Chapter 5 I will... you

The silence intruded after the small conversation until Alan began to grow annoyed with the atmosphere. He knows Katy is a self-contained girl, but next to him she doesn't have to be, he wants her to feel free to express herself, especially trusting him to share her thoughts and feelings.

"Katy, doesn't your father love you?" He asked the question before he could stop himself from asking such a thoughtless thing on such a delicate matter. Alan bit his lip and cursed himself for accidentally disclosing, or rather not hitting, but declaring his act of learning about her private life. Something that should rarely happen in the early stages of relationship building. But if you say it, you can only click your tongue and wait for the opponent's reaction, good or bad.

Her eyes widened slightly at the question. Katy didn't expect him to ask such a very private, personal secret. It even made her remember what was not so pleasant. But hold on, how do you know?

"Alan... You..." She was confused with her suspicions. There's no way Alan was going to check your background, right? You don't look like a stalker, but who likes to care about three trivial, unworthy things? But she forgot that he cared about her.

"I happened to see your father scolding you on the day of the school festival, so I speculated that the relationship between the two of you is not good."

He was bluntly justified. It is better to speak before being asked, both to appease the other person and win their sympathy. The way to deal with it is very clever. The truth is that he was right, not wrong, that day his father went to the school to attend the event at the invitation of Thu Ky, her sister. He always gives special attention to her sister, while ignoring her presence. It's sad to say, what did she do wrong that day? He was angry at some random thing, so he suddenly pulled her out to vent his anger. Katy soon got used to it and became calloused all the time. Katy doesn't usually suffer excessively, but he spontaneously initiates grief that upsets her.

"Hmmm!" With a heavy sigh, he secretly guessed she was thinking about something unhappy.

"If your mind, you may not answer. Sorry, I asked the wrong thing." He scratched his head uneasily, apologizing for the predicament he had created.

Katy quickly shook her head to reassure Alan.

"Dad... Doesn't care about me." She said, "To him, I was weak, incompetent. If I got a B in one of my classes, I was eliminated. To my father, it all had to be an A. He wasn't but After the divorce, that's when he started to change."

"Divorce?"

Katy nodded. "My parents split up when I turned twelve." She replied with a sad voice.

"So you live with your father?"

She shook her head. "After the two divorced, I lived with my mother while my sister lived with her father. But not long after my mother died in an accident, I went back to live with my father."

Listening to Katy talk, Alan could hear the pain in his girlfriend's voice.

"So do you know why dad hates you?"

One more question mentioned that Katy hates to answer. But it doesn't matter if it's Alan. Why is that? Is he trustworthy for her to confide in all her troubles and troubles?

"You won't believe it, it even sounds ridiculous. But I think it's because I look like my mother that my father treats me unfairly."

"How is it possible?"

"I don't know how to explain it either, dad always compares me to her when it comes to mom."

Of course, when it came to bad things, looking at her facial expressions, he was smart enough to understand.

Knowing that he had come a long way, digging too deep into her feelings, Alan stopped, he put his hand on her shoulder to comfort her.

"I know how you feel... My brother isn't my real brother but a half-brother. My mother is the second woman to marry her father." He also wanted to share a secret with her. Something he rarely did with close friends. Katy is special, every time he sees her, she makes him feel at peace. So it wasn't surprising that he easily showed his feelings in front of her.

Katy looked shocked when she heard the news but then she was happy. Alan not only did not laugh at himself, belittled himself, but also trusted when talking about himself. It turns out that everyone has their own stories, just need to find the right person to share, all the burdens and sorrows will be relieved a lot.

Not wanting to admit it too soon for fear of being misunderstood, it seems Katy is gradually developing feelings for Alan. The attraction may not be due to appearance, or characteristic character... Sometimes it's just a little empathy in life. Love is probably no exception to that simple rule. The person who gives us everything does not necessarily understand us. Katy vaguely wondered, can love exist that is not based on the evaluation criteria, or does the strict gaze of people? Certainly yes, but there will be many difficulties. And do mere qualities override those needed and required for the frivolous present?

Seeing Katy contemplative. His unreadable eyes looked at her, smiling lightly.

"Katy." His voice was inspiring, clearly different from the way other people were treated.

"Yes." Called her to calm down, a little confused because she was distracted, and forgot his presence.

"Let's talk about a less traumatic topic. Have you ever had a boyfriend?" He asked curiously.

She immediately blushed and shook her head shyly.

"No, the boys don't see me."

Again, why is my girlfriend so lacking in confidence? Always feel guilty about yourself. Katy does not know compared to many others, she also has many outstanding advantages. Or because her personality is inherently humble and simple. Better be humble and let others lift you than the pain and humiliation of being trampled down for the sin of pride?

"What did I tell you about that?" He was a little angry and scolded gently. "You look fine, you're a beautiful girl... Anyone who can't see you is blind." Alan said with a smug smile as she looked back at him.

It was so embarrassing, she rarely got compliments so she didn't know how to react.

Katy looked away trying to hide the blush that was forming on her cheeks. Unique color when embarrassed. Alan laughed at his girlfriend's adorable reaction. Unconsciously, he couldn't help himself, he reached out and gently pinched her puffy dumpling cheeks to delight, until she groaned that he gave up.

"It hurts."

Alan brought his hand back, and Katy rubbed her hands together gently massaging her cheeks, then puffing her cheeks in anger when he kept staring at her, grinning. Seeing that he still didn't give up, she angrily turned her face away.

"Looking at you makes me want to eat dumplings." Knowing his girlfriend is wheedling, Alan quickly coaxed, breaking the silence with a suggestion. "Let's go to the bakery!"

"Is not." She refused.

"Come on, don't be angry." He said.

grabbed her hand and pulled her away without her consent.

"Don't like it." She was determined to the end, pulling him to stop.

"If you don't go, I'll..." Alan was about to play a game of intimidation when Katy broke him apart.

"How are you doing?" She adopted a defiant tone.

A dark thought had just formed in his brain and Alan didn't hesitate to proceed. Teasing her soon became his hobby.