Shade of Darkness

In 1968, NGAU is bothered by the rascals who ask NGAU to repay the debt. NGAU asks CHEUNG for help. CHEUNG recalls that NGAU had helped him when his family had just arrived Hong Kong. Thus, CHEUNG tries his best to help NGAU. However, CHEUNG's wife, YING, is very dissatisfied with CHEUNG's decision. One night, CHEUNG helps an old lady to buy a lottery ticket. The ticket has scored the first prize. NGAU, KEUNG and FAT have known the case. They slip into CHEUNG's home and try to steal some money. They meet YING. NGAU and the others kill YING and CHEUNG's son, LEUNG, and MEI cruelly. Later, CHEUNG has also been killed when he backs home. Meanwhile, NGAU's wife, KUEN, is going to give birth to the baby. HAO goes to CHEUNG's home to find NGAU. She witnesses everything and is shocked. However, HAO loves her son so deep that she decides to keep her .mouth shut……

HAN's mum is hurt as NGAU collects the flat by foul mean. HAN finds NGAU for revenge. BOK beats HAN away. NGAU and BOK then report the case to the police. WAI teases them. BO is dissatisfied. HAO feels that CHEUNG and YING's spirits are always around. She knows that they want to take revenge. HAO force NGAU to offer sacrifice to them. NGAU does not believe in ghosts and spirits. He offers the sacrifice in a perfunctory manner. KEE is abandoned by her boyfriend. She attempts suicide and is then being sent to the hospital. BOK is her doctor. He takes good care of his patient. However, KEE does not accept his goodwill. HAN's mum is passed away. HAN bursts into' NGAU's office and threatens him with a dagger. BOK rescues HGAU bravely. He could eventually suppress HAN, NGAU is slightly injured. BOK blames WAI and the police force who do not perform well. HAO asks Master TANG for help……

WAI starts to investigate HAO's case. BO claims that he only saw HAO. However, KEE claims that she saw two more persons who pushed HAO down from the building. WAI is puzzled. Later, the police finds out that KEE was serving hemp at that time. Thus, the police cancel her statement. WAI quarrels with NGAU and BOK when the case is processing. HAO's corpse has suddenly come up some change. Her body shows some contusive bruise marks. The examiner could not explain. WAI also could not continue the investigation. TIN moves to YAU's upper floor. WAI does not know the case. She is shocked to see him. TIN sees HAO's photo and feels very surprised. He starts to investigate. KEE leaves the hospital. KIN invites her home for dinner. She quarrels with BO and JING and leaves home angrily. During HAO's funeral, TIN has taken some pictures which showed CHEUNG and YING's spirits next to BOK……

YING's spirit occupies HEI's body so as to communicate with BOK. Meanwhile, NGAU returns home. YING hurries away. YAU arranges WAI and BO to have dinner together. They again quarrel with each other. WAI leaves angrily. She encounters a robbery. Though WAI has killed a robber, she has hurt a child mistakenly. BO immediately sends the child to the hospital. WAI feels very sorry. The child has eventually escaped from death. WAI is then at ease. Misunderstanding between WAI and BOK has eventually removed after the incident. The fortune-teller, LIN, predicts that the spirits would take revenge on NGAU's family. He warns NGAU. NGAU does not believe him and drives him away. NGAU dances with LAN. CHEUNG makes LAN hurt. NGAU and LAN then could not attend the charity ball which is held by HEI. KEE agrees to have an affair with WING for the sake of money. However, KEE steals WING's money……

BOK rescues ON and HEI bravely. They could then escape from death. TIN reporters comment that it is related to TIN spirits' retaliation. NGAU is extremely angry with those comments. KEE is very poor. She decides to sell TIN the information regarding the accidents which HAO and WING had encountered. TIN strongly believes that NGAU's family is really troubled by spirits. He even shoots some pictures with spirits outside NGAU's house. TIN reports the case with exaggeration. NGAU dissatisfies TIN. He sends somebody to disturb his office. He even asks his subordinates to beat TIN. WAI and BOK understand each other more after a long time contact. Tehy blossom love between each other. NGAU finds a picture in HAO's room. The picture is CHEUNG's family photo. NGAU is very surprised. Suddenly BOK is shouting for help.

BOK has several nightmares. NGAU questions him the details. He finds that the one BOK dream of is CHEUNG. NGAU is shocked. He immediately asks LIN for help. LIN agree to help and will drive the spirits away. LIN suppresses CHEUNG and YING's spirits with magic. He then eliminates them on 14th July at the devil hill. CHEUNG and YING are being driven away. Meanwhile, BOK and WAI are barbecue. Tehy are also being affected and are grieved with pains. TIN witnesses the situation and feels something strange. KEE finds her boyfriend has a new lover. She is so angry that she hurts her boyfriend. The police then arrests KEE and is going to charge her. KEE asks BOK for help. BO pities her and bail her out. BOK even comforts KEE> They go for a boat trip to celebrate YAU's birthday. They pass by the devil hill. BOK finds the place very familiar to him and a strange feeling comes up……

BOK meets MEI in his dream. He misses MEI a lot. He even finds MEI very familiar. YAU by chance sees his ex-girlfriend, CHU's, portrait. He miss her a lot. He goes to the island to see CHU. However, her husband, SHEK, claims that CHU has gone overseas for travelling, YAU is very disappointed. YAU meets a mysterious girl with white clothes. He goes to a cliff with her guidance. YAU discloses that SHEK had killed CHU. YAU arrests SHEK. TIN publishes the case. YEE admires YAU more after the incident. WAI is dissatisfied with KONG who helps NGAU to do evil things. She again quarrel with KONG. WAI tells BOK the case. BOK comforts her. KEE's boyfriend, JOHNNY, extorts money from KEE for separation. KEE asks BOK for help. Unexpectedly, JOHNNY takes the opportunity to kidnap BOK. He extorts NGAU to give him ten million. NGAU agrees to pay. WAI investigates the case. JOHNNY throws BOK down into the sea……

The police and NGAU try to search for BOK but are in vain. WAI feels very sorry for BOK who had encountered misfortune. In fact, MEI has rescued BOK to an island. BOK is very weak and there is nobody for help. A few days later, BOK has still not yet been found, NGAU believes that BOK has already encountered misfortune. He goes to find his spirit and passes by the island. They could eventually find BOK. KEE is happy to know that BOK is saved. She apologizes to BOK. She even claims that she would reform herself. MEI goes everywhere. She scares a taxi-driver and a couple unintentionally. It leads to a traffic accident. TIN knows that it is related to spirits. He decides to investigate.