As he smirks, he wants to improve you a little bit and makes you more proud as a Chinese.
He turns to your Mom, "You're strict with your daughter". Mei repeated confusedly, "I'm strict with my daughter?" He is not satisfied, "Yes, you are always strict with your daughter because you LOVE her and would do anything for her, either she likes it or not". You suddenly realized that you had a rather tough childhood when your mom pushed you to do tons of homework and attend all kinds of classes. You are never a fan of piano, but she pushed you to learn it anyway since you were 5 and made you win awards. You sighed. Well, isn't that any Chinese child like these days? You remembered your mom always said what she did was good for you and you would figure it out when you grew up. Although you still don’t like this stereotypical kind of Asian education method, you do gradually understand it and won’t argue with here since you grew up.
Gordon laughs and decides to enhance you more, so he continues with your mother: "Actually, you are a 'tiger mother'."
"I am a tiger mother?"
"Yes, you're a tiger mother"
As your mom repeats these words, your head hurts again. Your mom was fully engaged in your education, and she knew nearly every student's mom in your class. They often discussed the behaviors of you and your friends in some WeChat group. When you performed even slightly under her expectation, she would scold you relentlessly at all times. You remembered you got bitten by her when you got second place in a math test when you forgot to add a minus sign in front of the solution of an equation which made you lost 0.5 points out of 100. You weren't even allowed to cry out when you were scolded or bitten. If you burst out of tears, she would beat you twice as much until you stopped crying and apologized to her.
Gordon now turns to you: "But you don't blame your mother, Jia-Wen"
"I don't blame my mother." Of course I don't blame my mother. Who does he think he is? Although I hold my view on her education method, I always feel relieved talking with her. She certainly knew what she was doing. As a youngster, maybe I can change the traditional way and become more open-minded when I am a mom, but it's not my mom's fault for using the traditional way, is it?
Gordon is fascinated by the Chinese girl in front of him, yet he still wants to deviate you more to his liking. He says:" Indeed, you agree with your mom in every way, including her education method."
You halted: "I agree with my mom in ... every way? including her ... education method?" Maybe someone as naughty as me actually needs guidance towards the right course in childhood? Look at my fellow teenage girls these days. They spoil nearly all their money from their parents on makeups and dresses that are worn maybe for just one time; they watch Tik-Tok videos on their beds whenever they get time, even during the time they are having dinners with their families; they always talk about shallow things like K-pop stars and endless soap opera shows. If weren't because of my mom, would I become one of them? Who the heck knows?
Gordon seems able to read your mind, and said: "That's why you want to become just a mom like yours when the day comes."
You finally agreed, "I want to become just like my mom". Yeah, it's the hard work of endless generations that has made the true differences in China. You wouldn't let your children become the parasites of society in the future. It's better to give them 'proper' education when they are still young enough to grow their potentials.
Gordon is obsessed with Asian things. He wants to make a perfect you. He now turns back to Mei and says: "You're proud of your child in the deep soul, but you never speak it out."
Mei repeated: "I'm proud of my child in the deep soul, but I never speak it out" Sure, is it even love when you can speak it out every day like drinking water?
Gordon continues: "You are proud of your child because she was admitted by Tsinghua University."