When Ming discovered that Mei and her friends were using the Panda blessing to make money, Ming immediately assumed Mei's friends had pushed her into it (when really it was Mei's idea) and seeing Mei almost hurt Tyler in a fit of rage was the final straw, as she pressured Mei to go through the ritual to bind her panda spirit.

Furthermore, Ming continued to view Mei as the 'perfect daughter' she had loved and raised, but unintentionally disregarded the fact that Mei is growing up and would become her own person and would not remain 'perfect little Mei Mei' (which caused Mei anxieties and insecurities around her mother that she couldn't be herself around Ming or even express her personal interests because she knew Ming would not approve of them). Ming had a problem in assuming the worst in certain situations and not listening to Mei, such as when she saw Mei's drawings regarding her crush on Devon and confronted him with accusations and publicly humiliated her daughter, all the while ignoring Mei's protests and pleas. Not wanting the same thing to happen to her own daughter, Mei, Ming unintentionally made the same mistakes in raising Mei to be perfect, just as she had been, and kept Mei close, watching her like a hawk for any signs of when Mei would go through the Red Panda transformation as well (but didn't say or do anything to actually prepare Mei for the eventuality). Ming reached her breaking point and unleashed her panda, causing her to hurt her mother (and presumably leave the scar on Wu's brow), which left an emotional scar in Ming that she never truly got over, and the incident caused a divide between them ever since. It reached a boiling point when Ming and Wu got into an argument regarding Jin, whom Wu did not approve of. Ming's anxieties and flaws stem from when she went through the Red Panda transformation herself, along with the overbearing demands from her own mother, Wu, that she be the perfect daughter. However, she only does so out of a legitimate concern that her daughter's powers may get out of control and cause her or others to get hurt.

Ming is adamant that Mei find a way keep her emotions, and therefore her panda form, in check. Īfter Mei's red panda powers activate, Ming becomes very observant of Mei's life, like a helicopter parent, as she begins openly watching her at school. Ming is also not a fan of Miriam, Mei's friend, as she believes her to be a bad influence on her daughter. However, as Mei transitions into a teenager and begins to develop new interests, such as a crush or the boy band 4★Town, Ming fiercely disapproves of these changes. The two of them do nearly everything together, such as maintain the family temple, and get along like friends. She is an overbearing mother who relies on Mei to be her perfect, dutiful daughter. Ming has a complex relationship with her daughter, Mei. Ming is also overbearing towards other people, even strangers, and is not afraid to hurt them. She is a hard worker who can come off as crazy or intense, but it all comes from a place of love. Ming is described to be a proud, devoted mother and wife.

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