The boy turned to look at the woman.
"About what your classmate said just now..."
The woman folded her hands over her knees.
She assumed the posture of someone ready for a serious conversation.
Boy:!?
His entire body went rigid.
Actually, he had been waiting for this moment for a long time.
Ever since his classmate had left, he had been waiting for his mother to ask him something...
But his mother had acted as if nothing had happened.
He had thought she would wait until they got home to talk to him.
But even after dinner, his mother still hadn't said anything to him.
He thought the matter had simply passed.
Although he had plenty of questions.
There was no denying that he felt enormously relieved.
He hadn't expected...
Just when he had more or less put the matter out of his mind, the conversation he had been waiting for... had finally come.
The grapes in the boy's hand dropped into the bowl.
The slight noise startled him.
The woman noticed the grape that had fallen into the bowl. She looked at the boy. "You can eat the grapes."
"I just want to chat with you."
"No need to be so serious."
The boy shook his head somewhat frantically.
He forced a smile onto his face.
Now that she was talking to him about this, how could he have any appetite for grapes?
His heart was pounding as if a rabbit had been stuffed into his chest.
It would only make things worse if he choked on what he was eating.
The woman didn't force him.
The corners of her lips curved slightly.
"Xuanxuan."
Her voice was gentle and soft, unhurried.
It eased the tension in the boy, who was listening with rapt attention.