"Punishment? What punishment?" she queried. She was an adult now. To be punished for drinking too much would be utterly embarrassing if others found out.
"What do you think?" Gu Yuying's eyes twinkled with mischief. "How do you think I should punish you?"
"Can I… Can I really say it?" Luo Qingli gulped nervously, asking cautiously.
"Yes, go ahead!" But, I may not necessarily agree with it, Gu Yuying added to himself.
"I hope there will be no punishment. Please, no punishment," Luo Qingli said softly.
Gu Yuying did not respond to Luo Qingli's plea, asking instead, "Would you dare to come back so late again?"
"I wouldn't dare," Luo Qingli shook her head without a second thought.
"Would you allow other men to escort you home?" Gu Yuying punctuated his question with a playful smack to Luo Qingli's bottom, as a symbolic punishment.
"No more, uncle… Ouch…" Luo Qingli blushed. It was profoundly mortifying to be spanked like a child.
It was utterly humiliating...
