Phoenix Rising

Wu is staying in the church’s dormitory where the living environment is poor. Wu visits Nga at her home and wants to have her son back. Nga chases after Wu. Wu scolds Nga as she thinks Nga deliberately hurts her feeling in front of her son. Later, Nga arranges a gathering for Wu with her son. Wu thanks Nga for doing this for her, and she says she must become good. On the day Wu meets her son, the child is kidnapped by a bad guy. Wu gets herself injured when she is making her best effort to protect his son. Hoi is touched to see Wu’s love to their son. Sophie discovers the kidnapping is actually made up by Wu. So, she goes to the hospital to question Wu. Wu hopes Sophie can forgive her and give her one more chance. Unwillingly, Sophie promises. Sophie is depressed as Hak is going to get marry in England. Nga talks to Sophie and says that Sophie should let Hak know if she really loves him.… ...

Leung visits the mental hospital. He has a heavy heart as he witnesses the torture of Nga when she is receiving treatment. Sophie is enraged when she knows that Leung has not obtained the pardon for Nga. She talks to Hak and risks to take the injection in order to get her self in the mental hospital. Sophie and Hak discover that Nga is given injection by a patient. Then, they know further that the patient is doing this according to Wu’s instruction. Regrettably, before the patient can accuse Wu, she dies in a riot. Ching hires a Fung Shui master as she finds her fortune tree has withered. The Fung Shui master tells Ching that she is the person who has brought her husband bad luck. Eventually, Ching forgives Wu. In other to approach Fat, Leung disguises himself as a doctor. He finds Fat has been demanded by Wu to kill King. New drug has been discovered to cure King’s disease. Wu worries and wants to get King killed.… ...

Leung is leaving with Nga together, he infuriates Lei. Wu is delighted to find Cheung Ying-king names his yacht after herself. Wu deliberately hurt Nga’s son in order to lure her out. Refusing to listen to anyone, Nga visits her son in the hospital. Nga demands the answer from Wu for why Wu wants her to die. Wu says that she will never be free from trouble unless Nga is dead. Nga’s mother wants to stop Wu from informing the police about Nga’s hiding place. To avoid trouble, Wu pushes Nga’s mother off a building… In the end, Nga is sent back to the prison, awaiting her execution. To stop Leung from involving himself into Nga’s case, Leung’s mother lies about Lei that she has left Shanghai, she will definitely ruin his political career, and he is not going to get the pardon in the end.… ...

Leung promises to help Nga and Sophie to escape prison at last. He deliberately causes a power failure during his visit to the prison in order to give them a chance to flee. Warden Shing rages as he learns that Sophie and Nga run away. He orders to carry out the search for them. Nga and Sophie succeed in the escape. Nevertheless, Nga decides to go back to confess her crime after she has learnt that Wah is being abused and forced to disclose the escape plan. On the return to the prison, Nga and Sophie are locked up in the dark cell again, and are abused by Fook. As Nga’s execution is going to happen soon, Leung decides to hold a press conference to disclose the love relationship between Nga and himself. To shop Leung, Leung’s mother puts sleeping pills in Leung’s coffee and locks him up in the bedroom. Fook is degraded because of abusing prisoners Nga and Sophie. Wu buys Fook off and wants him to kill Nga.… ...

Because of the escape, Nga is locked up in the dark cell. During a visit to the prison, Leung has a heavy heart as he thinks of Nga. Nga hears Leung’s voice, she sings a melody and wants him to know where she is. Leung does hear she sings, he tells her he must save her. Walking out of the dark cell, Nga sees a new inmate is being abused by Wan. The new inmate is Sophie. She comes here as she worries about Nga. She is sentenced to two years in prison for helping Nga to escape. Lau Sing, the secret lover of Mayor Ngai Tung-leung, dies. Sing’s family hopes Leung will find out the truth behind Sing’s death. Leung threatens the mayor to leave Shanghai. Leung’s mother kills the mayor for fear that the matter will ruin Leung’s future. Consequently, Leung is not able to get the pardon for Nga.

During a radio interview, Leung receives an urgent call from the mayor and immediately he rushes to the mayor’s home. It turns out that the mayor’s secret lover has suddenly died in his home. The mayor needs Leung to move the body, and threatens him with the withdrawal of the pardon. Leung reluctantly promises to be the witness for the mayor. Leung has his assistant to check the background of Wan after his is told by Sophie that Nga is bullied by Wan again. Wu is having the rehearsal of her wedding, she tells Sophie she will bring Nga’s son with her to France where the boy will receive his education. Leung decides to give up the mayor election. His wife rages. Without obtaining the consent of Nga, Sophie and Hak get her out of the prison, and they all become escaped convicts in the end.

A new inmate called Yip Tzu-shan comes to the prison. She is pregnant, and she shows no fear in front of Wan. Dr. Lo always wants to test the new drug on Nga. Sophie blames Leung for not showing up in the court at last to give the witness testimony in Nga’s case. She decides to move out of his home. Leung’s mother tells Sophie the fact that Leung has tried his resolute effort to help Nga indeed. Hoi brings Wu to a wedding dress shop where Wu is giddily choosing her dress. Sophie encounters the couple, she blames Wu for going scot-free while Nga is put in jail for her sake. Wu feels regret and decides to adopt Nga’s son as a compensation. Wu meets Dr. Lo and asks him for not testing the new drug on Nga. Back in the prison, Shan is injured during a dispute she has with Wan. In fact, they are not getting along with each other the first time they met. Nga accuses Wan of bullying the inmate. Nga has whole body twitches after Dr.… ...

Wu is deeply moved when Hoi reassures her he is not going to leave her alone. A prison doctor collaborates with the drug dealer, testing new drugs on prisoners who are awaiting their execution. Wu suffers from spasm after taking the drug. Wu attempts to flee during the skirmish caused by Wan and other women inmates. She hears the conversations between the prison doctor and the dealer, and realizes she becomes a lab rat. Wu threatens the doctor and demands him to find her a scapegoat. The doctor poisons the food given to Nga and causing her to suffer from diarrhea. Nga is told that she is diagnosed with stomach cancer, and is just given two months to live. Nga is shocked. She leaves Leung a message when she decides to go somewhere else with her son together. She encounters stormy weather. Leung manages to catch Nga up. On the day of execution, Nga has a heavy heart as she is not able to save Wu at last.

Nga’s mother asks the help from Leung when she has learnt about the arrest of Nga. So, Leung finds the head of the police department for assistance. In fact, Leung’s mother has approached the police chief for the release of Nga and Sze. Leung’s mother claims that she did it because she does not want to see her grandson losing his mother. Leung talks to Nga and blames her for doing things in such an insensible way. Wu and Nga exchange messages by hiding notepaper in the church ground. However, this is noticed by Sophie, and soon she realizes that Wu and Nga are her long-lost sisters indeed. Nga and Fei visit Sze again and attempt to convince her for assistance in Wu’s appeal. Regrettably, Sze is knocked down by a car when she is fleeing from the sisters. Before dying, Sze affirms that she saw Wu pushing her adoptive mother off a building. Nga and Sophie attempts collect evidence in Wu’s bedroom.… ...

It turns out that Wu and Nga are biological sisters. Wu thinks the background of Nga may bring her troubles as Nga has once been a dancing girl. Wu is locked up in a dark cell after she hits Wei. Nga starts working as a cleaning worker in the prison with a wish to see Wu more. Leung visits Nga and brings her son a present. In fact, the boy is the illegitimate child of Leung and Nga. Leung thinks Nga should not work in a prison, yet Nga believes it is worth doing as Wu is her biological sister. Wu enjoys no more privilege since Hoi has renounced the engagement. She is injured by Hon Wan, a violent inmate in the prison. Nga is hurt by a police dog when she is trying to save Wu. The sisters are sent to the hospital together. In the hospital, Nga gives Wu her words of support and sincerely tells her that she is not going to leave her alone. The sisters become friendly again.… ...