Claim: Smooth Talker is about a court mediator named Hau Tak-sze, who meets a woman named Sui-yee when she is in the process of divorcing her cheating ex-husband, but Sui-yee comes to the conlusion that Tak-sze is in cohorts with her ex-husband to gain her property after their divorce.
Evidence: Hau Tak-sze (Joe Ma) has inherited his late father's social club, besides managing the club he also works full-time as a court mediator. He meets Mo Sui-yee (Kate Tsui), who is in the process of divorcing her cheating ex-husband, during one of his cases. Since Tak-sze visits the building frequently Sui-yee thinks both him and her ex-husband's lover are in cohorts together to try to gain her property from her divorce.