Sweetness in the Salt — Season 1, Episode 15: Episode 15
Drama • 45 min • 1 season, 25 episodes • ★ 10.0/10
Episode synopsis
KIN is enraged and he blames ON angrily. He even hit the servant FONG SING. Some government officials suddenly arrive at KIN’s house. They say that SING has died suddenly so they come to arrest KIN. KIN is sent to jail and everybody is very nervous. They rush to HIN for help and SUET tries to organize their work systematically. KIN is in prison and all the salt merchants want ON replace KIN’s position. CHING asks FAI to take up his father’s role and he forces all salt merchants to accept this as an order. FAI discovers that the merchant who used to fight for YUET with him suddenly goes to Yee Tsui Club to make trouble. CHING worries about NG LEUNG and he rushes to the brothel with FAI but they realize that this is a trap… CHING is punished for his misbehavior and he is not able to help WU’s family anymore. YIN runs away successfully and ON sends a wedding invitation to KIN at the prison……
About Sweetness in the Salt
NIP CHI YUEN (Ma Steven), who works in the anti-smuggling camp, is determined to wipe out the Tau’s Fort, which is the stronghold for salt smugglers. He pretends to be a down-and-out scholar. TAU SING SUET (Yeung Yi), daughter of the chief smuggler, sympathizes with YUEN and puts him up in the village. Later, they even become fond of each other. During an anti-smuggling operation SUET is badly hurt and has since been separated from YUEN and her family. Fortunately she is saved by WU TING HIN (Wong Ho Yin), son of salt merchant WU KIN (Kwok Fung). HIN takes her home. One day, SUET is horrified to see the dead bodies of her parent being hung on the wall of the city tower, and that the official standing on the top of the tower telling the public not to sell smuggled salt is none other than the man she misses day and night. She is heartbroken, and her love for YUEN turns into hatred that moment on...