4490 The Other Side 459
âYouyou, I have a question that I canât figure out.â
Hua Jin looked blankly at the horizon in the distance and asked nonchalantly, âWhatâs love like? Whatâs it like to like someone?â
Taken aback, the boy rested his chin on his hand as his lips twitched slightly. âYouâre actually asking someone whoâs barely a teenager, what love is?â
Hua Jin fell silent.
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âWhy donât I get my grandfather here? He should know what love is. I heard that he and Grandma were very in love. He should have the authority to answer your question.â
âWait!â The actor got a fright and grabbed the boy. âWhy would you get your grandfather to come over here?!â
If the old man came to know that his Gong Jie liked him, he might be livid.
âBecause I canât answer the question.â
âDonât answer it then!â
âBut I see that since youâve had this question, youâve been in a daze and distracted, as if youâve lost your soulâ¦â The boy sat down beside him. âAre you worried about this matter between you and Uncle?â
âIâ¦â The actor was unimpressed. âWhat could possibly happen between him and me?â
âI donât understand.â The boy continued to rest his chin on his hand and sighed helplessly. âWhy do you have to invite others to comment on your relationship when itâs clearly your own business? Shouldnât these matters be your own decisions to make?â
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âDo you need others to give you the courage and reason to love someone when you already know that you love them? Do you stop loving a person just because the people around say that you should not love them? Donât you have a will of your own?â The boy was obviously just a child, but his words stunned the actor for a long time. âIf I like someone, I wonât care what others think of me. As long as Iâm determined, who cares what others think?â The boyâs words revealed a boldness and strength that was beyond someone his age.
Hua Jin commented in a daze, âYou are indeed Gong Jieâs nephew. You two have the same style.â
It was simply overbearing.
âWhat if that person doesnât like you?â
The boy laughed at that. âHow is that possible?!â
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âIâm so outstanding. Why wouldnât that person like me?â
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The boy even shares the same type of thinking as Gong Jie.
The actor hesitated. âThen⦠what if Iâm not that outstanding?â
âThen work hard to become better.â The boy spread his arms and lay on the beach with his eyes closed. âThe world of adults is indeed complicated. Perhaps itâs because adults complicate this world. In fact, relationships are supposed to be simple, but some people insist that two people have to be of equal status to be a couple, and others demand so-called fairness.â
People scheme against each other. They have to be calculative about gains and losses, and have so many reasons for something, when it comes to relationships.
Wasnât liking someone a very simple matter?
âBesides, I think you have feelings for Uncle too. Itâs just that you havenât realized it yourself.â
âHow can you tell?â
âYou turn very red whenever you see my uncle, and you become very restrained.â
âThatâs because Iâm afraidâ¦â
âIs it really just fear?â Youyou said with despise in his tone, âIsnât it sad that a person doesnât even have the courage to face his feelings?â His words were like a bucket of ice water drenching him from aboveâ¦
When the man snapped back into the present again, he realized the boy had left the beach.