"As long as it's not too outrageous, I'll just pretend I didn't see it..."
Anyway, the college entrance examination was just around the corner.
Having made up her mind, Lin Shu started the car and continued toward the restaurant she had booked.
After driving for a few minutes, An Youyu carefully poked Lin Mo on the arm. "Auntie isn't that kind of person. How could she possibly take her bad mood out on you?"
"There's nothing impossible about it."
With that, Lin Mo gave a wry, helpless shake of his head. Meeting the girl's questioning gaze, he lowered his voice to explain, "Actually, my mom doesn't beat me just to vent her frustration."
"Then what is it for?"
"To make me a better person."
"I... don't really understand."
Seeing that An Youyu still didn't get it, Lin Mo glanced ahead and leaned in closer to her. "I didn't understand it either in the past. But as I've grown older, I've gradually figured out why I used to get beaten so often."
The wave of hot breath against her ear brought a flush of pink to the skin of An Youyu's neck, yet a fierce curiosity forced her to resist the urge to pull away. "Why?"
"Do you know what parenting philosophy my mom lives by?"
"No."
"Her entire philosophy boils down to just two phrases."
Lin Mo's expression turned bitter. "Raise sons in poverty, raise daughters in luxury; and spare the rod and spoil the child. In her own words, it was her first time being a mom and she had no experience, so she strictly followed those two rules ever since."
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