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- 30 episodes long.
- In August, there will be location filming in Foshan and Guangzhou for a month.
- This is an investigation series about a family murder case. The male lead is a soldier who returns to his native place. The family runs a silk business. He is the third son. Facing the murder of a family member, the male lead and the female lead investigate the case together.
- The series will use the investigation of a suspenseful case to package a '30s Shunde silk factory countryside series. It will also talk about a group of self-reliant spinsters.
- The Poon family consists of father Elliot Yue (Poon Wing Nin/潘永年), mother Ching Ho Wai (Chan Yuen Kam/陳婉琴), eldest brother Evergreen Mak (Poon Ka Hin/潘家顯), second sister Akina Hong (Poon Hau Yi/潘巧兒), third brother Steven Ma (Poon Ka Yeung/潘家揚), and fourth brother Yeung Chiu Hoi (Poon Ka Sing/潘家聲).
- Steven will play a military doctor who has been discharged from the military. His personality consists of a soldier's combativeness and courage, as well as a doctor's attentiveness. He is not afraid of corpses, and he has forensic knowledge. He returns to his native place after being discharged from the military, planning on handling the family's silk business with his siblings, but Akina is murdered; the three brothers are greatly overwhelmed, and he vows to find the killer. He will have a romantic storyline with Tavia Yeung and Natalie Tong.
- Tavia will play Tong Bing Bing (唐冰冰), a silk factory worker. Her relationship with Akina was like that of biological sisters. She and Steven will look for Akina's killer together, becoming the main focus of this series' investigation of a suspenseful case. Although she is married, the marriage was not consummated.
- Evergreen's wife is Tracy Ip, but he loves Maggie Shiu the most in his heart.
- Maggie will play Sin Bik Wan (洗碧雲), a spinster who is in charge of the female workers. She does not like men, but she only loves Evergreen.
- Natalie will play Fung Chi Ching (馮芷睛), a swindler. She was originally a lively, young girl; however, she becomes a spinster because of some objective.
- Yeung Chiu Hoi will play Poon Ka Sing (潘家聲).
- Stephen Wong will play Pang Kwok Leung (彭國良), a scheming spendthrift son. He is a villain.
- Raymond Cho will guest-star for two episodes as Tavia's husband.
- Helen Ma will play Raymond's mother and Tavia's mother-in-law.
- Katy Kung will play Lai Kuen (麗娟), Helen's daughter and Tavia's sister-in-law.
- Cilla Kung will play Sin Yin Foon (洗燕歡), a spinster.
- Lee Yee Man will play Fa (花), a spinster.
- Deborah Poon will play Yuet (月), a spinster.
- Fanny Ip will play Ho (好), a spinster.
- Summer Joe Ha will play Lam (藍), a spinster.
- Janice Shum will play Yuen (圓), a spinster.
- Lau Kong will play Chow Tin Chi (周天賜), a loyal, old military doctor.
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FYI: The official English title of this series is "Storm in a Cocoon".
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Personal Note: Hope that Steven and Tavia have a happy ending this time around!
Nancy Wu and Selena Li were also named 「冰冰」 and 「芷晴」 respectively in "A Fistful of Stances".
Just realized that Maggie was also in "Silken Hands"; however, her character in there became a spinster at the end of the series.
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