Give Me Another Smile

the sound of the door opening.

Before Wang Zhen could activate her mouth's rapid-fire mode, she froze in shock when she saw her daughter's current state.
She had never seen her daughter in such a state before, so she couldn't help but lose her composure.

“What happened to you, An-An?” Wang Zhen asked, concerned.

Yin Zhao-an stood expressionless at the door.
There were obvious signs of crying on her face, her eyes looking red and swollen while her nose also looked red.
At first glance, it looked as if she had suffered a great injustice.

Mother and daughter entered the room together.
Yin Zhao-an sat down at the desk while Wang Zhen grabbed a rotating chair and sat in front of her.
At this time, Wang Zhen was so worried that tears were about to overflow from her eyes.

The two of them remained silent for several minutes before Yin Zhao-an, in a nasal voice, broke the silence, saying, “Mom, I might be a monster…”

“What are you saying?!” Wang Zhen exclaimed in a dialect she didn't even realize she knew.
After choking on her own words for a moment, she lowered her voice slightly and continued, “What nonsense are you thinking? You are the child I carried for ten months before giving birth.
How could you be a monster?”

Yin Zhao-an sniffled and choked on her words, “I…
I am a monster.” As she spoke, tears began to stream down her face again, falling onto her tightly clenched hands.

There was a saying that mother and daughter were connected at heart.
Meanwhile, it broke Wang Zhen's heart to see Yin Zhao-an in such a state, her delicately shaped eyebrows furrowed into an “八” as she said, “Then, explain everything to me properly.
Did you come across some problem?”

Yin Zhao-an sobbed for a moment before grabbing a piece of tissue paper from the desk to wipe away the tears staining her face.
Then, after taking a deep breath, she looked at Wang Zhen with her bloodshot eyes and said, “I think…I've fallen for someone.”

Wang Zhen was briefly surprised by her daughter's revelation.
Then, she inwardly sighed in relief.
Wasn't it only teenage love? It was normal for teenagers to have crushes.
There was no reason to be concerned over such a trivial matter.

Of course, it would be a different story if the target of her daughter's love was a significantly older man or, worse yet, a teacher.
However, if they were only talking about the feelings of adoration young girls had for the opposite sex, that was normal.
How could her daughter possibly be a monster for having such feelings?

“Then, who do you like?” Wang Zhen asked cautiously, “Is he much older than you? Or…?”

Yin Zhao-an looked up at her mother but didn't answer her question.
Instead, sadness and helplessness filled her eyes as she said, “You won't agree to it.
Nobody…
Nobody will agree…”

Don't tell me the other party is a delinquent?! Wang Zhen was startled by Yin Zhao-an's words, and she held her chest in a panic, her heart suddenly felt tight and constricted.
“Why don't you tell me who this person is first? How old is he? What's his personality like? What does he do for a living?”

Yin Zhao-an hesitated for a moment and bit her lip gently, making it look as if she was finding it difficult to speak.
Wang Zhen's heart ached even more when she saw this, and she wondered if the target of her daughter's affection was much worse than she had imagined.