Young Master Liem
Chapter 8 The shield of the heart

Sun Kwan and Siaw Cing finally came home after dinner. Stay Wan Siang and the Sweet both. The happy feeling on Sweet's face suddenly faded. He was happy to get a pleasant visit from Wan Siang's two younger siblings, but became stiff as a servant after they both left.

“Why do you always smile in front of Sun Kwan, being with me is not?”

“Master Sun Kwan likes to smile, I will join in smiling.”

“Is he more handsome than me?”

“No Mr.”

“If it is true, I believe you are an honest person.”

Inwardly, Wan Siang was overjoyed to hear that confession from the mouth of the Sweet One. Under this sky, everyone also knew that Wan Siang was the most handsome boy in the Liem family.

“I don't like to lie, I can't lie said my parents,” said Sweet plain.

“Good, I like honest and trustworthy people the most. Next time Sun Kwan comes, you can't sit near him.”

“But I have no intention of sitting close to Mr. Sun Kwan, he who approached and sat near me.”

“Then you have to move. Anyway you can't be far from me.”

Sweetie wondered why her Master said and acted like a child. Wan Siang was not drunk. Could it be his true nature? Behind his attitude that sometimes cold and do not like sweet words it turns out there is a ridiculous nature, thought the Sweet One.

“Master, can I go to my room? I want to get ready for bed.”

“Why did Sun Kwan leave, you immediately want to sleep?”

“It's already night Sir, time people sleep.”

“Tonight you slept in my room, I no longer want to sleep alone.”

The command that shot from Wan Siang's mouth made the Sweet wonder, because it was said when his Master was in a state of full consciousness.

They both went into Wan Siang's room and slept next to each other in the bed. Wan Siang had not slept in the company of someone for a long time. The last time was when he was seven years old, accompanied by his nanny.

The caretaker Wan Siang was a 30-year-old Javanese woman named Tini, a patient and painstaking woman. Tini's patience made Wan Siang feel safe and comfortable with her. If the nanny returns home, Wan Siang will cry and tell her to come back quickly. It made Madam Liem feel envious. The great mistress envied her babysitter, because her son loved her more than he did.

That envy makes Tini hard. When Wan Siang was seven years old, Lady Liem told Tini to stop working, but in an unpleasant way. Mrs Liem accused Tini of stealing her jewelry, even though the jewelry was never taken.

“Wan Lunch, starting today your nanny was fired, because she stole Mama's jewelry.”

“Let me sleep with who Ma?”

“You are already big, so from now on you have to dare to sleep alone.”

“But I am afraid to sleep alone,” said Wan Siang while crying.

“You must be a brave boy, boys must not be crybaby!” snapped mother.

The child who has never slept alone in his lifetime feels his first experience of sleeping alone is the most frightening thing. No one was telling the story and singing a lullaby, like what Tini did before. Tini's departure from Wan Siang's life makes love like a mother and lost from her life.

Wan Siang who was still able to smile cheerfully, suddenly became often scowled and stiff. The only person capable of making her smile after Tini's departure was Siaw Cing, her younger sister.

“From now on, you have to dare to sleep by yourself yes, I beg you to say goodbye,” Tini cried bitterly when saying goodbye to Wan Siang.

At that time Wan Siang could only cry while staring at Tini's departure.

When he saw the Sweet One next to him, Wan Siang suddenly remembered Tini. He again felt that feeling, a sense of comfort and calm because of sleep accompanied by someone. It seems like he will no longer feel lonely.

As Wan Siang grew older, he began to rethink past events, when his mother accused his nanny of stealing jewelry. He could not believe that his good nanny had really stolen. Because he can judge the honesty and sincerity of someone.

“Sweet, I want you to sleep with me every day. I don't want to sleep alone anymore.”

“Good, if that's what you want.”

Soon after, because it was sleepy, the Sweet fell asleep next to Wan Siang. Although Sweet has a beautiful body and invites a man's interest in women, for some reason it was not the lust that Wan Siang felt. Rather a feeling that was difficult to explain in words, Wan Siang himself could not translate it.

Wan Siang could not also sleep, but from earlier he had tried to close his eyes. He turned his body to the Sweet One. The girl sleeps peacefully, like a person who has no sin and problems.

During this time the woman who came to Wan Siang always looked at herself based on outer skin and what she had. Good looks and wealth. Everyone would easily be glared at the two things that the man had. But it made Wan Siang so put up some kind of shield to coat his true self.

If Wan Siang was being sweet to those women, it was just a mask that did not describe his true feelings. The shield was also superimposed on his heart and feelings. Not a single woman had been able to break through that heart shield.

“Am I scary? Why do you rarely smile at me?” Wan Siang asked softly, he knew that Sweet would not hear and even answer him because he was sound asleep.

***

At his judge's house, Wan Siang meets Uncle A Seng. Uncle A Seng who had been with him for a long time felt astonished, because the young man seemed to be secluded in his room.

“You again have what problem?” Ask uncle A Seng.

“I have a problem with my sister. Lately, he likes to be near the Sweet One. Even though Uncle knows, the Sweet one belongs to me. I don't like anyone wanting to take mine.”

“Hahaha.... Apparently it's a woman's problem. You asked the right person. So you started liking that Sweetie huh?”

“Ah, if Uncle see the Sweet One now, surely Uncle will like it too, like Sun Kwan.”

“I'm curious, what's he like?”

“Eh, you should not, later Uncle even want to make her the fourth concubine.”

“You're like you don't know Uncle A Seng, where might Uncle take yours?”

Wan Siang fell silent again and compiled the question he wanted to raise with Uncle A Seng.

“Uncle, I want Sweetie, no longer as a talisman. How do I get it?”

“You want his body or his heart?”

“Both, because I am not willing he has feelings and smiles to other men.”

“Actually, if you want his body, it's easier, you just have him in touch with you. But the business is long when it comes to feelings, because women's feelings can be deeper than the ocean, no one knows what the content is like.”

“My sister is so easy to make the Sweet one smile at her, but the Sweet One rarely smiles at me.”

“Obviously different. Your sister Sun Kwan is a friendly and virtuous person, everyone will easily like her. You are not that kind of person, but believe me, according to Uncle you are superior to Sun Kwan.”

“So according to Uncle, I am not a friendly and virtuous person?” Wan Siang pouted.

“Indeed not, but that's your nature. Maybe you should be more friendly and show a lot of kindness to the Sweet One, so that he begins to look at you as a friendly and virtuous person.”

Wan Siang smiled cynically and almost laughed at Uncle A Seng's idea. All his life he was not known as a friendly person, and did not easily show his kindness. He really doesn't like to talk about his kindness.

If Wan Siang contributed or did good, he would rather do it without words. He is the type of person who acts more than speaks. And now that Uncle A Seng was trying to be a friendly person, it certainly felt very laughable to Wan Siang himself.

“Not if you are the same sister, you are easy to be friendly and smile?”

“It's different, Siaw Cing is my sister, she is indeed cute since baby, so I like to play with her.”

“Then you can treat Sweetie like you treated Siaw Cing.”

“Si Sweet is not my sister, how can I treat the same with Siaw Cing?”

Wan Siang and Uncle A Seng were both confused. But in the end Uncle A Seng still told Wan Siang to try to be more friendly and smile a lot to Sweet, like what Sun Kwan did.

***

When he met again with the Sweet One, Wan Siang tried to do advice from Uncle A Seng. He smiled at Sweet as soon as he saw the girl.

“Master is drunk huh, why smile for no reason?”

Wan Siang immediately changed his expression, which had tried to smile as sweetly as possible, to be as flat as before. From the beginning he realized that the suggestion did not work, because friendly is not his true nature. Instead of feeling happy, the Sweetie thought it was strange and full of falsehoods.

“Why if Sun Kwan smiles, you smile too. But if I'm the one smiling, you're scared like that?”

“Because the Master usually does not like this, so I wonder.”

“Then how can you smile at me?”

“Is it important? Why do you want me to smile at you?”

“Because..because..you are beautiful when you smile, I want to see you beautiful like that, in front of me.”.

Those words just popped out of Wan Siang's mouth without any control. The sweet one became amused, until he smiled in front of the man. In the end Wan Siang managed to make the girl smile, just by being herself.