Real friendship is hard to give up.
Just as pain from stolen love is hard to forget.

TUNG FEI (CHAN KIN FUNG, SAMMUL) ignores his late father's last will and sneaks out of the Taohua Village, where he grew up, without his sister LAM's (KOI MING FAI, JOYCE) knowing it. He meets a fisherman's son SHEUNG FOON (Ng CHEUK HAI, RON) on the way. He and FOON travel to the Qiantang River to see the tides. They meet a tycoon's daughter YING HIU SUET (CHO, MANDY LEE) and FEI falls in love with her at first sight.

LAM and FEI find out, by chance, that their father died uncleared of a wrong charge. In order to clear their father's bad name, they settle down in Hangzhou. Lam meets an imperial guard TIK YING WAI (YUEN WAH), who pretends to be a construction worker, during her investigation. WAI's sworn brother was killed by the "Cangzhou Five Ghost". For the convenience of investigation, WAI hides his real identity. During the investigation, LAM and WAI find out that her father's death is closely connected with "Cangzhou Five Ghost" and SUET's father.

Meanwhile, FEI and FOON have an argument over SUET. On the other hand, FEI, blinded by greed, herts FOON badly ... ...