No Regrets

Guangzhou is in a state of political turmoil in the 1930s. Gangsters are on a rampage and opium trading becomes rampant. As they watch the illicit profits from opium trading escalate, the government forms the Anti-Smoking Bureau under the guise of suppressing opium, but the bureau is under the influence of Cheng Long-kwan (Elliot Ngok), the gang’s kingpin. His eldest daughter Cheng Kau-mui (Sheren Tang) who is an unscrupulous person soon returns from Shanghai to reap the rewards. Mui meticulously plans her every move. On the other hand, Lau Sing (Wayne Lai) is the leader of the Criminal Investigation Team. He has worked hard all his life to ensure an easy trail for his family, especially for his bed-ridden younger sister Lau Ching (Fala Chen). Despite his hot temper, he values friendship and brotherhood more than anything else. Once, he almost sacrificed his life to help his timid teammate, Pai Kuat (Pierre Ngo). Meanwhile, the Japanese army invades China and Canton falls into the hands of the Japanese. Mui enters the darkest time in her life when her aunt Cheng Long-hei (Susan Tse) frames her.

故事以禍國殃民的「黑米」鴉片為題材，自鴉片傳入中國以來，不知多少人因毒癮而喪失心智；不知多少家庭為吸食鴉片而傾盡家財• 家散人亡；不知多少百姓毒癖深種而變得頹靡不堪！故有歌云：「大烟是杆槍，不打自受傷。幾多英雄漢，困死在烟床！」故事以三十年代的廣州為背景，橫跨南京政府、日本侵華、廣州淪陷的苦難時期。最壞的時代，往往亦是展現人性的最佳時機。雖然鴉片害人不淺，大時代又動盪多變，人們在苦難中互助互愛、掙扎求存，表現出一種豪情、義氣，展露出人性真實、光輝的一面。九妹、劉醒初遇交手廣州最大黑道勢力的鄭朗軍（岳華飾），其大女兒鄭九妹（鄧萃雯飾）從上海回到廣州，希望染指其東泰公司轄下利潤最大的鴉片生意。為取信於朗軍，九妹獻計並成功入主銀行，此事亦讓她初遇影響其一生的銀行苦主之一劉醒（黎耀祥飾）。劉醒將整件事看在眼內，深知九妹手段的厲害。九妹同父異母三弟鄭少傑（張松枝飾）視九妹為眼中釘，朗軍的三妹鄭朗喜（謝雪心飾）及少傑舅父蔡大鳳（魯振順飾）向朗軍建議，讓少傑接手九妹的白鴿標公司。九妹主動退讓，並帶走所有夥計，讓少傑接管。劉醒是廣州警察局的刑偵隊長，嗜賭白鴿標，但槍法如神，其上司梁非凡（麥長青飾）對他既痛恨又顧忌。劉醒與其隊員楊陽（黃浩然飾）、大車（魯文傑飾）及細車（梁証嘉飾）合作無間，情如兄弟。劉醒差遣新下屬唐吉（排骨）（敖嘉年飾）買白鴿標，怎料錢被扒走，排骨為怕觸怒劉醒，便改動一張過期白鴿標瞞天過海；豈料這張假白鴿標中獎，劉醒等人往領獎金不果，與少傑大吵起來，最後九妹證明劉醒作假。劉醒與九妹再次相遇，對九妹