Ever since Moses Chan (陳豪) and Aimee Chan (陳茵媺) announced their marriage, there has been endless gossip surrounding the “unlucky” personal life of Moses’ ex-girlfriend Bernice Liu (廖碧兒). Reports mentioned that not only has Bernice’s love life turned for the worse, her career is also suffering. Earlier, Bernice was reported to have turned to “traditional methods” to find her Mr. Right, which consisted of wearing a tri-colored bracelet and worshipping. Bernice has resorted to portraying supporting roles in mainland Chinese dramas, a drastic change from her usual lead billing status in TVB dramas. It has also been reported that Bernice’s income dropped significantly. Once crowned as 2007’s highest-paying Hong Kong television actress, it was reported recently that Bernice had to sell her 600-feet The Latitude estate to make ends meet. But Bernice’s misfortune does not stop at her lack of career and love life. The 34-year-old’s former boyfriends – Hawick Lau (劉愷威), Moses Chan, and Alastair Lam (林忠豪) – have all moved on to different phases of life, while Bernice is stuck to doing “second-rate” dramas in mainland. After breaking up with Bernice in 2004, Hawick went on to become one of mainland China’s most popular television actors, opening up his own production studio, and dating the country’s favorite idol actress, Yang Mi (楊冪). While Bernice went to mainland after her nasty breakup announcement with Moses in 2010, Moses remained to be one of TVB’s most cherished actors and even started a family with Aimee Chan. Alastair, on the other hand, announced his new relationship with mainland Chinese architectural firm heiress Carol and went to see his business reaching new heights. New Boyfriend? Hong Kong paparazzi caught up with Bernice at Hengdian World Studios, where she is shooting the Chinese drama Lucky Treasure <吉祥天寶>. The reporters spotted Bernice having a secretive dinner date with a “muscular Mandarin-speaking male” at a hotpot restaurant. Bernice, accompanied by her assistant, chose a concealed table at the corner of the restaurant, where they sat behind a transparent curtain. Ten minutes later, a muscular thirty-something year-old man entered the restaurant. He seemed to know where exactly Bernice was sitting and went straight to her table. Once he sat down, Bernice ordered the server to lower the transparent curtain. After asking Bernice what she wanted on the menu, the man proceeded to order the food. Throughout the two-hour dinner, the pair communicated in Mandarin. As Bernice is not yet fluent in the language, she had to ask her assistant to translate for her. Nonetheless, Bernice and the mysterious muscle man chatted amicably. Her friend paid for dinner. Although they both resided in the same hotel, Bernice and the man left separately. Bernice was the first to leave with her assistant. Her friend left the restaurant a few minutes later.
