EPISODE 17
Xiaohu rushes to Zhengyu's room with the family photo but is too late. Zhengyu dies. Tian-en and Tianci are shell-shocked.

Ailing consoles the Sars-stricken Xiaoyun and Daisy, who are afraid they too may die. During the memorial, Xiaohu makes Zhengyu the promise that he would help take care of Tian-en and Tianci.

Xiaohu expresses his feelings for Sijia, but she lacks the courage to start a new relationship.

Yang Chong urges Yang Yong to take care of his family when he dies. The brothers finally settle their differences.

Meina refuses to reconcile with Siwen.

A deranged man is warded with a fever. He tries to run away and scares everybody off with his saliva. The risks notwithstanding, Xiaohu shields Sijia.    (Source: 8 Days)

EPISODE 18
The insane man spits at Xiaohu. Afraid he might be infected, Sijia takes his temperature in the middle of the night. He loses his temper at her when she rejects his love again.

To spite Siwen, Meina goes out with Jincheng. She does not get along with him and even becomes a little paranoid about crowded places, just like Siwen does. After re-reading the letter from Siwen, she decides to reconcile with him.

Jason overhears Surin saying he will be a hindrance when Siwen marries Meina. He tells Siwen he wants to be with his mother; the latter is furious. After a heart-to-heart talk, however, Jason comes to understand how much his father cares about him.

Yang Chong and Weixiong are discharged. Frustrated that Weixiong is jealous of Xiaohu, Michelle confides in the latter.

Mrs Yang’s condition deteriorates. (Source: 8 Days)

EPISODE 19
Meina is annoyed with Weixiong for not showing concern for their mother. Moved by Siwen’s thoughtfulness, however, she aggress to marry him.

Beehoon-sao is hurt while trying to save Xinhai from being knocked down by a vehicle. She is hospitalized.

Siwen and Jason promise to help Sijia take care of Xinhai. Siwen takes him and Jason along while making deliveries for Weixiong. An ambulance siren causes Xinhai to run away. Jason gives chase.

When Weixiong refuses to stop harassing her, Michelle tells him she likes Xiaohu. Xiaohu and Sijia overhear her conversation.

Sijia panics when Siwen tells her Xinhai and Jason have both disappeared. Eventually, it is Xiaohu who finds the boys in the park.

Sijia worries when Xiaohu develops a fever. She forgets to put on her shoe covers while tending to Yang Chong’s wife.

Back home, Sijia reads Xiaohu’s notebook and lights up the blue candle he has made. (Source: 8 Days)

EPISODE 20
Michelle decides to break up with Weixiong, even though he has threatened suicide.

Xiaohu tests negative for Sars. A relieved Sijia sees Michelle chatting with him and resolves to bring them together.

Before Beehoon-sao is discharged, she tells SIjia she regards her as a daughter and tells her to give consideration to her own future.

SIjia decides to move out of Xiaohu’s apartment and reject his love.

Mrs Yang dies. Meina berates Weixiong for not fulfilling her last wish to see him one more time.

Sijia moves back home and lights the blue candle again. Xiaohu turns up and gets a slap when he tries to kiss her. She also snubs him at the hospital the next day. (Source: 8 Days)

EPISODE 21
Xiaoyun and Daisy recover.

Michelle coaxes Sijia to have a photograph taken with Xiaohu.

Bored at the hotel, Cassie insists on moving back to Xiaohu’s apartment. She volunteers to help him win Sijia’s heart.

Sijia listens to her ‘101 Proposals’ CD whenever she misses Xinyang. When she ruins it, she is unable to get a replacement. Xiaohu finds one for her but she is still cold toward him.

Cassie tells Sijia that Xiaohu will be marrying her after their return to Australia. Sijia finds a locker key in the blue candle and sees a letter and some candy in the locker in question. She rushes to the airport but is too late to catch Xiaohu’s plane.

Sijia falls ill and is quarantined in the ICU. Xiaohu learns she did not want to inform him, as she did not want him to suffer the misery of seeing a loved one die. (Source: 8 Days)

EPISODE 22
Xiaohu rushes into the ward when Sijia’s heartbeat stops. He manages to revive her, but she goes into coma.

Yang Chong returns to the market but everyone shuns him. When he considers closing down the business, Weixiong offers to take over. Instead of retaliating when Meina sneers at him, he keeps quiet and works hard at the stall.

Beehoon-sao worries when Yang Chong tells her about Sijia. Hoping for a miracle, Xiaohu tapes a message from Xinhai and plays it to Sijia.

Michelle is surprised by the change in Weixiong when she sees him delivering vegetables to a home for the aged. He buys her a card and flowers on her birthday, hoping for a reconciliation.

Xiaohu keeps the unconscious Sijia updated on all the happenings at home, in the hospital and around the country.

Singapore is finally removed from the list of Sars-affected countries. (Source: 8 Days)

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