"M-Mom... Mommy..."
The little chubby boy, Xu Xiangyu, was pale with fright, stammering as he tried to beg for mercy.
"I told you not to run off! I told you to listen! Don't you know Mommy was worried sick?!"
"Huh?!"
Ms. Zhou's fear and anger, which had been building for over an hour, completely erupted at this moment.
She held the little boy down and gave his chubby little bottom a few good WHACKS, scolding him as she did, her voice laced with tears.
"I told you to wait at the entrance, but you followed a stranger! Are you trying to scare Mommy to death?!"
"Are you?!"
The spanking was real, but she was clearly holding back her strength.
The scolding was also real, but every word was filled with the lingering fear of having lost him, as well as love and worry.
As Ms. Zhou continued to scold him, her tears finally burst forth uncontrollably. She hugged her son and began to wail.
