A fortune-teller tells Ng Sze-tak that his days are numbered. His friend Chu Tai-fat is told that he will soon win a lottery. Soon, Chu's prediction comes true. Ng lives his days in terror until he realises that everything is but a false alarm.
Law Hing is forced by her stepmother to marry the dumb son of the Tang family. Another girl Au To is forced to marry Ma Siu-fuk, son of the rich Ma family, to pay off her father's debts. On the wedding day, To's lover See Fuk-chau returns from Vietnam. Deeply in love with Fuk-chau, To decides to go...