11 OBEY ME

Tang An couldn't believe what she was hearing.

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'This woman must really be insane;' She thought to herself.

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She walked into her mum's study, to find her by the fire place, her back to her.

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The fire was crackling and gave her mum a faint glow.

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She cleared her throat to make her mum acknowledge her presence.

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But she received nothing from her, she waited for a little while. She cleared her throat again, making it louder this time but still received no reaction from her mom.

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She was getting frustrated now and her legs were starting to hurt.

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"Mom I'm here;" she said.

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With her back still facing Tang An her mum said in a calm voice:

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"I know."

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She got up slowly from her seat and turned around to face Tang An, circling round her in the process.

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"My dear Tang An," she began raising Tang An's chin.

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"Why do you make me do this to you? You're the one causing problems for yourself.

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I tell you the easiest things to do, but you fail to follow simple instructions. Now you have to bear the consequences of your actions."

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Tang An became flustered, she honestly didn't know what she had done this time. She was beginning to think that her mother had a screw loose in her brain.

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Then her mother said; "All I want is obedience, is that so much to ask for?

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But you always choose to disobey me" Then she forcefully threw her face away from her.

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She clasped her hands behind her, turned her back to Tang An, and walked towards the window.

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In a voice so cold it was scary, she said; "Go down to the kitchen and prepare dinner for everyone excluding yourself, you are not to have dinner tonight.

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So you should go to bed hungry, thinking of what you've done."

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Tang An stood confused, lots of emotions were racing through her mind, but she let none of it show.

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Her expression was emotionless as she said in a still voice,

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"What did I do? How exactly did I disobey you?"

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Her mom didn't react to this question, but she said:

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"I wouldn't want to leave a bad impression on my guests, so next time when I tell you to not let the guests meet you, you do as I say.

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Now leave my study."

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Tang An stood transfixed for a moment, balling her fist, so hard that her knuckles turned white.

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"What are you still doing here?" Her mother said with a hint of anger in her voice.

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"Leave."

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Tang An left and walked straight into the elevator.

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She wasn't actually hungry, but the words her mother said pissed her off. If only she knew how she sounded when she said such stupid things.

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How could someone who seemed so elegant and courteous be so shallow and malicious.

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She didn't even know why she craved her mother's love, her mother didn't deserve to love her. Heck her mother didn't deserve to be loved.

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What she really deserved was to be locked up in jail for Child Abuse and infliction of harm to children.

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She stormed into the kitchen, anger raging through her heart.

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Didn't her mother know that she hadn't eaten all day?

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Of course she knew, how wouldn't she?

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But why would she care?

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After all, she was so heartless.

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She got the ingredients from the store and forcefully threw them on the counter, she grabbed a chopping board and chopped the vegetable with so much rage.

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Who would do that to their child?

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What mother would treat her daughter in such way? Her only daughter for that matter.

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She chopped the vegetables aggressively, injuring herself in the process.

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Lu Xiang was thirsty and decided to go to the kitchen to get some water, but he didn't know where the kitchen was, so he wandered around for a while until he found it.

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As he drew nearer to the kitchen he heard the sound of someone chopping aggressively.

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He saw Tang An by the counter, it looked like she was chopping something but in a rather hostile way.

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He stood, watching her for a while, before he made up his mind to approach her.

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"Have mercy, what have those poor veggies done to you?" He asked in a playful tone, hoping to cheer her up a bit.

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She snubbed him, pretending no one was talking to her, and added more effort, chopping the vegetables mercilessly.

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Lu Xiang's spirit was dampened a bit by her nonchalant attitude , but he persisted saying:

"You know, if you keep at it, you might end up injuring yourself."

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Tang An snapped, turned to face him, and said so rudely:

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"Excuse me, I don't know who you are or who you think you are, but I frankly don't care. So why don't you just run along and leave me alone?"

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As she said this, she cut herself.

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AUTHOR'S THOUGHTS.

Hi guys, so as promised, here is a new chapter. Hope you enjoyed it and are left at the edge of your seat with anticipation of what will happen next.

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I received a comment that said the pace of this story is pretty slow, and I would like to get your thoughts on that.

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So I'm making this a readers vote, if you think that it's too slow or is okay, please let me know.

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