Heart of Greed: Season 2
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Heart of Greed Season 1.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
Episode 1
Jul 28, 2008
The story begins in 1996 outside Moonlight Cake Shop. Everybody is waiting to buy cakes but only egg tarts are available since the shop owner CHUNG SIU HOR has gone to the court. H
Episode 2
Jul 29, 2008
CHO’s mother KWAN LAI suddenly comes to the cake shop to scold HOR. HOR’s neighbors find LAI extremely unreasonable so they help kicking her away. HING uses sign language to talk t
Episode 3
Jul 30, 2008
TAT prepares the dinner menu for his grandchildren happily. However, he suddenly learns that LAI has changed her mind and he is very disappointed. LAI suddenly refuses to allow TAT
Episode 4
Jul 31, 2008
During breakfast, HUNG apologizes to the sons and she tries to explain her relationship with CHO to them but KA responds to her coldly. In fact, KA never recognizes HUNG as his mot
Episode 5
Aug 1, 2008
HOR meets up with KA and she asks KA if he has carried out his promise to take care of YUEN and CHUNG. HO deliberately asks her eldest son KA to stay with CHO ten years ago so that
Episode 6
Aug 4, 2008
TAT and HOR are worried for SA has been disappeared for 4 days. However, SA suddenly shows up and invites everybody to a dinner. During the dinner, SA reveals that she will go to P
Episode 7
Aug 5, 2008
HOR asks CHO out and reveals to him that KA is addicted to stock trading. CHO discusses the case with LAI. He suggests that KA should work in the cake shop and LAI agrees. CHO orga
Episode 8
Aug 6, 2008
SA requests CHO to make a compensation of 50 million dollars to the cake shop. CHO and HUNG object the idea and they fight with SA in the court. CHO and HUNG tell lies in the court
Episode 9
Aug 7, 2008
On the next day, LAI is absent for breakfast and HUNG goes to LAI's room to apologize. HUNG cries for mercy in front of LAI and LAI finally forgives her. SUM starts working in the
Episode 10
Aug 8, 2008
HO invites CHO for dinner at home. CHO is shocked to meet CHUNG there because CHUNG is supposed to be studying in England. CHUNG wants to quit schooling and HO supports him. CHO ca
Episode 11
Aug 11, 2008
SA introduces her good friend Mr CHU to YUNG. CHU wants to open a Chinese style franchise cake shop in Australia and he decides to hire YUNG as the cake master. YUNG realizes that
Episode 12
Aug 12, 2008
HO’s operation is successful and everybody come to visit her at the hospital. When CHO visits her, HO reveals to him that she wants to teach CHUNG on her own. LAI returns home to f
Episode 13
Aug 13, 2008
All grandchildren visit LAI with a birthday cake made by HO on her birthday and LAI is overjoyed. While trying to look for a hair dryer, WING HO finds SUM in her room. SUM shows hi
Episode 14
Aug 14, 2008
HUNG learns that CHO is staying in HO’s home for a celebration party and she is displeased. HUNG finds YUEN sitting by the pool alone for YUEN has lost his love recently. She encou
Episode 15
Aug 15, 2008
CHO is frightened and he asks HO to help him. The ambulance arrives and LAI asks HO to accompany CHO to the hospital. HUNG is displeased. CHO loses his eyesight temporarily. HUNG v
Episode 16
Aug 18, 2008
SA tries to speculate on properties but she fails to sell the premises. She asks all family members to give her money. She thinks that the family’s money is her money and everybody
Episode 17
Aug 19, 2008
SUM meets SHUN after work. SHUN invites her to visit the baby together. They become so familiar that they start calling each other brother and sister. CHO wants to join the birthda
Episode 18
Aug 20, 2008
MUI invites HUNG for tea and HUNG asks for some antihypertensive medicine. In the evening, HUNG deliberately mentions the case of YUEN to SUM and she tries to speak for herself wit
Episode 19
Aug 21, 2008
SUM meets SHUN at the hospital. She discovers many baby photos with thank you letters in SHUN’s office and her impression on SHUN is getting even better. HUNG’s ex-husband HAK KEUN
Episode 20
Aug 22, 2008
LAI asks WING HO and TING out but she fails to show up. WING HO discovers that LAI has collapsed at the bridge. KUNG informs HUNG that LAI is in the hospital and HUNG decides not t
Episode 21
Aug 25, 2008
WING HO tries to declare his love to SUM by a cake but SUM replies to him that she only treats him as a brother. Everybody go to visit LAI at the hospital and LAI ask them not to d
Episode 22
Aug 26, 2008
KA and YUET return home to find SA and MEI coming back as well. They also meet SA’s friend YUEN YAN TSZ and his mother. KA is shocked to find that MEI is such a beautiful woman. SA
Episode 23
Aug 27, 2008
Mid-autumn festival is coming. CHO suddenly arrives at HO’s cake shop and he wants to make a huge moon cake with a diameter of 33 inches. With the help of all children, CHO brings
Episode 24
Aug 28, 2008
Everybody discuss the wedding plan of HING. SA finds that CHO is willing to spend a lot on HING and she is jealous. TAT suggests holding the two wedding parties together. CHO doesn
Episode 25
Aug 29, 2008
TAT hands over the 30 million dollars cheque to CHO in front of SA and TSZ. SA blames TAT for doing so and she reiterates that she has evidence to prove that HO is not his real dau
Episode 26
Sep 1, 2008
SA follows everybody to the restaurant for she wants to apologize herself but everybody ignores her. SA cries bitterly at the restaurant toilet and she throws her apology letter to
Episode 27
Sep 2, 2008
HUNG decides not to sue SA eventually. SA returns home but everybody kicks her out. HO and KUEN return Hong Kong. They invite SA to their home for a “final” dinner. SA discovers th
Episode 28
Sep 3, 2008
CHO visits HO and the children. He finds that SA is requesting all family members help move her belongings for she has purchased a new flat downstairs. YUET is overjoyed that she w
Episode 29
Sep 4, 2008
CHO returns to work and HUNG asks everybody to submit a position paper on this. Old staff CHAU supports the return of CHO and HUNG punishes her secretly. LAI visits the resigned st
Episode 30
Sep 5, 2008
MEI leaves the company. KA pretends to be easy going about her departure but he actually feels lost. SUM and HUNG go shopping together. They accidentally meet SHUN’s girlfriend WIN
Episode 31
Sep 8, 2008
SUM asks SHUN out for she wants to end the relationship. SHUN reveals to SUM that he will separate with LAM. SA reveals that she is returning to Portugal with TSZ. HO suggests orga
Episode 32
Sep 9, 2008
JIMMY appears again to harass MEI. KA voluntarily settles the payment for MEI. MEI visits KA to return the money and she suddenly collapses when leaving. KA sends MEI to the hospit
Episode 33
Sep 10, 2008
SA accuses HUNG for slapping her across the face but MEI claims that SA is falsely incriminating HUNG. MEI helps HUNG because HUNG plans to hire her as YUEN’s personal assistant. C
Episode 34
Sep 11, 2008
HUNG invites KEUNG to have dinner at home. She announces that KEUNG is going to purchase 30% shares of Moonlight Cake Shop. CHO realizes that HUNG plans to take over the whole comp
Episode 35
Sep 12, 2008
CHO’s eye surgery is successful and LAI also recovers. Everybody visits KA and KA reveals that he is getting better now. YUEN and MEI plan to get married. LAI and the others decide
Episode 36
Sep 15, 2008
KA and YUET close down the company so that they could work for Moonlight Cake Shop. They work till late at night and YUET asks KA to take a rest. KA’s heart disease is actually get
Episode 37
Sep 16, 2008
The lawyer tells HUNG that chance of winning the lawsuit is high. HUNG bribes TSZ to give fake evidence so as to further increase her chance of winning. HUNG organizes a press conf
Episode 38
Sep 17, 2008
SUM tells WING HO that SHUN did not marry LAM at all. WING HO is shocked and he suggests not see each other for a while. During the lawsuit for the divorce case, HUNG blames CHO in
Episode 39
Sep 18, 2008
HUNG supports MEI financially for setting up a dance school. SA steps in and asks MEI to stay away from HUNG but MEI refuses. SA hurts herself while trying to rescue MEI. Everybody
Episode 40
Sep 19, 2008
MEI accuses HUNG for killing LAI and MUI also steps in to support her. WING HO calls SUM to inform her about HUNG’s case. SUM and SHUN rush back to Hong Kong immediately. SUM quest