Saving Face Page #3

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-I'll prepare herbs from Old Yu.

They'll help her with the baby.

Baby?

-Pregnant!

-At her age!

-It's a scandal!

-A disgrace!

-It's better than the soaps!

-More drama!

-More intrigue!

-More eel!

Don't eat so much eel!

It gives you gas.

Who's the father?

Who is the father?

-Father.

-Don't call me Father!

You are the biggest disgrace,

the ultimate shame.

What kind of example are you

for your daughter?

-You're not pregnant too are you?

-Me? No. No.

No daughter has shamed her parents

more than you.

What have we done

to deserve this?

Do you have any idea

who the father is?

Can't bring it up.

She just cries and goes on

about how ungrateful I am.

How did you find out she was...?

The receptionist

at the Manhattan clinic...

...is married to one

of Grandpa's former students.

One billion Chinese people,

two degrees of separation.

He's going to banish her

from Flushing. Where will she go?

He can't do this to her.

She belongs here.

Who is the father?

You won't tell us? Fine.

Take all the ones

with your mother in them.

She is no longer

a part of this family.

Father. Don't be like this.

When I think of all we've sacrificed

in the old country...

...to give you kids a better life

in the new one.

Had I known, I would have left you

behind in the mainland.

Father, please don't feel shamed.

How can I not feel shame?

My own rotten flesh has gotten

pregnant without a husband.

You don't think people

will laugh at me?

The professor speaks big words...

...but can't control his own daughter?

Old man, this situation won't improve

with yelling.

She wasn't even going to tell us.

She can throw her own reputation

away, but it still comes back to me.

Still crying?

Get out of this house.

Don't come back until you have

a husband to match the child.

How long?

Who knows?

Till my grandfather takes her back in,

I guess.

-When's that gonna happen?

-When she gets married...

...or proves immaculate conception.

Inspiring prospects.

Look how cheerful this red is.

We'll put some up here...

...there and there!

That black is just depressing.

You have no oyster sauce.

I don't use oyster sauce.

Since when do you drink beer?

Can we just...?

Who's the...? The....

How long do you plan on--?

You shouldn't keep this stuff

unless you plan to use it.

Do you plan to keep the...?

What kind of vegetable is this?

I see you just let my face masks

waste away.

-What's this?

-Herbs from Old Yu.

Every week, he has his son

Little Yu give them to me...

...to improve my marriage chi

or something.

I don't know why he bothers.

Don't be rude,

just hiding them here.

I want to have a look.

Why can't she get

her own apartment?

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