?

SCOTT shows off in front of everyone after earning a little bit of money from stock trading. KEUNG and the others are lazy at work. When HARPER proposes some ways to improve the situation, they start complaining. KI wants to leave TAU and asks for KEUNG’s help. He starts loving her. SCOTT buys meals for everyone and becomes popular. CHAI still loves MIA. She eventually agrees to give it a chance. HARPER sees CHU very often and they get on well again. SCOTT wants to expand the store prematurely. CHAI disapproves of his proposal and annoys LAI. She finds out the secret between CHAI and Mrs CHEUNG, so she blackmails him to hand over the store to SCOTT. CHAI agrees to do so in case MIA finds out. HARPER decides to pull out from the store. He meets CHU for a drink to share his unhappiness.

YUMMI wants to leave Hong Kong to hide from HARPER. Meanwhile, a loan company asks him for SCOTT’s debt. She stays to help him once again. CHAI tries to tell MIA about NAM’s plot, but she defends him. He feels this is unfair and gets KI and KEUNG to look for evidence. SCOTT returns from Shenzhen and is blamed by everyone. LAI takes the chance to stir up an argument between him and HARPER. YUMMI meets KEI and RAY again. She can finally let go of them after talking to HARPER. SHUI becomes a beggar after his mistress takes away everything from him. GI takes care of him and makes him feel guilty. CHU faints and is sent to a hospital. HARPER cares a lot about her and makes YUMMI sad. He tries to take revenge on STEVE, but he talks to him sarcastically. YUMMI cannot bear his behaviour and slaps him on the face. HARPER feels sad when he sees CHU still loves STEVE.

MIA finally finds NAM. He is in a bad shape. He swears at her to scare her off. LAI is unhappy about HARPER taking care of their shop alone, so she forces SCOTT to learn from HARPER. He thinks that SCOTT wants to work properly now, so he teaches him patiently. HARPER brings YUMMI to a dating party. However, he is very popular there and changes her mind about him. Everyone thinks that CHAI has a crush on GI and makes her avoid him. CHAI decides to write MIA a love letter. Meanwhile, she gets back to NAM, so he denies having anything to do with the letter and says it is KEUNG’s. NAM only wants MIA’s money, but she is blinded by love.

PAK leads some men to the market and wants to beat up CHAI. Fortunately, MIA arrives in time. She explains that CHAI cries for LAI’s pregnancy. SCOTT is shocked by the news. KEUNG leads CHAI and SCOTT to propose a marriage to LAI, but she refuses. HARPER’s store is out of stock. YUMMI buys some from KEI for him. LAI agrees to marry SCOTT. However, she asks for a huge amount of money and a big banquet. HARPER disagrees, but LAI uses her baby as a weapon. SCOTT thinks that LAI is going for an abortion and becomes very nervous. HARPER realizes that he truly loves her, so he agrees to pay for everything. MIA decides to have a talk with PAK. After that, his feelings are hurt and he kicks her out. Meanwhile, she sees NAM again. LAI refuses to sleep with SCOTT on the wedding day using the excuse that his room is too old.

YUMMI hides the truth about KEI and RAY and turns her wedding banquet into MIA’s birthday party. A gang leader PAK loves MIA, but she is scared of him. GI is heavily in debt, YUMMI asks her to divorce SHUI and use the compensation to pay off the debt. MIA asks PAK to investigate KEI. He thinks that YUMMI has sent someone to beat him up. YUMMI is furious and resigns when her boss assigns the supermarket project to RAY to handle. All the market tenants who are intending to participate in her project have already stopped renting their shops. They are annoyed with YUMMI, but she does not want to explain. HARPER meets CHU again after a little separation. They are like strangers. She proposes a divorce, although he is sad, he accepts it. YUMMI and HARPER are in a similar situation. They finally resolve their conflicts and become friends.

STEVE is clingy towards CHU. She can only keep seeing him. YUMMI tries to avoid RAY. KEUNG wants to split up with LAI. SCOTT grabs the chance to tell LAI his feelings. YING informs everyone about CHU and STEVE. CHU wants to stop seeing him but he suddenly kisses her. CHAI arrives and scolds her, but HARPER is stunned. CHU packs her stuff. HARPER believes that she will come back later and does not try to stop her. HUNG tries to persuade CHU to divorce him. YUMMI betrays RAY and uses his idea in her proposal. YUMMI encourages all the market tenants to stop renting their shop and participate in her supermarket plan.

CHU meets KEI’s partner STEVE (LO HING FAI) and gets a ride from him. HARPER sees all this and is unsettled. STEVE asks CHU out for dinner. They start to like each other. KEUNG thinks that he has a terminal disease, so he dates LAI who has loved him for a long time. However, love does not spark between them. Later he finds out that he only has a small benign tumour. CHU dresses up for work and attracts lots of attention annoying YUMMI. RAY hits KEI when he is drunk. He also says that he does not want YUMMI to marry KEI. YUMMI thinks that he is in love with her and is bothered. CHU suddenly wants to resign. YUMMI is curious about her act. Later, she finds one of CHU’s earring left in KEI’s car and suspect that they are having an affair.

HARPER, CHU and YUMMI cannot find the ticket. Everyone is disappointed. YUMMI claims HARPER owes her $10 million. HUNG hurries CHU to apply for emigration to Canada. HARPER does not want to leave his family, but CHAI supports the idea. He finally agrees to do so. CHU signs him up for a series of courses in preparation for their life in Canada. Everyone is happy about his bright future. SHUI tries to divorce GI, but she refuses. YUMMI runs to the market and SHUI follows. CHAI sees him and starts bombarding him about his bad acts. With some neighbours’ help, they chase him away. KEI proposes to YUMMI on his return to Hong Kong.

YUMMI threatens to call the police because CHAI and some others have gathered outside her flat. HARPER asks them to leave first. Seventeen years ago, CHAI used to share Mark Six tickets with YUMMI’s father, SHUI. They won it once, but SHUI took all the money and disappeared. CHAI’s daughter, KI (NG MAN YAN, NATALIE) and SCOTT follow YUMMI hoping that they can get the valid ticket back. CHU’s mother, HUNG (PAK YAN) does not like HARPER very much because of his poor family background. CHU tries to flatter HARPER for her own face. CHAI and KEUNG break into YUMMI’s home to look for the ticket. Meanwhile, YUMMI comes back home. They flee from a window and drop into a dumpster. She calls the police. They are all arguing in the police station and blaming each other. YUMMI decides to sue CHAI and KEUNG. CHU and HUNG are annoyed when they are called to the station. CHAI loses control and throws his shoe at YUMMI.… ...