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On the way driving back to Tam's house, LUNG crashes the electricity box, cutting the electricity supply to On Kui Garden, thus making further bad impression on MEI CHUN. MEI CHUN competes to continue in her office for the chairwoman of the owners' association but LUNG's incident puts her at a disadvantage. Fortunately, the witty LUNG uses tricks to help make her attempt successful. Since meeting KA CHING, LUNG grows fond of her. YIM FAN is jealous and nearly breaks her friendship with KA CHING. CHENG KEI FUNG and MARRA fly to Japan and go visit LUNG when making transit at Hong Kong. MEI CHUN hints to KEI FUNG that LUNG is mischievous. KEII FUNG then asks LUNG to go with him to Japan. LUNG refuses, disputing with MARRA again. LUNG is determined to stay in Hong Kong. The youngsters all give him a hand and KA CHING agrees to let him stay at the MI's country house.

LUNG works with WING to arrange a birthday celebration for MEI CHUN. Greatly touched, MEI CHUN finally accepts LUNG and agrees to let him move back to the house. YIM FAN and LUNG goes shooting for an advertisement and it is late night when the two finish work and return home. MEI CHUN is much worried about YIM FAN. Knowing what MEI CHUN is thinking, LUNG guarantees her that he will not court YIM FAN. MEI CHUN thus feels relieved. CINDY and her friends adore LUNG and purposely make approaches to him. YIM FAN goes to the disco to give vent to her frustration, returning home late in the night. Knowing that WING and MEI CHUN have been worrying about her, LUNG reprimands YIM FAN who then feels greatly hurt, having been rejected in love for the second time. CHUNG CHOW CHI, the new coach at the kendo stadium, and a cool fellow, is very strict in his training method. KA CHING and others are not happy about him……

CHUNG HAN takes SIU SHI to visit the CHUs. SIU SHI thinks fondly of KA YUNG who however finds her behaving in an affected manner. KUEN CHEUNG purposely dresses up to attend the YUNGs' dinner party and tries hard to please SIU SHI. Contrary to what he is getting at, SIU SHI feels annoyed. KUEN CHEUNG gets KA YUNG to write a love letter for him to send it to SIU SHI. CHUNG HAN learns about this and informs MEI CHUN who then reprimands KUEN CHEUNG. KA YUNG is involved, getting a gently rebuke from LAI SHAN. KUEN CHEUNG is discontented with SIU SHI that she makes much of a trifle. The MI and the YUNG family go launching. SHU WAH encourages KA YUNG to get along with SIU SHI. KA YUNG agrees to accompany her to the lecture on studying abroad. Misunderstanding KA YUNG to be courting SIU SHI, KUEN CHEUNG and LUNG follow the two and use tricks to make fun of SIU SHI who then returns home, crying……

KA CHING again disputes with CHOW CHI. The old coach tries to make the two compromise, but CHOW CHI still insists in his demanding training style. Discontented ,KA CHING and the students quit the class. Since quitting kendo, KA SHING has much free time. Feeling much bored at home, KA CHING strolls to the kendo stadium and comes across CHOW CHI. The two disputes again and ends in a kendo fighting. KA CHING is beat, bearing him further grudge. Learning that CHAT SU skips the kendo classes, CHAT FU furiously reprimands him. CHAT SU then explains the matter to him. Misunderstanding CHOW CHI to have swindled the fees, CHAT SU goes to beat him up. KA CHING comes along and settle the dispute. Finding that CHOW CHI gets hurt out of no reason, KA CHING feels sorry. KA CHING forces KA YUNG to practise swimming but nearly gets him drowned. Through the experience, she starts to understand CHOW CHI……

KA YUNG feels unhappy about his weak health and is determined to exercise himself. KA CHING encourages him to do jogging every morning while LUNG takes KUEN CHEUNG, YIM FAN, and KA YUNG to SAU HAU KAI's training centre to exercise their bodies. HAU KAI is attracted to YIM FAN but dares not court her because of his bad breath. LUNG encourages him and arranges the two to meet each other. YIM FAN finally accepts HAU KAI and agrees to get along with him. YIM FAN discovers HAU KAI having bad breath and refuses to meet him again. LUNG and KUEN CHEUNG rebuke her who then realizes her fault and agrees to continue her friendship with HAU KAI. KA YUNG is too rash in bodybuilding and hurts his muscles. KA CHING complains about LUNG's carelessness and further feels discontented with him. In order to get close to KA CHINGy LUNG decides to join her in learning Kendo.

CHOW CHI asks KA CHING to train LUNG and she purposely makes things difficult for LUNG. LUNG is not discouraged, practising harder still, and is very much intrigued in kendo. He even bets with KA CHING that he passes the third grade earlier than her. KA YUNG and KA CHING learn from WAN of their parent~' affection for each other and the country house in commemoration of it. The two thus understand LAI SHAN more and KA YUNG even helps LAI SHAN to tidy up the country house. One night, SHAN goes out. Thinking that she is at the country house, KA YUNG goes with WING HO to find her, and the two come across a mysterious woman. Mistaking her to be a ghost, WING HO is horrified and flees while KA YUNG faints. When KA YUNG gains back consciousness, the mysterious woman claims herself to be a Vietnam refugee named YUEN CHIU LING. Out of pity for her, KA YUNG agrees to keep it a secret and allows CHIU LING to hide herself at the country house……

LUNG puts emphasis on flowery style and is reprimanded by CHOW CHI. LUNG and others go to the beach to practise kendo and come across KA YUNG heading secretly for the country house, folIow him, and discover the truth. KA YUNG explains CHIU LING's circumstances and all sympathize with her, offering to help her stay in Hong Kong. LAI SHAN and WAN go to tidy up the country house. The youngsters try every way to cover up the matter and manage to hide the fact from the two. Feeling glad about their efforts, they then risk to take CHIU LING to the city to have fun. When CHIU LING sees how the other Vietnam refugees live in the camps, she is stirred with sad feelings. A large group of detectives search On Kui Garden for runaways. The youngsters are afraid that CHIU LING will be found. To divert the police's attention, LUNG asks YIM FAN to pretend jumping off the building to commit suicide, thus creating some disturbances……

KA YUNG grows mature after his friendship with CHIU LING and thereafter shows more concern for LAI SHAN and the family. One day, the MIs come across the YUNGs and SIU SHI nearly reveals the secret about CHI LING. KA YUNG is then forced to tell SIU SHI the truth, SIU SHI very much appreciates his courage to do the right. The two make friends again and grow fond of each other. CHOW CHI tells the students that a Japanese college team will be visiting Hong Kong to have a friendly march with them. KA CHING and LUNG feel much excited and practise harder. NAM SHAN gets into financial trouble and the whole family fly overseas to get away from the debts. KA YUNG finds SIU SHI disappear suddenly and misses her very much. Later when the YUNGs return, KA YUNG and SIU SHI reveal their passion for each other and fall in love. KA CHING comes across a traffic accident, CHOW CHI goes straight to save her and gets hurt.

KA CHING takes CHOW CHI to the hospital and after emergency treatment, CHOW CHI is safe. KA CHING nurses him day and night. WAN realizes her passion and laughs at her. It is at this time that KA CHING realizes her love for CHOW CHI. CHI CHOW recovers, and to thank KA CHING, he gives her a wooden sword. KA CHING mistakes it to be a sign of love and feels exhilarated. Realizing KA CHING's love for CHOW CHI, LUNG feels dejected. KUEN CHEUNG and others console him. LUNG comes across CHI CHOW behaving intimately with ANGELA and tells KA CHING about it. KA CHING thinks that LUNG purposely talks badly of CHI CHOW and rebukes him. Later when KA CHING finds out that' ANGELA is CHI CHOW's fiancee, she feels disappointed and hurt. KA CHING experiences failure in her first love and feels very depressed. LUNG thinks of a brilliant idea to cheer her up and KA CHING finally rises up again.

KUEN CHEUNG receives his report and learns that he is expelled from school because of bad results. Afraid that his parents will rebuke him, he decides to hide the matter. KUEN CHEUNG decides to quit school and with YIM FAN's help, work as a junior in the hairdressing salon. LUNG and others visit the salon to cheer for him. In the next day, KUEN CHEUNG faints from an electric shock and is taken to the hospital, thus WING and MEI CHUN find out the truth. Frustrated, yet worried about YIM FAN's and KUEN CHEUNG's future, WING and MEI CHUN decide to emigrate. WING and MEI CHUN asks for help from NAM SHAN who then takes a large sum of money from them. Not wanting to emigrate, YIM FAN proposes to stay behind alone to earn a living for herself. After several unsuccessful attempts in finding a job, she is forced to leave Hong Kong with her parents. The friends part each other unwillingly.

Both KA CHING and LUNG are selected to enter the match with the Japan team. The two feel much excited and practise harder. NAM SHAN's travel agency suddenly closes down, he and his family disappear. Realizing that he is tricked, WING returns to Hong Kong but he is too late. KA CHING is shocked to discover that SIU SHI hides herself at the MI's country house and takes her home. SIU SHI refuses to tell the truth. NAM SHAN slips back home to get the valuables and is discovered by SIU SHI, KA CHING and KA YUNG. Advised by all, NAM SHAN decides to give himself up to the law. The wicked creditors come along, kidnap SIU SHI, threatening NAM SHAN to pay the debt. KA YUNG and the youngsters gather in their cycling team, kendo team to make the rescue, chasing the creditors from land to sea. After much excitement and danger, they manage to save SIU SHI and take the bad people to the police……

With KA YUNG's and SIU SHI's implore, the judges agree to give the two a chance. KA YUNG and SIU SHI give a remarkable performance and both are accepted to the college. When KA YUNG is about to tell LAI SHAN about the good news, he realize that LAI SHAN hopes that he can succeed his father to be an architect. After much consideration, KA YUNG decides to study architect to please LAI SHAN. KEI FUNG and MARRA come again to Hong Kong, asking LUNG to continue, his studies. After careful consideration, LUNG decides to go back with his father to Holland. KA CHING does not ask him to stay but deep inside she does not want him to leave. At the match, KA CHING finds herself facing a strong opponent, suddenly flickers, and decides to withdraw. Would KA CHING withdraw from the match? How do the youngsters make their choices about their future? Don't miss the final episode.