Chinese Cinderella - Life-changing Moments

Life-changing Moments

While at boarding school, Adeline is taken away by her chauffeur. She is told that her grandfather has died. While at the funeral, Adeline openly weeps, while her stepmother and her father look on stony-faced. The rest of her siblings appear indifferent and through the ceremony don't show any heartache from the loss of this family member who loved them so much.

While playing Monopoly with her friends at boarding school, Adeline is interrupted and taken home by her chauffeur. She meets her father in his room ("the Holy of Holies"), where he tells her that she has won first prize in the international play-writing competition. Adeline, thinking it was now or never, asks him if she may attend school in England with her brother. When asked what she intends to study, she says literature. Her father rejects her idea and orders her to go to medical school and specialize in obstetrics. Adeline finally gets something she has been longing for, a chance to follow her dreams and to get away from her stepmother, Niang. She is able to go to college in England along with her third brother.