“Mom!”

“Oh dear~ you’ve only been gone two days, and you’re already talking to me so harshly. When you get married one day, will I even exist in your eyes?”

“......”

After finishing dinner and her writing, Ning Chu had barely dialed her mother’s number before being hit with her mom’s sarcastic retort.

She was at a loss for words, the questions she’d intended to ask stuck in her throat.

“So, what’s got you so worked up?”

Her tone softened a bit, though the grumbling was still there. “Mom~ why didn’t you tell me I’d grow horns? And that it …