Crazy Rich Asians

As Eleanor sits down to breakfast, a servant brings her the phone. It’s Daisy with breaking news: Nadine’s father-in-law just woke up from a coma. Nick enters the kitchen, so Eleanor hangs up and tells him the news. He doesn’t care much, and he says that he and Rachel are going away so he can propose. Eleanor is horrified, but Nick assures her Rachel will be a great daughter-in-law. He continues that he was going to propose in October, but he has to show her she’s important now after Francesca treated her so badly.

Trying to speak calmly, Eleanor says Nick can’t marry Rachel. Rachel isn’t good enough; everyone thinks so, and Rachel’s family is from Mainland China. Nick insists Eleanor and her friends are being rude and snobbish. They’re all Chinese, whether they live in Singapore or China. But Eleanor says Ah Ma and the rest of the family are just being polite to Rachel. None of them will accept her; they’ll shun her like Kitty Pong. Nick laughs and insists Ah Ma isn’t so traditional anymore, but Eleanor says Nick doesn’t know everything about Rachel’s family and warns that Ah Ma will disinherit him. He can keep Rachel as a mistress, but he can’t marry her. Disgusted, Nick leaves. Eleanor knows she only has one option, so she asks the servant to get the car ready to drive to Tyersall Park.