Lin Guagua and Her Chatterbox Mom - Mom, You're So Annoying (Volume 2)

Author: Zhao Jing
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: The Terrifying "Super Girl Voice"---It's Really Not Easy to Be a Good Girl!
"Quick, quick! There's no time to eat breakfast!" After hearing this muffled, yet extremely high-pitched scream, I squeezed my eyes open just a crack. Through the gap, I saw my mom holding a toothbrush in her right hand, fiercely scrubbing it in and out of her mouth, while her left hand was grabbing my jacket. It's not like she was poking my head with the toothbrush, so there was nothing scary about it. But seriously, what was terrifying to me wasn't the toothbrush, but the pair of wide-eyed angry eyes on top of the white foam, and the deeply wrinkled eyebrows above them, and the "" (chuan) character formed in the center of her forehead. Ah, every morning, my mom's furious wake-up call became a daily performance. Watching her quick, tiny steps as she hurried toward the bathroom, I slowly pulled the covers off and sighed regretfully, "What a stylish face—it's all ruined by that '' character. It's such a waste."
"Aha—" With a long yawn, I squinted and grabbed the jacket my mom had thrown at me. Just as I was dizzyingly pulling it over my head, an even more terrifying "Super Girl Voice" echoed, "Quick, brush your teeth and wash your face! You'll really miss breakfast!" Then, I felt my head being pulled out from the collar of the sweater, and suddenly, like a poor little rabbit, I was being lifted by the collar.
"Shoes, my slippers!" My toes touched the cold floor, and I fully woke up, shouting back. "Shoes, shoes! What were you doing all this time? It's so urgent that you can't find your shoes with your eyes closed? And you're tapping around on the floor with your feet—do you think you have special abilities?" Ah, encountering such a "wailing" death-wish mom was really annoying. For four years of school, except for holidays, I went through this every morning. For someone who isn't the strongest of nerves, it was an incredibly harsh challenge. At first, when my mom nagged me, I covered my ears, which wasted a lot of precious time. But when she grabbed and tugged me, I felt extremely uncomfortable, so I violently ripped free from her "magic claws" and angrily dressed myself. The result? I either wore the clothes backward or put the buttons in the wrong places. After a few more struggles, my mom still had the upper hand.
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