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Tanglin
In 2016, the families are entering a new chapter of their lives – from the teens moving on to National Service and University, the arrival of Norleena and Vanessa's babies, to Kwong San's life post-retirement from KS Foods. New romances blossom, while old relationships are put to the test as various fresh faces enter the lives of the Tanglin community.
Xue Ling and Adam are worried about Michael's short term amnesia, but Michael is more concerned about trying to recall his conversation with Lauren in the car and how it will affect his parents' marriage. Back home, Kwong San puts up an upbeat front about his retirement, but he is confronted with the loss after Vijesh visited him. Arjun announces that he will not be going ahead with the aesthetic clinic business much to Bhaskar's delight, but Meera suspects that the decision to quit the project is because of Diana.
Chris' woes over the fake certificate is far from over when Suzanne tells him that she is been questioned by the police too. Seeing Suzanne so upset, Chris goes to find Felicia to trash things out, only to find out that it was Felicia's father who made the police report against him. The Lims get a surprise visit from Jay after a call from Bee Li the day before. Jay finally makes peace with Li Yan and finds out that Diana had lied about being together with Arjun. Meantime, Salmah plans a surprise baby shower for Norleena in her bid to cheer her up after Nadiah's departure.
After his retirement, Kwong San is bored stiff at home and tries to engage Bee Li to join him at some classes at the community club he is planning to sign up, but Bee Li tries to avoid them at all costs. Over at TCH, Chris and Suzanne decide to come clean and explain the whole fake degree situation to Li Yan, but they are interrupted by a furious Chin Huat who blames Chris and Suzanne for Felicia's plight. More woes for Wafiq when Yasmine decides to move back to Singapore and wants the custody of Kalila, but Wafiq is not going to give her up without a fight. Bee Li, Xue Ling and Adam, meanwhile, drop a major bombshell on Michael's NS plans to enlist together with Eddie.
After Chin Huat's outburst, Chris and Suzanne get the cold shoulder from everyone at TCH. Chris decides to be honest with Felicia about making use of her and taking advantage of her feelings for him. Upset over having to choose between with her parents, Kalila runs away. Wafiq goes into a panic when he cannot locate Kalila. He is relieved when he learns that Kalila is at Salmah's house. Meanwhile, Michael finds that Xue Ling and Adam have plans to seek NS deferment for him after they felt that he will not be fit enough as he is still recovering from the injuries sustained from the car accident. In bid to keep the peace at home, Michael reluctantly agrees to go with their decision. At TCH, Diana and Shruti see Pam and her mother have a major confrontation, and find out that she has been staying at a youth hostel all this while
Concerned and a little guilty over Pam's current plight, Shruti wants to make things easier for Pam by getting her to move in with the Bhaskars again. Meanwhile, Wafiq and Yasmine meet to discuss about Kalila's living arrangements and he is thrown into a fix when Yasmine's tough lawyer Zainudin repeatedly confronts him. However, Salmah steps in and helps him out. Michael, discharged and resting at home, gets messages and calls from an unknown number. Knowing it is from Lauren, he chooses to ignore it
Li Yan and the Tongs discuss how they can pool their resources when Suzanne informs them that Chris would most likely be charged. However, they get a surprise when Arjun bails Chris out. As Pam plans for a gathering with their ex-JC mates, Shruti is concerned about the alcohol but Pam tells her she needs to toughen up. Things did not go too well when Shruti is caught by the police with a beer in her possession after the alcohol restriction hours. While studying for his SATs, Michael puts himself under a lot of pressure when he feels that he is not as sharp as he used to be. Kwong San decides to step in to help.
Salmah, Li Yan and Diana have planned a surprise baby shower for Norleena at the Tongs' place, but Salmah panics when Norleena decides to take the day off and rest at home. Kwong San tries to find ways to busy himself with his newfound hobby but ends up messing up the house, much to Bee Li's chagrin. After what Mark told her about Pam, Shruti thinks that Pam stole some alcohol from Bhaskar's cabinet. She takes the rap for the missing alcohol and expects Pam to be thankful that she stood up for her, but Pam is oblivious to what is going on. Meantime, Vanessa runs into Gina at Norleena's baby shower and gets really upset about it.
Li Yan and Diana decide to invite Vanessa over for lunch, hoping to connect better with her and to make up for what happened at Norleena's baby shower yesterday. Feeling bad for staying at the Bhaskars for free, Pam decides to cook for the entire family as a show of her appreciation. At school, Eddie does not believe Hakim when he constantly makes excuses about his mother being unwell, and treats him harshly. Li Yan receives a surprise visit from her sister Li Ting, who comes bearing life-changing news for her.
Eddie feels bad for doubting Hakim when the truth about Hakim's mother surfaces. He tries to make up to him but Hakim is not receptive towards his gesture. Vanessa gets warded when her water broke. Tension between Li Yan and Ben when Li Yan feels that Ben is not caring toward Vanessa enough. Vanessa, on the other hand, freaks out over everything from suggested induce labour to doing the sonography scan. Meantime, Li Ting creates a huge impression on Diana and Chris, and the twins start to bond with her.
Adam decides it is time to seriously kick off his plan for his MMA School and gets Xue Ling involved, much to Xue Ling's surprise. Over at the Rahmans, Sulaiman continues to fret over Norleena, much to Norleena's annoyance. Sulaiman then get some advice from Wafiq to enjoy the peace around the house while he can, before all will be disrupted when the baby arrives. While Li Yan continues to put up a brave front after hearing from Li Ting that her daughter whom she had with Bhaskar has passed on
Li Yan is still not talking to Chris and Chris is hoping that he can make it up to her, but little does he know that Li Yan is actually distracted with the sad news of her daughter's passing. Lathika, meanwhile has just completed a massage course and bitten by the ‘course-bug', and goes on the lookout for more enrichment courses to take. As she tries to share the good news with Wati, she feels left out when she finds Wati spending more time with Fitri. Eddie has been receiving phone messages from a mysterious sender. As he tries to keep it a secret, it only pips Shruti's and Pam's curiosity as they hatch a plan to find out the identity of the sender.
Those mysterious messages turn out to be a call for help as Eddie mulls over it authenticity. To ease his conscience, he then decides to help the sender but not before roping Michael in, much to Michael's annoyance. After their chance meeting at TCH the day before where she was very affected by what he said to her, Li Ting decides to talk it out with Bhaskar regarding what happened some 30 years ago. Over at the Lims, Kwong San finally signs off his shares of KS Foods to Peter Tay with much mixed feelings
As Li Ting get ready to return to Hong Kong, she gets a reassurance from Bhaskar that he will let the past stays in the past and not tell Li Yan anything. Li Ting is relieved and grateful. Kwong San, still trying to adjust to retirement, is feeling a little helpless and left out as he sees everyone around him going about their daily lives. As Bee Li confides with Meera, Meera offers advice and suggestions on how important it is for Kwong San be kept occupied otherwise he might sink into depression. Eddie is now caught in the middle of a potential extortion case from some online scammers, but he gets help from an unexpected source. Meantime, Lathika is still not happy to see Wati and Fitri hanging out together, but this changes when Fitri helps her out of an emergency.
Xue Ling, still feeling guilty for being the cause of Kwong San's early retirement, tries to get Bee Li to accommodate and cut down on her own activities to spend more time with Kwong San, but Bee Li thinks it is not fair to impose this request on her. Michael, meanwhile, struggles with post-concussion syndrome, and it is affecting his studies, concentration and temperament. Over at TCH, Juliana drops a major bombshell on an unsuspecting Zul when she brings her parents over to meet him, on the pretext of having lunch there
Zul is upset and moody after being coerced by Juliana into meeting her parents. Desperate, Juliana seeks out Norleena for help. After a pep talk from Norleena, Zul decides to tell Juliana that they are not right for each other. Juliana is hurt and walks out of him. Bee Li steps down as TLC Chairwoman. Drama unfolds as Bee Li tries to prevent Meera from being elected as the next Chairwoman of TLC. Michael is disappointed that he could not sit for his SATs this year. When he experiences some residual effects from his head injury, he tries to hide his conditions from everyone. However, after seeing double vision during a workout session, Michael gets worried.
Zul is in a funk over his relationship with Juliana. However, he is momentarily distracted when Norleena experiences labour pains at TCH and he has to send her to the hospital. In the end, he makes the difficult decision to break up with Juliana. Meantime, after learning that Vanessa's mother is unable to care for her, Li Yan insists that Vanessa move in with them after she gets discharged from the hospital, much to Ben's shock and disappointment. Gina finally pours out her unhappiness to Ben when she learns that Vanessa has moved in with the Tongs. A torn Ben give his word to Gina that he is committed to make their relationship work.
Ben is not happy with Vanessa staying with them and is constantly irritated with Li Yan taking her side and attending to her every need. Things get worse when she tells him to massage Vanessa's swollen and sore feet and before long both of them get into a heated argument. Meanwhile, Chris is on edge about his impending court sentence and when Suzanne unprecedentedly makes a joke relating to prison life, he takes it personally and lashes out at her. It is Shruti's first attempt at working for Diana, and Diana is a little doubtful if Shruti will be able to pull off the cleaning jobs and gives her the option to back out. However, Shruti is determined to prove her wrong.
Determined to save Chris from going into prison, Li Yan decides to use up whatever savings she has to pay the fine for Chris, only to meet with strong objections from Ben and Diana as they both feel that Chris has been given way too many chances and does not deserve to be bailed out every single time. After making Lathika upset with her belittling comment about maids, Shruti tries to make amends. They have a chat and Lathika shares her life story and struggles with Shruti. Gina finally admits to Ben that she is really uncomfortable seeing Ben getting ‘close' to Vanessa. However, Ben insists that he is just giving Vanessa the support she needs, at least until her pregnancy is over. Ben then finds out that it was Chris who fed ideas into Gina's head that made her insecure about their relationship
As the Tongs prepares to go to court in the afternoon for Chris' sentencing, Li Yan is upset that Ben is still not willing to fork out the money to pay the fine. Pam decides to go ahead and work for Mr Pang, much to Shruti's frustration. As Shruti helps Pam to cover up, she feels really bad lying to Diana. At the clinic, Bhaskar, not wanting to lose Norleena, is supportive of her and offers her a flexible working arrangement should she decide to return to work after her maternity leave.
Bhaskar and Salmah start to interview candidates for Norleena's temporary replacement at the clinic. A Jared Toh comes for an interview and Salmah is set on hiring him, but Bhaskar has his reservations when he feels that Salmah's decision is all based on looks. Over at TCH, Ben feels bad about not having been more forgiving towards Chris, and as a result, clashes with Li Yan. Kwong San meets up with Boon Ping, the son of one of his old business associate for coffee, and jumps at the chance to offer him some business advice. Meanwhile, Eddie discovers that Michael has been hiding the letter from the specialist. Eddie is worried about him, but with the NS enlistment around the corner and Michael having set his ambitions of entering OCS, will he come clean with Eddie?
