List of A Kindred Spirit Characters - Datuk GUI Family

Datuk Gui Family

• Datuk Gui (Played by Chor Yuan 楚　原) An elderly authoritarian and nasty figure from a rich Malaysian family, he ends up being very acquainted with the Lee family whom he used to consider low class when his children get romantically involved with the people from the Lee family. He has three wives, the first, Wai Fung, an understanding and supportive woman, mother of Ya Loi, the second the understanding, elegant and compassionate mother of Ya Num, the other, the much younger (sometimes referred to as his mistress), initially wild and flamboyant mother of May May, Sophie. His greatest regrets in live were never forgiving Sophie until the last point and having an affair with another woman while married to his first wife, Wai Fung. He reveals that he would like to be buried in Hong Kong, next to his first wife. His favorite foods are lobster and mango and these would be his offering on his tombstone.

• Mrs. Datuk 拿督大夫人 (Played by Tsang Yuk-Guen 曾玉娟. Full name Ho Wai Fung, as revealed in Eps. 943.) Mother of Ya Loi and first wife of Datuk Gui. She married Datuk Gui before he had his own business. She was understanding and dutiful wife. When Datuk Gui’s family business started to fail, she encouraged him to go out and start a business of his own and that she would take care of the family for him. When he came back, she was pregnant with his son. Datuk Gui had an affair with a dancer. Even though she knew of the affair, she said nothing about it. It was not until the woman came to her that she left Malaysia, still pregnant. She took nothing with her. She went to Hong Kong and it was there that she gave birth to Ya Loi. She died soon after as Datuk Gui found her in the hospital. She never forgave him and her dying wishes was to be buried in Hong Kong rather Malaysia, as a symbol that she never wish to follow him home. Datuk Gui never forgave himself, and it remain his greatest guilt. Datuk Gui’s main reason for loving Sophie may have been her resemblance toward Wai Fung, as guessed by May May. She also resembled her daughter-in-law, Keng. His only memorabilia of hers is her photos and a pearl necklace, his first gift to her. Datuk Gui’s affair is similar to Ya Loi’s affair with Ivy during the early part of his marriage to Keng. Her favorite foods were fresh milk and flaky pastry and these are the offerings on her tombstone.

• Mrs. Datuk 拿督二夫人 (Played by Leung Biu-Ching 梁葆貞. Full name See To Ju 司徒珠) Second wife of Datuk Gui, biological mother of Ya Num and stepmother of Ya Loi. She treats Ya Loi better than her own son due to her effort not to become an evil stepmother. Even though she disliked Sophie at first, she showed no spite toward her or her daughter, May May, and she even try reuniting her and Datuk Gui. Her signature is a picture of a pig because of the Ju in her name. She is heir to 10% of Datuk Gui’s fortune

• Ya Loi (Full name Gui Ya Loi 歸亞萊. Played by David Lui 呂　方) The eldest son of Datuk Gui. Romantic and irreverent, with a flair for music, he has an extremely turbulent relationship with Keng when he first meets her after running away to HK to avoid getting married to someone his father arranged for. After nearly getting killed by Keng's evil brother Ji Ho, he leaves HK and Malaysia to Vienna where he spent years recovering from his emotional wounds with Keng until the end of the series, where he eventually returns and gets married to Keng. He had a supposed girlfriend named Ling Ling who was his real live girlfriend. He is heir to 50% of Datuk Gui’s fortune

• Ya Num (Full name Gui Ya Num 歸亞南. Played by Mark Kwok 郭耀明.) The second son of Datuk Gui. Half brother of Ya Loi. Handsome, smart, capable, he is the perfect man for many. He gets into a love triangle with Hoi and Gwai while working in HK, but Gwai dumped him on the day of their wedding and chose to marry Hoi instead. Ya Num gets his happy ending with the sweet and lovely Ah Muen, who happens to be Ji Ho's ex-girlfriend. He is heir to 30% of Datuk Gui’s fortune

• Yat Jai 一 仔 (Full name Gui Yat 歸 一.) The only son of Ya Num and Ah Muen. He is the second grandson of Datuk Gui, after Gui Dan.

• Dan Dan 旦 旦 (Full name Gui Dan 歸旦.) Son of May May and Ji Ho, he is the eldest grandson of Datuk Gui. Her mother named him Gui Dan (similar in sounds to Tortoise Egg or idiot in Cantonese) instead of Lee Dan or Yung Dan, as it would be after his father Ji Ho or his grandmother Auntie Yung. His father shows no affection for him other than the last moments before his death, but even then his feelings were questionable. A fortune teller says that he would grow up to be a responsible child and May May can count on him to raise her in old age. He is heir to 9% of Datuk Gui’s fortune.

• May May- (Full name Gui Ya May 歸亞美. Played by Ma Tai-Lau 馬蹄露.) Spoilt rich daughter of another Malaysian Chinese Tycoon, Datuk Gui, May May turned out to be the illegitimate daughter of Datuk Gui's second wife and another businessman. Best known for her marriage to the main villain of the story, Ji Ho. She became Auntie Yung's unreasonably demanding daughter-in-law. Her feistiness is paralleled only by that of Grandma Ga. She strongly believes she is a great beauty and elegant person even though it is far from the truth. Ji Ho later gets a mistress and dumps May May just before Datuk Gui learns that May May is not his daughter. May May tries unsuccessfully to commit suicide (foiled by a pile of garbage bags) during a month birthday of her son, Dan Dan. Datuk Gui eventually excepted her into the family again after Sophie’s death. She meets her match eventually with Chiu and Joon Joon's brother, the eccentric (and equally feisty) Law Sun Moon. She is heir to 1% of Datuk Gui’s fortune.