Two delinquent friends accidentally ruin a girl's life—then one becomes her lawyer.
Season 1 • Episode 20
LatestTianliang tricked Wan An into revealing her true feelings for him, but Wan An refused to admit. Tianliang begs Wan An to stop hurting herself. Knowing that Tianliang cares most about her wellbeing, Wan An purposely injured herself by rolling down the hill. Tianliang was devastated, and to protect Wan An, he finally decides to let go, and let Wan An leave… 天亮以苦肉计，揭穿婉安是爱他的，婉安死不承认。天亮求婉安不要再伤害自己，婉安发现天亮最在意这一点，故意滚下山坡，让自己受伤，天亮痛心婉安竟用这种方式来伤害他。为了不再让婉安受伤，他决定放手，让婉安离开……。
Zhang Tianliang and Zheng Weilong have been close friends since secondary school. Both of them often get themselves into trouble, and ended up being suspended from school. They were forced to be loanshark runners due to the debt Weilong owed, little did they know in the process, they indirectly caused the death of one of the debtor’s wife, Wan An’s mother, thus causing Wan An to bear a grudge against loanshark runners. Tianliang injured someone while helping Wen Shuying and was sentenced to jail. He turned over a new leaf after this incident and became a lawyer upon his release. 张天亮和郑伟龙从中学起就是好友，两人经常打架闹事，被学校开除。因伟龙欠下大耳窿的钱，两人被迫当上跑腿，间接害死了一名欠债人的妻子，也就是婉安的母亲，但天亮却毫不知情，婉安因此对大耳窿跑腿深恶痛绝。天亮为帮一女子温书莹，犯下严重伤人罪，被判坐牢。出狱后他重新做人，当上律师。
Acting
Qi Yuwu's transformation from thug to lawyer hits different
Writing
The irony of him defending the girl whose mother he killed
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'ah beng' to professional pipeline reflects real Singaporean anxieties about social mobility and second chances in a meritocratic society.
The show's title 'Daybreak' is bitterly ironic—Tianliang's 'new dawn' as a lawyer is built on the darkness he helped create.
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