"Heartstorm" Episodes 39 and 40: "Family Ties"

by 960124 on 2008-09-21 23:54:23

Zhong Xiaohuo (Lee Siu Kee) and her husband Gan Taizu (Xia Yu) worked together to make "Jia Hao Yue Yuan Old Bakery" a great success, but never would they have guessed that Zu was having an affair with her sworn sister Yin Hong (Michelle Ye). As a result, He painfully decided to divorce Zu and started anew with Gan Yonghao (Lawrence Ng), Gan Yongqing (Cecilia Chan), and their adopted daughter Sun Haoyue (Joyce Tong).

After Hong took control of the Gan family, she gained favor within the household by pleasing her mother-in-law She Junli (Maggie Li) and using tactics to divide the affection between her stepson and Zu. On the outside, she actively expanded the business, opening one premium branch after another. This deeply angered He's younger sister Zhong Xiaosha (Kwan Ju Keung), who was not afraid to take legal action in order to reclaim the golden signboard of the ancestral business, further deepening the resentment between He and Hong's families.

The turmoil surrounding the bakery's estate had yet to subside when the growth of the Gan family's children also left He physically and mentally exhausted. The eldest son, Gan Yongjia (Marcus Chan), showed no interest in managing the bakery and was instead obsessed with stock trading. Emotionally, he was entangled with his cousin Lu Jiamei (Stephy Hui) and Yue. Meanwhile, the houseboy Ah Hao took on both parental roles, willingly shouldering the heavy burden of being the head of the family. His only true love was Qiu (Gigi Leung), his childhood sweetheart, but Qiu was inseparable from Doctor Ling Zhixin (Bosco Wong)...

He spared no effort for her family and would brave fire and water for them; Hong schemed endlessly, being selfish and self-serving; Zu was caught in the middle, facing difficulties all his life, until one day, an incident occurred at the bakery, sparking a storm that tested human nature, family bonds, and love...

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