TUNG and KWONG return to the village. There they hear WAN and other villagers speak ill of them, and that children sing mountain songs (folk songs) to satirize KWONG. TUNG flies into a fit of rage. MAN learns from HUNG that her father, CHARLES, the person she hates most, is involved in a court case. She cannot help but recalling that how CHARLES went off for a clandestine love affair after giving her a bangle on her birthday and how the she broke off with him over a decade ago. In the court, CHARLES accuses his girlfriend, ADA, of stealing his bangle but she insists that it was a present from him. HUNG is shocked to see that the bangle is the same as the one that was given to MAN. MAN and CHARLES bump into each other in the court and she gives him a cold shoulder. CHARLES is really upset. KWONG believes that CHARLES’ disloyalty is the reason for MAN’s lack of confidence in marriage.… ...