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S01 E01 • Monday, Oct 19, 2015 • Oct 19 • 23m
Zhuang Daoren is selling jade in the streets. Meigui mistakes him for a conman and is about to arrest him when screams pierce the air: “Robbery! Robbery!” Meigui ties Daoren’s hand to hers and goes after the robber. She nabs Yishou, who has just been released from prison, but it turns out to be a case of mistaken identity. Daoren returns to the inn his family runs and tries to pull a prank on his father, Shuiqing, who is taking a nap. Just ...
S01 E02 • Tuesday, Oct 20, 2015 • Oct 20 • 23m
Daoqiang is the vice principal of Li Zhi Secondary School. One day, he is doing volunteer work in the school garden with Jiajia when a fire breaks out in the storeroom. He rushes to the scene and manages to catch the alleged arsonist. Daoqiang likes Jiajia, but does not dare to tell her so. Shuiqing encourages him to ask her out on a date. Yishou is unable to get a job because of his criminal record. He visits Uncle Wang and feels bad the ...
S01 E03 • Wednesday, Oct 21, 2015 • Oct 21 • 23m
Daoqiang puts a movie ticket into Jiajia’s jacket, not knowing the particular jacket is Daohan’s. Daohan finds the tickets and assumes it is Jinbin who is trying to date her. She throws the tickets at Jinbin, who then assumes Daohan wants to ask him out. The misunderstanding ends on a sour note. Yishou returns to the garage where he had worked before his imprisonment and demands to be paid the renumeration owed to him. Going back to the inn ...
S01 E04 • Thursday, Oct 22, 2015 • Oct 22 • 23m
Daohan asserts that her wallet was in the mailbox and has more than $20 extra in it. Guilt-stricken about maligning Yishou, Shuiqing invites him to dine with the family, but he rejects the offer. Jiajia suspects he put the wallet into the mailbox. Jiajia is displeased when Daoren asserts that Daoqiang must have skipped dinner at home because he has a date. Daoqiang waits in vain outside the theatre. When he discovers that Daohan had found ...
S01 E05 • Friday, Oct 23, 2015 • Oct 23 • 23m
Jinbin dines with Shuiqing and his family. Daohan refuses to accept his explanation of their misunderstandings and leaves the table when he proposes a toast of tea as an apology. Jinbin and Daoren became buddies after Daoren risked his life to save Jinbin from an attack years ago. Daohan confirms that Daoqiang put the movie tickets into her jacket by mistake. She offers to help him, but he turns her down. Everyone objects to Shuiqing’s ...
S01 E06 • Monday, Oct 26, 2015 • Oct 26 • 23m
Daoqiang is unsure of Jiajia’s feelings for him but does not dare ask her directly. However, he takes Daohan’s advice and invites her out again. Lin Dashou thwarts his plans. Dashou has regarded Jiajia as his goddess since she sat in his taxi, and hopes to ask her out on a date. Even though she turns him down, he is persistent, and even gives Daoqiang the impression he is her new boyfriend. Daohan buys movie tickets in an effort to engineer ...
S01 E07 • Tuesday, Oct 27, 2015 • Oct 27 • 23m
Jiajia is clearly upset with Daoqiang. Shenlong tries to persuade a dejected Daoqiang to buy a jade pendant to boost his love life. Daoqiang finds out Shenlong’s son is Guoli, and Shenlong is trying to sell the pendant to be able to buy school shoes for his son. Daoqiang buys the pendant, which leads Daoren and the others to assume he has lost his senses over love. Daoqiang gives the jade pendant to Jiajia. Though she tells him off for bein...
S01 E08 • Wednesday, Oct 28, 2015 • Oct 28 • 23m
Jiajia rejects the shoes from Daoqiang. Back home, Daohan sneers at her brother. Shuiqing tells Daoqiang he needs to have thicker skin if he wants to succeed. Daohan and the others see Shuiqing off. Yishou calls for a taxi and is told off by Daohan, as Daoqiang has asked Dashou to drive Shuiqing to the airport. The Zhuangs are shocked to learn Shuiqing’ flight to Australia has crashed. Daohan blames Yishou for booking a seat on that flight ...
S01 E09 • Thursday, Oct 29, 2015 • Oct 29 • 23m
Daoren meets a sexy girl, Lynn, in a lift. Lynn shouts “molest” when he refuses to give her money. Meigui, who already has a bad impression of Daoren, gives chase. Daoren has no choice but to give in to Lynn’s demands. Daoren relates what happened to Shenlong and the others. Shuiqing tells Daoren off for what he did. Daoren is angry with Meigui for harassing him and chases her away, even though Meigui wants to check into the inn. After the...
S01 E10 • Friday, Oct 30, 2015 • Oct 30 • 23m
Shuiqing is sad that Daoren and Daohan seem to have attracted the wrong people. He is grateful when Jinbin offers to protect Daohan. The gift scare strengthens Daohan’s relationship with Jinbin. Daoqiang decides to adhere to Shuiqing’s rule of being a nice person. He insists on sending a drunkard home and is suspected of stealing the man’s mobile phone. Back home, Shuiqing reminds Daoqiang that one has to be prudent, even when being nice t...
S01 E11 • Monday, Nov 2, 2015 • Nov 2 • 23m
Ray stalks Daohan and issues the threat of an acid attack, in an attempt to get her to reconcile with him. She refuses, and he flings the acid. Jinbin is splashed by accident, and discovers the so-called acid is water. Ray threatens to kill himself, but Shuiqing and Daoren manage to talk sense into him. Meigui tails Lynn to the inn and works with Daoren to lead her into their trap. Turning the tables around, Lynn extorts $1000 from Shuiqing ...
S01 E12 • Tuesday, Nov 3, 2015 • Nov 3 • 23m
Daoren and Meigui tail Lynn and uncover Ray’s ill intent. Infuriated, he tries to knock Daoren down. Meigui stops him. Ray refuses to surrender himself to the police, in spite of Daoren and Meigui’s advice. Plagued by failure, he commits suicide. Meigui is devastated. Only then does Daoren find out Ray is her brother. Lynn is badly affected by Ray’s death, too, and hides in her room. Shuiqing has no choice but to call on her parents to tell ...
S01 E13 • Wednesday, Nov 4, 2015 • Nov 4 • 23m
Lynn finally opens her room door to see Li’ai. Guangming tries to drag her home. She refuses to budge, and reveals he has molested her. Shuiqing and the others are shocked. To Lynn’s disillusionment, Li’ai urges her to forgive Guangming, to stave off the breakup of their family. Daoren tries to market his fengshui items and is convinced to rent half a shop to sell his goods. Shuiqing refuses to lend him any money. Daoren bails Meigui out ...
S01 E14 • Thursday, Nov 5, 2015 • Nov 5 • 23m
Troublemaker and Guoli play basketball in school during the holidays. Bored, they draw graffiti on the walls. The janitor uses a mobile phone to photograph them in action. When Wu Yanbin reports for work, he finds that the school principal is his former colleague, Cui Dabao. He tells Dabao that Siman is studying overseas and that he had returned home first. The janitor shows Daoqiang the photos. Troublemaker declares he did everything by ...
S01 E15 • Friday, Nov 6, 2015 • Nov 6 • 23m
Yishou is convinced Lin-sao is the thief when he sees her buying a new computer for her daughter. Upon interrogation, she finally admits she had pawned the watch for her daughter’s sake. She begs him not to expose her, as she needs to feed her family. Yishou empathises. He asks Shuiqing for an advance and redeems the watch. Yishou is about to put the watch into the mailbox when Daohan appears. He quickly puts the watch back into his pocket ...
S01 E16 • Monday, Nov 9, 2015 • Nov 9 • 23m
Guilt-stricken about speaking unjustly against Yishou, Shuiqing hopes to get him to come back. However, Yishou has cut off all contact with everyone. The school opens up the wall for its students to develop their creativity. Troublemaker and the others scribble on the wall instead of treasuring the opportunity to make good. Yanbin is forced to clean the wall with white paint. Filled wiith remorse, Troublemaker and the others help out. ...
S01 E17 • Tuesday, Nov 10, 2015 • Nov 10 • 23m
Meigui dreams of her father being harmed in an alley and wakes up in alarm. She sees her medicine by her bed, but decides not to take it. Her mother wants to take her to the clinic, but is locked in the room by her. Trying to leave, Meigui finds Daoren waiting for her. Her mother had asked him to escort her to the clinic. He assures her that if she goes for her follow-up sessions and takes her medicine, her mother will give her freedom to go ...
S01 E18 • Wednesday, Nov 11, 2015 • Nov 11 • 23m
Chatting on the telephone, Jinshan seems to be talking to his grandson. Shuiqing catches him grabbing sweets from the reception counter. Jinshan lies that his blood sugar has been low and it is necessary for him to eat sweets. Daoren and Meigui take Jinshan shopping, and find his behaviour highly suspicious. Jinshan admits he has a family in America and that he has to go back. He apologises to Meigui. She is understanding, and suggests she ...
S01 E19 • Thursday, Nov 12, 2015 • Nov 12 • 23m
Yanbin, Daoqiang and Troublemaker each draw a picture on the wall. Troublemaker draws a chicken drumstick and says it is Guoli’s dream. During recess, everyone sees a box with Guoli’s name on it. When Troublemaker finds a chicken drumstick in the box, he is reminded of the graffiti wall. He encourages his classmates to treat the wall as a wishing wall. Yanbin notices Guoli throwing the chicken drumstick into the rubbish bin. Shenlong changes ...
S01 E20 • Friday, Nov 13, 2015 • Nov 13 • 23m
Shuiqing is happy the inn can once again provide free green bean soup. Many neighbours turn up to apologise for demanding medical compensation. Jiajia stops Shenlong from telling Shuiqing about the molest case. Shuiqing tries to mediate between Shenlong and Dashou, but Dashou refuses to give in. Dashou plays a prank on Shenlong and causes him to fall. Shenlong is hospitalised. Daoqiang is suspended from his duties. Troublemaker warns Guo...
S01 E21 • Monday, Nov 16, 2015 • Nov 16 • 23m
Dongxuan’s death casts a pall on the students, who blame the school’s rules for his death. They go on strike and refuse to attend classes. Yanbin and Daoqiang encourage them to pull themselves together. After a match, they write messages on Dongxuan’s basketball and urge the school community not to forget their friendship. Yanbin catches a glimpse of Daohan and assumes she is Siman. He loiters in the streets, hoping to see her again. Hua-ji...
S01 E22 • Tuesday, Nov 17, 2015 • Nov 17 • 23m
Yanbin does not believe Daohan is not Du Siman and even speculates she had an accident and lost her memory. Dabao and Zhixiang, too, claim she is Siman. Desperate, she takes Yanbin home with her, so that Shuiqing and the family to verify her identity. She is moved by his love for Siman. When he leaves, Daoren suggests Daohan become Siman’s replacement to console Yanbin. A maid brings the elderly person and the child under her care to the inn ...
S01 E23 • Wednesday, Nov 18, 2015 • Nov 18 • 23m
The principal decides to suspend Yanbin of his duties. Troublemaker and the others ostracise Jinji and even refuse to celebrate his birthday. Daohan consoles Yanbin by going with him to places he had visited with Siman. Jiajia reminds her that she has already fallen in love with Yanbin. Daohan finds out that Yanbin babysits Tim, who is often alone at home. His kindness makes her like him even more. Like Hua-jie, Fu-sao takes replacement me...
S01 E24 • Thursday, Nov 19, 2015 • Nov 19 • 23m
Alone and lonely, Jinji ruins his birthday cake and food. He is pleasantly surprised when Yanbin, Daohan and the other students turn up to celebrate his birthday with him. Yanbin has also convinced Jinji’s mother to fly back from England. However, because his father did not return, Jinji flares up. His mother leaves in a huff. Daohan and Yanbin remind Jinji’s parents that Jinji needs their concern more than their money. Jinji is grateful whe...
S01 E25 • Friday, Nov 20, 2015 • Nov 20 • 23m
Yishou is delivering water when he meets a tomboy-like girl named Emily, who greets him and claims she is delivering letters. He goes into an office to change the water dispenser, and she goes into Mr Chen’s office. Mr Chen is pleased to see Yishou cleaning up the area after replacing the water. When Yishou is waiting for the receipt, he sees Emily sneaking into Mr Chen’s office and taking something from a pocket before hurrying off. Yishou ...
S01 E26 • Monday, Nov 23, 2015 • Nov 23 • 23m
Shuiqing feels dizzy. Daoren takes him to the clinic, where his blood pressure is found to be low. Jiajia tells Shuiqing to seek treatment early to avoid problems. He promises to do so. Jiajia changes a light bulb while standing on a new chair, and falls. She almost knocks Shuiqing over. Annoyed that the chair is made of inferior wood, he grumbles about the manufacturer skimping on materials. He reminds Daoren not to be dishonest in business ...
S01 E27 • Tuesday, Nov 24, 2015 • Nov 24 • 23m
Shuiqing buys a work of calligraphy from his friend for $8000. Daoqiang wants it authenticated, but Shuiqing trusts his friend will not cheat him. Fu-sao shows off her gold jewellery and attracts the attention of robbers. They accost her when she is in a back alley. When they discover the gold items are fake, they beat her up. Shenlong tries to save her and is beaten up too. His money is stolen. Jiajia advises Fu-sao not to wear so much ...
S01 E28 • Wednesday, Nov 25, 2015 • Nov 25 • 23m
A middle-aged man pays for his bottle of mineral water with a $100 note. Meigui gives him change without checking the note, and only later realises it is counterfeit. Daoren promptly helps her spend it. Meigui gets upset and refuses to speak to him. Daoren is remorseful. He goes back to the pork seller and asks to exchange the note with a real one. However, the pork seller has used it to buy other things. The fake note ends up in Dashou’s ...
S01 E29 • Thursday, Nov 26, 2015 • Nov 26 • 23m
Daoqiang buys a ring to propose to Jiajia, but has no idea how to do so. Daoren and Daohan encourage him to find a novel way to move her heart. Dashou laments that he is down on his luck. He drove a pregnant woman to the hospital and was caught speeding. To worsen matters, he also knocked into another car. Shuiqing consoles him. Fu-sao turns up and thanks Dashou for helping the pregnant woman, who is her sister. She gives him a big red pack...
S01 E30 • Friday, Nov 27, 2015 • Nov 27 • 23m
Dashou sells to Daoren the goods Shuiqing had bought from him. Shuiqing finds out and is infuriated. Dashou insists the idea was Daoren’s. Dashou busies himself preparing to meet his rich girlfriend’s family in Thailand. He does not bother with Shuiqing and Daoren. Shuiqing wants Daoren to find a job, but the latter is adamant about dealing with his batch of goods first. A buyer wants to purchase Daoren’s entire consignment and even asks ...
S01 E31 • Monday, Nov 30, 2015 • Nov 30 • 23m
Yishou takes Emily with him to try Hokkien mee at many different stalls, hoping to figure out the x factor. Emily takes advantage of her good looks to help him. On the way back, Emily notices an old busker trying to attract attention and helps out by singing and playing the guitar. When Yishou probes, she reveals she was once in a girls’ home. Emily buys a fisherman’s cap for Yishou and asks him to wear it while selling Hokkien mee. She is ...
S01 E32 • Tuesday, Dec 1, 2015 • Dec 1 • 23m
Troublemaker learns Guoli has picked up a large sum of money. Liang overhears their conversation and takes the money away. The two boys find out the money belongs to a maid, Siti, and decide to work to pay her back by instalments. Yishou keeps Emily company when she practises for the singing competition. Emily is disappointed Yishou is unable to be present at the competition because he needs to tend to the stall. She borrows his backpack an...
S01 E33 • Wednesday, Dec 2, 2015 • Dec 2 • 23m
Guoli and Troublemaker help a houseowner with many chores, but earn only $2. When Troublemaker expresses his displeasure, the house owner complains to Daoqiang about the students moonlighting. Daoqiang probes into the matter. Eventually, he helps the boys repay Siti, and also gets the whole school to raise funds for refugees. Emily comes in within the top five of the competition. She learns Yishou has found out she lied about the stall ...
S01 E34 • Thursday, Dec 3, 2015 • Dec 3 • 23m
Jiajia and Daoqiang join a volunteer group and participate in delivering goodie bags to the poor. Hua-jie wants a goodie bag as well. Jiajia urges her to yield to the elderly, who are unable to work. Disagreeing, Dashou argues that there are people in charities who cheat others of their money. Jiajia and Daoqiang notice scraps of leftover food on the floor. They try in vain to persuade the culprit not to feed stray cats and dogs, in ...
S01 E35 • Friday, Dec 4, 2015 • Dec 4 • 23m
Shocked to find dead rats in the kitchen, Jiajia warns Hua-jie not to let anyone know, as that would ruin the inn’s reputation. She worries even more when Dashou mentions that no one has dared to patronise a food stall nearby since dead rats were seen there. Daoqiang learns Sweetie (Xiao Tiantian) has lost two booklets of coupons. Guoli finds two sold charity booklets in the vegetable garden and hands them to Daoqiang. He is angry when ...
S01 E36 • Monday, Dec 7, 2015 • Dec 7 • 23m
Daoqiang is looking forward to a gathering of his friends, and Daoren, a reunion of ex-classmates. When told his ex-girlfriend, Xiao Yaojing, will be accompanied by her dentist boyfriend, Daoren asks Meigui to pose as his girlfriend. At the reunion, he lies that Meigui is from a wealthy family, and even kisses her to show off. Fuming, Meigui severs her ties with Daoren. He does not have a clue why she is so angry, until Daohan explains that ...
S01 E37 • Tuesday, Dec 8, 2015 • Dec 8 • 23m
Daoren waits outside Meigui’s house. When she appears, he apologises for hurting her and asking her to pose as his girlfriend. He learns she has a gathering of her own to attend, and offers to pose as her boyfriend. Meigui and her ex-classmates set out to do volunteer work at the home of an old lady with dementia. The lady’s husband has not returned since going out to sea many years ago. She mistakes Daoren for her husband and hugs him ...
S01 E38 • Wednesday, Dec 9, 2015 • Dec 9 • 23m
Daohan rejects a suitor, and a stranger by the named of Try accuses her of toying with the man’s feelings. She returns home in a foul mood and tells Shuiqing what happened. Shuiqing hopes Daohan will put Yanbin behind her and not go on dates to numb her mind. Business is slow at the inn. Jiajia suggests hiring Try, an expert, to revamp its image. Unable to decide, Shuiqing calls for a family meeting. Daoren offers his ideas in the hope th...
S01 E39 • Thursday, Dec 10, 2015 • Dec 10 • 23m
Shuiqing finally agrees to make changes at the inn. A lucky draw is held to pick one person to stay at the inn for free. However, as Fu, Lu and Shou each have a winning ticket, Daoren has no choice but to let all three share the prize. The three men are more turned off than pleased. Dashou almost chokes while eating grapes. Exasperated, Shuiqing decides to invite Try to help the inn. Try is the man who had reprimanded Daohan about the suit...
S01 E40 • Friday, Dec 11, 2015 • Dec 11 • 23m
Daoqiang is happily preparing for his wedding when Jiajia reveals that she had her first love’s baby but the baby died. Daoqiang is surprised, but asserts that they should not let the past affect them. He hopes she will put that experience aside and start anew. Shenlong cannot forget the girl he had a crush on in school. When he discovers Hua-jie went to the same school, he assumes she is his dream girl, Jinhua. A drunk Chu’er is taken to t...
S01 E41 • Monday, Dec 14, 2015 • Dec 14 • 23m
An emotionally-charged Jiajia tells Chu’er she is her biological mother. To her surprise, the latter’s reaction is cold. Daoren finds out it is Shenlong who wrote the love letter to Hua-jie. Admitting it, Shenlong urges him to keep his secret. Daoren reveals that Fu-sao has told everyone where Hua-jie will meet her date. Not wanting the date to be ruined, Shenlong asks Daoren for a solution. Daoren suggests booking the entire inn, so he ca...
S01 E42 • Tuesday, Dec 15, 2015 • Dec 15 • 23m
Shocked to learn Chu’er is Jiajia’s daughter, Daoqiang leaves in a hurry. Chu’er declares that Jiajia need not sacrifice her marital plans for her sake, but Jiajia insists Chu’er is her priority. Daoqiang does not want to lose Jiajia. He is willing to accept Chu’er and regard her as his own. He wants to proceed with the wedding, but Jiajia feels she is now not good enough to be Shuiqing’s daughter-in-law. Troublemaker puzzles over Xiaotian ...
S01 E43 • Wednesday, Dec 16, 2015 • Dec 16 • 23m
Jiajia refrains from slapping Chu’er when she remembers that is what Tiansheng did. She assures Shuiqing she will not marry Daoqiang. Shenlong tells Shuiqing that Guoli is not his son. He took Guoli in when he married the boy’s mother. Though the marriage ended in divorce, Shenlong regards Guoli as his own and continues to nurture him. Shuiqing feels ashamed that he is not as magnanimous as Shenlong. Shuiqing decides not to object to the ...
S01 E44 • Thursday, Dec 17, 2015 • Dec 17 • 23m
Daoqiang learns the other girl is Xiaotian’s twin, Xiaomi. As their mother has to work to support the family, she makes Xiaomi stay home to look after her siblings since she is weak academically. Xiaotian lets Xiaomi take her place in class from time to time, so that she can get an education too. Daoren tells Daohan he likes Meigui, but is unwilling to give up all other girls for her. However, when he sees her with a handsome guy, he gets ...
S01 E45 • Friday, Dec 18, 2015 • Dec 18 • 23m
Daohan uses someone else’s mobile phone charger at a shop and offends the charger’s owner, who turns out to be Try. She goes off with her foreign friends to tour Singapore and leaves her mobile phone at the shop. Try takes her phone home when he finds it on the counter. Fu-sao is upset her dog has gone missing. Everyone at the inn offers different ideas on how to find the dog. Daohan is sad when she cannot find her mobile phone. Advising he...
S01 E46 • Monday, Dec 21, 2015 • Dec 21 • 23m
Daohan confronts Try when she finds out it was he who took her mobile phone. Daoren sows discord and leads Daohan to be mistaken about Try. Daohan realises Try has removed the scratch that was on her phone’s screen. She looks him up and is pleasantly surprised when he declares he is going to court her. She accepts his challenge to go on an overnight cycling date around the island. Jane makes her way to the inn to get some files from Daohan...
S01 E47 • Tuesday, Dec 22, 2015 • Dec 22 • 23m
Unable to tolerate the heat, Daoren considers moving into one of the inn’s rooms, but the inn is fully booked. . Daohan wants to take a bath and is peeved there is no hot water. Daoqiang helps her boil some water in the kitchen. Passing by, Shenlong notices the water boiling and assumes the Zhuangs are preparing free green bean soup. He adds in sugar and green beans...
S01 E48 • Wednesday, Dec 23, 2015 • Dec 23 • 23m
Chu’er is Lynn’s classmate at the polytechnic. Lynn finds out Chu’er’s mother is Jiajia. As Lynn needs money, Chu’er asks Jiajia for some. Jiajia refuses, and their relationship sours. Daoqiang offers to help, but wants Chu’er to fulfil his conditions. She senses that he is sincere, but pretends otherwise. Emily harasses Hua-jie to tell her everything about Yishou. ..
S01 E49 • Thursday, Dec 24, 2015 • Dec 24 • 23m
Daohan is disappointed her family seems to have forgotten about her birthday. She is thrilled when Shuiqing appears with a cake, out of the blue. Fu-sao and Dashou make plans for a Christmas party at the inn to cheer Shenlong up. Shuiqing does not approve of the Christmas tree that Daoqiang and Jiajia put up in the hall, as he thinks such celebrations of Western festivities are over-commercialised...
S01 E50 • Friday, Dec 25, 2015 • Dec 25 • 23m
Fu, Lu and Shou refuse to leave, even after the party ends. They want to be there for Shenlong, whom they know misses Guoli sorely. Shenlong lies that he has more freedom, now that Guoli has left. Shenlong returns home, where he finds Guoli waiting. Guoli has a gift for him and insists on staying the night to keep him company. However, when Mei’e turns up and tells Shenlong off for spoiling her son, he has no choice but to make Guoli leave...
2015 • 120 Episodes
S01 E01 • Monday, Oct 19, 2015 • Oct 19 • 23m
Zhuang Daoren is selling jade in the streets. Meigui mistakes him for a conman and is about to arrest him when screams pierce the air: “Robbery! Robbery!” Meigui ties Daoren’s hand to hers and goes after the robber. She nabs Yishou, who has just been released from prison, but it turns out to be a case of mistaken identity. Daoren returns to the inn his family runs and tries to pull a prank on his father, Shuiqing, who is taking a nap. Just ...
S01 E02 • Tuesday, Oct 20, 2015 • Oct 20 • 23m
Daoqiang is the vice principal of Li Zhi Secondary School. One day, he is doing volunteer work in the school garden with Jiajia when a fire breaks out in the storeroom. He rushes to the scene and manages to catch the alleged arsonist. Daoqiang likes Jiajia, but does not dare to tell her so. Shuiqing encourages him to ask her out on a date. Yishou is unable to get a job because of his criminal record. He visits Uncle Wang and feels bad the ...
S01 E03 • Wednesday, Oct 21, 2015 • Oct 21 • 23m
Daoqiang puts a movie ticket into Jiajia’s jacket, not knowing the particular jacket is Daohan’s. Daohan finds the tickets and assumes it is Jinbin who is trying to date her. She throws the tickets at Jinbin, who then assumes Daohan wants to ask him out. The misunderstanding ends on a sour note. Yishou returns to the garage where he had worked before his imprisonment and demands to be paid the renumeration owed to him. Going back to the inn ...
S01 E04 • Thursday, Oct 22, 2015 • Oct 22 • 23m
Daohan asserts that her wallet was in the mailbox and has more than $20 extra in it. Guilt-stricken about maligning Yishou, Shuiqing invites him to dine with the family, but he rejects the offer. Jiajia suspects he put the wallet into the mailbox. Jiajia is displeased when Daoren asserts that Daoqiang must have skipped dinner at home because he has a date. Daoqiang waits in vain outside the theatre. When he discovers that Daohan had found ...
S01 E05 • Friday, Oct 23, 2015 • Oct 23 • 23m
Jinbin dines with Shuiqing and his family. Daohan refuses to accept his explanation of their misunderstandings and leaves the table when he proposes a toast of tea as an apology. Jinbin and Daoren became buddies after Daoren risked his life to save Jinbin from an attack years ago. Daohan confirms that Daoqiang put the movie tickets into her jacket by mistake. She offers to help him, but he turns her down. Everyone objects to Shuiqing’s ...
S01 E06 • Monday, Oct 26, 2015 • Oct 26 • 23m
Daoqiang is unsure of Jiajia’s feelings for him but does not dare ask her directly. However, he takes Daohan’s advice and invites her out again. Lin Dashou thwarts his plans. Dashou has regarded Jiajia as his goddess since she sat in his taxi, and hopes to ask her out on a date. Even though she turns him down, he is persistent, and even gives Daoqiang the impression he is her new boyfriend. Daohan buys movie tickets in an effort to engineer ...
S01 E07 • Tuesday, Oct 27, 2015 • Oct 27 • 23m
Jiajia is clearly upset with Daoqiang. Shenlong tries to persuade a dejected Daoqiang to buy a jade pendant to boost his love life. Daoqiang finds out Shenlong’s son is Guoli, and Shenlong is trying to sell the pendant to be able to buy school shoes for his son. Daoqiang buys the pendant, which leads Daoren and the others to assume he has lost his senses over love. Daoqiang gives the jade pendant to Jiajia. Though she tells him off for bein...
S01 E08 • Wednesday, Oct 28, 2015 • Oct 28 • 23m
Jiajia rejects the shoes from Daoqiang. Back home, Daohan sneers at her brother. Shuiqing tells Daoqiang he needs to have thicker skin if he wants to succeed. Daohan and the others see Shuiqing off. Yishou calls for a taxi and is told off by Daohan, as Daoqiang has asked Dashou to drive Shuiqing to the airport. The Zhuangs are shocked to learn Shuiqing’ flight to Australia has crashed. Daohan blames Yishou for booking a seat on that flight ...
S01 E09 • Thursday, Oct 29, 2015 • Oct 29 • 23m
Daoren meets a sexy girl, Lynn, in a lift. Lynn shouts “molest” when he refuses to give her money. Meigui, who already has a bad impression of Daoren, gives chase. Daoren has no choice but to give in to Lynn’s demands. Daoren relates what happened to Shenlong and the others. Shuiqing tells Daoren off for what he did. Daoren is angry with Meigui for harassing him and chases her away, even though Meigui wants to check into the inn. After the...
S01 E10 • Friday, Oct 30, 2015 • Oct 30 • 23m
Shuiqing is sad that Daoren and Daohan seem to have attracted the wrong people. He is grateful when Jinbin offers to protect Daohan. The gift scare strengthens Daohan’s relationship with Jinbin. Daoqiang decides to adhere to Shuiqing’s rule of being a nice person. He insists on sending a drunkard home and is suspected of stealing the man’s mobile phone. Back home, Shuiqing reminds Daoqiang that one has to be prudent, even when being nice t...
S01 E11 • Monday, Nov 2, 2015 • Nov 2 • 23m
Ray stalks Daohan and issues the threat of an acid attack, in an attempt to get her to reconcile with him. She refuses, and he flings the acid. Jinbin is splashed by accident, and discovers the so-called acid is water. Ray threatens to kill himself, but Shuiqing and Daoren manage to talk sense into him. Meigui tails Lynn to the inn and works with Daoren to lead her into their trap. Turning the tables around, Lynn extorts $1000 from Shuiqing ...
S01 E12 • Tuesday, Nov 3, 2015 • Nov 3 • 23m
Daoren and Meigui tail Lynn and uncover Ray’s ill intent. Infuriated, he tries to knock Daoren down. Meigui stops him. Ray refuses to surrender himself to the police, in spite of Daoren and Meigui’s advice. Plagued by failure, he commits suicide. Meigui is devastated. Only then does Daoren find out Ray is her brother. Lynn is badly affected by Ray’s death, too, and hides in her room. Shuiqing has no choice but to call on her parents to tell ...
S01 E13 • Wednesday, Nov 4, 2015 • Nov 4 • 23m
Lynn finally opens her room door to see Li’ai. Guangming tries to drag her home. She refuses to budge, and reveals he has molested her. Shuiqing and the others are shocked. To Lynn’s disillusionment, Li’ai urges her to forgive Guangming, to stave off the breakup of their family. Daoren tries to market his fengshui items and is convinced to rent half a shop to sell his goods. Shuiqing refuses to lend him any money. Daoren bails Meigui out ...
S01 E14 • Thursday, Nov 5, 2015 • Nov 5 • 23m
Troublemaker and Guoli play basketball in school during the holidays. Bored, they draw graffiti on the walls. The janitor uses a mobile phone to photograph them in action. When Wu Yanbin reports for work, he finds that the school principal is his former colleague, Cui Dabao. He tells Dabao that Siman is studying overseas and that he had returned home first. The janitor shows Daoqiang the photos. Troublemaker declares he did everything by ...
S01 E15 • Friday, Nov 6, 2015 • Nov 6 • 23m
Yishou is convinced Lin-sao is the thief when he sees her buying a new computer for her daughter. Upon interrogation, she finally admits she had pawned the watch for her daughter’s sake. She begs him not to expose her, as she needs to feed her family. Yishou empathises. He asks Shuiqing for an advance and redeems the watch. Yishou is about to put the watch into the mailbox when Daohan appears. He quickly puts the watch back into his pocket ...
S01 E16 • Monday, Nov 9, 2015 • Nov 9 • 23m
Guilt-stricken about speaking unjustly against Yishou, Shuiqing hopes to get him to come back. However, Yishou has cut off all contact with everyone. The school opens up the wall for its students to develop their creativity. Troublemaker and the others scribble on the wall instead of treasuring the opportunity to make good. Yanbin is forced to clean the wall with white paint. Filled wiith remorse, Troublemaker and the others help out. ...
S01 E17 • Tuesday, Nov 10, 2015 • Nov 10 • 23m
Meigui dreams of her father being harmed in an alley and wakes up in alarm. She sees her medicine by her bed, but decides not to take it. Her mother wants to take her to the clinic, but is locked in the room by her. Trying to leave, Meigui finds Daoren waiting for her. Her mother had asked him to escort her to the clinic. He assures her that if she goes for her follow-up sessions and takes her medicine, her mother will give her freedom to go ...
S01 E18 • Wednesday, Nov 11, 2015 • Nov 11 • 23m
Chatting on the telephone, Jinshan seems to be talking to his grandson. Shuiqing catches him grabbing sweets from the reception counter. Jinshan lies that his blood sugar has been low and it is necessary for him to eat sweets. Daoren and Meigui take Jinshan shopping, and find his behaviour highly suspicious. Jinshan admits he has a family in America and that he has to go back. He apologises to Meigui. She is understanding, and suggests she ...
S01 E19 • Thursday, Nov 12, 2015 • Nov 12 • 23m
Yanbin, Daoqiang and Troublemaker each draw a picture on the wall. Troublemaker draws a chicken drumstick and says it is Guoli’s dream. During recess, everyone sees a box with Guoli’s name on it. When Troublemaker finds a chicken drumstick in the box, he is reminded of the graffiti wall. He encourages his classmates to treat the wall as a wishing wall. Yanbin notices Guoli throwing the chicken drumstick into the rubbish bin. Shenlong changes ...
S01 E20 • Friday, Nov 13, 2015 • Nov 13 • 23m
Shuiqing is happy the inn can once again provide free green bean soup. Many neighbours turn up to apologise for demanding medical compensation. Jiajia stops Shenlong from telling Shuiqing about the molest case. Shuiqing tries to mediate between Shenlong and Dashou, but Dashou refuses to give in. Dashou plays a prank on Shenlong and causes him to fall. Shenlong is hospitalised. Daoqiang is suspended from his duties. Troublemaker warns Guo...
S01 E21 • Monday, Nov 16, 2015 • Nov 16 • 23m
Dongxuan’s death casts a pall on the students, who blame the school’s rules for his death. They go on strike and refuse to attend classes. Yanbin and Daoqiang encourage them to pull themselves together. After a match, they write messages on Dongxuan’s basketball and urge the school community not to forget their friendship. Yanbin catches a glimpse of Daohan and assumes she is Siman. He loiters in the streets, hoping to see her again. Hua-ji...
S01 E22 • Tuesday, Nov 17, 2015 • Nov 17 • 23m
Yanbin does not believe Daohan is not Du Siman and even speculates she had an accident and lost her memory. Dabao and Zhixiang, too, claim she is Siman. Desperate, she takes Yanbin home with her, so that Shuiqing and the family to verify her identity. She is moved by his love for Siman. When he leaves, Daoren suggests Daohan become Siman’s replacement to console Yanbin. A maid brings the elderly person and the child under her care to the inn ...
S01 E23 • Wednesday, Nov 18, 2015 • Nov 18 • 23m
The principal decides to suspend Yanbin of his duties. Troublemaker and the others ostracise Jinji and even refuse to celebrate his birthday. Daohan consoles Yanbin by going with him to places he had visited with Siman. Jiajia reminds her that she has already fallen in love with Yanbin. Daohan finds out that Yanbin babysits Tim, who is often alone at home. His kindness makes her like him even more. Like Hua-jie, Fu-sao takes replacement me...
S01 E24 • Thursday, Nov 19, 2015 • Nov 19 • 23m
Alone and lonely, Jinji ruins his birthday cake and food. He is pleasantly surprised when Yanbin, Daohan and the other students turn up to celebrate his birthday with him. Yanbin has also convinced Jinji’s mother to fly back from England. However, because his father did not return, Jinji flares up. His mother leaves in a huff. Daohan and Yanbin remind Jinji’s parents that Jinji needs their concern more than their money. Jinji is grateful whe...
S01 E25 • Friday, Nov 20, 2015 • Nov 20 • 23m
Yishou is delivering water when he meets a tomboy-like girl named Emily, who greets him and claims she is delivering letters. He goes into an office to change the water dispenser, and she goes into Mr Chen’s office. Mr Chen is pleased to see Yishou cleaning up the area after replacing the water. When Yishou is waiting for the receipt, he sees Emily sneaking into Mr Chen’s office and taking something from a pocket before hurrying off. Yishou ...
S01 E26 • Monday, Nov 23, 2015 • Nov 23 • 23m
Shuiqing feels dizzy. Daoren takes him to the clinic, where his blood pressure is found to be low. Jiajia tells Shuiqing to seek treatment early to avoid problems. He promises to do so. Jiajia changes a light bulb while standing on a new chair, and falls. She almost knocks Shuiqing over. Annoyed that the chair is made of inferior wood, he grumbles about the manufacturer skimping on materials. He reminds Daoren not to be dishonest in business ...
S01 E27 • Tuesday, Nov 24, 2015 • Nov 24 • 23m
Shuiqing buys a work of calligraphy from his friend for $8000. Daoqiang wants it authenticated, but Shuiqing trusts his friend will not cheat him. Fu-sao shows off her gold jewellery and attracts the attention of robbers. They accost her when she is in a back alley. When they discover the gold items are fake, they beat her up. Shenlong tries to save her and is beaten up too. His money is stolen. Jiajia advises Fu-sao not to wear so much ...
S01 E28 • Wednesday, Nov 25, 2015 • Nov 25 • 23m
A middle-aged man pays for his bottle of mineral water with a $100 note. Meigui gives him change without checking the note, and only later realises it is counterfeit. Daoren promptly helps her spend it. Meigui gets upset and refuses to speak to him. Daoren is remorseful. He goes back to the pork seller and asks to exchange the note with a real one. However, the pork seller has used it to buy other things. The fake note ends up in Dashou’s ...
S01 E29 • Thursday, Nov 26, 2015 • Nov 26 • 23m
Daoqiang buys a ring to propose to Jiajia, but has no idea how to do so. Daoren and Daohan encourage him to find a novel way to move her heart. Dashou laments that he is down on his luck. He drove a pregnant woman to the hospital and was caught speeding. To worsen matters, he also knocked into another car. Shuiqing consoles him. Fu-sao turns up and thanks Dashou for helping the pregnant woman, who is her sister. She gives him a big red pack...
S01 E30 • Friday, Nov 27, 2015 • Nov 27 • 23m
Dashou sells to Daoren the goods Shuiqing had bought from him. Shuiqing finds out and is infuriated. Dashou insists the idea was Daoren’s. Dashou busies himself preparing to meet his rich girlfriend’s family in Thailand. He does not bother with Shuiqing and Daoren. Shuiqing wants Daoren to find a job, but the latter is adamant about dealing with his batch of goods first. A buyer wants to purchase Daoren’s entire consignment and even asks ...
S01 E31 • Monday, Nov 30, 2015 • Nov 30 • 23m
Yishou takes Emily with him to try Hokkien mee at many different stalls, hoping to figure out the x factor. Emily takes advantage of her good looks to help him. On the way back, Emily notices an old busker trying to attract attention and helps out by singing and playing the guitar. When Yishou probes, she reveals she was once in a girls’ home. Emily buys a fisherman’s cap for Yishou and asks him to wear it while selling Hokkien mee. She is ...
S01 E32 • Tuesday, Dec 1, 2015 • Dec 1 • 23m
Troublemaker learns Guoli has picked up a large sum of money. Liang overhears their conversation and takes the money away. The two boys find out the money belongs to a maid, Siti, and decide to work to pay her back by instalments. Yishou keeps Emily company when she practises for the singing competition. Emily is disappointed Yishou is unable to be present at the competition because he needs to tend to the stall. She borrows his backpack an...
S01 E33 • Wednesday, Dec 2, 2015 • Dec 2 • 23m
Guoli and Troublemaker help a houseowner with many chores, but earn only $2. When Troublemaker expresses his displeasure, the house owner complains to Daoqiang about the students moonlighting. Daoqiang probes into the matter. Eventually, he helps the boys repay Siti, and also gets the whole school to raise funds for refugees. Emily comes in within the top five of the competition. She learns Yishou has found out she lied about the stall ...
S01 E34 • Thursday, Dec 3, 2015 • Dec 3 • 23m
Jiajia and Daoqiang join a volunteer group and participate in delivering goodie bags to the poor. Hua-jie wants a goodie bag as well. Jiajia urges her to yield to the elderly, who are unable to work. Disagreeing, Dashou argues that there are people in charities who cheat others of their money. Jiajia and Daoqiang notice scraps of leftover food on the floor. They try in vain to persuade the culprit not to feed stray cats and dogs, in ...
S01 E35 • Friday, Dec 4, 2015 • Dec 4 • 23m
Shocked to find dead rats in the kitchen, Jiajia warns Hua-jie not to let anyone know, as that would ruin the inn’s reputation. She worries even more when Dashou mentions that no one has dared to patronise a food stall nearby since dead rats were seen there. Daoqiang learns Sweetie (Xiao Tiantian) has lost two booklets of coupons. Guoli finds two sold charity booklets in the vegetable garden and hands them to Daoqiang. He is angry when ...
S01 E36 • Monday, Dec 7, 2015 • Dec 7 • 23m
Daoqiang is looking forward to a gathering of his friends, and Daoren, a reunion of ex-classmates. When told his ex-girlfriend, Xiao Yaojing, will be accompanied by her dentist boyfriend, Daoren asks Meigui to pose as his girlfriend. At the reunion, he lies that Meigui is from a wealthy family, and even kisses her to show off. Fuming, Meigui severs her ties with Daoren. He does not have a clue why she is so angry, until Daohan explains that ...
S01 E37 • Tuesday, Dec 8, 2015 • Dec 8 • 23m
Daoren waits outside Meigui’s house. When she appears, he apologises for hurting her and asking her to pose as his girlfriend. He learns she has a gathering of her own to attend, and offers to pose as her boyfriend. Meigui and her ex-classmates set out to do volunteer work at the home of an old lady with dementia. The lady’s husband has not returned since going out to sea many years ago. She mistakes Daoren for her husband and hugs him ...
S01 E38 • Wednesday, Dec 9, 2015 • Dec 9 • 23m
Daohan rejects a suitor, and a stranger by the named of Try accuses her of toying with the man’s feelings. She returns home in a foul mood and tells Shuiqing what happened. Shuiqing hopes Daohan will put Yanbin behind her and not go on dates to numb her mind. Business is slow at the inn. Jiajia suggests hiring Try, an expert, to revamp its image. Unable to decide, Shuiqing calls for a family meeting. Daoren offers his ideas in the hope th...
S01 E39 • Thursday, Dec 10, 2015 • Dec 10 • 23m
Shuiqing finally agrees to make changes at the inn. A lucky draw is held to pick one person to stay at the inn for free. However, as Fu, Lu and Shou each have a winning ticket, Daoren has no choice but to let all three share the prize. The three men are more turned off than pleased. Dashou almost chokes while eating grapes. Exasperated, Shuiqing decides to invite Try to help the inn. Try is the man who had reprimanded Daohan about the suit...
S01 E40 • Friday, Dec 11, 2015 • Dec 11 • 23m
Daoqiang is happily preparing for his wedding when Jiajia reveals that she had her first love’s baby but the baby died. Daoqiang is surprised, but asserts that they should not let the past affect them. He hopes she will put that experience aside and start anew. Shenlong cannot forget the girl he had a crush on in school. When he discovers Hua-jie went to the same school, he assumes she is his dream girl, Jinhua. A drunk Chu’er is taken to t...
S01 E41 • Monday, Dec 14, 2015 • Dec 14 • 23m
An emotionally-charged Jiajia tells Chu’er she is her biological mother. To her surprise, the latter’s reaction is cold. Daoren finds out it is Shenlong who wrote the love letter to Hua-jie. Admitting it, Shenlong urges him to keep his secret. Daoren reveals that Fu-sao has told everyone where Hua-jie will meet her date. Not wanting the date to be ruined, Shenlong asks Daoren for a solution. Daoren suggests booking the entire inn, so he ca...
S01 E42 • Tuesday, Dec 15, 2015 • Dec 15 • 23m
Shocked to learn Chu’er is Jiajia’s daughter, Daoqiang leaves in a hurry. Chu’er declares that Jiajia need not sacrifice her marital plans for her sake, but Jiajia insists Chu’er is her priority. Daoqiang does not want to lose Jiajia. He is willing to accept Chu’er and regard her as his own. He wants to proceed with the wedding, but Jiajia feels she is now not good enough to be Shuiqing’s daughter-in-law. Troublemaker puzzles over Xiaotian ...
S01 E43 • Wednesday, Dec 16, 2015 • Dec 16 • 23m
Jiajia refrains from slapping Chu’er when she remembers that is what Tiansheng did. She assures Shuiqing she will not marry Daoqiang. Shenlong tells Shuiqing that Guoli is not his son. He took Guoli in when he married the boy’s mother. Though the marriage ended in divorce, Shenlong regards Guoli as his own and continues to nurture him. Shuiqing feels ashamed that he is not as magnanimous as Shenlong. Shuiqing decides not to object to the ...
S01 E44 • Thursday, Dec 17, 2015 • Dec 17 • 23m
Daoqiang learns the other girl is Xiaotian’s twin, Xiaomi. As their mother has to work to support the family, she makes Xiaomi stay home to look after her siblings since she is weak academically. Xiaotian lets Xiaomi take her place in class from time to time, so that she can get an education too. Daoren tells Daohan he likes Meigui, but is unwilling to give up all other girls for her. However, when he sees her with a handsome guy, he gets ...
S01 E45 • Friday, Dec 18, 2015 • Dec 18 • 23m
Daohan uses someone else’s mobile phone charger at a shop and offends the charger’s owner, who turns out to be Try. She goes off with her foreign friends to tour Singapore and leaves her mobile phone at the shop. Try takes her phone home when he finds it on the counter. Fu-sao is upset her dog has gone missing. Everyone at the inn offers different ideas on how to find the dog. Daohan is sad when she cannot find her mobile phone. Advising he...
S01 E46 • Monday, Dec 21, 2015 • Dec 21 • 23m
Daohan confronts Try when she finds out it was he who took her mobile phone. Daoren sows discord and leads Daohan to be mistaken about Try. Daohan realises Try has removed the scratch that was on her phone’s screen. She looks him up and is pleasantly surprised when he declares he is going to court her. She accepts his challenge to go on an overnight cycling date around the island. Jane makes her way to the inn to get some files from Daohan...
S01 E47 • Tuesday, Dec 22, 2015 • Dec 22 • 23m
Unable to tolerate the heat, Daoren considers moving into one of the inn’s rooms, but the inn is fully booked. . Daohan wants to take a bath and is peeved there is no hot water. Daoqiang helps her boil some water in the kitchen. Passing by, Shenlong notices the water boiling and assumes the Zhuangs are preparing free green bean soup. He adds in sugar and green beans...
S01 E48 • Wednesday, Dec 23, 2015 • Dec 23 • 23m
Chu’er is Lynn’s classmate at the polytechnic. Lynn finds out Chu’er’s mother is Jiajia. As Lynn needs money, Chu’er asks Jiajia for some. Jiajia refuses, and their relationship sours. Daoqiang offers to help, but wants Chu’er to fulfil his conditions. She senses that he is sincere, but pretends otherwise. Emily harasses Hua-jie to tell her everything about Yishou. ..
S01 E49 • Thursday, Dec 24, 2015 • Dec 24 • 23m
Daohan is disappointed her family seems to have forgotten about her birthday. She is thrilled when Shuiqing appears with a cake, out of the blue. Fu-sao and Dashou make plans for a Christmas party at the inn to cheer Shenlong up. Shuiqing does not approve of the Christmas tree that Daoqiang and Jiajia put up in the hall, as he thinks such celebrations of Western festivities are over-commercialised...
S01 E50 • Friday, Dec 25, 2015 • Dec 25 • 23m
Fu, Lu and Shou refuse to leave, even after the party ends. They want to be there for Shenlong, whom they know misses Guoli sorely. Shenlong lies that he has more freedom, now that Guoli has left. Shenlong returns home, where he finds Guoli waiting. Guoli has a gift for him and insists on staying the night to keep him company. However, when Mei’e turns up and tells Shenlong off for spoiling her son, he has no choice but to make Guoli leave...

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S01 E01 • Monday, Oct 19, 2015 • Oct 19 • 23m
Zhuang Daoren is selling jade in the streets. Meigui mistakes him for a conman and is about to arrest him when screams pierce the air: “Robbery! Robbery!” Meigui ties Daoren’s hand to hers and goes after the robber. She nabs Yishou, who has just been released from prison, but it turns out to be a case of mistaken identity. Daoren returns to the inn his family runs and tries to pull a prank on his father, Shuiqing, who is taking a nap. Just ...
S01 E02 • Tuesday, Oct 20, 2015 • Oct 20 • 23m
Daoqiang is the vice principal of Li Zhi Secondary School. One day, he is doing volunteer work in the school garden with Jiajia when a fire breaks out in the storeroom. He rushes to the scene and manages to catch the alleged arsonist. Daoqiang likes Jiajia, but does not dare to tell her so. Shuiqing encourages him to ask her out on a date. Yishou is unable to get a job because of his criminal record. He visits Uncle Wang and feels bad the ...
S01 E03 • Wednesday, Oct 21, 2015 • Oct 21 • 23m
Daoqiang puts a movie ticket into Jiajia’s jacket, not knowing the particular jacket is Daohan’s. Daohan finds the tickets and assumes it is Jinbin who is trying to date her. She throws the tickets at Jinbin, who then assumes Daohan wants to ask him out. The misunderstanding ends on a sour note. Yishou returns to the garage where he had worked before his imprisonment and demands to be paid the renumeration owed to him. Going back to the inn ...
S01 E04 • Thursday, Oct 22, 2015 • Oct 22 • 23m
Daohan asserts that her wallet was in the mailbox and has more than $20 extra in it. Guilt-stricken about maligning Yishou, Shuiqing invites him to dine with the family, but he rejects the offer. Jiajia suspects he put the wallet into the mailbox. Jiajia is displeased when Daoren asserts that Daoqiang must have skipped dinner at home because he has a date. Daoqiang waits in vain outside the theatre. When he discovers that Daohan had found ...
S01 E05 • Friday, Oct 23, 2015 • Oct 23 • 23m
Jinbin dines with Shuiqing and his family. Daohan refuses to accept his explanation of their misunderstandings and leaves the table when he proposes a toast of tea as an apology. Jinbin and Daoren became buddies after Daoren risked his life to save Jinbin from an attack years ago. Daohan confirms that Daoqiang put the movie tickets into her jacket by mistake. She offers to help him, but he turns her down. Everyone objects to Shuiqing’s ...
S01 E06 • Monday, Oct 26, 2015 • Oct 26 • 23m
Daoqiang is unsure of Jiajia’s feelings for him but does not dare ask her directly. However, he takes Daohan’s advice and invites her out again. Lin Dashou thwarts his plans. Dashou has regarded Jiajia as his goddess since she sat in his taxi, and hopes to ask her out on a date. Even though she turns him down, he is persistent, and even gives Daoqiang the impression he is her new boyfriend. Daohan buys movie tickets in an effort to engineer ...
S01 E07 • Tuesday, Oct 27, 2015 • Oct 27 • 23m
Jiajia is clearly upset with Daoqiang. Shenlong tries to persuade a dejected Daoqiang to buy a jade pendant to boost his love life. Daoqiang finds out Shenlong’s son is Guoli, and Shenlong is trying to sell the pendant to be able to buy school shoes for his son. Daoqiang buys the pendant, which leads Daoren and the others to assume he has lost his senses over love. Daoqiang gives the jade pendant to Jiajia. Though she tells him off for bein...
S01 E08 • Wednesday, Oct 28, 2015 • Oct 28 • 23m
Jiajia rejects the shoes from Daoqiang. Back home, Daohan sneers at her brother. Shuiqing tells Daoqiang he needs to have thicker skin if he wants to succeed. Daohan and the others see Shuiqing off. Yishou calls for a taxi and is told off by Daohan, as Daoqiang has asked Dashou to drive Shuiqing to the airport. The Zhuangs are shocked to learn Shuiqing’ flight to Australia has crashed. Daohan blames Yishou for booking a seat on that flight ...
S01 E09 • Thursday, Oct 29, 2015 • Oct 29 • 23m
Daoren meets a sexy girl, Lynn, in a lift. Lynn shouts “molest” when he refuses to give her money. Meigui, who already has a bad impression of Daoren, gives chase. Daoren has no choice but to give in to Lynn’s demands. Daoren relates what happened to Shenlong and the others. Shuiqing tells Daoren off for what he did. Daoren is angry with Meigui for harassing him and chases her away, even though Meigui wants to check into the inn. After the...
S01 E10 • Friday, Oct 30, 2015 • Oct 30 • 23m
Shuiqing is sad that Daoren and Daohan seem to have attracted the wrong people. He is grateful when Jinbin offers to protect Daohan. The gift scare strengthens Daohan’s relationship with Jinbin. Daoqiang decides to adhere to Shuiqing’s rule of being a nice person. He insists on sending a drunkard home and is suspected of stealing the man’s mobile phone. Back home, Shuiqing reminds Daoqiang that one has to be prudent, even when being nice t...
S01 E11 • Monday, Nov 2, 2015 • Nov 2 • 23m
Ray stalks Daohan and issues the threat of an acid attack, in an attempt to get her to reconcile with him. She refuses, and he flings the acid. Jinbin is splashed by accident, and discovers the so-called acid is water. Ray threatens to kill himself, but Shuiqing and Daoren manage to talk sense into him. Meigui tails Lynn to the inn and works with Daoren to lead her into their trap. Turning the tables around, Lynn extorts $1000 from Shuiqing ...
S01 E12 • Tuesday, Nov 3, 2015 • Nov 3 • 23m
Daoren and Meigui tail Lynn and uncover Ray’s ill intent. Infuriated, he tries to knock Daoren down. Meigui stops him. Ray refuses to surrender himself to the police, in spite of Daoren and Meigui’s advice. Plagued by failure, he commits suicide. Meigui is devastated. Only then does Daoren find out Ray is her brother. Lynn is badly affected by Ray’s death, too, and hides in her room. Shuiqing has no choice but to call on her parents to tell ...
S01 E13 • Wednesday, Nov 4, 2015 • Nov 4 • 23m
Lynn finally opens her room door to see Li’ai. Guangming tries to drag her home. She refuses to budge, and reveals he has molested her. Shuiqing and the others are shocked. To Lynn’s disillusionment, Li’ai urges her to forgive Guangming, to stave off the breakup of their family. Daoren tries to market his fengshui items and is convinced to rent half a shop to sell his goods. Shuiqing refuses to lend him any money. Daoren bails Meigui out ...
S01 E14 • Thursday, Nov 5, 2015 • Nov 5 • 23m
Troublemaker and Guoli play basketball in school during the holidays. Bored, they draw graffiti on the walls. The janitor uses a mobile phone to photograph them in action. When Wu Yanbin reports for work, he finds that the school principal is his former colleague, Cui Dabao. He tells Dabao that Siman is studying overseas and that he had returned home first. The janitor shows Daoqiang the photos. Troublemaker declares he did everything by ...
S01 E15 • Friday, Nov 6, 2015 • Nov 6 • 23m
Yishou is convinced Lin-sao is the thief when he sees her buying a new computer for her daughter. Upon interrogation, she finally admits she had pawned the watch for her daughter’s sake. She begs him not to expose her, as she needs to feed her family. Yishou empathises. He asks Shuiqing for an advance and redeems the watch. Yishou is about to put the watch into the mailbox when Daohan appears. He quickly puts the watch back into his pocket ...
S01 E16 • Monday, Nov 9, 2015 • Nov 9 • 23m
Guilt-stricken about speaking unjustly against Yishou, Shuiqing hopes to get him to come back. However, Yishou has cut off all contact with everyone. The school opens up the wall for its students to develop their creativity. Troublemaker and the others scribble on the wall instead of treasuring the opportunity to make good. Yanbin is forced to clean the wall with white paint. Filled wiith remorse, Troublemaker and the others help out. ...
S01 E17 • Tuesday, Nov 10, 2015 • Nov 10 • 23m
Meigui dreams of her father being harmed in an alley and wakes up in alarm. She sees her medicine by her bed, but decides not to take it. Her mother wants to take her to the clinic, but is locked in the room by her. Trying to leave, Meigui finds Daoren waiting for her. Her mother had asked him to escort her to the clinic. He assures her that if she goes for her follow-up sessions and takes her medicine, her mother will give her freedom to go ...
S01 E18 • Wednesday, Nov 11, 2015 • Nov 11 • 23m
Chatting on the telephone, Jinshan seems to be talking to his grandson. Shuiqing catches him grabbing sweets from the reception counter. Jinshan lies that his blood sugar has been low and it is necessary for him to eat sweets. Daoren and Meigui take Jinshan shopping, and find his behaviour highly suspicious. Jinshan admits he has a family in America and that he has to go back. He apologises to Meigui. She is understanding, and suggests she ...
S01 E19 • Thursday, Nov 12, 2015 • Nov 12 • 23m
Yanbin, Daoqiang and Troublemaker each draw a picture on the wall. Troublemaker draws a chicken drumstick and says it is Guoli’s dream. During recess, everyone sees a box with Guoli’s name on it. When Troublemaker finds a chicken drumstick in the box, he is reminded of the graffiti wall. He encourages his classmates to treat the wall as a wishing wall. Yanbin notices Guoli throwing the chicken drumstick into the rubbish bin. Shenlong changes ...
S01 E20 • Friday, Nov 13, 2015 • Nov 13 • 23m
Shuiqing is happy the inn can once again provide free green bean soup. Many neighbours turn up to apologise for demanding medical compensation. Jiajia stops Shenlong from telling Shuiqing about the molest case. Shuiqing tries to mediate between Shenlong and Dashou, but Dashou refuses to give in. Dashou plays a prank on Shenlong and causes him to fall. Shenlong is hospitalised. Daoqiang is suspended from his duties. Troublemaker warns Guo...
S01 E21 • Monday, Nov 16, 2015 • Nov 16 • 23m
Dongxuan’s death casts a pall on the students, who blame the school’s rules for his death. They go on strike and refuse to attend classes. Yanbin and Daoqiang encourage them to pull themselves together. After a match, they write messages on Dongxuan’s basketball and urge the school community not to forget their friendship. Yanbin catches a glimpse of Daohan and assumes she is Siman. He loiters in the streets, hoping to see her again. Hua-ji...
S01 E22 • Tuesday, Nov 17, 2015 • Nov 17 • 23m
Yanbin does not believe Daohan is not Du Siman and even speculates she had an accident and lost her memory. Dabao and Zhixiang, too, claim she is Siman. Desperate, she takes Yanbin home with her, so that Shuiqing and the family to verify her identity. She is moved by his love for Siman. When he leaves, Daoren suggests Daohan become Siman’s replacement to console Yanbin. A maid brings the elderly person and the child under her care to the inn ...
S01 E23 • Wednesday, Nov 18, 2015 • Nov 18 • 23m
The principal decides to suspend Yanbin of his duties. Troublemaker and the others ostracise Jinji and even refuse to celebrate his birthday. Daohan consoles Yanbin by going with him to places he had visited with Siman. Jiajia reminds her that she has already fallen in love with Yanbin. Daohan finds out that Yanbin babysits Tim, who is often alone at home. His kindness makes her like him even more. Like Hua-jie, Fu-sao takes replacement me...
S01 E24 • Thursday, Nov 19, 2015 • Nov 19 • 23m
Alone and lonely, Jinji ruins his birthday cake and food. He is pleasantly surprised when Yanbin, Daohan and the other students turn up to celebrate his birthday with him. Yanbin has also convinced Jinji’s mother to fly back from England. However, because his father did not return, Jinji flares up. His mother leaves in a huff. Daohan and Yanbin remind Jinji’s parents that Jinji needs their concern more than their money. Jinji is grateful whe...
S01 E25 • Friday, Nov 20, 2015 • Nov 20 • 23m
Yishou is delivering water when he meets a tomboy-like girl named Emily, who greets him and claims she is delivering letters. He goes into an office to change the water dispenser, and she goes into Mr Chen’s office. Mr Chen is pleased to see Yishou cleaning up the area after replacing the water. When Yishou is waiting for the receipt, he sees Emily sneaking into Mr Chen’s office and taking something from a pocket before hurrying off. Yishou ...
S01 E26 • Monday, Nov 23, 2015 • Nov 23 • 23m
Shuiqing feels dizzy. Daoren takes him to the clinic, where his blood pressure is found to be low. Jiajia tells Shuiqing to seek treatment early to avoid problems. He promises to do so. Jiajia changes a light bulb while standing on a new chair, and falls. She almost knocks Shuiqing over. Annoyed that the chair is made of inferior wood, he grumbles about the manufacturer skimping on materials. He reminds Daoren not to be dishonest in business ...
S01 E27 • Tuesday, Nov 24, 2015 • Nov 24 • 23m
Shuiqing buys a work of calligraphy from his friend for $8000. Daoqiang wants it authenticated, but Shuiqing trusts his friend will not cheat him. Fu-sao shows off her gold jewellery and attracts the attention of robbers. They accost her when she is in a back alley. When they discover the gold items are fake, they beat her up. Shenlong tries to save her and is beaten up too. His money is stolen. Jiajia advises Fu-sao not to wear so much ...
S01 E28 • Wednesday, Nov 25, 2015 • Nov 25 • 23m
A middle-aged man pays for his bottle of mineral water with a $100 note. Meigui gives him change without checking the note, and only later realises it is counterfeit. Daoren promptly helps her spend it. Meigui gets upset and refuses to speak to him. Daoren is remorseful. He goes back to the pork seller and asks to exchange the note with a real one. However, the pork seller has used it to buy other things. The fake note ends up in Dashou’s ...
S01 E29 • Thursday, Nov 26, 2015 • Nov 26 • 23m
Daoqiang buys a ring to propose to Jiajia, but has no idea how to do so. Daoren and Daohan encourage him to find a novel way to move her heart. Dashou laments that he is down on his luck. He drove a pregnant woman to the hospital and was caught speeding. To worsen matters, he also knocked into another car. Shuiqing consoles him. Fu-sao turns up and thanks Dashou for helping the pregnant woman, who is her sister. She gives him a big red pack...
S01 E30 • Friday, Nov 27, 2015 • Nov 27 • 23m
Dashou sells to Daoren the goods Shuiqing had bought from him. Shuiqing finds out and is infuriated. Dashou insists the idea was Daoren’s. Dashou busies himself preparing to meet his rich girlfriend’s family in Thailand. He does not bother with Shuiqing and Daoren. Shuiqing wants Daoren to find a job, but the latter is adamant about dealing with his batch of goods first. A buyer wants to purchase Daoren’s entire consignment and even asks ...
S01 E31 • Monday, Nov 30, 2015 • Nov 30 • 23m
Yishou takes Emily with him to try Hokkien mee at many different stalls, hoping to figure out the x factor. Emily takes advantage of her good looks to help him. On the way back, Emily notices an old busker trying to attract attention and helps out by singing and playing the guitar. When Yishou probes, she reveals she was once in a girls’ home. Emily buys a fisherman’s cap for Yishou and asks him to wear it while selling Hokkien mee. She is ...
S01 E32 • Tuesday, Dec 1, 2015 • Dec 1 • 23m
Troublemaker learns Guoli has picked up a large sum of money. Liang overhears their conversation and takes the money away. The two boys find out the money belongs to a maid, Siti, and decide to work to pay her back by instalments. Yishou keeps Emily company when she practises for the singing competition. Emily is disappointed Yishou is unable to be present at the competition because he needs to tend to the stall. She borrows his backpack an...
S01 E33 • Wednesday, Dec 2, 2015 • Dec 2 • 23m
Guoli and Troublemaker help a houseowner with many chores, but earn only $2. When Troublemaker expresses his displeasure, the house owner complains to Daoqiang about the students moonlighting. Daoqiang probes into the matter. Eventually, he helps the boys repay Siti, and also gets the whole school to raise funds for refugees. Emily comes in within the top five of the competition. She learns Yishou has found out she lied about the stall ...
S01 E34 • Thursday, Dec 3, 2015 • Dec 3 • 23m
Jiajia and Daoqiang join a volunteer group and participate in delivering goodie bags to the poor. Hua-jie wants a goodie bag as well. Jiajia urges her to yield to the elderly, who are unable to work. Disagreeing, Dashou argues that there are people in charities who cheat others of their money. Jiajia and Daoqiang notice scraps of leftover food on the floor. They try in vain to persuade the culprit not to feed stray cats and dogs, in ...
S01 E35 • Friday, Dec 4, 2015 • Dec 4 • 23m
Shocked to find dead rats in the kitchen, Jiajia warns Hua-jie not to let anyone know, as that would ruin the inn’s reputation. She worries even more when Dashou mentions that no one has dared to patronise a food stall nearby since dead rats were seen there. Daoqiang learns Sweetie (Xiao Tiantian) has lost two booklets of coupons. Guoli finds two sold charity booklets in the vegetable garden and hands them to Daoqiang. He is angry when ...
S01 E36 • Monday, Dec 7, 2015 • Dec 7 • 23m
Daoqiang is looking forward to a gathering of his friends, and Daoren, a reunion of ex-classmates. When told his ex-girlfriend, Xiao Yaojing, will be accompanied by her dentist boyfriend, Daoren asks Meigui to pose as his girlfriend. At the reunion, he lies that Meigui is from a wealthy family, and even kisses her to show off. Fuming, Meigui severs her ties with Daoren. He does not have a clue why she is so angry, until Daohan explains that ...
S01 E37 • Tuesday, Dec 8, 2015 • Dec 8 • 23m
Daoren waits outside Meigui’s house. When she appears, he apologises for hurting her and asking her to pose as his girlfriend. He learns she has a gathering of her own to attend, and offers to pose as her boyfriend. Meigui and her ex-classmates set out to do volunteer work at the home of an old lady with dementia. The lady’s husband has not returned since going out to sea many years ago. She mistakes Daoren for her husband and hugs him ...
S01 E38 • Wednesday, Dec 9, 2015 • Dec 9 • 23m
Daohan rejects a suitor, and a stranger by the named of Try accuses her of toying with the man’s feelings. She returns home in a foul mood and tells Shuiqing what happened. Shuiqing hopes Daohan will put Yanbin behind her and not go on dates to numb her mind. Business is slow at the inn. Jiajia suggests hiring Try, an expert, to revamp its image. Unable to decide, Shuiqing calls for a family meeting. Daoren offers his ideas in the hope th...
S01 E39 • Thursday, Dec 10, 2015 • Dec 10 • 23m
Shuiqing finally agrees to make changes at the inn. A lucky draw is held to pick one person to stay at the inn for free. However, as Fu, Lu and Shou each have a winning ticket, Daoren has no choice but to let all three share the prize. The three men are more turned off than pleased. Dashou almost chokes while eating grapes. Exasperated, Shuiqing decides to invite Try to help the inn. Try is the man who had reprimanded Daohan about the suit...
S01 E40 • Friday, Dec 11, 2015 • Dec 11 • 23m
Daoqiang is happily preparing for his wedding when Jiajia reveals that she had her first love’s baby but the baby died. Daoqiang is surprised, but asserts that they should not let the past affect them. He hopes she will put that experience aside and start anew. Shenlong cannot forget the girl he had a crush on in school. When he discovers Hua-jie went to the same school, he assumes she is his dream girl, Jinhua. A drunk Chu’er is taken to t...
S01 E41 • Monday, Dec 14, 2015 • Dec 14 • 23m
An emotionally-charged Jiajia tells Chu’er she is her biological mother. To her surprise, the latter’s reaction is cold. Daoren finds out it is Shenlong who wrote the love letter to Hua-jie. Admitting it, Shenlong urges him to keep his secret. Daoren reveals that Fu-sao has told everyone where Hua-jie will meet her date. Not wanting the date to be ruined, Shenlong asks Daoren for a solution. Daoren suggests booking the entire inn, so he ca...
S01 E42 • Tuesday, Dec 15, 2015 • Dec 15 • 23m
Shocked to learn Chu’er is Jiajia’s daughter, Daoqiang leaves in a hurry. Chu’er declares that Jiajia need not sacrifice her marital plans for her sake, but Jiajia insists Chu’er is her priority. Daoqiang does not want to lose Jiajia. He is willing to accept Chu’er and regard her as his own. He wants to proceed with the wedding, but Jiajia feels she is now not good enough to be Shuiqing’s daughter-in-law. Troublemaker puzzles over Xiaotian ...
S01 E43 • Wednesday, Dec 16, 2015 • Dec 16 • 23m
Jiajia refrains from slapping Chu’er when she remembers that is what Tiansheng did. She assures Shuiqing she will not marry Daoqiang. Shenlong tells Shuiqing that Guoli is not his son. He took Guoli in when he married the boy’s mother. Though the marriage ended in divorce, Shenlong regards Guoli as his own and continues to nurture him. Shuiqing feels ashamed that he is not as magnanimous as Shenlong. Shuiqing decides not to object to the ...
S01 E44 • Thursday, Dec 17, 2015 • Dec 17 • 23m
Daoqiang learns the other girl is Xiaotian’s twin, Xiaomi. As their mother has to work to support the family, she makes Xiaomi stay home to look after her siblings since she is weak academically. Xiaotian lets Xiaomi take her place in class from time to time, so that she can get an education too. Daoren tells Daohan he likes Meigui, but is unwilling to give up all other girls for her. However, when he sees her with a handsome guy, he gets ...
S01 E45 • Friday, Dec 18, 2015 • Dec 18 • 23m
Daohan uses someone else’s mobile phone charger at a shop and offends the charger’s owner, who turns out to be Try. She goes off with her foreign friends to tour Singapore and leaves her mobile phone at the shop. Try takes her phone home when he finds it on the counter. Fu-sao is upset her dog has gone missing. Everyone at the inn offers different ideas on how to find the dog. Daohan is sad when she cannot find her mobile phone. Advising he...
S01 E46 • Monday, Dec 21, 2015 • Dec 21 • 23m
Daohan confronts Try when she finds out it was he who took her mobile phone. Daoren sows discord and leads Daohan to be mistaken about Try. Daohan realises Try has removed the scratch that was on her phone’s screen. She looks him up and is pleasantly surprised when he declares he is going to court her. She accepts his challenge to go on an overnight cycling date around the island. Jane makes her way to the inn to get some files from Daohan...
S01 E47 • Tuesday, Dec 22, 2015 • Dec 22 • 23m
Unable to tolerate the heat, Daoren considers moving into one of the inn’s rooms, but the inn is fully booked. . Daohan wants to take a bath and is peeved there is no hot water. Daoqiang helps her boil some water in the kitchen. Passing by, Shenlong notices the water boiling and assumes the Zhuangs are preparing free green bean soup. He adds in sugar and green beans...
S01 E48 • Wednesday, Dec 23, 2015 • Dec 23 • 23m
Chu’er is Lynn’s classmate at the polytechnic. Lynn finds out Chu’er’s mother is Jiajia. As Lynn needs money, Chu’er asks Jiajia for some. Jiajia refuses, and their relationship sours. Daoqiang offers to help, but wants Chu’er to fulfil his conditions. She senses that he is sincere, but pretends otherwise. Emily harasses Hua-jie to tell her everything about Yishou. ..
S01 E49 • Thursday, Dec 24, 2015 • Dec 24 • 23m
Daohan is disappointed her family seems to have forgotten about her birthday. She is thrilled when Shuiqing appears with a cake, out of the blue. Fu-sao and Dashou make plans for a Christmas party at the inn to cheer Shenlong up. Shuiqing does not approve of the Christmas tree that Daoqiang and Jiajia put up in the hall, as he thinks such celebrations of Western festivities are over-commercialised...
S01 E50 • Friday, Dec 25, 2015 • Dec 25 • 23m
Fu, Lu and Shou refuse to leave, even after the party ends. They want to be there for Shenlong, whom they know misses Guoli sorely. Shenlong lies that he has more freedom, now that Guoli has left. Shenlong returns home, where he finds Guoli waiting. Guoli has a gift for him and insists on staying the night to keep him company. However, when Mei’e turns up and tells Shenlong off for spoiling her son, he has no choice but to make Guoli leave...
2015 • 120 Episodes
S01 E01 • Monday, Oct 19, 2015 • Oct 19 • 23m
Zhuang Daoren is selling jade in the streets. Meigui mistakes him for a conman and is about to arrest him when screams pierce the air: “Robbery! Robbery!” Meigui ties Daoren’s hand to hers and goes after the robber. She nabs Yishou, who has just been released from prison, but it turns out to be a case of mistaken identity. Daoren returns to the inn his family runs and tries to pull a prank on his father, Shuiqing, who is taking a nap. Just ...
S01 E02 • Tuesday, Oct 20, 2015 • Oct 20 • 23m
Daoqiang is the vice principal of Li Zhi Secondary School. One day, he is doing volunteer work in the school garden with Jiajia when a fire breaks out in the storeroom. He rushes to the scene and manages to catch the alleged arsonist. Daoqiang likes Jiajia, but does not dare to tell her so. Shuiqing encourages him to ask her out on a date. Yishou is unable to get a job because of his criminal record. He visits Uncle Wang and feels bad the ...
S01 E03 • Wednesday, Oct 21, 2015 • Oct 21 • 23m
Daoqiang puts a movie ticket into Jiajia’s jacket, not knowing the particular jacket is Daohan’s. Daohan finds the tickets and assumes it is Jinbin who is trying to date her. She throws the tickets at Jinbin, who then assumes Daohan wants to ask him out. The misunderstanding ends on a sour note. Yishou returns to the garage where he had worked before his imprisonment and demands to be paid the renumeration owed to him. Going back to the inn ...
S01 E04 • Thursday, Oct 22, 2015 • Oct 22 • 23m
Daohan asserts that her wallet was in the mailbox and has more than $20 extra in it. Guilt-stricken about maligning Yishou, Shuiqing invites him to dine with the family, but he rejects the offer. Jiajia suspects he put the wallet into the mailbox. Jiajia is displeased when Daoren asserts that Daoqiang must have skipped dinner at home because he has a date. Daoqiang waits in vain outside the theatre. When he discovers that Daohan had found ...
S01 E05 • Friday, Oct 23, 2015 • Oct 23 • 23m
Jinbin dines with Shuiqing and his family. Daohan refuses to accept his explanation of their misunderstandings and leaves the table when he proposes a toast of tea as an apology. Jinbin and Daoren became buddies after Daoren risked his life to save Jinbin from an attack years ago. Daohan confirms that Daoqiang put the movie tickets into her jacket by mistake. She offers to help him, but he turns her down. Everyone objects to Shuiqing’s ...
S01 E06 • Monday, Oct 26, 2015 • Oct 26 • 23m
Daoqiang is unsure of Jiajia’s feelings for him but does not dare ask her directly. However, he takes Daohan’s advice and invites her out again. Lin Dashou thwarts his plans. Dashou has regarded Jiajia as his goddess since she sat in his taxi, and hopes to ask her out on a date. Even though she turns him down, he is persistent, and even gives Daoqiang the impression he is her new boyfriend. Daohan buys movie tickets in an effort to engineer ...
S01 E07 • Tuesday, Oct 27, 2015 • Oct 27 • 23m
Jiajia is clearly upset with Daoqiang. Shenlong tries to persuade a dejected Daoqiang to buy a jade pendant to boost his love life. Daoqiang finds out Shenlong’s son is Guoli, and Shenlong is trying to sell the pendant to be able to buy school shoes for his son. Daoqiang buys the pendant, which leads Daoren and the others to assume he has lost his senses over love. Daoqiang gives the jade pendant to Jiajia. Though she tells him off for bein...
S01 E08 • Wednesday, Oct 28, 2015 • Oct 28 • 23m
Jiajia rejects the shoes from Daoqiang. Back home, Daohan sneers at her brother. Shuiqing tells Daoqiang he needs to have thicker skin if he wants to succeed. Daohan and the others see Shuiqing off. Yishou calls for a taxi and is told off by Daohan, as Daoqiang has asked Dashou to drive Shuiqing to the airport. The Zhuangs are shocked to learn Shuiqing’ flight to Australia has crashed. Daohan blames Yishou for booking a seat on that flight ...
S01 E09 • Thursday, Oct 29, 2015 • Oct 29 • 23m
Daoren meets a sexy girl, Lynn, in a lift. Lynn shouts “molest” when he refuses to give her money. Meigui, who already has a bad impression of Daoren, gives chase. Daoren has no choice but to give in to Lynn’s demands. Daoren relates what happened to Shenlong and the others. Shuiqing tells Daoren off for what he did. Daoren is angry with Meigui for harassing him and chases her away, even though Meigui wants to check into the inn. After the...
S01 E10 • Friday, Oct 30, 2015 • Oct 30 • 23m
Shuiqing is sad that Daoren and Daohan seem to have attracted the wrong people. He is grateful when Jinbin offers to protect Daohan. The gift scare strengthens Daohan’s relationship with Jinbin. Daoqiang decides to adhere to Shuiqing’s rule of being a nice person. He insists on sending a drunkard home and is suspected of stealing the man’s mobile phone. Back home, Shuiqing reminds Daoqiang that one has to be prudent, even when being nice t...
S01 E11 • Monday, Nov 2, 2015 • Nov 2 • 23m
Ray stalks Daohan and issues the threat of an acid attack, in an attempt to get her to reconcile with him. She refuses, and he flings the acid. Jinbin is splashed by accident, and discovers the so-called acid is water. Ray threatens to kill himself, but Shuiqing and Daoren manage to talk sense into him. Meigui tails Lynn to the inn and works with Daoren to lead her into their trap. Turning the tables around, Lynn extorts $1000 from Shuiqing ...
S01 E12 • Tuesday, Nov 3, 2015 • Nov 3 • 23m
Daoren and Meigui tail Lynn and uncover Ray’s ill intent. Infuriated, he tries to knock Daoren down. Meigui stops him. Ray refuses to surrender himself to the police, in spite of Daoren and Meigui’s advice. Plagued by failure, he commits suicide. Meigui is devastated. Only then does Daoren find out Ray is her brother. Lynn is badly affected by Ray’s death, too, and hides in her room. Shuiqing has no choice but to call on her parents to tell ...
S01 E13 • Wednesday, Nov 4, 2015 • Nov 4 • 23m
Lynn finally opens her room door to see Li’ai. Guangming tries to drag her home. She refuses to budge, and reveals he has molested her. Shuiqing and the others are shocked. To Lynn’s disillusionment, Li’ai urges her to forgive Guangming, to stave off the breakup of their family. Daoren tries to market his fengshui items and is convinced to rent half a shop to sell his goods. Shuiqing refuses to lend him any money. Daoren bails Meigui out ...
S01 E14 • Thursday, Nov 5, 2015 • Nov 5 • 23m
Troublemaker and Guoli play basketball in school during the holidays. Bored, they draw graffiti on the walls. The janitor uses a mobile phone to photograph them in action. When Wu Yanbin reports for work, he finds that the school principal is his former colleague, Cui Dabao. He tells Dabao that Siman is studying overseas and that he had returned home first. The janitor shows Daoqiang the photos. Troublemaker declares he did everything by ...
S01 E15 • Friday, Nov 6, 2015 • Nov 6 • 23m
Yishou is convinced Lin-sao is the thief when he sees her buying a new computer for her daughter. Upon interrogation, she finally admits she had pawned the watch for her daughter’s sake. She begs him not to expose her, as she needs to feed her family. Yishou empathises. He asks Shuiqing for an advance and redeems the watch. Yishou is about to put the watch into the mailbox when Daohan appears. He quickly puts the watch back into his pocket ...
S01 E16 • Monday, Nov 9, 2015 • Nov 9 • 23m
Guilt-stricken about speaking unjustly against Yishou, Shuiqing hopes to get him to come back. However, Yishou has cut off all contact with everyone. The school opens up the wall for its students to develop their creativity. Troublemaker and the others scribble on the wall instead of treasuring the opportunity to make good. Yanbin is forced to clean the wall with white paint. Filled wiith remorse, Troublemaker and the others help out. ...
S01 E17 • Tuesday, Nov 10, 2015 • Nov 10 • 23m
Meigui dreams of her father being harmed in an alley and wakes up in alarm. She sees her medicine by her bed, but decides not to take it. Her mother wants to take her to the clinic, but is locked in the room by her. Trying to leave, Meigui finds Daoren waiting for her. Her mother had asked him to escort her to the clinic. He assures her that if she goes for her follow-up sessions and takes her medicine, her mother will give her freedom to go ...
S01 E18 • Wednesday, Nov 11, 2015 • Nov 11 • 23m
Chatting on the telephone, Jinshan seems to be talking to his grandson. Shuiqing catches him grabbing sweets from the reception counter. Jinshan lies that his blood sugar has been low and it is necessary for him to eat sweets. Daoren and Meigui take Jinshan shopping, and find his behaviour highly suspicious. Jinshan admits he has a family in America and that he has to go back. He apologises to Meigui. She is understanding, and suggests she ...
S01 E19 • Thursday, Nov 12, 2015 • Nov 12 • 23m
Yanbin, Daoqiang and Troublemaker each draw a picture on the wall. Troublemaker draws a chicken drumstick and says it is Guoli’s dream. During recess, everyone sees a box with Guoli’s name on it. When Troublemaker finds a chicken drumstick in the box, he is reminded of the graffiti wall. He encourages his classmates to treat the wall as a wishing wall. Yanbin notices Guoli throwing the chicken drumstick into the rubbish bin. Shenlong changes ...
S01 E20 • Friday, Nov 13, 2015 • Nov 13 • 23m
Shuiqing is happy the inn can once again provide free green bean soup. Many neighbours turn up to apologise for demanding medical compensation. Jiajia stops Shenlong from telling Shuiqing about the molest case. Shuiqing tries to mediate between Shenlong and Dashou, but Dashou refuses to give in. Dashou plays a prank on Shenlong and causes him to fall. Shenlong is hospitalised. Daoqiang is suspended from his duties. Troublemaker warns Guo...
S01 E21 • Monday, Nov 16, 2015 • Nov 16 • 23m
Dongxuan’s death casts a pall on the students, who blame the school’s rules for his death. They go on strike and refuse to attend classes. Yanbin and Daoqiang encourage them to pull themselves together. After a match, they write messages on Dongxuan’s basketball and urge the school community not to forget their friendship. Yanbin catches a glimpse of Daohan and assumes she is Siman. He loiters in the streets, hoping to see her again. Hua-ji...
S01 E22 • Tuesday, Nov 17, 2015 • Nov 17 • 23m
Yanbin does not believe Daohan is not Du Siman and even speculates she had an accident and lost her memory. Dabao and Zhixiang, too, claim she is Siman. Desperate, she takes Yanbin home with her, so that Shuiqing and the family to verify her identity. She is moved by his love for Siman. When he leaves, Daoren suggests Daohan become Siman’s replacement to console Yanbin. A maid brings the elderly person and the child under her care to the inn ...
S01 E23 • Wednesday, Nov 18, 2015 • Nov 18 • 23m
The principal decides to suspend Yanbin of his duties. Troublemaker and the others ostracise Jinji and even refuse to celebrate his birthday. Daohan consoles Yanbin by going with him to places he had visited with Siman. Jiajia reminds her that she has already fallen in love with Yanbin. Daohan finds out that Yanbin babysits Tim, who is often alone at home. His kindness makes her like him even more. Like Hua-jie, Fu-sao takes replacement me...
S01 E24 • Thursday, Nov 19, 2015 • Nov 19 • 23m
Alone and lonely, Jinji ruins his birthday cake and food. He is pleasantly surprised when Yanbin, Daohan and the other students turn up to celebrate his birthday with him. Yanbin has also convinced Jinji’s mother to fly back from England. However, because his father did not return, Jinji flares up. His mother leaves in a huff. Daohan and Yanbin remind Jinji’s parents that Jinji needs their concern more than their money. Jinji is grateful whe...
S01 E25 • Friday, Nov 20, 2015 • Nov 20 • 23m
Yishou is delivering water when he meets a tomboy-like girl named Emily, who greets him and claims she is delivering letters. He goes into an office to change the water dispenser, and she goes into Mr Chen’s office. Mr Chen is pleased to see Yishou cleaning up the area after replacing the water. When Yishou is waiting for the receipt, he sees Emily sneaking into Mr Chen’s office and taking something from a pocket before hurrying off. Yishou ...
S01 E26 • Monday, Nov 23, 2015 • Nov 23 • 23m
Shuiqing feels dizzy. Daoren takes him to the clinic, where his blood pressure is found to be low. Jiajia tells Shuiqing to seek treatment early to avoid problems. He promises to do so. Jiajia changes a light bulb while standing on a new chair, and falls. She almost knocks Shuiqing over. Annoyed that the chair is made of inferior wood, he grumbles about the manufacturer skimping on materials. He reminds Daoren not to be dishonest in business ...
S01 E27 • Tuesday, Nov 24, 2015 • Nov 24 • 23m
Shuiqing buys a work of calligraphy from his friend for $8000. Daoqiang wants it authenticated, but Shuiqing trusts his friend will not cheat him. Fu-sao shows off her gold jewellery and attracts the attention of robbers. They accost her when she is in a back alley. When they discover the gold items are fake, they beat her up. Shenlong tries to save her and is beaten up too. His money is stolen. Jiajia advises Fu-sao not to wear so much ...
S01 E28 • Wednesday, Nov 25, 2015 • Nov 25 • 23m
A middle-aged man pays for his bottle of mineral water with a $100 note. Meigui gives him change without checking the note, and only later realises it is counterfeit. Daoren promptly helps her spend it. Meigui gets upset and refuses to speak to him. Daoren is remorseful. He goes back to the pork seller and asks to exchange the note with a real one. However, the pork seller has used it to buy other things. The fake note ends up in Dashou’s ...
S01 E29 • Thursday, Nov 26, 2015 • Nov 26 • 23m
Daoqiang buys a ring to propose to Jiajia, but has no idea how to do so. Daoren and Daohan encourage him to find a novel way to move her heart. Dashou laments that he is down on his luck. He drove a pregnant woman to the hospital and was caught speeding. To worsen matters, he also knocked into another car. Shuiqing consoles him. Fu-sao turns up and thanks Dashou for helping the pregnant woman, who is her sister. She gives him a big red pack...
S01 E30 • Friday, Nov 27, 2015 • Nov 27 • 23m
Dashou sells to Daoren the goods Shuiqing had bought from him. Shuiqing finds out and is infuriated. Dashou insists the idea was Daoren’s. Dashou busies himself preparing to meet his rich girlfriend’s family in Thailand. He does not bother with Shuiqing and Daoren. Shuiqing wants Daoren to find a job, but the latter is adamant about dealing with his batch of goods first. A buyer wants to purchase Daoren’s entire consignment and even asks ...
S01 E31 • Monday, Nov 30, 2015 • Nov 30 • 23m
Yishou takes Emily with him to try Hokkien mee at many different stalls, hoping to figure out the x factor. Emily takes advantage of her good looks to help him. On the way back, Emily notices an old busker trying to attract attention and helps out by singing and playing the guitar. When Yishou probes, she reveals she was once in a girls’ home. Emily buys a fisherman’s cap for Yishou and asks him to wear it while selling Hokkien mee. She is ...
S01 E32 • Tuesday, Dec 1, 2015 • Dec 1 • 23m
Troublemaker learns Guoli has picked up a large sum of money. Liang overhears their conversation and takes the money away. The two boys find out the money belongs to a maid, Siti, and decide to work to pay her back by instalments. Yishou keeps Emily company when she practises for the singing competition. Emily is disappointed Yishou is unable to be present at the competition because he needs to tend to the stall. She borrows his backpack an...
S01 E33 • Wednesday, Dec 2, 2015 • Dec 2 • 23m
Guoli and Troublemaker help a houseowner with many chores, but earn only $2. When Troublemaker expresses his displeasure, the house owner complains to Daoqiang about the students moonlighting. Daoqiang probes into the matter. Eventually, he helps the boys repay Siti, and also gets the whole school to raise funds for refugees. Emily comes in within the top five of the competition. She learns Yishou has found out she lied about the stall ...
S01 E34 • Thursday, Dec 3, 2015 • Dec 3 • 23m
Jiajia and Daoqiang join a volunteer group and participate in delivering goodie bags to the poor. Hua-jie wants a goodie bag as well. Jiajia urges her to yield to the elderly, who are unable to work. Disagreeing, Dashou argues that there are people in charities who cheat others of their money. Jiajia and Daoqiang notice scraps of leftover food on the floor. They try in vain to persuade the culprit not to feed stray cats and dogs, in ...
S01 E35 • Friday, Dec 4, 2015 • Dec 4 • 23m
Shocked to find dead rats in the kitchen, Jiajia warns Hua-jie not to let anyone know, as that would ruin the inn’s reputation. She worries even more when Dashou mentions that no one has dared to patronise a food stall nearby since dead rats were seen there. Daoqiang learns Sweetie (Xiao Tiantian) has lost two booklets of coupons. Guoli finds two sold charity booklets in the vegetable garden and hands them to Daoqiang. He is angry when ...
S01 E36 • Monday, Dec 7, 2015 • Dec 7 • 23m
Daoqiang is looking forward to a gathering of his friends, and Daoren, a reunion of ex-classmates. When told his ex-girlfriend, Xiao Yaojing, will be accompanied by her dentist boyfriend, Daoren asks Meigui to pose as his girlfriend. At the reunion, he lies that Meigui is from a wealthy family, and even kisses her to show off. Fuming, Meigui severs her ties with Daoren. He does not have a clue why she is so angry, until Daohan explains that ...
S01 E37 • Tuesday, Dec 8, 2015 • Dec 8 • 23m
Daoren waits outside Meigui’s house. When she appears, he apologises for hurting her and asking her to pose as his girlfriend. He learns she has a gathering of her own to attend, and offers to pose as her boyfriend. Meigui and her ex-classmates set out to do volunteer work at the home of an old lady with dementia. The lady’s husband has not returned since going out to sea many years ago. She mistakes Daoren for her husband and hugs him ...
S01 E38 • Wednesday, Dec 9, 2015 • Dec 9 • 23m
Daohan rejects a suitor, and a stranger by the named of Try accuses her of toying with the man’s feelings. She returns home in a foul mood and tells Shuiqing what happened. Shuiqing hopes Daohan will put Yanbin behind her and not go on dates to numb her mind. Business is slow at the inn. Jiajia suggests hiring Try, an expert, to revamp its image. Unable to decide, Shuiqing calls for a family meeting. Daoren offers his ideas in the hope th...
S01 E39 • Thursday, Dec 10, 2015 • Dec 10 • 23m
Shuiqing finally agrees to make changes at the inn. A lucky draw is held to pick one person to stay at the inn for free. However, as Fu, Lu and Shou each have a winning ticket, Daoren has no choice but to let all three share the prize. The three men are more turned off than pleased. Dashou almost chokes while eating grapes. Exasperated, Shuiqing decides to invite Try to help the inn. Try is the man who had reprimanded Daohan about the suit...
S01 E40 • Friday, Dec 11, 2015 • Dec 11 • 23m
Daoqiang is happily preparing for his wedding when Jiajia reveals that she had her first love’s baby but the baby died. Daoqiang is surprised, but asserts that they should not let the past affect them. He hopes she will put that experience aside and start anew. Shenlong cannot forget the girl he had a crush on in school. When he discovers Hua-jie went to the same school, he assumes she is his dream girl, Jinhua. A drunk Chu’er is taken to t...
S01 E41 • Monday, Dec 14, 2015 • Dec 14 • 23m
An emotionally-charged Jiajia tells Chu’er she is her biological mother. To her surprise, the latter’s reaction is cold. Daoren finds out it is Shenlong who wrote the love letter to Hua-jie. Admitting it, Shenlong urges him to keep his secret. Daoren reveals that Fu-sao has told everyone where Hua-jie will meet her date. Not wanting the date to be ruined, Shenlong asks Daoren for a solution. Daoren suggests booking the entire inn, so he ca...
S01 E42 • Tuesday, Dec 15, 2015 • Dec 15 • 23m
Shocked to learn Chu’er is Jiajia’s daughter, Daoqiang leaves in a hurry. Chu’er declares that Jiajia need not sacrifice her marital plans for her sake, but Jiajia insists Chu’er is her priority. Daoqiang does not want to lose Jiajia. He is willing to accept Chu’er and regard her as his own. He wants to proceed with the wedding, but Jiajia feels she is now not good enough to be Shuiqing’s daughter-in-law. Troublemaker puzzles over Xiaotian ...
S01 E43 • Wednesday, Dec 16, 2015 • Dec 16 • 23m
Jiajia refrains from slapping Chu’er when she remembers that is what Tiansheng did. She assures Shuiqing she will not marry Daoqiang. Shenlong tells Shuiqing that Guoli is not his son. He took Guoli in when he married the boy’s mother. Though the marriage ended in divorce, Shenlong regards Guoli as his own and continues to nurture him. Shuiqing feels ashamed that he is not as magnanimous as Shenlong. Shuiqing decides not to object to the ...
S01 E44 • Thursday, Dec 17, 2015 • Dec 17 • 23m
Daoqiang learns the other girl is Xiaotian’s twin, Xiaomi. As their mother has to work to support the family, she makes Xiaomi stay home to look after her siblings since she is weak academically. Xiaotian lets Xiaomi take her place in class from time to time, so that she can get an education too. Daoren tells Daohan he likes Meigui, but is unwilling to give up all other girls for her. However, when he sees her with a handsome guy, he gets ...
S01 E45 • Friday, Dec 18, 2015 • Dec 18 • 23m
Daohan uses someone else’s mobile phone charger at a shop and offends the charger’s owner, who turns out to be Try. She goes off with her foreign friends to tour Singapore and leaves her mobile phone at the shop. Try takes her phone home when he finds it on the counter. Fu-sao is upset her dog has gone missing. Everyone at the inn offers different ideas on how to find the dog. Daohan is sad when she cannot find her mobile phone. Advising he...
S01 E46 • Monday, Dec 21, 2015 • Dec 21 • 23m
Daohan confronts Try when she finds out it was he who took her mobile phone. Daoren sows discord and leads Daohan to be mistaken about Try. Daohan realises Try has removed the scratch that was on her phone’s screen. She looks him up and is pleasantly surprised when he declares he is going to court her. She accepts his challenge to go on an overnight cycling date around the island. Jane makes her way to the inn to get some files from Daohan...
S01 E47 • Tuesday, Dec 22, 2015 • Dec 22 • 23m
Unable to tolerate the heat, Daoren considers moving into one of the inn’s rooms, but the inn is fully booked. . Daohan wants to take a bath and is peeved there is no hot water. Daoqiang helps her boil some water in the kitchen. Passing by, Shenlong notices the water boiling and assumes the Zhuangs are preparing free green bean soup. He adds in sugar and green beans...
S01 E48 • Wednesday, Dec 23, 2015 • Dec 23 • 23m
Chu’er is Lynn’s classmate at the polytechnic. Lynn finds out Chu’er’s mother is Jiajia. As Lynn needs money, Chu’er asks Jiajia for some. Jiajia refuses, and their relationship sours. Daoqiang offers to help, but wants Chu’er to fulfil his conditions. She senses that he is sincere, but pretends otherwise. Emily harasses Hua-jie to tell her everything about Yishou. ..
S01 E49 • Thursday, Dec 24, 2015 • Dec 24 • 23m
Daohan is disappointed her family seems to have forgotten about her birthday. She is thrilled when Shuiqing appears with a cake, out of the blue. Fu-sao and Dashou make plans for a Christmas party at the inn to cheer Shenlong up. Shuiqing does not approve of the Christmas tree that Daoqiang and Jiajia put up in the hall, as he thinks such celebrations of Western festivities are over-commercialised...
S01 E50 • Friday, Dec 25, 2015 • Dec 25 • 23m
Fu, Lu and Shou refuse to leave, even after the party ends. They want to be there for Shenlong, whom they know misses Guoli sorely. Shenlong lies that he has more freedom, now that Guoli has left. Shenlong returns home, where he finds Guoli waiting. Guoli has a gift for him and insists on staying the night to keep him company. However, when Mei’e turns up and tells Shenlong off for spoiling her son, he has no choice but to make Guoli leave...