Mrs. Su didn't bother explaining as she pulled Suming upstairs, shut the room door, peered out the window to make sure no one was at the door, and then asked in a whisper, "Tell me the truth, what's really going on? Although your father can train animals, he doesn't have as much talent as you do."
Suming knew he couldn't hide it from his mother.
To others, he could claim that the skill of training animals was passed down in the family, but that excuse didn't work for his mother. Having been married to his father for over a decade, how could she not know the level of his father's abilities?
However, Suming wasn't planning on telling his mother about his 'Animal Friend' ability. Such mysterious powers would be too much for an elderly person to take in all at once. Revealing it would only needlessly worry her.