The Brink of Law

TONG TAI-HOI and his son, TONG CHI-KO, a Court Prosecutor of the Department of Justice, are having a great time in the public stand of the racecourse. In the Owners Boxes, tycoon TUNG CHIN-LUNG, his wife SUNG KAM-CHI, and his younger brother, TUNG CHIN-PANG, are enjoying themselves very much, too. KO knows PANG’s son, TUNG YAT-TSUN, by chance. HOI has retired. Apart from horse gambling, his next favorite pastime is going to the district court to see his son at work. However, he can no longer do so now as he is heavily in debt. When KO, who is applying for the post of Government Counsel, learns of his father’s situation, he has no choice but to pay off HOI’s debt with the money he plans to pay for the down payment of his new apartment. Inspector YAN HEUNG-MING, a good friend of KO’s, is working hard in hitting illegal bookmakings.… ...

CHING goes to TSUN’s veterinary to take back her dog. She tells TSUN that she will act a witness for the police to testify against him for his driving away after the accident. KO knows that MING has fallen in love with a girl at first sight and that they are having a web romance. TSUN and KO go for horse riding. KO asks TSUN not to be a scapegoat. The reporters ask LUNG about TSUN’s accident. LUNG looks into the matter and asks CHIU to turn himself in. As a matter of fact, it is SUNG KA-YEE, daughter of CHI’s younger brother YUEN, who invites the reporters. She does so to help TSUN. HOI goes back to the company he previously worked at to visit his old colleagues. While there, he asks about the whereabouts of illegal bookmaker SHING. At his mates’ instigation, he bets on the race again at the bookmaker’s. CHIU is found not guilty. His family has a celebration for him, during which TSUN overhears YUEN’s phone conversation.… ...

KO invites WING to do voluntary work. WING finds that she still have feelings for KO. WING goes out with MING. MING decides to run after her. HOI is 80 thousand dollars in debt. He casts his greedy eyes on the personal savings of his wife, YIN. As SHING’s dead body has been found, CHI reminds YUEN not to give himself away in front of TSUN. LUNG’s elder son is studying overseas. TSUN is moving into a new office. LUNG therefore persuades TSUN into working for him. WING learns that KO does not have a girlfriend at the moment. She decides to do everything she can to win his heart again. HOI’s family learns about his running into debt. MAN, his stepdaughter, scolds YIN. KO is so angry that he slaps MAN on the face. YIN runs out of the door in tears. KO and HOI run after her. WING texts KO and invites him out. MAN deletes the message maliciously.

MING plans to mount an operation code-named The Brink of Law to round up YUEN and his gang. WING and MING are now lovers. She visits MING at his place. She hurts CHING’s feelings accidentally. She also comes to know how MING and CHING became orphans. The loan shark troubles HOI’s family. HOI is very guilty. TSUN works as an Assistant Manager in the Marketing Department at LUNG’s company. He has a meeting with his colleagues, during which he notices that YUEN is very protective towards their product spokesman, APPLE, whose performance is far from satisfactory. On the day of the re-shooting, YEE finds out that APPLE abuses drug. YEE passes the evidence to TSUN secretly. LUNG decides to rescind APPLE’s contract. YUEN makes sarcastic remarks at TSUN. TSUN gives CHING a few words of consolation. He also encourages her to apply for the post of merchandiser at his company. The loan shark pours water on MAN, who is frightened to death.… ...

BIU faxes to the court where KO works about HOI owes him money. HOI visits YIN. MAN tells him that YIN has gone to the mainland to avoid him. HOI’s heart breaks. HOI is on the way to the court to see his son when he hears that everyone in the court knows he is in debt. He wrongly believes that the chance for KO to be transferred to the post of Government Counsel is slim because of his running into debt. HOI ends his life to show his repentance. KO is home. He wants to share with HOI the news of his transference, but HOI is nowhere to be seen. KO finds a letter written by HOI before he died. It turns out that HOI has got everything wrong. First of all KO’s transference has not been affected by his debt. Secondly YIN has only gone to mainland to sell their ancestral house so that she can pay off his debt. MING runs across BIU when he is going out with WING. It takes him by surprise that BIU is a loving father. MING has caught BIU.… ...

YUEN is bailed out. LUNG gives him a good dressing down. CHI puts in a good word for him, making other family members believe that YUEN was in fact about to wash his hands off the bookmaking business when he was arrested. The LUNGs are under great pressure because of the wide coverage of the incident. YUEN plans to do a moonlight flit but he is stopped by CHI, who assures him that she is able to exculpate him. Their conversation is overheard by CHIU. BIU, the prosecution witness, changes his statement in the court suddenly and denies that YUEN is the man in charge of the bookmaker’s. MING suspects that BIU is under threat. It turns out the reason for his changing statement is because his son has been kidnapped. MING saves BIU’s son. YUEN is sentenced to four years in jail. KO visits HOI’s grave to tell him the good news. MING is relaxing himself at home now that the case has been cracked.… ...

To cheer his mother up, KO invites MING and WING to dinner at his place. WING can see that YIN still cannot get over HOI’s death. Making use of her professional knowledge, WING lets YIN understand the importance of her to step out of her grief. WING also takes YIN and KO to a gathering where families of compulsive gamblers share and support each other. YIN and KO’s pressure has hugely been reduced. WING discovers that MING has been accommodating her. She tells him that lovers should share their likes and dislikes with each other. To her disappointment, MING does not understand what she means. TSUN bumps into WING. He invites her to be the product spokesman of his company but is turned down at once. Later, TSUN meets her again in MING’s place. MING asks WING to accept TSUN’s invitation. WING feels that the gap between her and MING is getting wider and wider. CHING has become TSUN’s colleague.… ...

MING has been very down since his break up with WING. He has a car accident. In order not to worry CHING, he and WING cover up their break up. KO and WING bumps into each other when they are visiting MING in the hospital. They have reconciled with each other, and agree that they won’t go back to each other for the sake of MING. What they do not know is, MING learns about everything by chance. MING hears from the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) that YUEN’s bookmaking business has staged a comeback, and that YUEN and CHI’s father is member of the Triad. MING can see that WING still loves KO. He arranges an appointment with WING and MING, during which he tells them not to sacrifice for him. MING feels relived that he has settled his relationship with WING. Unfortunately, he later falls into a trap and is killed by a killer. CHING is deeply grieved. What hurts her even more is when she finds out that KO is going out with WING.… ...