Tiger Mom (虎妈猫爸)

Episode 18

Off to school!

- Daddy. - Bye.

Bye. Listen to your teachers. Bye!

Luo Su.

Qian Qian, did that woman call out your dad's name?

Yes.

She's a beauty!

Your allergic reaction is gone?

It's gone.

What are you doing here?

Let's walk while we talk.

- Goodbye, Daddy. - Good morning, Madam!

- You asked to see me? - Come in.

This is your mission for the week.

Read these materials?

These are all the projects that our department handled

since it was established.

Read through them carefully from head to toe.

Is it necessary to read through all of them?

When you read a book many times, the content becomes clear to you.

- Don't you know that? - This is work, not studying.

Here, you can only obey.

You have no right to question.

You can quit anytime if you're not happy with it.

Leave now.

- Hello? - Hello?

- Sheng Nan? - Hey, Tang Lin.

You haven't been to my place since you returned to China.

Why don't you come over for a meal this weekend?

I just started running my school these days.

I'm a bit busy, so what about...

You have time to teach Luo Su a few tricks in private

but you don't have any time for me?

Text me your address then?

I want to meet my goddaughter as well.

Goddaughter?

Goddaughter?

When did she become her goddaughter?

Anyway, she must have taken her under her wing when I wasn't around.

This... I'm innocent.

She hasn't even met our daughter!

But you can't invite her into our home.

Why can't I invite her to our home?

We were classmates years ago.

Besides, I welcome the expert to visit us in our home broadmindedly.

It's better than someone who learned a few tricks from her in secret?

I'm working overtime this weekend, so I won't be home.

I'm really working overtime.

I'll entertain her while you're at work.

Mom, Qian Qian, it's dinnertime.

Okay.

- We'll continue after dinner. - I'll serve the rice.

- The elephant isn't red, right? - Right!

Let's wash our hands.

The bird is leading the way.

Let's wash our hands.

Tang Lin!

- Auntie! - Good girl.

Auntie.

I haven't seen you in years.

How are you?

I'm very well. I miss you a lot.

Tang Lin is here?

You're so good with words.

Go in and have a seat.

Come in.

Sheng Nan, this is for you.

It's red wine from a famous chateau in France. It's a good vintage.

Thanks.

Where's our little princess?

Qian Qian!

Come here.

Stop watching cartoons. Come here.

This is my daughter.

Good girl. You're so pretty.

- Call her 'Auntie'. - I won't!

Grandma, who is this woman?

Greet Auntie properly.

Or I'll hit you.

Grandma, Mommy is going to hit me.

What are you doing?

Is that necessary?

It's fine. If you don't want to call me 'Auntie', you can call me 'Godmother'.

We're both a bit timid, right?

Qian Qian, look. What did Godmother get you?

It's a dress!

This child...

Qian Qian! Greet your Godmother!

This...

You're too generous with gifts.

I normally wouldn't get her any of these.

I'm worried about spoiling her.

It's not a big deal.

Isn't she also my daughter?

Why would I mind getting my daughter some gifts?

Luo Su isn't home today. He's working overtime.

Come on inside.

Why do you keep avoiding her?

This is good.

You still have that flag at home while having other colorful flags outside.

So many men fantasize about

besides having their wives

they can still have other women waiting for them

Heed my advice.

If women that you have relationships with meet up, you have to avoid them.

You have to think of all ways to escape from the scene.

Why is that?

They are so sincere.

One is sincere in hosting and the other as the guest.

There must be a plot if women suddenly behave with sincerity.

- Buddy. - Yes?

You really have been traumatized.

I'm here to vent my anger.

Look. Qian Qian performed on Children's Day.

She even put on red lipstick.

It was smudged.

This is a precious photo.

Qian Qian first started walking then.

Luo Su immediately took a photo.

The first step that she took was so precious.

Look.

This photo was taken when Luo Su first cut his hair short.

He still looked better with long hair like he did in university.

He looked very artistic.

Do you know when he cut his hair short?

He did that the day after I gave birth to Qian Qian.

He ran to the barber and had his long hair cut off.

Why?

He felt that he has become a father from that moment.

He has to take on the responsibility of a family as a father.

I found him... particularly attractive at that moment.

He still looks better with long hair.

He prefers it short.

This used to be our house.

It was much bigger and spacious than this one.

We switched to this district's house for Qian Qian to attend school.

Luckily, we renovated it a bit.

Sheng Nan, it's been hard on the both of you.

You've sacrificed too much for your child these years.

At least, she finally got into a key school.

- That fulfilled our dream. - Whose dream? Yours or your child's?

What do you mean?

I've met too many Chinese parents

who fulfilled their dream through their children.

They place their unfulfilled ambitions and expectations on their children.

Don't try to hint at something.

I invited you over today

to hear what the expert who returned from the States have to say.

Didn't you just claim to be Qian Qian's godmother?

But I think that you should ask Qian Qian what her opinion is.

Ask Qian Qian?

Sure, if I ask her then she'll just want to have snacks, play video games

and go to amusement parks.

Won't that ruin her?

What are parents for?

We're here to keep an eye on our children.

But isn't that sort of life quite happy?

As a mom, what sort of a person would you like Qian Qian to be?

Times are different now.

You can't expect a woman to stay home to serve her husband and raise kids.

It's better to depend on ourselves than anyone else.

I definitely would like her to be a successful and independent woman.

Successful?

Are you a successful woman?

I might be worse off than some, but I'm better off than many.

I'm all right.

Do you feel happy for the past thirty years?

I think that I'm quite happy.

Don't you feel the love in my home when you came in?

Besides, I've been busy all the time.

How would I have the time to think about such a sophisticated question?

You've never thought about how you would be twenty years from now?

Twenty years from now...

Qian Qian should be married?

I'm not asking about your child. I asked about you.

Me?

If she's married and has a child

I think that I'll help her raise her child?

I'll see what she needs

and as her parents, we'll always be there to support her.

We'll help her fulfill her dreams.

Sheng Nan.

I find you very pitiful.

Abroad, many children leave their parents when they turn eighteen years old.

They leave to start their own lives.

When Qian Qian is all grown up

do you think that you can still get back to your own life?

I've never thought of such a day.

I've also never thought about being apart from her.

I think that we'll never be apart.

Take a look at my parents-in-law's wedding photos?

You won't expect that such an antique still exists.

Haven't they also spent a lifetime together?

Look, they are still involved with me, Luo Su, and Luo Dan.

Some idea that is. No wonder my brother stayed away.

Why would I not make good use of an expert? Isn't that a waste?

What's more, for Qian Qian's sake

I've never been embarrassed to ask for advice.

Do you know that this is bringing disaster upon yourself?