我要活下去

贝欣（张艾嘉 饰）与文子洋（周华健 饰）是青梅竹马的情侣。因为“文化大革命”的缘故两人分隔两地，情谊未变但贝欣因为外婆的关系无奈下嫁到英国。她要帮助丈夫打理生意，仍遭到丈夫打骂，还要照顾残疾的继女叶帆（袁咏仪 饰）。因为交通意外使双腿残废的叶帆脾气十分暴躁，骂自己骂别人。不久，在贝欣的鼓励与关怀下，叶帆有了极大的好转。但丈夫沉迷赌博最终欠下巨债。贝欣决定与丈夫离婚，带着叶凡回香港生活。回港不久贝欣又遇上财产纠纷，正当她下嫁律师高骏（赵文瑄 饰）作为胜出官司的赌注时，初恋情人文子洋出现了，并为叶帆治愈了疾病。叶帆爱上了这位风度翩翩的医生……Pui and Man were childhood sweethearts and separate during the Cultural Revolution. Pui married into Britain because of her grandma, the husband beat and scolded her but she kept looking after the disabled stepdaughter Yip. The husband fell addicted to gambling and owed a huge debt. Pui got a divorce, took Yip with her and went back to Hong Kong for living. When she encounters a property dispute and prepares to marry lawyer Ko for the lawsuit, the first lover Man appears and cures Yip's sickness. Then Yip falls in love with Man.