The answer is backhand and down. That's the stroke and direction for the stretch of skin from the corner of the mouth to the point of the chin.
Different areas of the face call for different stroke types and directions depending on which way you're moving and which way the hair grows. This particular path — mouth corner to chin point — is worked backhand, moving down.
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