âReach your arm over . Let me roll your sleeve up for you . â
It wasnât cold today at all . She had no idea why Su Han had his sleeves all the day down and buttoned up properly . Â
If it wasnât his slightly awkward motion and him purposefully keeping his arms raised up high, Su Ran wouldnât even have noticed that . Â
Hearing that, Su Hanâs hands froze again . Â
âThatâs not necessary,â said Su Han . Then, he quickly added, âIt is fine this way . â\nâAre you sure? This shirt is very expensive . â Su Ran knew exactly what to say to her son . Â
Mainly, she was worried about Su Han not being able to do his best at shrimp peeling . Â
Taking the opportunity when Su Han was frozen, Su Ran had already pulled over his arm, unbuttoned the button at the cuff, and rolled up his sleeves . Â
Her action had exposed all of Su Hanâs bruises on his lower arm in front of her . Â
âI said it wasnât necessaryâŠâ Su Hanâs sleeve was pushed up by Su Ran before he could stop her . Â
âHow did that happen?â asked Su Ran after her shock had subsided some . Â
Su Hanâs arm was more or less covered entirely in bruises . Â
There were a few bruises and also a few lesions that she couldnât tell what they were made from . Â \nâDid someone beat you up?â asked Su Ran, her tone became nervous reflexively . Â
Her biggest fear was the blackening of this future big villain . She hoped that Su Han did not run into any situation that would bring about his blackening without her knowing .
âI said no already!â Su Han had no idea why Su Ran was so nervous but he instinctively wanted to avoid talking about this with her . Â
âItâs none of your business,â said Su Han stiffly as he looked away . Â
Su Ran: UghâŠ
Alright, she had forgotten . The original âSu Ranâ would not have cared so much about Su Han . They had only been a few days of fake mother and son since she had transmigrated . Â
Plus, kids of his age were undergoing their rebellious stage . Itâs normal that they didnât want to share everything with their parents . Â \nAll she could was to wait and ask about it from time to time in the future . Â
As Su Ran was deep in thought about how to trick her villain son into telling her the truth, dinner ended during the bizarre silence between the two . Â
After the fake mother and son duo finished their seafood feast, they walked out of the restaurant . Â
Su Han was walking a few steps ahead of Su Ran when they left the restaurant . Â
But, after just a few steps, the kid acted like he had left something behind and turned back around . Â
Su Ran suddenly felt that her arm had lightened up and the few shopping bags worth of stuff in her hands were all taken over by Su Han . Â
Su Han kept his head lowered the entire time with a grumpy look on him, very much like how he was the first time Su Ran saw him inside the police station . Â
Even though he still has a prideful look on him, Su Han was a bit intimidated by the atmosphere when neither one of them were talking . Â
He should feel relieved that this woman was no longer asking him questions yet he felt an inexplicable nervousness . Â
As though he had done something wrong but he refused to admit to itâŠ
Shoot! He didnât do anything wrong . He just didnât want to share was all . Â
Even though the atmosphere on their way back was a bit awkward between the two, Su Ran still dragged Su Han into a small traditional clinic and had some Chinese medicinal oil rubbed on Su Hanâs bruises . Â
When the two of them returned to their little district, they happened to run into the owner of a little shop beating his son with a stick about a meter long . Â
He was scolding him at the same time . Â
âYou little punk! How dare you? I had you watch over the shop and you snuck out? How did I end up with a son like you? You couldnât get into a university and now you canât even watch the shop properly?!â