
Hard Fate ·翡翠戀曲
YEE (CHAN WAI SHAN, FLORA) learns from her aunt TSAU that a pair of special jades – Cold Mountain and Virtue, which form the ‘Gods of Harmony’, will bring happy marriage to the bearer. She therefore hopes to find the missing half, Virtue. Amazingly, YEE’s fiance YIN (LAU CHUNG YAN, DAMIAN) locates it for her. The night when the stones are brought together, she has a nightmare. Shortly after that, Cold Mountain goes missing, which bothers her immensely. Meanwhile, YEE learns about the real identity of her good friend MING’s (CHENG, KEVIN) girlfriend SZ (CHOW LAI KI, NIKI). This leaves her no choice but to break up with YIN, however he refuses. Soon, he has a terrible accident and she has to stay for him..
- Created By
Sum-Wai Wong
- First Aired on
Aug 09, 2004
- Popularity: 2.9291
- 1 votes
- Networks
- (HK)
- Production
TVB (HK)
- Status: Ended
Show Ended
1 seaons till Sep 17, 2004
Last episode: Episode 30
Seasons & episodes
Total 1 seasons, 30 episodes

Season 1
Aired
Episode 1Episode 146 min
Jewelry designer MOK HEI YEE has been dogged by bad luck ever since her childhood. YEE meets a merchant named LEUNG PAK YIN at a jewelry exhibition. She is not aware that YIN is an expert on jewelry and tries to show off her knowledge in front of him. YEE’s father MOK SAI LUNG is a taxi driver and her brother MOK HEI MAN has been unemployed since his graduation. YEE’s great aunt SUEN YIN TSAU has been suffering from Senile Dementia and YEE alone has to support the whole family. YIN’s business partners SHU HUNG and CHUN NAM have bought a raw stone for HK$10,000,000. Despite YIN’s opposition, NAM decides to cut the stone. As expected by YIN, the stone is of poor quality. After knowing that the company she is working for is going to implement a staff reduction program, YEE tries to make up with YIN. Sadly, all her efforts are in vain and she is finally dismissed from her job. TSAU is cheated out of her precious jade ornament ‘Hon Shan’……
Episode 2Episode 246 min
TSAU refuses to go back to the elderly care home and begs YEE to help her locate the missing ‘Hon Shan’. TSAU came from a wealthy family that had been engaged in the jewelry trade. But as the family fell into poverty, TSAU’s mother forced her to marry SIU TUNG, the son of the owner of a cotton mill, just for the sake of money. To avoid an arranged marriage, TSAU decided to run away. She took with her the ‘Twin Fairies of Harmony’, which were handed down from her ancestors, and fled from home. Along the way she met a rickshaw driver named TAK CHEONG…. YEE is so amazed by TSAU’s story and swears to help her locate the missing jade ornament. YIN plans to carve a jade sculpture out of the raw stone bought by NAM and HUNG and wishes to give it the name ‘Hundred Birds Heading for the Nest’. NAM, however, does not welcome his idea. YEE goes to the jade market to look for MING, hoping to get back TSAU’s ‘Hon Shan’……
Episode 3Episode 346 min
Having just lost her job, YEE is already quite upset. Now she is even more perplexed as she worries that LUNG has got conned by MING. But when TSAU tells her the story of the ‘Twin Fairies of Harmony’, she soon becomes a bit relaxed. KIT not only persuades NAM to sell the raw stone that he bought, but also seizes the chance to mock YIN’s secretary SHUK KWAN, who, many years ago, chose to give up him for YIN’s sake. YEE, who is desperate to get back her savings, has followed MING to Jieyang. Disappointingly, MING has already spent almost half of the money in purchasing stones. YEE knows there is no way back now. She has no choice but to stay and select stones with MING. YEE meets YIN who has come to Jieyang to look for the carver. YIN promises to help with the stone selection, which has got YEE much less stressed. YIN is shocked to hear that the carver has already signed a contract with KIT……
Episode 4Episode 446 min
YEE is worried that she has chosen a valueless stone but MING insists that she has made the right decision. KIT convinces HUNG to sell the raw stone and HUNG finally gives in to his persuasion. YIN understands HUNG’s situation and makes it clear that he does not blame him. YEE tells LUNG how she chose and bought the stone in Jieyang, which thrills him greatly. TSAU has again run away from the elderly care home. She comes home and shares with YEE her love story with CHEONG. YEE prays to the ‘Twin Fairies of Harmony’ hoping that they will bring her to her Mr. Right in the near future. MING’s friend SIU KEI has become homeless. MING then asks the flat owner Madam MAU to put KEI up in her apartment. KIT comes to see YIN hoping to buy a stone from him, but YIN turns him down at once. KIT flies into a rage and points out that YIN has gobbled up the family business Yuk Lung Hin……
Episode 5Episode 545 min
KIT asks MING to buy a stone from YIN on his behalf and in return he will give MING HK$300,000 as commission. This really gives MING a great thrill. MING invites LUNG and his family to dinner. YEE acts as if she doesn’t care but deep down she is overjoyed about that. TSAU sees through her and reminds her not to let love pass her by. MING is pondering on how to buy a stone from YIN. He is so puzzled that he goes to confide in YEE. YEE thinks he is going to declare his love to her but she has got him wrong and is therefore very disappointed. MING goes to see YIN and asks to buy a stone from him. YIN believes there are some strange goings-on and looks a little pensive. YEE has been looking for a job, but with no luck so far. She has left her design sketch behind and YIN gets it by chance later on. TSAU is desperate to find ‘Shap Tak’ so that the ‘Twin Fairies of Harmony’ can be together again……
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