54 Tricking Her Child (1/2)
Madam Su sighed. Haish, this boy … ”How can you not know if you like him?”
”I … Well, we're friends. Naturally, I like him.”
”But you don't know if you like him more than that.” Madam Su pondered. Her son wasn't dumb normally but he had no ability to judge people and was especially slow when it came to feelings. Nie Chang had been in love with him for so many years and he only found out now. If nothing was done, her son might take another couple of years to figure out what he himself felt. But what could she do?
Su Yan also didn't know what to do. ”So … In the end, do you think he likes me?”
Madam Su wanted to nod but held back at the last moment. Knowing her son he had probably only come because he felt insecure after Nie Chang's confession. If she told him, wouldn't he just get comfortable again? Then he wouldn't have any incentive to sort out his own feelings. No, she couldn't do that!
She put on a troubled expression. ”That … I'm also not too sure.”
Su Yan's face fell. ”Ah? So even you don't know. No wonder. He really should have made it clearer.”
This time Madam Su barely held back from rapping her son on the head. ”I'll tell you how to find out. But before that, we have to make sure that you like him back. Where's the use in finding out if he likes you when you don't want to become a couple?”
Su Yan nodded. That sounded logical. ”Then how do I go about that?”
”First of all, you have to ask yourself: When he kissed you yesterday how did you feel about that?”
Su Yan seriously pondered that question. ”Mn … Pretty good?”
”Pretty good?”, Madam Su repeated her son's words with a little doubt. What did he mean with that?
”Well, it didn't feel disgusting or anything. It actually felt nice. I was just really surprised.”
”Mn. And if you imagine that the person he likes isn't you, how do you feel about that?”
Su Yan pursed his lips. ”Pretty bad.”
”Pretty bad?” Madam Su frowned. ”Can't you explain better? I thought you were writing stories in your free time. Where did all that fancy vocabulary go?”
Su Yan pouted. ”Mom, that's not the same! Stories are much easier than real life.”
”So how do you feel about that?” She didn't intend to start any discussion with him.
”I don't like it. I think I should be happy for him since we're friends but when I imagine that he won't spend time with me anymore I'm really sad. I don't want him to go.”
Madam Su nodded and patted her son's shoulder. ”You definitely like him.”
”Really? Are you sure?” He grabbed her arm and drew his brows together. Could it really be true? He actually liked Nie Chang … that way?