I Miss You All So Much

Yao Wan froze slightly. Her pale golden eyes fixed on her mother in the mirror, and she vaguely guessed what this was about.

Naturally, she had no intention of trying to muddle through or argue her way out of it.

Still, Yao Wan could not help wondering why her mother had suddenly come to such a conclusion.

Her mother had always been mature and composed. If she had not been absolutely certain, she never would have asked such a question.

Since she had asked, she must already have been sure.

"..."

Yao Wan fell silent for a moment, then took a deep breath and said, "So—what do you think of the son-in-law I picked for you, the brother-in-law I picked for my sister? Do you like him?"

"Did you just make that decision all by yourself?"

Yao Wan's answer did not surprise her mother too much. She merely raised an eyebrow before asking.

"Well... because a lot of things happened..."

Yao Wan took a deep breath, trying to calm the emotions gradually surging within her. Her mother's rough, wrinkled hands gently settled on Yao Wan's shoulders, while her plain black eyes quietly watched the girl before the mirror.

"Do you like him that much?"

There was an unavoidable note of helplessness and teasing in her mother's voice, though for her, those words also carried a different kind of weight.

Before Yao Wan could answer, her mother's next words made her eyes fly wide open.

"So—how does it feel to become a daughter? Being a woman isn't so easy, is it?"

Her mother's gentle eyes, faint crow's-feet beginning to form at their corners, watched the girl in the mirror slowly widen her eyes in utter astonishment. At that unexpectedly adorable expression, a faint smile touched her mother's lips.

"Why do you