Sum Sum-yi goes through a miserable wedding night, witnessing the betrayal of the groom and the suicide of her father which causes her mother to be mentally deranged. Shocked by the bad news, Lam Siu-yau, Sum-yi's adoptive sister, accidentally breaks her leg in a dancing competition which permanently ends her dancing career. Flash...six years later, Sum-yi falls in love with Kong Ho-tin, manager of the Golden Coast Hotel. Unexpected miseries seem to come up one after another. The conflicts within the Kong's family, the intrigues hidden in the Golden Coast Hotel, the secrets behind the death of Sum-yi's father and the murder case 20 years ago...all the mysteries begin to unravel one by one in One Thousand Teardrop.