濠河边青溪村，陈家即将临产的媳妇莲花正盼着丈夫福根归来，不想福根却重病不治而死。路过此地的郎中吴顺海因为没有救活福根而深感内疚。不幸的莲花被族人认为是不祥的克星，被拉到村口执行火刑。幸而莲花临盆，捡回了一条性命。莲花生下男孩龙大，视若珍宝，发誓好好养大，却又被莲花贪图小利的自私哥哥将孩子偷偷卖掉。莲花来到崇川城寻找孩子，四处打听没有消息，渐至崩溃。此时，崇川城首富叶大昌的三姨太脂儿产下一子，
In the small village of St. Mary Mead, Colonel and Mrs. Bantry, owner of the local manor - Gossington Hall is shocked when one morning a young lady's body is found in the library. They call in the police who soon run up against a brick wall, only finding out that the body is that of a dancer in London who the Bantry's didn't even know. But how and why was her body left in the library? To find out the truth, the Bantry's call in the help of their good friend and detective - Miss Jane Marple.
李世民（莫少聪 饰）和吴国生（黄日华 饰）是多年的好友，后者因自己而丧命。对好友充满了愧疚的李世民收养了好友的儿子星仔（郑家麟 饰）。星仔个性叛逆，常常惹出许多的麻烦，让李世民的妻子郭可仪（何婉盈 饰）忍无可忍，最终选择离丈夫而去，只有李世民不离不弃的将星仔视如己出。 最终，星仔明白了李世民的苦心，两人之间逐渐产生了真挚的父子之情，在这个节骨眼上，星仔的亲生母亲叶芳（梁小冰 饰）突然出现在了李世民的生活里，要和李世民争夺星仔的抚养权。在此过程中，李世民和叶芳之间渐渐产生感情，无奈叶芳在国外已经结婚成家，两人的这段恋情注定不会有结果。
