Happy Family

Happy Family is a Singaporean family-themed Chinese drama which was telecasted on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp Channel 8. It stars Rui En, Chen Shucheng, Ann Kok, Darren Lim, Cynthia Koh, Shaun Chen, Chen Tianwen and Pan Lingling as the casts of the series. It made its debut on 19 January 2010 and ended on 16 February 2010. This drama series consists of 20 episodes, and was screened on every weekday night at 9:00 pm. Cast Dong Family Yang Xiaodong/Dingdong (portrayed by Rui En) – a happy-go-lucky girl who simply enjoys life as it is. She was adopted by Dong Jianye (Chen Shucheng) 19 years ago. Now, she is set to bring back the Dong family (Ann Kok, Darren Lim and Chen Tianwen) before Chinese New Year. Dong Jianye/Old Fogey (portrayed by Chen Shucheng) – the father of three and adoptive grandfather of Xiaodong. He chases his own children out of his house when they each did something against him. He later adopts Xiaodong. Since then, he never had any reunion dinner with his own family. Chen felt that the drama was his third most satisfied masterpiece. Shui Family Dong Shuixing/Mary Shui (portrayed by Ann Kok) – mother of Coco, ex-husband of Sun-Shui (Jerry Yeo). She marries Sun-Shui despite Jianye's objection, which leads her to run away from home. Only daughter of Dong Jianye. She was later remarried to Bread Skin (Nelson Chia). She returned to the Dong family after Xiaodong and Noguchi's (Remus Kam) pleading. Coco (portrayed by Joey Feng) – only daughter of Shuxing and Sun-Shui. She unknowingly falls in love with Yekou. She thought she had a baby with Ben (Seth Ang). She reconciles with Xiaodong and Noguchi to reunite the Dong family. Alex (portrayed by Alan Tern) – Shuixing's lover after she realised that Alex would take care of her. He was looked up high by Coco and was glad they were engaged. He is very caring to the Shui family. Sun-Shui (portrayed by Jerry Yeo) – ex-husband of Shuxing. Unwilling father of Coco. Later, he divorces with Shuixing, as he was an abusive husband.