Shi Ke looked at her expressionlessly, "Why wouldn't I avoid? If I wasn't going to read, should I just take your slap for nothing?"
"Shi Ke, I am your mother," said Nie Yuexiang, infuriated by her stubbornness. "What's wrong with me hitting you? Can't a mother discipline her own daughter?"
"Heh, is that so? If you hadn't said you were my real mother, I might have thought I was picked up from the streets, given that you treat your stepdaughter a hundred times better than you treat me, your own daughter."
"What nonsense are you talking about? And why don't you understand why I treat Le Jia well? If I, as a stepmother, didn't treat her a bit better... then others would criticize me behind my back... Besides, how good is Le Jia? She's pretty, does well in school, and she's also obedient and sensible. Can't you learn from her? Look at yourself now... Who knows who you take after with such a bad temper; who would dare to marry you in the future?"
