Lillian, 18, was the perfect daughter, friend and girlfriend.
At her funeral on Friday afternoon at All Saints Chapel in Meadowbank, memories of how the stunning commerce student was diligent and ambitious were shared before a highly emotional congregation. After moving to Tauranga from Hong Kong in 2003,
and later to Auckland, where she enrolled at Westlake Girls' High on the North Shore, Lillian moved on to Auckland University.
Her mother said: "This was her first dream, but it would also be her last. When she came to New Zealand at 15, she was so young, her luggage was bigger than her."
A keen calligrapher, dancer and pianist, top results followed in everything she did.
Lillian's warm, caring attitude made her parents back home proud - she spent pocket money on decorations for her Kiwi classrooms.
Her boyfriend of three years, Match Wang, said he met her in Glenfield, near her college. They dined out and watched movies.
"She was very happy, bringing glad things to everybody," said Match, 22. He said he loved her and one day would have married his first love. "I am just sad."
China's educational general, Gao Yuhang, who visited Lillian at Auckland Hospital with the nation's consul, hours after the collision, said he had once met the Chinese student at a university event.
"She always does things carefully and in a proper way, even on the day she went on the pedestrian crossing."
University of Auckland international student support manager Brian Lythe said Southern Cross Healthcare would pay travel and accommodation costs for Lillian's family as part of the insurance cover overseas students must take out.
"I have to deal with about three of these a year, so I know how it works; it's bloody terrible," Lythe said.
