A Woman's Worth
Seeing her flushed face, Xiuhan decided to pull off the final jab and cried silently, he had his head down while his hand was at his back, playing with the hem of his shirt, looking guilty and sad at the same time.
“I am sorry Mama, I was not able to *sob* protect you from them, I didn't even g-get to *hic* teach them a lesson because they are so strong and they punched me, although it hurts, I fought well for mama. *sniff* I am used to the pain now, I am a big boy!” he wiped his tears and his snot and felt ecstatic to see her completely won over by his tactics.
It is not that he is fooling her, but he just wanted to get her attention, earn her favor and use them as his means for revenge, he