Life - Fear Not

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...

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 t...

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 t...

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 rej...

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. J...

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. Dasho...

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...

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...

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 ch...

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 relationshi...

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...

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 D...

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...

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...

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...

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 f...

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...

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...

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 Guol...

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 S...

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 pul...

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...

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 h...

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 h...

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,...

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 d...

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 jewelle...

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 prompt...

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 hi...

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 h...

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, Em...

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,...

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 m...

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...

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 o...

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 boy...

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, a...

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. Shuiqin...

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, Dao...

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...

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 t...

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 i...

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...

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 wea...

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 leav...

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 scra...

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. Da...

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 so...

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...

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...

Daomei shocks everyone by bringing her child home on Daoqiang’s wedding day. She tells her family her husband, Xiao Daren, has chickenpox and could not make the trip. She makes an...

Chu’er moves in with the Zhuangs. Shuiqing gives her a pair of shoes, which she finds old-fashioned. She wants to stay at Lynn’s place when Jiajia and Daoqiang are on their honeymo...

Daomei prepares two types of cupcakes. Yishou, who likes the cupcakes, asks if she wants to take in an apprentice. He hopes Emily learn how to make cupcakes and be able to earn a l...

Try picks up the wishing bottle and proposes to Daohan. Assuming he is her Mr Right, she accepts the proposal, only to learn he wants her to go overseas with him after the wedding....

Shuiqing is shocked to learn Daren is Daomei’s husband. Daomei relates how they had fallen deeply in love. No matter what the others say, Shuiqing refuses to accept Daren as his so...

Daohan does not want to disappoint Shuiqing. She quarrels with Try over the wedding banquet and declares she will not sacrifice her career and family for marriage. Jane catches up...

Daohan throws the big bear Try had given her into the rubbish bin. Shuiqing is not appreciative when Daren cooks for him. He tells the latter not to try to get on his good side. Ja...

A misunderstanding leads everyone to assume Daren is dead. Judging from Daomei’s reaction, Shuiqing realises there is no way he can separate the couple. Daren is only pretending to...

Daohan recognises that Shuiqing is lonely. She asks to practise calligraphy with him. When Daoren voices his opinion, Daohan urges him to spend time with Meigui instead. Daoren wan...

Yishou tells Daohan that Emily has motor neurone disease. He offers to clarify matters with Try if they really did break up over the charity event. Yishou makes copies of a photo o...

Shuiqing stops Jinhua from chasing away a mentally-challenged man trying to get a bowl of the free green bean soup. Dashou loses $50 when he places a bet with Fu-sao about the man....

Shuiqing confides in the mentally-challenged man and ends up plucking flower petals to find out whether he should agree to date Jane. He sounds his family out. Only Jiajia is suppo...

Sujiao asks Shuiqing for a loan. He will only agree if she beats him in a game of mahjong. She is impressed by his skills, she asks him to take her in as his disciple. He agrees, b...

Trying hard to find Emilyn, Yishou falls for the ploys of several cheats. Daohan advises him to respect Emily’s decision and get involved in meaningful activities like raising fund...

Shuiqing finds out what his children have been doing to stop him from starting a new romance. For their sake, he rejects Jane. He also realises Jane yearns for a father’s love, whi...

Shuiqing buys bird’s nest to share with the family, as well as to support Daoren’s business. Meigui is watching Daoren’s reaction. She questions him and learns the bird’s nest is i...

Shuiqing raps Daoren for selling fake bird’s nest. Daoren reveals he was pricked by a guilty conscience and had replaced the fake goods with quality bird’s nest. Upset that Meigui...

Shuiqing feels bad about not trusting Daoren. He is concerned Daoren will be so desperate as to turn to vice. He finds out that even though Daoren keeps complaining he has no money...

A customer has left a jar containing ashes at the inn. Jinhua runs after the customer and is told she can keep the urn. However, the customer eventually returns to get the urn, whi...

Dabao meets Xia Tian at the inn. She claims to be a student from Vietnam and wants to ask him more about furthering her studies here. He falls into a trap and is blackmailed. He ha...

Daohan arrives at Try’s home in America. His parents are out, but she meets his brother, Terence. She hands a box of snacks to him and leaves. After Daohan has left, Try comes out...

Jiajia advises Dashou, Fu-sao and Hua-jie not to gossip about Try, even though the case is in the news. She is concerned Daohan will feel more upset. Daoqiang prepares a cradle for...

Dashou steals Wugong’s backpack. Unable to sleep, he panics when Shuiqing and Jiajia turn up at his door with Wugong. It is a false alarm. Jiajia and the others send Chu’er and Cli...

Yishou stops Daohan in the nick of time. Hua-jie suggests Fu-sao approach Yishou for help. While they are waiting in the park for him, Ziye appears and threatens to cut their hair...

Daohan keeps exercising to relieve stress. Ziye eats at the restaurant and asks Jiajia to charge Yishou for his order. Everyone is surprised when Yishou agrees. Fu-sao announces th...

Hurt during the attack, Jiajia has a miscarriage. She and Daoqiang are devastated. Daohan is guilt-stricken, and calls on Uncle Wang to demand Ziye is. Yishou stops her from flarin...

Daomei stands to lose the sight in her injured eye. Jiajia blames herself for the series of problems, and Shuiqing’s reaction only adds to the pressure. She contemplates leaving ho...

Jiajia and Hua-jie go to the market together. Refusing to use the overhead bridge, Hua-jie is nearly knocked down by Dashou, who is speeding. Daohan takes her annual leave, but dec...

Jiajia realises that Yishou will not be pleased about the blind date, as he likes Daohan. Yishou takes Amy to the inn for free green bean soup and deliberately neglects her. Feelin...

Jinhua and Daomei blame each other for the burst pipe. Jiajia decides to ask Yishou for help, as the kitchen cannot be used at all. Daoqiang and Daohan manage to find a telephone n...

It’s the first day of Chinese New Year. The Zhuangs get up early to give New Year greetings to Shuiqing. Daohan wants to wake Daomei up but is stopped by Jiajia, who cites that it’...

Hua-jie needs money because Xiaoqi is being blackmailed for selling imitation items for her tuition teacher. Daoqiang and the others lure the blackmailer out, and it turns out to b...

Shuiqing makes popiah for his family everyday. Though everyone is tired of it, nobody dares to complain to him. Fu-sao takes her sister’s child to visit Shuiqing, who gives the chi...

Jiajia cooks beehoon for breakfast. Everyone praises her dish, but Shuiqing remarks coldly that she should check if anyone throws their share of beehoon away. It dawns on them that...

Shuiqing does not return home after going out to buy durians. The family goes in search of him. It turns out that Shuiqing forgot his way home and taxi drivers refused to take him...

When Dashou picks up Shuiqing’s medication, Shuiqing reveals he has dementia. Dashou takes him home and advises Jiajia to let him wear a tag. She worries he would be unwilling. Dao...

Cash-strapped, Hua-jie hawks curry puffs illegally, only to receive a fine. Shuiqing agrees to let her sell her puffs in the inn’s restaurant. Shuiqing is concerned about his demen...

Daoqiang has a stomachache and enters a female restroom urgently. Xiuyan mistakes him for a pervert and blackmails him. Jiajia chides Daoqiang for being the guarantor for a loan th...

Daohan’s newfound fame troubles her. Dashou rescues Xiuyan by accident and they start a romance. A fortune-teller visits the inn and seems to possess in-depth knowledge of everyone...

In order to inherit an uncle’s fortune, Dashou and Xiuyan register their marriage. The uncle passes away, dashing Dashou’s hopes of travelling the world. He decides to break up wit...

Daohan and Yishou learn Daoren is crippled. Everyone tries to persuade him to return home. He demands Daoqiang and Daohan surrender their shares to him, and they agree. Daoren want...

In the midst of his suicide attempt, Daoren rescues Chu’er. She reveals she had lied about her pregnancy, in the hope of emigrating with Clinton. However, she realised they were in...

Daoren flies into a rage over the destroyed transfer papers. He demands his brothers sell the inn. Daohan refuses; the inn is Shuiqing’s life’s work. Daoren believes selling the in...

Daoqiang is shocked to hear Daoren placing a million-dollar bet. Meigui thanks Daoren for the million dollars. She promises to return the money when she can. Nonetheless, she never...

Meigui, Daohan and Yishou are about to call an ambulance when Daoren opens his eyes. He is elated that Meigui worries for him. She is infuriated, and warns him not to pester her an...

The whole family gathers for dinner. Daoren has reverted back to his cheerful self. Shuiqing tells everyone Daomei and Daren quarrelled because Daren has been looking after his ter...

Xiaotian catches Troublemaker and Guoli cheating during an exam. She is disappointed when they deny her allegations. Hua-jie takes on a dishwashing job at a coffeeshop, to alleviat...

Daoren opens the cabinet and a figurine falls out; it turnsout to be a baby doll. Disturbed, many guests demand refunds, causing an uproar. Jiajia announces she will stay in the “h...

Daoren claims he had bumped into a ghost. Shuiqing decides to lock up the “haunted” room temporarily. Chu’er plants her video camera within, to capture evidence of the ghost. Incre...

Daohan returns home in anguish after Yishou rejects her. Shuiqing disapproves of Yishou’s background and tries to talk Daohan out of dating him. However, Jiajia is encouraging, and...

Jiajia finds out Daoren is on drugs. Without exposing him, she consults Daoqiang for advice. He suggests he would call the police, if he knew a drug addict. Jiajia pretends to need...

Jiajia tells Daoqiang she wants to help Daoren quit his drug habit. Daoqiang decides to take leave to help her. Jiajia and Shuiqing discover $200 cash missing; they suspect Hua-jie...

When Daohan questions him, Yishou shares his worry that his family will burden her. He hopes she will find someone better. Daohan and Shuiqing visit Daoren at the rehabilitation ce...

Dashou has gambled away his savings at the casino. When he expresses his regret, Xiuyan advises him to buy a house within his means. Hongzhi is on the verge of abandoning his actin...

Shuiqing is horrified to find out Xiuyan has handed her savings over to Dashou to gamble with. Dashou returns and reveals he had stopped himself just in time. The couple decides to...

Daohan fails her driving test again. Chu’er is not recruited to be a director. Hongzhi quits to pursue acting full-time. His determination motivates Chu’er to work her way up from...

Yishou asks to move into Daoren’s room. He wants to help keep an eye on the latter. With more people at home, Jiajia worries it poses a danger to her pregnancy. She wants to live i...

Jiajia is unhurt but panics and wants to move out immediately. Before leaving, she requests extended time-off from Shuiqing. Daohan fails her driving test for the seventh time. Dao...

Yishou finds Daoren gone. He calls Meigui immediately. Daoren follows Henry and prepares to kill him, but Meigui arrives just in time to intervene. Henry escapes. Daoren asks Meigu...

Dashou learns his organs will automatically be donated after his death. He hurriedly takes Xiuyan to fill an opt-out form with him. Daoren takes Meigui to the inn to help out. Ever...

To everyone’s delight, Jiajia agrees to move back to the inn. Hongzhi tries to persuade Chu’er to take up the opportunity to film overseas. Jiajia reassures Chu’er that others can...

Jiajia loses her temper, and Daoqiang apologises for divulging her secret. Still upset, Chu’er refuses to answer Jiajia’s phone calls. Unexpectedly, Shuiqing tells her that Daoren...

Daoren does not understand why Meigui has not been visiting him, nor has she been in touch. When Daohan and Yishou find her, she confesses she has long since given up on Daoren and...

Empathising with Meigui’s mother, the Zhuangs volunteer to be tested for the suitability of their liver for a transplant. Daoren is moved but advises everyone not to go ahead. He b...

The photo jolts Daoren into the realisation that he is not Shuiqing’s biological son. He visits Meigui for comfort, and they patch up. . Shuiqing realises he has misplaced the phot...

Daoren and Meigui get back into the buffet business again. For the time being, he shelves the idea of looking for his biological parents. Shuiqing loses his ability to write. His f...

A-cong drowns. Yanfang blames Daohan. Caught in between, Yishou feels helpless. Yanfang firmly believes Daohan did not save A-cong because she considers him a burden. Daohan is spe...

Daoren goes to the stall and secretly watches Yanfang. She notices him and treats him to some food. Yishou arrives and calls out to Daoren. Yanfang feels uneasy when she hears his...

Everyone has the misconstrued impression that Daohan has a new boyfriend. She clears the misunderstanding. Troublemaker moves out as he is embarrassed about occupying Daohan’s room...

Thinking Shuiqing is dead, Daohan is distraught with grief. She reproaches Yishou. Fortunately, Shuiqing has only sustained grazes. Daohan, Daoren and the family encourage Shuiqing...