Yung Shing-fun and his cousin Man Wing-cheong have been at odds for years, over the trade name rights of their family's noodle shop. Eugene, Fun's eldest son engages in a property development project in order to solve the problem. Unwillingly, he offers to buy out the location of Cheong's noodle shop with his company's shares. He also invites Cheong and his son, Fung, to join the company's management. Eugene actually has ulterior motives for doing this, as he hates Fung to the core for marrying his girlfriend Ko Wai-ting. On top of this, Eugene's younger brother, Gary, is going out with Cheong's second daughter, Peace, regardless of his family's opposition. Now, Eugene is at his wits' end as he has to handle his family issues single-handedly. He never understood what family ties really meant, nor had he the courage to try to find it out, until now.
Production
Pre-production and character casting began September 2009. Roger Kwok and Derek Kok were cast first; upon hearing this, Ron Ng explained that he turned down two mainland Chinese drama offers in order to fit his schedule to film Wax and Wane with Kwok. Myolie Wu was also reported to have been part of the project, but later dropped out due to scheduling conflicts. A costume fitting and press conference for the drama was held on 12 January 2010, and filming began the following week. A blessing ceremony was held on 9 March 2010. Filming ended 22 April 2010, taking a full four months to complete.
Cast and characters
Yung family
Yung Shing-fun : The patriarch of the Yung family. He is the younger maternal cousin and rival of Man Wing-cheong.
Kwong Lai-ying : Fun's wife.
Wong Sau-ping : Fun's mistress.
Eugene Yung Yi-Chun : Fun and Ying's eldest son.
Maggie Yung Yi-lam : Fun and Ying's daughter.
Gary Yung Yi-hang : Fun and Ying's youngest son who is dating Peace, Cheong's daughter. Now married to her.
Man family
Man Fa-tung : Fun's maternal aunt and Cheong's paternal aunt.
Man Wing-cheong : The older maternal cousin and rival of Fun.
Man Kar-fung, nicknamed Funky : Cheong's eldest son.
Ko Wai-ting : Fung's wife and Eugene's ex-girlfriend.
Peace Man Ka-fu, nicknamed Fully : Cheong's youngest daughter and Fung's younger sister who has been dating Gary, Fun's youngest son. Now married to him.
Ho Kar-moon, nicknamed Moonie : Cheong's niece and Fun's daughter.
Roy Lai Pak-hei : A lawyer and Cheong's godson.
Other characters
Wong Hung : Ping's older brother a.k.a. Ping's husband