The Family Link

Housewives MUNG KA-KA, TING MUI-HEUNG and CHO MEI-NGO live in the same public housing estate. KA and HEUNG have known each other since secondary school. Both of them were top guns at school. While KA was regarded as the most beautiful girl at school, HEUNG was a frequent awards-winner. Back then romance always came first to KA. She met FONG YIN-CHO, the Dancing King, at graduation and they fell in love almost instantly. Instead of going to university, she married CHO as soon as she had graduated. The couple now has a twin son and daughter. As for HEUNG, she went to university upon graduation and there she met KAM BIU, who came from a well-off family. They moved into a luxurious apartment after they had married. Unfortunately, BIU’s business failed later on and so they had to move to where they live now. NGO is a grassroots housewife. Since she married MA TAI-HA she has been looking after the family and their son……

In the meeting of the parents’ club, the Chairperson suggests organizing a study trip to the four ancient civilization countries. KA counter suggests voting for the Chairperson of the new school year first. Her suggestion wins the support of other parents. Both KA and HEUNG expresses their wish to run for the post for the benefit of their children but NGO prefers being a voter instead. TSUN gives the pair of chopsticks that belonged to his deceased wife to HEUNG. MAN blames him for having forgotten about his wife. She also believes that he is leading a happy and comfortable life on the death benefit paid under YO YO’s life insurance policy. To teach TSUN a lesson, she eats the expired desserts thrown away by his restaurant deliberately. MAN is taken to hospital. She demands five per cent share of TSUN’s restaurant as compensation. TSUN has no choice but agrees. HEUNG and KA’s children are taking part in a competition held by the school……

Other members of the parents’ club tell NGO that they will vote for KA for they do not like HEUNG’s air of arrogance. It irks MAN that TSUN makes cakes with the housewives on his wedding anniversary with YO YO. As a matter of fact, the cakes are actually for YO YO. MAN is stirring up trouble at TSUN’s restaurant again. TSUN points out straightly that she ate the expired desserts on purpose. He also tells her that he has a videotape that supports what he says. MAY, a colleague of BIU, gets close to him whenever she can. HEUNG asks her out to demand she keep a distance from her husband. KUEN has hired a Pilipino domestic helper to look after his daughter. His daughter chokes on a fish bone. KA comes to her help before it is too late, only to be blamed by KUEN. MAN requests KA, HEUNG and NGO to pay respect to YO YO’s grave, after which she accuses them of killing YO YO……

HEUNG accuses KA of framing her up. KA is speechless. Something falls down from the stage. It would have hit the headmaster if NGO had not saved her in time. NGO becomes the Chairperson of the parents’ club because of this. KA and NGO try to find out the sender of the pictures and find out that they were sent out from TSUN’s cell phone. TSUN interrogates MAN to see if it was she who did it. KUEN quits his job so as to take care of the family. Seeing that he has troubles with the chores, KA offers to give him a hand. KUEN however turns down her kindness. TSUN prepares packed lunches for KA, HEUNG and NGO’s children to take to school, whose education theme this week is Being Healthy. MAN adds loads of MSG on the lunches. When she learns that they are for the children indeed, she rushes to their school to stop the children from eating them. MAN finds on YO YO’s organizer names of her dates……

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KA and HEUNG also find CHO and BIU’s email addresses on the organizer. To find out what had been going on, they open their husband’s emails. NGO remembers seeing YO YO’s boyfriend’s legs, which were hairy and had a scar on one of it. KA and HEUNG try hard to see if the legs of the other’s husband have these two features. KUEN has a faint. His daughter calls her maternal grandmother in mainland for help. KUEN’s mother-in-law is on the way back to Hong Kong. He fears that she will take away his daughter when she sees the messy state of his place. KA, HEUNG and NGO help him tidy up his place before his mother-in-law arrives. KUEN is very thankful for their help. He also tells them that he now realizes that housewives have wisdom too. KA and HEUNG discover that their husbands had gone out with YO YO. CHO and BIU meet up with each other at midnight……

HEUNG teases at KA’s son, TAT, because he has been doing less well than before at school recently. KA follows HEUNG. She discovers that HEUNG’s daughter goes to a well-known tuition school. She believes that this is the reason why HEUNG’s daughter always comes first at tests and exams. CHO’s boss is dissatisfied with his performance. CHO is determined to work harder for a better life for his family. MAN’s job at the restaurant is tough. Her complexion has become a lot darker from frequent take-away delivery. KUEN massages for her and tells her that the massage oil is given by TSUN. This makes her believe that TSUN has a crush on her. She asks TSUN if he is secretly in love with her, to which he does not know whether to laugh or cry. He tells her frankly that he cares for her only because she is a good friend of his late wife. KA has fallen asleep……

CHO’s father does not get along with the wife of his eldest son, who is a Westerner. As such, he moves into CHO’s place, placing another financial burden on CHO. BIU wants to make use of ANGELA to fight for the exclusive dealership of a particular electrical appliance upon learning that her father is the tycoon who is regarded as King of Electrical Appliances. ANGELA agrees to give him some help. CHO’s father takes home a wooden cabinet from the refuse collection room. Later, he receives complaints from the neighbors when he is fixing the cabinet. CHO is humiliated by his client MR. WONG but he does not say a word. Seeing that TSUN does not have many hobbies, MAN goes cycling with him and buys him a pet lizard. MR. WONG is caught red-handed by his wife when he is meeting up with another woman. To please MR. WONG, CHO takes the blame for him. MRS. WONG tells KA that CHO has a woman outside but KA trusts her husband……

CHO and KA are in a cold war with each other. CHO’s father wants to do something to patch them up. MR. WONG decides to let CHO take care of the dealership of his company’s electrical products but CHO refuses his offer, not want to be stripped of his dignity. PETER, a colleague of his, advises that he should change his mind for the good of his children and wife. CHO is very upset. PETER takes him to a disco to chill out. When he is home, he apologizes to KA, whom confesses that she has been wrong, too. The couple is on good terms again. HEUNG and BIU have bought a luxurious apartment for investment. BIU’s company is organizing a boat trip and he invites ANGELA to go with him. HEUNG and BIU bump into an old schoolmate of BIU’s at a restaurant. HEUNG is taken by BIU’s schoolmate for his elder sister. BIU’s alumni are going to have a gathering. HEUNG decides to go with him……

Back home, HEUNG is still mad at BIU, who tries hard to console her. Much to CHO’s displeasure, KUEN tells him that KA’s leg injury recurs. To vent his unhappiness, he dresses up as a woman and dances in the disco. His performance has attracted the attention of other customers, who ask him to put on a show. KA suspects that CHO is having an affair when she sees the female outfits that he has bought for the show. She airs her grievances to HEUNG and NGO. TSUN is absent from work because of illness. Worried about him, MAN cooks some congee for him. TSUN has found on the street a picture of YO YO and a man. MAN expresses her love for TSUN, who does not know how to react. The walls of HA’s apartment are daubed with red paint by his creditors. He goes to the mainland to hide away from them. ANGELA’s car has broken down. BIU goes to her help. HEUNG follows him. When she gets there, she sees them hugging each other……

KA tells TSUN about CHO’s resent absurd behavior. TSUN comes to the conclusion that it is a way CHO relieves his pressure and asks KA to care more about CHO. ANGELA drops BIU a hint that maybe they can be lovers. BIU asks HEUNG for advice. Wishing that they could live in a luxurious apartment again, HEUNG does not stop BIU from going out with ANGELA. KA seduces CHO in order to reduce his pressure as well as to prevent him from dressing up as a woman again. CHO is very excited. BIU is meeting up with ANGELA. HEUNG is worried to death. She listens to the advice of KA, NGO and MAN and rushes to ANGELA’s villa to prevent anything bad from happening. ANGELA cooks for BIU. Under the effect of aphrodisiac essential oil, BIU cannot resist ANGELA’s seduce. HEUNG arrives to take BIU away. As for BIU, he realizes at last that no woman is as good as his wife. ANGELA threatens to call the police……

KA is so nervous that she faints at a restaurant. CHO gives her some words of consolation. Following the advice of his female co-workers, CHO buys KA some tonic, which is especially for women use. KA, nevertheless, mistakenly believes that it is for his use. CHO’s performance is well received. The owner of the disco proposes that he form a dancing group. CHO cannot make up his mind. KA and KUEN go shopping at the supermarket. As KA is behaving rather awkwardly, KUEN suspects that she is suffering from Anxiety Disorders. BIU’s request to draw his salary in advance is rejected. The company that he works for has been bought up by ANGELA. He deduces that ANGEAL will fire him as revenge. In order to persuade the better-off parents of the parents’ club into purchasing her luxurious apartment, HEUNG picks up rubbish for them. NGO’s son’s eardrum is damaged and needs a surgery, which costs twenty thousand dollars……

NGO promises her son that she will buy him a model but she actually cannot afford it. She goes to a restaurant to look for a job. Starving, she eats the sandwich left over by some customers. Her act draws attention of other customers, who believe that she has a mental problem. Meanwhile, KUEN, KA and HEUNG arrive and they go up to help her out. HEUNG offers to lend two thousand dollars to NGO but she refuses to take it. KA, KUEN and other housewives give NGO daily goods to help she solve her immediate problems. KUEN suggests NGO applying for Social Security Assistance. Unwillingly, NGO accepts his suggestion. Now that ANGELA has taken over BIU’s company, BIU expects that he will be sacked. To his surprise, he is promoted Manager instead. NGO shows up late and leaves early at the parents’ club meetings because of work. She, who is the Chairperson, is blamed by other parents. NGO runs into HA on the street……