The oldest of two youngsters, Jennifer Pan was born in 1986 to Huei Hann Pan and Bich Ha Pan, who had each arrived in Canada from Vietnam. Each Bich and Hann labored extremely exhausting for his or her success and wished the identical from their youngsters, however the fixed barrage of learning and sustaining an assortment of demanding hobbies was exhausting for younger Jennifer. Even tougher was the truth that her failure to steadiness their expectations along with her personal — in addition to her relationship along with her boyfriend Daniel Wong — strained the household’s relationship.
“What Jennifer Did” covers a few of the story however the double life Pan ended up main was really rather more difficult than the documentary reveals. Her mother and father had been below the idea that she was a college pupil, however in actuality, she by no means even graduated highschool. She spent her days doing odd jobs and hanging out, and used loads of time forging faculty work and studying up at libraries so she may sustain appearances in case her mother and father began asking questions. She additionally lied to them about different endeavors, akin to staying with a good friend for prolonged durations when she was really with Daniel.
Ultimately, Bich and Hann adopted Jennifer and found the total extent of their daughter’s lies … or in order that they thought. By that point, Jennifer’s relationship with Daniel had develop into strained, with Daniel seeing another person and Jennifer making an attempt to deliver him again with an elaborate lie. Ultimately, they determined to order a success on Bich and Hann to free Jennifer of their affect — and to get their palms on the inheritance.