HUNG and KONG go looking for LUNG. The pier is on fire. KONG is very worried. LUNG and his colleagues are being buried under goods. HUNG goes to their rescue. HUNG apologizes to KONG for humiliating him twenty years go. Surprisingly, KONG accepts his apology readily. The mayor is visiting Japan soon. Before he goes, he calls for a meeting, during which he announces that MING will act for him while he is away. HANG is displeased. BONG visits LAN at the restaurant and helps her out whenever he is free. HUNG can see the positive influence of LAN on BONG. SHUI has been released. PING did not know about the cuts and bruises on his body until then. SHUI resumes his job at the restaurant. He plucks up enough courage to apologize to HUNG. Quoting people in the know, MING announces at a meeting that a rat plague has spread through the city. A doctor tells HANG plague cases have been recorded in Guangzhou.