Jiang Family
Richard Jiang: He is an immigrated from Taiwan to California, very smart but with a hot temper. For not knowing how to communicate with his family, it results in violent outbreaks. Longing for the way of working and in America, so he left to work in Asia, leaving his family alone in America.
Mandy Du: Richard’s wife. She is 32 years old and has a daughter named Joan and Pat. The son was born with a heart disease resulting in extra care needed for raising. With the addition of the family relationship problems, this resulted in Mandy having a weak body. During the hard times, she became pregnant with her 2nd daughter, Zoe. She didn’t expect that the growth of Zoe would become the biggest struggle in the family. Zoe’s attitude during the teenage years is very harsh like thrones on a rose. After years of raising Zoe, Mandy’s attitude becomes subtle.
Joan – The eldest daughter, independent, hardworking, has good grades. After she found out about Zoe’s situation, she realized that she doesn’t care about her sister and brother.
Pat – Mandy’s son. Has a heart disease since he was born. Loved and cared by the father. Loves to prank and annoy Zoe.
Zoe: The youngest child of the three. After being born, due to her brother having lots of sickness, all the care was directed towards him. Exclude from the care of her father, she became rebellious. Her way of dressing, party lifestyle, brought a huge shock to the traditional Asian family. At 20 years old, she accidentally got pregnant from her boyfriend Arthur and faces the choice of abortion.
Wu Family
Ray: Mandy’s Brother in law. Kind and caring, and during family outbreaks, he knows how to calm others down..
Nina Du: Mandy’s younger sister, and Ray’s wife. She has two daughters named Ellen and Jessica, and a pet dog named Sunny. She is a busy house wife. She is usually calm and is usually Mandy’s escape from outbreaks.
Ellen: Zoe’s cousin. They grew up together. Her personality is very pure, the complete opposite of Zoe. However, Ellen and Zoe click will together resulting in them being best friends.
Jesse: Ellen’s younger brother. Likes to annoy others.
Grandparents
Grandma: Mandy and Nina’s mother lives in Taiwan. Education level of Middle School. Strong personality. She often says she doesn’t care about her daughter but her action says her love.
Grandpa: Mandy and Nina’s father runs a traditional family-style restaurant in Taiwan.
Others
Zoe’s Boyfriend
Alex Kim: 19-23, Korean American college student and Zoe’s Boyfriend. Has a violent personality. Good to girls and attracted Zoe. Zoe wanted to break up with him multiple times, however because of Arthur’s compliments, she always goes back.After hearing that Zoe was pregnant, he wanted to quickly find a solution and doesn’t care about Zoe’s feelings at all. After learning that Zoe wants to keep the baby, he became very angry and signed a contract to not support the child.During the graduation ceremony, Arthur holds onto his baby and recognized himself as a father.
Golden Retriever
Sunny: Ellen’s pet Golden Retriever. Has a good and kind personality and loves the family.His loyalty won the hearts of the entire family and his passing gave the family lots of grief. Sunny fully lives his final moments and cherishes every moment with his family, until he passes away.
Zoe witnesses Sunny’s unfortunate death and inspired her to keep the baby in her womb.
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