marius seung nim-shu (jason chan) is also an absentee father, but unlike tse-keung, his long business trips take him away from his family. as an architect, his career takes him away from his family for months. however, he is always thinking of his family and can't wait to get back to them. even though he is a loving dad to his kids, marius's hectic work life causes him to miss out on important events in his children's life and getting both his daughter, seung yee, and son, seung yi, birthdays mixed up. after being lectured by his academic minded father, marius becomes concerned for his son's (who is entering elementary school soon) academics. marius requests time-off from work, but his boss depends on him and refuses to allow him any time-off, even suggesting marius take his entire family with him on his next business trip. feeling his son is more important, marius quits his job and decides that for the next 6 months he will concentrate solely on finding the right school for his son.