One Step Beyond

In the 1960s, SING and MUI came across a hijack when they were having their honeymoon. Both were killed in the incidence and they begged the angel to give them a chance to continue their love in the coming life. In 1991 SING leads his mother KA LAI to pay an ancestor worship. KA LAI is having- mental disorder thus she sings loudly. SING dares not to stop - her strange act. He convinces her to take medicine so that she can calm down. On the other hand, SHANG CHUNG FAT and his family are fond of gambling. They go to the graveyard to ask for tips from SHANG CHUN - CHUNG FAT's father. TONG carelessly makes MEI MAY's picture dirty. As he-cannot make it cIean , he leav.es and MEL MA￥_ stares at him angrily. When TDNG is patrolling, he finds his sister KIAO in the street, being unconscious as she has taken drugs.… ...

TONG takes SHANG CHUN's words and rushes to the race course after his work. He gets onto SING's taxi. On the way, SING is informed that KA LAI has lost her JD.ind and thus he refuses to continue the journey. TONG is unable to make the bet and he is terribly angry. He regards SING as his number-one-enemy as he thinks that he should be responsible for his loss. SING rushes to the hospital and finds that it is a false alarm. TONG's colleagues thinks that he has won a lot of money and try to flatter him. Later as they know what has happened, they have a polar change of their attitude. KIAO wanders in the street and meets some undesirable elements. She wants to steal money and incidentally overhears that TONG does worry about her. However she has no gut to make apology. KIAO robs SING and locks him up. Fortunately MUI releases him. They go to report to the police and meet TONG. He treat them bad.

MUI hurts herself when she is saving SING. SING thanks her and sees her home. They are mutually impressed. As MUI is bordered by SING's problem she forgets to deliver goods for her uncle and she is beaten. However she must tolerate as she is adopted by him. KIAO is tired of wandering in the street. She wants to talk with TONG and she gets into SING ,-s taxi. SING recognizes her and wants to catch her. In the struggle, HUNG FAN appears and hurts SING for KIAO. KIAO has pity on him and wants to help him. He is hurt in the traffic accident. KIAO worries about SING and takes good care of him. When SING is conscious, he promises not to accuse her. KIAO is deeply touched. After this incidence, KIAO returns home and determines to repent. At the very beginning her family do not trust her but later they gradually accept her. CHEUNG WONG and his family are going to emigrate so he sells his fishing-boat.… ...

KIAO always makes excuses to approach SING and this causes many troubles. However she continues her foolish act as she believes that one day he will be touched by her frank love. On seeing that MUI has become a beauty, CHEUNG WONG forces her to join the amusement -field so that she can bring him fortune. MUI does what she is in?structed as she dares not to oppose. TONG is responsible for the discipline of the interview for the beauty con?test. MUI recognizes him and greets him. He is attracted by her and tries to win over her heart. MUI meets KA LAI. KA LAI appreciates her and wants MUI to be her daughter-in-law. This ambiances her. TONG is instructed to join the "Kidney Donation Campaign". Though he is reluc?tant to do so, he has to sign the contract. MUI is surprised when she knows that KA LAI is SING's mother.… ...

KIAO invites SING to go to-the karaoke lounge. She is dead drunk and she is taken home by SING. On the way they meet TONG who suspects him as a filthy person and questions him. ‧ KA LAI thinks that SING and KIAO love one another, so she tries to arrange a banquet for their marriage. CHUNG FAT is astonished and MUI is frustrated. K:IAO declares that nothing has happened and KA LAI is disappointed. TONG thinks that abridging SING and KIAO will give him the chance to win over MUI's heart. However his attempt is in vain as SING declares that he does not love KIAO. He worries much and determines to compete SING. MUI is the black horse of the beauty contest . CHEUNG WONG is excited as he believes that fortune is coming to him. CHEUNG WONG is discontented with SING as he is the stumbling block to MUI's future. He opposes to their love affairs. CHEUK BUN orders his .subordinates to work for NAM on her birthday.… ...

MUI feels frustrated and claims to CHEUNG WONG. However they have taken money and try to make her obedient. She is angry and runs away. MUI determines to commit homicide as she is depressed. TONG happens to pass by and saves her life. He takes care of her, making her relieved. YUK LAI forces CHEUNG WONG to hand MUI in. He goes to search for her in SING's house. KA LAI argues with him. KA LAI loses her mind and attacks him with a chopper. CHEUNG WONG escapes immediately. MUI accepts TONG’s love and she is touched by his sincerity and care when she is depressed. Sweet love blossoms between them. CHEUNG WONG reports the case of MUI's disappearance to the police, there he meets TONG. TONG criticizes them be money-minded. They are embarrassed.

MUI goes home reluctantly. CHEUNG WONG forces her to make apology to YUK LAI. She is insulted by him. TONG wants MUI to be hardworking for their future and she promises to do so. One day they go to a fortuneteller who claims that their love will bear no fruit and TONG will die in an accident. TONG and MUI work as part-time actors. MUI is instructed to be a corpse who Has to be hit by the others. TONG is angry and takes her away. YUK LAI knows that TONG has taken MUI away from him. He sends subordinates to lurk him. He disregards his own safety, trying his best to protect MUI. MUI is touched and promises to marry him. SING hated being entangled by KIAO and shouts at her. KIAO is sad and leaves. SING is afraid that she will kill herself and this causes troubles. YUK LAI hates TONG and takes the chance when he is acting to punish him.

TONG is asked to act in a fighting scene. He is trapped by YUK LAI's subordinates : who make him fall from great height and is serious hurt. He dies before arriving at hospital. SING is sent to hospital as his kidney malfunctions. TONG' s kidney is transplanted into SING’s body as he has signed the contract before. Moreover KIAO agrees under KA LAI' s beg. After his death TONG is brought to the hell as he dies in an accident. He is regarded as an illegal immigrant and put into the retention‧ centre, waiting for trial. When TONG feels helpless, he meets another ghost NY YAU CHEUNG who has similar experience.… ...

YUK LAI wants to r ape MUI. MUI falls down the stair's when they are struggling. YLJK LAI is afraid that his filthy act will be disclosed. Thus he tells the press that MUI wants to break contract with his company. She hurts herself so as to win over the others' pity and support. MUI can make no explanation. MUI finds that she has become paralyzed. CHI PING arrives, bringing her a large sum of money to bribe her but she refuses. MUI wants to kill herself as she feels helpless. KA LAI and SING rush to her and finally manage to convince her not to attempt the foolish act. YUK NAM knows about YUK LAI’s behavior and goes to question him. YUK LAI lies to her. YUK NAM knows that CHI PING works for YUK LAI. She is disappointed and decides to leave him and Hong Kong so as to terminate their Iove. TONG finds that after SING has recovered, whenever he goes to the toilet, he will be dredged to the human world.… ...

TONG takes the chance that SING is having his kidney to make him carry out investigation on his death .Otherwise he is unable to' become human again . BING refuses at the beginning but at last he promises to help him. TONG requests SING to bring him to see MUI~ He is sad that she is in difficul?ty. However, he cannot appear appear in front of him. TONG asks SING to take care of MUI for him and provides accommodation in his house. MUI thanks SING and KA LAI. TONG wants to help SING to play trick in the casino but he is prevent from entering. SING loses a lot without his help. SING encourages MUI to take part in the disabled athletic meet and she wins an event. This gives her confidence. TONG hates the darkness in the hell, he treasures freedom and stays in the human world, relying on SING.

TONG misses his family much and he asks SING to bring him home so as to tell them his well being. TONG knows that his parents do love him and he is touched. SING sends TONG some paper soldiers. He hopes that they can help him to defeat KE 1 but his attempt fails. KEI bombards TONG. TONG wants to run away but is caught. On the other hand as TONG is trapped, SING cannot go to toilet. This makes SING suffer. CHEUK BUN holds a banquet for YUK NAM after she has returned to Hong Kong. He also announces the marriage between YUK NAM and CHI PING. YUK NAM does not want her future to be planned and she refuses. CHEUK BUN feels losing face and blames CHI PING. Therefore he lowers CHI PING's rank in the hospital. This makes YUK NAM understand that her position in the hospital is arranged by BUN. She decides to resign so as to prove her own talent.

UK NAM leaves her home and moves to become SING's neighbor. They have more time to builds up mutual understanding and become intimate friends. YUK NAM tells the other-s .that MUI may be cured in the foreign country. SING knows that MUI cannot afford it so he tries his best to help her. One day when they are in the street, SING sees a woman who is about to give birth to a baby. They send her to hospital but she gives birth to a baby be-Fore arriving at the hospital. YUK NAM helps the woman and SING admires her talent. A LAI urges to have a daughter-in-law. Seeing that YUK NAM and SING are Intimate, she tries to embridge them. CHI PING wants to regain his position in the hospital. He wants to rape YUK NAM but his plan is spoiled by SING who then wins over her heart.. SING accompanies MUI to attend the disabled athletic meet in Malaysia. In the plane, there is a just married couple.… ...

YAU CHEUNG becomes an idiot after his essence has been taken away by KEI. He does not want him to be tortured, thus he takes him away. KEI sends subordinates to catch them and fortunately a JP happens to visit the hell. He releases them and puts KEI in the deep abyss. YAU CHEUNG thanks MEI MAY and wants to marry her. She knows that she is no longer beautiful and feels inferior so she refuses him. The JP appreciates SING. He teaches SING magic so that he can go anywhere he likes. YUK NAM cannot help loving SING but she keeps her love deep in her heart as ~she does not want to interrupt the love of MUI and him. SING -finds that he frequently has the dream of marrying MUI. He does not know the meaning and seeks help from a fortune-teller. The fortune-teller does not 1rJant to interrupt the fate and does not tell him the truth. After hardworking, TONG learns the magic.… ...

When YAU CHEUNG and MEI MAY are going to get married, MEI MAY is informed that she has to become human beings again. She misses YAU CHEUNG and requests the deferral but her request is turned down. MEI MAY meets a flooding when she is about to be given birth. She returns to the hell again. TONG begs the JP to allow her to stay in the hell with YAU CHEUNG. TONG is afraid that MUI will marry SING thus he tries to embroiled YUK NAM and SING. He claims that SING is determined to be YUK NAM's husband by fate so as to encourage SING. TONG uses magic to make MUI remember him and designs a trap to kill her. MUI is saved luckily but she becomes unconscious. She must be sent overseas to be cured. SING cares about ‧her and accompanies her, hoping to stimulate her and wake her up but he is disappointed. TONG has been busy in planning for their marriage in the hell. On the day he finds that she has been sent overseas.… ...

TONG thinks that SING intentionally spoil his marriage and goes to question him. SING admits that he loves MUI and says that TONG is too selfish. They quarrel and fight. TONG beats SING down and haunted his body. He goes home and at the beginning, his family do not belief in his words but later they are convinced. CHUNG FAT finds that TONG has special talent and brings him to the casino. However he is not powerful enough and is disclosed. KA LAI worries much as SING has not turned up for a long time. She meets TONG in the street and thinks that he is SING. CHUNG FAT explains to her and she tries to drive TONG’s spirit away. As KA LAI cannot drive TONG away, she thinks that SING has become crazy and takes him to the hospital.

To make KA LAI trust him, TONG pretends to be SING. He also makes use of this opportunity to get news about KAM MUI from YUK NAM. However he is not ac?quainted with her. This causes troubles when they meet, embarrassing him. TCJNG knows that KAM MUI has gone to receive treatment. He wants to visit her but SING's travel document is invalid. As he cannot go overseas, he is disap?pointed. KA LAI suspects SING as he acts in a strange manner. She discovers that he has become a completely new man. She thinks that he has been haunted thus she hires an exorcist to cure him. After investigation, the exorcist suggests that the only way to cure him is to have thunder flashing on him. TONG is driven out from TONG's body but acciden?tally, he occupies YUK NAM's body. TONG is frustrated as he has not been a girl before. CHEUK BUN thinks that she is shocked and treats her good.

SING is ‧conscience and finds that TONG has done bad things for his absence. Hatred grows in his heart. TONG is not adapted to appear in the public as a girl. He has to learn to be a girl from TIN KIAO. TONG visits his former colleagues and finds that he has bad-fame as he owes the others-a lot of money. He gives them money to earn him fame. TONG is asked to return to the clinic. As he does not know how to give treat?ment, he drives the patients away and he dismisses the nurses by giving them a large sum of pension. TONG requests BUN to give him a lot of money. He wants to buy his family a new flat. BUN does not know but he dares not to oppose him. CHI PING still loves YUK NAM. He wants to rape her but he is kicked away by TONG. Later as TONG wants him to help her in tricking BUN's fortune, he claims that he loves CHI PING.

TONG is afraid that SING will marry KAM MUI after her return. He makes use of YUK NAM's body to seduce SING. He makes SING faint so as to trap him, claiming that they have sex. SING is taken in. As KAM MUI has no money to pay the hospital, she calls SING. However SING has it sufficient money. On knowing KAM MUI's difficulty, TONG tricks CHI PING and gets the money. He hands the money to SING, forcing him to leave KAM MUI. CHI PING requests BUN to promise his marriage with YUK NAM, TONG is angry and‧ tells BUN that he has sex with SING. BUN asks KA LAI to have YUK NAM as her daughter-in-law but at the same time. he requests SING to stay in his house. SING refuses and runs away. ~BUN forces SING to marry YUK NAM but he resists. TDNG thus goes to KA LAI and tells her that YUK NAM is having a baby for SING. Therefore both the parents persuade SING to have YUK NAM as his wife.

TIN KIAO understands that TONG only wants to take revenge with the marriage. She is afraid that YUK NAM will be hurt so she disagrees with him. However TONG does not take her words. KAM MUI is depressed as she knows that SING will marry YUK NAM soon. However she does not show her feeling in front of the others. TIN KIAO does not want KA MUI to be Unhappy and tells her the truth. She tells her that TONG still loves her. KAM MUI discusses with KA LAI and they go to seek help from the exorcist. The exorcist states that TONG must leave YUK NAM's body before the deadline or both of them will become ash. TDNG does not want to leave KAM MUI so he fights with the exorcist. Finally he is defeated and driven to the hell. YUK NAM faints.

CHI PING kidnaps YUK NAM and he has been refused‧ by TONG. He wants to force BUN to accept him as his son-in-law. SING rushes to the scene and fights with him and finally he is hurt. As SING is receiving treatment, BUN wants to kill him. Luckily YUK NAM wakes up and tells BUN the truth. TONG should be sent to the deepest abyss in the hell. YAU CHEUNG begs for him and he is sent to embridge SING and KAM MUI. Although he is reluctant, he has to accept the duty. With TONG' s assistance ,SIN marries KAM MUI and everyone is happy to see this. TONG incidentally finds out that he has been killed by YUK LAI and thus he determines to take revenge. What methods will he employ to achieve this ? Can he succeeds in doing so ? Will he become a human being again ? Do find the answers in the final episode.