Huang Fei was fuming! She realized that approaching Gu Zi to make small talk had been a monumental mistake.
Her face flushed with anger as she marched home and ordered Xu Sheng to face the wall in reflection. "You need to think carefully about why you lost a point on such a simple test and how you could possibly be outperformed by a country bumpkin! You're embarrassing me!"
Xu Sheng had just returned from school. He was stunned by the sudden outburst.
Hadn't his mother praised him that morning for doing so well, promising to take him out to eat? Her mood seemed to shift like the wind.
Unsure of what to say, he dropped his backpack and stood facing the wall, contemplating the consequences of his supposed failure.
