Master of Play

One rainy evening, inspector KONG SING-YUE comes to a village house to carry out investigation. The murderer leaves a camcorder with video showing the murdering scene and everybody is terrified. The only survivor LEE CHOR-KIU loses her left hand and she is sent to the hospital. While sleeping in the hospital, CHOR-KIU senses that the murderer is coming back… Encouraged by the magician CHEUNG SAI-YIN, CHOR-KIU eventually recovers from the trauma. Three years later, theatre master KUN SIU-NAM receives lots of flower baskets at the dressing room to celebrate his success in a performance. Private detective SHUN-CHUEN is visiting SIU-NAM with an envelope but theatre director CHONG CHUN-TO stops him. CHUN-TO learns that SIU-NAM is still searching for his missing daughter CHI-YING and he feels sorry for him. SIU-NAM’s good friend CHAN YAT-KEI invites him to dinner at home.… ...

SIU-NAM is busy doing rehearsal in the theatre. LAI-HING learns that the water pipes in SIU-NAM’s house have burst so she helps him to take care of it but this reminds her of the pain when she lost her daughter. A TV station invites SAI-YIN to be the consultant for a magic show. SIU-NAM is also invited to be the guest for a charity show in the station. After work, SAI-YIN returns home with CHOR-KIU and his younger sister SAI-TING. SAI-TING learns that they are getting married and she is very upset. CHOR-KIU invites SAI-YIN to dinner with her mother YIM-KING. SAI-YIN suggests preparing an abalone feast for CHOR-KIU’s family members and CHOR-KIU is deeply touched. When SAI-YIN is preparing the dinner, the uninvited guest Uncle TIN suddenly arrives… SAI-YIN prepares a great dinner for CHOR-KIU’s family. When he accompanies YIM-KING home, YIM-KING humiliates him and comments that he doesn’t even have money to buy a car.… ...

SIU-NAM returns to the theatre group and everybody is talking about BING-CHING for he doesn’t want their theatre piece to go public. SIU-NAM discovers that BING-CHING has left his wallet there so he decides to send it back to him. SIU-NAM fails to find BING-CHING so he tries to figure out his whereabouts by thinking in BING-CHING’s perspective. BING-CHING is deeply touched that SIU-NAM is sending him the wallet as well as his heart disease medicine. He feels that SIU-NAM really understands him and he changes his mind. SAI-TING is still upset with SAI-YIN’s wedding plan but SAI-YIN doesn’t notice it. SIU-NAM visits BING-CHING and he discovers that BING-CHING is a very detail-minded person. BING-CHING has moved back to his old home and SIU-NAM is deeply touched to learn about the reason behind. He further confirms that he should continue his search for his missing daughter as well.… ...

SAI-YIN is keeping Uncle TIN’s mobile phone and he discovers that ERIC is leaving a message to Uncle TIN. SAI-YIN manages to find “Jekyll” Pub and he discovers a customer MARTIN hitting the bartender HENRY angrily. EDWIN offers a drink to him warmly while MICHELLE is fooling around with a man in the toilet. SAI-YIN believes that one of them is Uncle TIN’s partner. The bar owner ERIC suddenly approaches SAI-YIN. He calls SAI-YIN with his childhood nickname and SAI-YIN is shocked. After knowing BING-CHING for a period of time, SIU-NAM begins to read BING-CHING’s mind in another perspective and he starts to wonder if BING-CHING has really killed his wife. While eating with BING-CHING in a restaurant, SIU-NAM finds some prostitutes arguing with each other. SIU-NAM is shocked to discover the woman who sent him tansy there and her name is WAI-CHING. He questions her why she has pretended to be deaf and dumb.

BING-CHING follows WAI-CHING for he wants her to stop fooling around anymore but WAI-CHING’s gang members beat him. SIU-NAM persuades BING-CHING to stop intervening and he points out that BING-CHING has treated WAI-CHING just like his past wife. SAI-TING suddenly wants to break up with her boyfriend HOK-LAI. CHOR-KIU tries to console her but SAI-TING reveals to CHOR-KIU angrily that she doesn’t like her at all. Typhoon signal number 3 is hoisted. WAI-CHING and the other women are waiting for KIN to have drug transaction but BING-CHING suddenly arrives to abduct KIN with a knife. After a theatre performance, SIU-NAM is disappointed that BING-CHING didn’t show up. Later, SIU-NAM learns from SING-YUE that WAI-CHING was killed and he is shocked. ERIC discovers that HENRY has overheard his conversation with SAI-YIN and he kills HENRY heartlessly. SAI-YIN has no choice but to clean up the place with ERIC.

SIU-NAM has blamed BING-CHING wrongly and this indirectly causes BING-CHING to commit a crime. SIU-NAM feels very guilty so he indulges himself in dreaming about his daughter all day and refuses to face the reality. SAI-YIN wants to go working in Singapore. He asks CHOR-KIU and SAI-TING to go with him. SAI-YIN goes to Jekyll pub again. MICHELLE deliberately mentions to him that HENRY is missing and SAI-YIN is shocked. Other actors complain to CHUNG-TO that SIU-NAM is not concentrating on the rehearsals at all. While chatting with each other, SAI-YIN realizes that SAI-TING has met SIU-NAM accidentally and he worries that SAI-TING will be seeing SIU-NAM again. SAI-YIN sneaks into SIU-NAM’s home to carry out investigation…

SIU-NAM goes to the shopping mall to watch SAI-YIN’s magic performance. SIU-NAM is able to analyze SAI-YIN’s psychological status in details just by observing him and SAI-YIN starts to put SIU-NAM on his guard. ERIC invites SAI-YIN to the pub again. MICHELLE understands that SAI-YIN doesn’t want SIU-NAM to get in touch with SAI-TING again when learning magic. While entangling with SAI-TING, HOK-LAI is knocked down by a taxi accidentally. SAI-TING discovers that SIU-NAM is the passenger of the taxi. SAI-TING reveals her special feelings with the trees to SIU-NAM. SAI-YIN watches them secretly…

SAI-YIN goes to Jekyll pub to look for ERIC and the others. The group starts discussing about the relationship between SIU-NAM and SAI-TING. SIU-NAM goes to look for his old friend in the audio shop. He realizes that SING-YUE is still giving troubles to SAM. SIU-NAM goes to look for SING-YUE and they are caught in a traffic accident. Upon wake up, SIU-NAM finds himself trapped by a stranger LAP-CHI in a stone house. SIU-NAM wants to run away but somebody knocks him out. When SIU-NAM wakes up again, he finds himself in the hospital already. While giving YIM-KING a ride, the braking system of SAI-YIN’s car is out of control and YIM-KING is injured. Based on information provided by SIU-NAM, SING-YUE and the others believe that LAP-CHI has got a bomb with him.