The Green Grass of Home

STELLA is a single trendy careerist with a good fashion sense. She loves shopping and is a good friend of MEI-KEI. STELLA’s brother SHEUNG-SHING is a taxi driver. STELLA is one of his regular passengers and fares are paid in one go on a monthly basis. STELLA and her sister-in-law LAI-NGO work in the same interior design company. Like STELLA, NGO is an environmentalist who would seek every opportunity to remind her colleagues of the importance of environmental protection. STELLA comes back home to dine with her father CHEUNG-FAT, which gives him a great thrill. STELLA’s younger sister MOON-LAM and her husband KWOK-WAI have bought FAT a massage chair. They need NGO, SHING and STELLA to share the cost, which irks their brother and sister-in-law so much that the two couples are drawn into a quarrel. STELLA has got a big client but the contractor she closely works with will not be available for the project.… ...

SING keeps pestering STELLA for the design plans, which irks STELLA no end. SING passes a dinner coupon to FAT hoping that he can have a nice gathering with his family. But things do not go the way they expected and the dinner turns out to be a bit of a disaster. SING’s assistant PLANE BOY has used the wrong tiles and tries to shift the blame onto SING’s younger brother KA-PO. SING brings PO to a pub hoping that he will meet and make more friends. KEI introduces PAUL, the chief editor of an interior design magazine, to STELLA. To everyone’s surprise, SHAN turns up suddenly and manages to outshine STELLA with her stunning sexy body. NGO’s son did not do well in his test and is too afraid to go home. LAM puts a forged signature on the boy’s test paper but gets discovered by NGO later on. NGO is so angry that she decides to call the police. SHAN tries to enlist the help of SING in her fight against STELLA, but is rejected.… ...

STELLA blames SHAN for obstructing her plan and turns to her supervisor TAK-KIN for help. She insists on calling the police and KIN has to do his best to calm her down. SING suspects that PLANE BOY may have something to do with the incident. FAT returns to his vegetable patch for the clearance of rubbish. The cleaner asks for extra charges, leaving FAT in a bit of a predicament. Luckily SHUK-KUEN passes by and quickly leaps to his defense. It is not until this moment that FAT comes to realize that KUEN is in fact the mother of SING. LAM and WAI bought an apartment years ago with a loan from FAT as the down payment. The property has slipped into negative equity since the Asian Financial Turmoil but the couple would like to hold it and wait for the price to go up again. They tell FAT that they have sold the property but as a matter of fact, they have been renting it out and enjoying steady rental income.… ...

The football team which SHING has wagered on has lost the match. WAI has secretly put a wager on the opposing team and therefore manages to win the money back. STELLA is a picky designer and SING has been trying to accommodate himself to her needs. PO learns from the Web that YUE is going to hold a street demonstration. He plans to go to the site where the demonstration is to take place so that he can return the video camera to YUE. In the confusion, both YUE and PO have fallen into the sea. YUE is so agile that she manages to save PO soon afterwards. NGO discovers that the jewelry stored at home have all been lost. Noticing that SHING has been working really hard lately, NGO begins to wonder whether he has been cheating on her. Filled with guilt and shame, SHING reveals the truth that he is being in debt. LAM suddenly apologizes to NGO.… ...

STELLA points out to KIN that she is being framed by someone. But KIN does not address her complaint and even asks KEI to take over her duties. SING is shocked to read the negative comments against PO on the Internet. He suggests PO should go and have a word with YUE. YUE holds a demonstration outside YIU’s office building. She gets stopped by WAI but SING manages to save her from the predicament. Knowing that she has misunderstood PO, YUE offers to apologize to him. She asks PO to volunteer for her environmental protection group and PO agrees to her request at once. SHAN’s design appears on the front-cover of the magazine, to which STELLA does not show much response. NGO is shocked to discover that LAM and WAI have been keeping and renting out a property. Filled with anger, she is planning to reveal the truth to FAT but is stopped by SHING immediately.… ...

STELLA has suddenly collapsed in the street. SING sends her to a clinic immediately and she is later diagnosed with severe allergic asthma. LAM and NGO pick a quarrel again. FAT is so annoyed that he decides to move to his vegetable garden. FAT offers HEI some advice on pest control, which irks him a bit nevertheless. PO goes to volunteer for YUE’s environmental protection group while PLANE BOY manages to attract media attention for the campaign organized by YUE and her friends. YUE and her friends have gathered outside YIU’s office building. YIU needs WAI to drive the crowd away as soon as he has returned to the office building. SING tries to stop WAI and YIU reveals that YUE is in fact his biological sister. YIU’s girlfriend CHI-CHING decides to stay in Hong Kong and set up a pet shop of her own.… ...

KIN announces STELLA’s promotion to Project Designer, which infuriates KEI and SHAN in a tremendous way. SING is clueless as to why KIN ends up deciding to promote STELLA. STELLA reveals that she has discovered the affair between KIN and KEI and that she has tried to threaten KIN with a set of photos. The school inside the rural village will soon be demolished and HEI is bound to face unemployment. CHING would like SING to take charge of the renovation of her new home, to which SING does not raise any objection. A girl comes to flirt with YIU when he goes on a date with CHING. Luckily WAI passes by and offers to save YIU from the embarrassment. The developer has withdrawn the acquisition plan and this has come as a great disappointment to LAM and WAI. STELLA offers to undertake the design work involved in the renovation of YIU’s shopping mall.… ...

STELLA is discharged from hospital but is shocked to find that KIN has taken over her duties. KIN reveals that his wife is already aware of his adulterous relationship with KEI and has asked for a divorce. With no more secrets to hide, KIN is no longer worried about being threatened by STELLA. FAT starts to grow vegetables on his farmland. SING suggests HEI go and put his plants in FAT’s garden, but the idea is rejected straight away. By stratagem, SING finally manages to make HEI give in. Desperate to help SHING clear his debts, NGO offers to work part-time as a cleaner, which embarrasses SHING deeply in front of his mates. KIN and KEI submit a brand new design plan to YIU but YIU insists on using the one prepared by STELLA. YIU goes on a date with STELLA, during which STELLA has a sudden attack of asthma. They get spotted by STELLA’s colleagues and the rumor quickly circulates around the office.… ...

STELLA goes to put up at FAT’s farmland but finds it very difficult to adapt to the village life there. HEI sneaks into FAT’s house to get some tools but is discovered by STELLA. STELLA mistakes HEI for a thief and beats him up severely. PO and YUE would like to transport the furniture left by the closing school to the rural areas of mainland China. But to their great disappointment, no one is willing to take the furniture, which upsets YUE immensely. Fearing that SING will get seduced by STELLA sooner or later, KUEN and HEI have been trying to keep the pair apart from each other, to which STELLA is not too sure how to react. In order to make more money, SHING offers to be the designated driver for LAM’s boss, GRACE. YUE has been living in a mess since her last failure but SING finally manages to make her pull herself together. YUE realizes that she has gradually developed a special feeling for SING.… ...

FAT puts up at SING’s home for a night. When he returns home, he is surprised to see that STELLA has finished all the housework. STELLA even offers to cut his fingernails for him, which gives him a strong feeling of warmth and love. STELLA has dropped her mobile phone, which is later picked up by a villager. STELLA accuses the villager of theft, making the whole village very unhappy. GRACE gets annoying by her ex-husband. To get out of the predicament as soon as possible, GRACE claims that she has been going out with SHING. GRACE tries to approach SHING but SHING, as a married man, is careful not to mess around with the lady and rejects her immediately. GRACE is not going to give up on SHING and finally manages to have sex with him. YUE falls even more in love with SING while PO is misled into thinking that he himself is the one she fancies. PO discovers that YUE has saved some video snippets of SING.… ...

STELLA and SING go up to the hilltop to look for FAT. STELLA feels guilty for making FAT angry and shouting at the villagers. SING tells STELLA about his notorious past and urges her to cherish her family. The villagers have finally managed to locate FAT. STELLA plucks up her courage to say sorry to the villagers and the villagers are all glad to accept her apology. PO points out to SING that YUE has fallen for him for quite a while. SING is going to reject YUE but PO is worried that it would hurt her feelings too much. NGO spots SHING and GRACE together. Luckily LAM comes along just in time and manages to hide the secret between SHING and GRACE. GRACE is grateful to LAM for her help and offers to co-run a beauty shop with her. YUE is about to express her love for SING. To turn her down, SING means to flirt with STELLA in front of her. STELLA is not aware that SING is only acting.… ...

CHING is sad to find out that YIU has been going out with a string of girlfriends. She is so unhappy that she goes to confide in SING. STELLA asks SING if he is going to get back with CHING but SING does not give her a definite answer. A villager called LAN misses her late husband so much and refuses to eat and drink. Not wanting her to suffer like this, STELLA and SING try every possible means to cheer her up and finally manage to help her get over the trauma. GRACE tries to satisfy SHING with money and material things, thus luring him deeper and deeper in the relationship. GRACE comes to visit NGO suddenly and offers to give her a beauty treatment, which really shocks SHING to the core. STELLA would like to match YUE up with PO. YUE is however misled into thinking that there may be some problem between STELLA and SING. She advises STELLA to test him out and see if he is fond of her.… ...

FAT and SIN pick a quarrel again but are stopped by STELLA. FAT points out that he will try to put up with SIN so that STELLA and SING can stay together without much pressure. YIU says sorry to CHING but CHING refuses to accept his apology. Knowing that CHING is back in Hong Kong, SIN and KUEN immediately invite her to dinner at home. SING and STELLA try to act before his parents. STELLA blames SING for cheating on her and asks for a break-up. She even gives him a slap before she walks off. SING sends CHING back to her apartment. CHING points out to SING that she knows he and STELLA are only acting. SING is thrilled to bits when he hears that CHING is going to split up with YIU. CHING asks YIU out for a chat. She is going to ask for a break-up but is tempted to change her mind when YIU takes her to see his father. YUE lapses into unconsciousness suddenly and is sent to hospital straight away.… ...