I'm in Charge

I'm in Charge 小子当家
Story by	Ang Eng Tee
Starring	Elvin Ng Sheila Sim Aloysius Pang Carole Lin Rayson Tan
Opening theme	要你好看 by Ric Low
Ending theme	橄榄树 （男生版）by Ric Low 橄榄树 （女生版）by Wei En
Country of origin	Singapore
Original language(s)	Chinese
No. of episodes	20
Production
Producer(s)	Chong Liung Man
Running time	approx. 45 minutes
Release
Original network	MediaCorp Channel 8 (2013) Channel U (2016)
Original release	27 May 2013 – 19 February 2016
Chronology
Preceded by	96°C Café
Followed by	The Dream Makers
External links
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I'm In Charge (Chinese: 小子当家) is a 20-episode Chinese drama serial that is shown on every weekday at 9pm on MediaCorp Channel 8. It airs from 27 May to 21 June 2013. and Channel U Every Weekday at 6pm from 25 January to 19 February 2016.

This is a 20-episode drama-series about a youth who has to shoulder the responsibility of being the man of the house while his mother is hospitalised. Not only does the boy have to support the family, he must also bear the responsibility of looking after his two younger sisters (one aged 14 and the other aged 12). The story underscores the value of familial love and the need for young people to be independent and to have a sense of responsibility.

Wang Jiahao (Aloysius Pang) is a rebellious youth whose bad name causes him to be blacklisted by schools. In spite of that, his mother, Xiufen (Carole Lin) does not give up hope on him. She works hard at two jobs just to admit him into a private school. But Jiahao does not appreciate his mother’s effort at all, living aimlessly day by day, with scant regard for his future until one day, his mother meets with an accident and lies unconscious in hospital indefinitely. Only then does Jiahao realise that he has to assume the heavy responsibility of being the “head of the family”.

Xiufen, while fending off a thief’s attempt to snatch her hard-earned $1000, is pushed down (by a thief) onto a hard pillar. Despite losing consciousness upon hitting her head and bleeding profusely, she still clutches onto her purse. Jiahao knows that the $1000 is meant for him; he had made an empty threat to leave home if Xiufen had refused to give him $1000 to buy a new computer. Staring at his unconscious mother, Jiahao has never felt so remorseful. He promises Xiufen to take good care of his two younger sisters so that she will see a complete family upon regaining consciousness.

Jiahao has a 14-year-old sister, Wang Jiemin (Foo Fang Rong)who is as rebellious as him, and an extremely mischievous but witty 12-year-old sister, Jieshan (Oh Ling En). He quickly feels the helplessness of managing the family and his two siblings - he does not even know how to boil water. The two rascals are simply too disobedient to him. And that's not the end - with the bad financial condition in the family after a housebreaker steals all the remaining money, Jiahao has to make ends meet.

Fortunately, Jiahao has a warm and motherly paternal aunt, Wang Xiaohui (Sheila Sim). She volunteers to move in with the children and claims that she will take “good” care of them. However, this aunt is a scatterbrain. She is eager to help but always messes things up. Not only does Xiaohui cook a meal that tastes awful, she almost causes the whole family to die of gas poisoning.

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