As well as its tragic but memorable storyline, the series featured a strong cast, with Felix Wong, Deric Wan (who rose to fame with his role as the main antagonist), Carina Lau, Kathy Chow and Maggie Shiu.

[1] The popular theme song of the series "Yat sang ho kau" (一生何求) was sung by Danny Chan and later by Deric Wan himself.

[2] The series starts with tycoon Alex Ting Yau Kin (Felix Wong) waiting for a phone call.

Kin’s mother, Mui Fan Fong (Yammie Nam), is wrongfully accused of murder and sentenced to death.

Lee Ho Cheun (Bowie Wu) and his wife, Yip Sau Wan (So Hang Suen) adopts Kin and his baby brother, Hong.

Cheun suffers a fatal stroke soon after, leaving a financially destitute Wan to bring up Kin, Hong and two other adopted children, Mun and Ling.

Hong (Deric Wan) drops out of university to work for Fong Sai Bong (Elliot Ngok), the prosecutor of their mother’s case, resulting in a falling out with Kin.

Kin starts a relationship with Wah and befriends heiress Ngai Chor Gwan (Carina Lau).

He manipulates Kin into taking the rap for him after causing the death of Gwan’s brother, Kit (Canti Lau), over a business dispute.

Hong later murders his own girlfriend Chiu Kar Mun (Maggie Shiu) in Malaysia so that he could marry Bong’s daughter, Cindy (Kiki Sheung).

25 years after the series finale aired, lead actor Felix Wong confirmed that the lady in red was Kin's adopted sister Ling, and that Gwan had already died in Ethiopia.