Zhong Zi Kiu and Cheung Sam Yue are childhood friends who have taken very different paths because of crimes committed by each other's fathers. After her father was imprisoned, Yue changed her name and surname, hoping to have a new life. Even if she got married and had a daughter, she never mentioned her past, vowing to not repeat the mistakes of the previous generation, and chooses to be an insurance investigator as a career.
The two hadn't seen each other for a long time, but they met again because of a 10 million life insurance. Yue's husband Yin Hao Ran died unexpectedly, but the insurance amount was increased a few months before his death, and knowing Yue's life before the accident happened, Kiu suspected that it was not an accident. But what is the truth?
During a high-speed motorboat chase with a criminal, Cheung Chau police officer Wong Tai Mui gets herself trapped in a waterspout, accidentally opening a time portal. She travels back 200 years to 19th century Hong Kong, a time when the island was under Qing rule. She encounters a family of Canton pirates, led by Cheng Yat, his wife Shek Giu, and their adopted son Cheung Po Tsai. Using her knowledge of the future, which she keeps in a smartphone, she saves the pirates from a deadly naval battle against the Qing naval fleet led by Prince Man Ho, the eleventh son of the Jiaqing Emperor. Puzzled by her mysterious origins, Cheng Yat and Shek Giu remain wary of Tai Mui and are hesitant in trusting her.
At Beijing's Imperial Palace, Imperial Consort Yim and Imperial Consort Shun manipulate Man Ho to get themselves into a position of a higher power. Jaded from politics and family feud, Man Ho decides to let go of his ambition for the crown and flees the palace.
On the day the tiangou covers the sun, another waterspout appears over the Canton sea. Cheung Po Tsai helps Tai Mui open the time portal so she can return to 21st century Hong Kong, but in doing so he also falls into the portal, traveling to the future with her.
Due to an unfortunate accident, magazine photographer Song Tian Chong lost her ability to see. Despite her love for beauty and watching television dramas, Tian Chong was not deterred by her blindness. With the help of her boyfriend, To Zhen Hang, and her guide dog, Tian Chong maintains her optimism and finds strength from her new motto, ‘Love Conquers All’.
While Tian Chong is slowly putting her life back together, her new neighbor and advertising guru Gam Yin Zhong is suffering from a midlife crisis. A former workaholic, Yin Zhong lost contact with all his friends and family. Unable to handle his behavior, even his mentee Yuen Yuen quits. Lost, and unable to cope with the loneliness, Yin Zhong decides to take a long vacation to find his way again.
After breaking up with her boyfriend, Tian Chong crosses paths with Yin Zhong and finds comfort in her lonely neighbor. Although their personalities differ vastly from the beginning, Tian Chong and Yin Zhong slowly fall in love with each other and realize that they are not so different after all.