When Easterly Showers Fall on the Sunny West

In POON’s mansion, CHONG FUNG-YEE orders a dim sum chef to prepare breakfast for her father-in-law POON KWAI-FAN. It concerns FAN that his grandson POON CHEUK-WAH has not got married, he urges YEE to arrange marriage for WAH. With a wish to bring her son WAH good luck, YEE consults a fortune teller. The fortune teller tells her she has two sons and one of them is going to have a big trouble. MUK HING comes to Guangzhou for the first time. He asks CHEUNG FOOK-TAI to find him a job. TAI finds him a place to settle down in a compound. After family’s downfall, YIP HEUNG-YEUNG and YIP HEUNG-CHING are earning a living as a hawker selling porridge in Liwan. Out of sympathy, CHING gives poor HING a bowl of porridge. HING sells his jade pendant, the last piece of possession he has, and YEE sees the pendant by chance. She orders her maid KAM to investigate whether the pendant belongs to the son she abandoned.… ...

WAH returns home from military school, YEE and POON SIU-TONG are delighted to see him again. YEE tells her mother PAK SAU-WAN that HING is arrested, and her mother says she should never try to involve herself in it. But YEE feels guilty, she attempts to rescue HING. CHING believes HING did not kill anyone, she asks WAH to help HING. HING fails to escape from jail and ends up getting beaten badly. One day, CHING encounters an old school friend CHOI-DIP. She is jeered at by DIP. Fortunately, WAH appears to help her. HING is sentenced to death for murder. YEE asks TONG to help rescue HING. TONG finally promises as he knows she is nervous. TONG withdraws a huge sum of money from bank and tries to bribe cops. Just before execution, a court document arrives stating that HING is found not guilty of all charges and ordered to release. FAN flies into a rage when he gets to know that TONG has taken the money.… ...

YEE keeps the true identity of HING hidden from TONG, she does not tell him the truth that HING is indeed his son. HING meets CHEUNG again. They see FONG PO-KEI who is distributing leaflet advocating complete banning of prostitution. CHEUNG makes a fool of KEI. KEI encounters CHING, her old school friend. She invites CHING to a party celebrating a sister’s resignation. In the party, CHING feels giddy after dancing with WAH. TSUI YIU-CHUNG attempts to gloss over the fact when FAN is asking him about TONG’s work performance in the bank. HING visits the Poon family with a wish to express his gratitude to WAH. TONG promises to find HING a job. On the other hand, KAM suggests sending HING abroad for learning. CHUNG examines goods in the warehouse and is shocked to find munitions. CHUNG’s wife CHONG FUNG-TAK is not happy with CHUNG for he has helped TONG.… ...

WAH asks CHING out for a movie. CHING hopes to bring with her parents together, WAH agrees. DIP seems unusually enthusiastic about the date and sends movie tickets to CHING. TONG believes HING is his lucky star after he has brought him to a casino and won big money. TONG encounters the swindler who conned him into purchasing munitions. He asks HING to follow him. CHING goes to see movie with her family, but they are forced to leave because they hold fake tickets. WAH apologizes to her and confesses his love to her. CHING is delighted but is hesitated to accept his love. YEE refuses to accept CHING after she has known that CHING does not come from a rich family. CHUNG suspects the bronze pig head that TONG gets from the swindler belongs to TONG’s enemy. He tries in vain to persuade TONG not to take it. KONG and his daughter KEI are invited to TONG’s home for dinner. In fact, TONG wishes to arrange marriage for his son.… ...

CHING gets sick while taking care of WAH. She does not dare to tell her brother about it. HING is hired as a chauffeur by the POON family. He tells everyone in the compound about this good news. YEE returns home, she tells the family that she has lost a valuable ring and suspects HING has stolen it. She demands HING to leave. HING believes the ring is stolen by CHEUNG and wants to have it back. While WAH is kept under close surveillance by YEE, the only way he can get in touch with CHING is by sending letters. HING does not want to leave the POON family, by giving YEE his jade pendant, he wishes to compensate YEE for the loss of the ring. Nevertheless, YEE hides her feelings and sympathy, and asks him to leave. Realizing that he cannot develop a relationship with CHING, WAH drowns his sorrows. HING gives him encouraging words saying that he should never give up.… ...

YEE discovers a box and a letter dropped by the kidnapper while in search of WAH. For fear that WAH may get killed, TONG keeps the matter hidden from FAN and quietly collects money to pay ransom for the release. Nervous and distressed, he has a quarrel with CHUNG. TAK, displeased with the dispute created by TONG, tears up the telex to TONG from other banks replying about the money available for his use. HING and WAH are seized during an attempt to escape. Eventually, HING finds out the kidnap is a scheme perpetrated by SHEUNG KWAN. KWAN orders to kill HING, but HING manages to escape. FAN overhears YEE’s conversation and gets to know about the whole thing. Immediately, he orders the army to rescue WAH. YEE believes HING is the kidnaper. TONG points his gun at HING and threatens to kill him. Before it is too late, YEE reveals HING’s true identity, that he is indeed TONG’s biological son.

TONG is told the whole story that YEE abandoned their son because she wanted to conceal her premarital pregnancy. TONG blames her for ruining HING’s whole life. YEE receives a phone call from the kidnapper demanding to collect ransom escorted by herself and HING. After YEE’s begging, FAN finally agrees to pay the ransom. On the other hand, CHING suspects CHEUNG is the kidnapper as she identifies the watch he is wearing belongs to HING. In fact, the watch is stolen by a customer in the casino. Outside the casino, CHEUNG and CHING encounter the real kidnapper. They follow the man into the forest in rural west where they find WAH. In the escape, they meet officer LEUNG YIM-BIU. CHING begs BIU for help. YEE appears to pay the ransom as agreed. Aiming to kill HING, KWAN demands to have the money delivered by HING. BIU and his army arrive timely to make a successful rescue. YEE expresses her gratitude to HING.… ...

To safeguard their family honor and reputation, YEE and TONG decide not to disclose HING’s true identity. WAH wants to see CHING soon after he has got well, but they are kept apart by YEE. As instructed by YEE, HING sends gift to CHING. Refusing to accept the money gift, CHING asks HING to send WAH a letter instead, she thinks it is the best gift for her by doing so. BIU wants CHING to be his mistress, but she refuses. YEUNG who originally promised to decline BIU’s proposal, later accepts the marriage when he is told that he will be offered help in his business. With the help of HING, WAH manages to escape surveillance successfully by changing his clothes with HING, and sneaks out to meet with CHING. WAH tells CHING that he will go to Nanjing soon to complete his military training. Disappointed, CHING does not utter a word about becoming BIU’s mistress. KEI is delighted to learn that CHING and WAH are falling in love with each other.… ...