Lina-Mei is eager to meet her boyfriend Luke’s family, sensing a possible proposal. Mid-flight, he asks her to pretend she’s Japanese to impress his grandmother and secure an inheritance. Lina-Mei, who is Chinese, refuses to lie about her identity.
At dinner, Luke tries to pass off false details about her background. When he publicly toasts her as “Japanese,” she calmly corrects him, confronting his motives and pointing out that he values a fantasy version of her for money and approval, not her true self.
Luke’s grandmother apologizes for his behavior, revealing the inheritance was never about ethnicity. Lina-Mei thanks her and leaves. The next morning, she quietly packs and ends the relationship, realizing Luke never truly saw her.
At the airport, she reflects that love should be about being truly seen. She departs feeling free, determined to find someone who values her for who she really is.