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Ancestors above, please grant my future parents-in-law health and longevity,
Baby and I, a happy and everlasting marriage,
and the wedding a great success.
What's that?
Shit!
It's bird shit!
A bird shat on my hair...
Tissue paper...
Let me help you...
Have you got a mirror?
Oh no, I forgot to bring one along.
What? A woman and no mirrors?
How unbecoming!
Brother Lek.
Don't worry, not a hair out of place.
Really?
Baby, you are so beauty conscious. No wonder you picked me.
Brother Lek, the poon choi chef just called to reconfirm 100 tables for the feast.
100 tables for our wedding feast? It means a thousand guests.
Just 100? That's not enough.
My pa loves fun and people from other villages are invited as well.
Make it 138 tables. That's a lucky number.
Wow, what a grand scene!
As the leading lady, I need to be decked in gold and diamond jewellery.
Chief doesn't like showing off.
He only cares about getting a daughter-in-law.
What you wear is not important.
That's why I can't embarrass him.
I have to look gorgeous and it means more gold jewellery to make him proud.
If you really care about being a good daughter-in-law,
you should settle down in the village to tend the fields
and wait on your parents-in-law.
Don't go back to Holland with Brother Lek.
That'll make him proud.
Brother Lek, I'll go take care. of the poon choi feast.
OK.
Baby, it seems your assistant doesn't like me.
He disapproves of every word I say.
You think so? Then just shut up.
I've known Tim for years.
He's a nice guy. Don't worry.
OK.
Welcome to Frdbook.
Then?
Enjoy yourself.
How?
Some come here to snoop around.
You can post things to be snooped on.
How come I have no friends?
Because you really have no friends.
I asked you to set it up for me so that I could look for my friends.
Sweetie, you have not read the news?
Online dating is a trap for innocent girls.
Pa, it's online searching for me.
Kin, keep going-
Who are you looking for?
Luk Yuen-chau, Hui Chun-lei, Leung Kam-yin.
OK...one at a time.
Luk Yuen-chau...
Nil.
Let's try Hui Chun-lei.
There are two. Check them out.
This one is just 18. Not her of course.
This one is so ugly. She can't be Chun-lei.
Hey, why a reunion all of a sudden?
You aren't the proactive type.
Pa, it's because Cyndi is in hospital.
Cyndi who?
The one whose family ran a dancing school. She's keen on dancing as a kid.
She hit her head and before she lost consciousness,
she said she wanted to see us the old friends.
Hold it...oh no, so she's on her deathbed.
Two days before your mom died,
she too said she wanted to see you two.
Touch wood! Pa, Cyndi's not on her deathbed.
The coma is temporary.
The reunion may wake her from her coma.
Got it! Leung Kam-yin, here you are.
Let me see.
What? 36 of them? It sure will take time.
Sweetie, if you have time to look for long lost friends,
find your kid brother a job.
Pa, I've been out of the job market for so long,
how can I find him a job?
Ask your hubby.
He owns so many garment factories. He sure has a position for him.
I'm not interested in garment making.
I too am not interested in supporting an unemployed son in his thirties.
You are home all the time. You are more like a retiree than I am.
Pa, some scientists find that being unemployed is good for your health.
Say, if you have to work 10 hours a day, you have to give up a lot of things,
like going to the gym, knowledge pursuit,
or exploring the mystery of the universe.
Well, then there's a job right for you.
What is it?
Be an astronaut. It's a job, right?
Gotcha! Here's Fatty.
Leung Kam-yin, married, property agency manager
Welcome! Want to see some flats?
You're sleeping like a log. A sure way to drive away customers.
But we've had no customers the whole day.
It's boring.
It proves your fengshui formation doesn't work.
It gets us no customers at all.
Hubby, since business is slow,
let's close early and go home for hotpot.
Why not close it for good and wait for doomsday to come?
We've hit the jackpot!
Miss Chu, let me help you with those.
Thanks.
Oh yes, your friend is waiting for you in the lobby.
My friend?
Hello... Hi...
How are you? How have you been?
Good!
Chu Lei!
Chu Lei, do you recognise me?
I'm Kam-yin, Fatty!
Nakamori Fatty!
It's great! I was worried I'd got it wrong.
How come you know I am here?
From this magazine.
You look like a rich lady now. I almost failed to recognise you.
"Walled Village Heir to Marry Mysterious Woman Past Her Prime"
Chu Lei, congrats, what a catch! I envy you so much!
You grew up in Norway.
You don't know Hong Kong at all, and you have no kin here.
As a single girl, you have to be extra careful.
So I have to count on you my college friend.
I mean to stay here for some time. Could you help me find a flat?
What made you want to pursue your career here?
No, I am hereto look for my natural parents.
Is it for revenge? If so, I know a...
of course not! I just want to know who they are,
why they abandoned me after giving birth to me.
So it's looking for your roots.
You have any clues?
Just a name. It's likely she's my natural mother.
Chu Lei, your ring really glitters. Could I say $100,000?
Say it a couple of times more.
The stone is not that big, really.
A ten-carat one is on its way.
Your fiance sure loves you very much.
I've been married to my dude for 20 years.
What I've got doesn't add up to a carat so far.
Face reading says you are blessed.
Now that you lead a life of luxury, I am happy for you.
Oh yes, this is my card.
My hubby owns this property agency. I give him a hand.
It's not a big agency, but our niche is deluxe houses.
The Pillar is new on the market, with fantastic sea-view and designer...
So you are here not to see me,
but to pitch for business.
No...I do feel happy for you,
but I too think you deserve the best.
We have been bosom friends for so long, you don't believe me?
I think since you are getting married, your hubby sure will buy you a flat.
If I ask for it, he sure will not say "no".
But the so-called deluxe houses here!
They are no bigger than the garage of my house in Europe.
None can make the cut.
Moreover, we'll emigrate once we get married.
How fortunate you are,
your man loves you so much.
I can't wait to see him.
No way...he's very busy.
It's so late already.
Time for my facial treatment.
Well...I gotta go as well.
I'll leave the brochures here.
Read them if you have time.
If you or your hubby's friends want to buy properties, call me.
Sure...Till next time...
Julie.
Mr Lek... Hi...
Hello!
She is... An old friend.
But she's busy. She needs to run.
Just go.
Mr Lek... Yes?
This is my card- I see...
My husband owns this property agency. We'll be happy to serve you.
Sure.
Chu Lei and I were secondary schoolmates.
We've known each other for more than 20 years.
Bee...
We and 4 other girls formed the M Club.
We hung out together and were we wild!
Chu Lei, remember the old times?
No, it' so long ago.
Sorry, Mr Lek... Yes?
I have not congratulated you yet.
Thank you...
I wish you two everlasting love.
Thank you... Thanks...
Now bye... Bye...
Hold it!
Julie, have you invited your friend to our wedding?
No...
Mr Lek, if I am invited, I sure will attend it.
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