When I thought about how panicked this girl was when she found out she was pregnant, how miserable she was when she was sick, how terrified she was when she stupidly ran to the hospital alone to get an abortion...
This punch of hers felt like it landed on cotton, completely powerless.
"Alright, alright, what's with the crying? Did I hit you or scold you?"
Su Xiaomeng buried her face in her mother's embrace like an innocent child, sniffling and whining, "You said I should just wait to die..."
"So you think your skin is itching because I didn't beat you half to death?"
Su Xiaomeng shook her head sullenly against her mother.
"How old are you, and you're still crying like this?"
"Mom..."
"What?"
"I just wanted to call you."
"You don't call when you should, and call like a fool when you shouldn't! If it wasn't for the counselor calling me, what were you planning to do? Cover it up all the way?"
Su Xiaomeng wiped her tears, picked at her fingers, and argued,
