"...An'an, you have greatly disappointed me!"
Since things had come to this point, Li An'an decided to go all out and, steeling herself, said, "Mom, I can't get engaged to Jinping--"
"What?!" Li's mother, who always maintained impeccable composure, raised her voice abruptly at these words. The atmosphere in the air became dangerously tense. She stared closely at her daughter, her well-maintained face now exceedingly stern, and threatened sharply, "Say that again!"
Say it, then, she thought, thinking there was only one way out, anyway.
Looking at her mother's expression, Li An'an felt a chill to her bones, yet she bravely continued to insist, "Mom, I can't be with Jinping, I know you'll be angry, but I really--"
"Slap!" Before Li An'an could finish her explanation, her enraged mother had already raised her hand, delivering a resounding slap!
