On days on which her teacher sardonically says, "Why practice so hard? Just treat playing the piano as a hobby," the exhausted and disappointed expression she sees on her mother's face leaves Miss Lee afraid to say a word or let a careless smile cross her face for the whole day.
尤其如果台北的老師說了一些尖刻的、像是「何必那麼辛苦，學琴當興趣就好了」之類的評語，媽媽那種疲憊又失望的表情，會讓她一整天都「噤聲」，不敢隨意嘻笑。