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- 翡翠戀曲) is a 30-episode

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series which aired on

in 2004. It stars

陳慧珊,

劉松仁,

鄭嘉穎 and

周麗淇.

Synopsis

Early in the story, Leung Pak-yeen (

) was in a dispute with his wife (

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) and they argued on a building rooftop. The wife fell from the building top and the murder was witnessed by one of the construction workers. The worker turned out to be an

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. He spent a great deal of time escaping Leung Pak-yeen and just about anyone who questioned his identity. Soon the daughter of Leung Pak-yeen, Ceci (

), spotted a newspaper with the construction worker. She attempted to track him down and failed numerous times. Upon cleaning up her dead mother's house, she discovered a diary written before her death. The book content was told as part of a flashback, which spoke about Leung Pak-yeen's true past. Apparently he went to

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to do illegal

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a long time ago for his business. He set up and sold out one of his partners to gain a bigger share of the trafficking profit. His partner was killed under the custody of the mainland police, and never made it out alive. Ken (

), the son of the partner, grew up thinking his father was just neglecting him. His girlfriend, Ceci, warned him about her findings in the diary, including her father's murder acts and motives. Ken soon realized his father did not neglect him when he was a child. Instead his father was set up by Leung Pak-yeen during the trafficking and killed. Both of them were motivated to track down the construction worker who witnessed at least one of the crimes. Ken, Ceci, the construction worker would all end up in Hong Kong's High court in an attempt to put Leung Pak-yeen behind bars. Under oath, the construction worker would

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. Because of his poor credibility as an illegal immigrant and weak testimony going up against a top-notch lawyer, the case was lost. The father who was essentially responsible for the murder of two people earlier was now set free. The story then shifted to the young couple with Ken and Ceci trying to put the event behind them and restart their life. Niki went from this immature girl to a more mature woman who was consumed with worries, especially with her murderous father set free. Tiffany (

) was married to the murderous father, Leung Pak-yeen, and had a baby. To continue the

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, the father, Leung Pak-yeen would compete with Ken in their

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business. Eventually Ken would gain the upper hand, and the father was forced once again to do trafficking to sustain his business. His wife, Tiffany, urged him not to take this dangerous route again. He claimed it was necessary for the survival of his business and ventured off to

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. He got lucky and escaped Shanghai police. Returning to Hong Kong, his wife now mistrusts him. He has basically been hiding too many secrets about murders, trafficking, and many side stories involving sacrificing friendships for money. To force her trust, Leung Pak-yeen

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the baby to forcefully reconnect the relationship. Tiffany would become miserable as she tried to play games to get her baby back. In an effort to chase the baby down, CeCi was violently hit by an

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. After numerous twists, turns, lies and deceptions Leung Pak-yeen would give up, committing a suicide. With the exception of his wife, everyone in his whole family died. Including Ceci who was unconscious from the accident, but then died after the second operation. Throughout the story, Tiffany was carrying a cursed jade necklace, which shared a similar

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with its previous owner. In the end, Ken, (

) still manages to continue on with life, and has the same dream every night of marrying Ceci, (

)

Cast

as Mok Hei-yee /Tiffany (莫希兒) *

as Leung Pak-yin (梁柏言) *

as Leung Ka-ming /Ken (梁家明) *

as Leung Wing-Sze /Ceci (梁詠思) *

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as Yip Suk-gwun /Ivy (葉淑君) *

Ha Ping Teresa Ha () (October 6, 1937 – August 5, 2019) was a former Chinese television and film actress from Hong Kong. Ha is credited with over 260 films. Career In 1956, Ha started her acting career in Hong Kong films. Ha first appeared in The Soul ...

as Suen Yeen-chou (孫燕秋) * Ha Yu as Mok Sai-long (莫世龍) *

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as Suen Yeen-chou (Younger Years) *

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as Mok Sai-long (Younger Years) * Stephen Au as Leung Pak-git (梁柏傑) *

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as Oi Siu-kei (區小琪) *

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as Lau Tzi-kerng (劉志強) *

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as Mok Hei Man (莫希文) *

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* Hui Siu Hung

External links

SPCNET - Hard Fate
TVB dramas 2004 Hong Kong television series debuts 2004 Hong Kong television series endings