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16. Ride the Tiger

For Chinese New Year, the Huangs play a game where they can only speak in Mandarin, which quickly turns into a tense competition between Jessica and Evan, putting Jessica's first televised interview for her novel in jeopardy. Emery is excited to end his year of bad luck and finally ask his crush to the spring fling, but when he is still having trouble, Louis decides to take matters into his own hands. Meanwhile, Eddie doesn't receive a red envelope from Big Auntie and enlists Grandma Huang's help to figure out why she's angry with him.

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On Chinese New Year, Emery is happy to have his bad luck year behind him and decides to ask his school crush to a dance. When things do not go so well, Emery questions if his luck has really changed, causing Louis to secretly help turn his son's fortunes. The Huangs have a contest to speak only in Mandarin, with those who are the first to speak English in the new year getting knocked out. It is down to Evan and Jessica, which causes a dilemma for the latter when she is invited to discuss her book on a local TV show. Meanwhile, Eddie does not receive his usual red envelope from Big Auntie and learns from Grandma that Big Auntie is mad at him for something.

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