Master chu and his daughters all live interesting lives. Their stories are so different but they all seem to connect in a way that only a family could understand. In the ways they all found love, dealt with their father, and made announcements to the family the girls were all similar. In the end they all leave including the father. Jia-chien is the exception she buys her dads home and lives there. She cooks her dad a meal and her taste it, I believe because all his daughter’s had found their happiness and in return he found his happiness therefore he was able to taste things again.
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