The Stars In Your Eyes - Chapter 167

It would be a biggest lie if Bai Yutang said he didn’t guess this happened. His future mother in law’s attitude, accompanied with a cold breeze emitted from auntie Zhou, it is terrifying. But it would also be a biggest lie if Bai Yutang said he is preparing for this.

Lin Caihong is still beautiful even though she is almost 60 years old. A kind of beautiful lady who clearly never tasted hardship in her life, yet so strong and dignified. Stared by her is enough to make commoners like Bai Yutang sweat out of fear and inferiority.

What could he answer? He didn’t know if his lover wanted to introduce him as his partner, as his boyfriend. This kind of thing should be discussed first, face it with preparation. What if he answers it wrong? Should he be honest? Or should he lie? Bai Yutang didn’t know.

Because he didn’t know, and was too nervous, he lost his voice. He didn’t look away from his future mother in law. Half of it because he thought it was impolite, the other half because he was petrified and can’t look away from the intense gaze of his future mother in law..

The silence in this room is suffocating. Lin Caihong studied Bai Yutang’s expression. It makes Bai Yutang’s scalp numb. Then she leaned back, with her legs crossed on top of each other, she looked elegant yet overbearing.

“What? Can’t answer? Cat got your tongue?” These words softly uttered, but each syllable was clear and the tone was mocking Bai Yutang’s cowardice.

The silence spread once again. Bai Yutang felt his body turn into stone. Heavy. Cold. Unmoved. How he wished he could call his lover right now.

“How rude. Auntie Lin asked you two times yet you didn’t answer. Do you want to make auntie ask for the third time? Is this how you treat your elder?” Wu Yajun, who usually smiled mischievously at him, teased him, now looking at him with disdain. Her beautiful face is cold like ice, her red lips and the asymmetric long earring on her right ear lobe creating an image of royal concubine scold her unworthy maid.

Bai Yutang startled and turned his head to look at Wu Yajun. No matter what, he wants to treat his future mother in law with utmost respect. “No.. No Wu Jie. I apologised.”

“Auntie didn’t need your worthless apology. You talk sweet yet you still haven’t answered her yet. What a hypocrite.”

Bai Yutang drew his eyes back from Wu Yajun back to his future mother in law. Lin Caihong stares at him, unblinking.

Bai Yutang didn’t know how to answer this. But one thing he learned from his mistakes, honesty is still better than lying. He straightened his back, trying to answer without spilling his stormy emotion.

“Yes, auntie. I am..” No matter how brave Bai Yutang was, facing three ladies staring at him like snakes want to swallow the mouse, his voice is shrill and soft, even though the trace of calm and acceptance could be heard.

Lin Caihong didn’t give any reaction to Bai Yutang’s confession. Her icy face and her elegant posture still maintained without a single emotion rippled on the surface hearing Bai Yutang’s answer.

Wu Yajun snorted, “Shameless.”

Zhou Qunfei picked the tea cup from the table, she sipped it slowly before she said, “Lin Caihong is like my sister. She welcomes you in her house, treats you like her own son, and yet you lure her son in a wicked way. Is this how your parents taught you?”

Bai Yutang’s bottom line is his pride, and his family. So he abruptly raised his head to look at Zhou Qunfei. He was angered, and really sad right now. What right did they have to scold his parents like that?

No matter what, he could not raise his voice to the elders. He suppressed his boiling rage, “No auntie. My parents taught me to respect my elders, protect my beloved ones, and be honest to myself.”

Wu Yajun laughed softly, “What a disgrace. In what way do you think you could hug Jian Ge’s thigh? Do you think you deserve to stand by him? Little slut. Can’t resist Jian Ge’s charm? Or do you want his money desperately?”

Bai Yutang shocked, angered, and disappointed. Wu Yajun’s words stabbing him like a sharp knife repeatedly shove into his heart. He clenched his fist. Yet the most disappointing things were her words are true. He doesn’t have any qualification right now to equally stand by Jian Kang Lu.

“Silent again? Do you want to cry to Jian Ge right now? Do you want to create a rift between Jian Ge and his family?” Wu Yajun’s red lips keep shooting painful words to slice Bai Yutang.

Zhou Qunfei put her tea cup back. She patted her daughter’s hand. “This ungrateful child is not worthy of your emotion.” Then she turns her body to face Bai Yutang again. “Even my daughter never dreams to hug Ah Lu’s thighs. She was more qualified than you. Yet you dare to seduce Ah Lu?”

Bai Yutang wants to say that he never thinks that way. It was Jian Kang Lu who fell for him first. But he can’t say it. His knuckles clenched until it was white and pained him. He didn’t want to be trampled like this. He didn’t want his love to step on like a dirty rag unworthy of their eyes. “No auntie. I know I was not qualified. But I will try harder to be someone worthy for him.”

“Leave my son. You don’t have any right nor qualification. You can’t give me grandchildren. No matter how hard you tried, you can’t, and you don’t deserve my son.” Lin Caihong cut Bai Yutang. She was calm, yet her voice trembling, hiding her rage.

Bai Yutang’s face was already pale, but now it was completely drained of colour. His lips trembled. In this life, all he fears the most is his lover leaving him. He can’t, he won’t. He didn’t want to spend a single second separated from his lover’s love.

Bai Yutang didn’t know what to say to make these people believe him. His body moved by himself, pulled himself out of the sofa, kneeled in front of Lin Caihong.

“Auntie.. Please.. Don’t..” His eyes were warm, he tried to hold his tears back. He is a man, and he doesn’t want to cry in front of them. But he really can’t afford to lose his lover.

“Please.. Please give me a chance to prove myself auntie.. Please..”

“You’re still young. You can find another person. Do you seduce my son for his money? I have more money than him. How much do you want? I can support you for a lifetime. But leave my son alone.” Lin Caihong didn’t even look at him. Zhou Qunfei poured the tea for her and patted her hand lightly.

“No.. No, please..” Bai Yutang’s mind is blank. The pearly tears welled up and started to fall to his cheek. Wetting his lashes. Stained his pants. He still kneeled there. “I love him auntie. I love him.. Please don’t make him leave me.”

The speech of Bai Yutang starts to turn from trembling into uncontrollably sob. “Please.. I just love him, so much. Please don’t make him leave me. I can’t auntie. I’m sorry, but i can’t. Please.. Please give me a chance..”

Bai Yutang’s tears fell like a waterfall, and he was sobbing so hard. Pouring all the grief. He didn’t know what he could do to make these people believe him except begging on his knees. He forgot his dignity, all he wanted is just to turn back time, and never agreed to come here in this room.

Suddenly he was embraced. He doesn’t know when or why, but Lin Caihong already kneeled in front of him, pulling him to her embrace. She hugged him tight, her hand pats Bai Yutang’s back.

“Oh God, I’m sorry TangTang. Shh.. Don’t cry, don’t cry.”

Wu Yajun already left her seat and kneeled by his side too. She wiped Bai Yutang’s tears with tissue. “Told you auntie, not to play this drama with him. Told you he will cry.”

Zhou Qunfei was the only one who still sat on her seat. She snorted, “You’re the one who excitedly wrote the script and practiced it in your room. Tch, apologised to TangTang. Ah Lu will kill you once he knows you make his pearl crying like this.”

Wu Yajun’s hand halted, “Mom, are you really my mom? Just tell me which orphanage you took me thirty years ago.”

Bai Yutang is really confused right now, but his tears and sobbing can’t stop. He was too shocked and shaken from the previous nightmare.

Lin Caihong still hugged him, patting his back. “Shh.. Shh.. Don’t cry. Please forgive auntie, okay?” Don’t cry..”

It took Bai Yutang a full 5 minutes to stop his tears. His whole face is red from crying out loud, and his eyes were red like a bullied rabbit crawling in the corner. He was taken by Wu Yajun to sit back on the sofa chair. Wu Yajun also poured him a cup of tea and urged him to drink it, to calm himself.

He was confused. Is his method of begging work out?

Lin Caihong sighed. She dragged her chair next to Bai Yutang, and held his hand, caressing it softly. The way she caresses it reveals how much Jian Kang Lu’s habits were inherited from her.

“Don’t cry, okay. Auntie is wrong. It was just a joke.”

Bai Yutang really can’t process this thought. A joke?

Zhou Qunfei snorted, “Your sense of humor is still bad as ever, HongHong. Told you this is too cruel to prank your son in law like this.”

Lin Caihong glared at her best friend, “You know i always want to try being that evil mother in law, just like in the drama. And I don’t remember you stopping me from planning this. I don’t have the chance with Ah Se. He suddenly introduces Mingle and announces he wants to marry her. With Ah Lu, this is the first time Ah Lu brings someone to introduce to us. If i didn’t act now, when will i have a chance in the future to demonstrate my acting skill? You got your chance already with Ah Shen, and I remember you asking me to help you too back then!”

Wu Shen is Zhou Qunfei’s eldest son, Wu Yajun’s older brother. Suddenly Bai Yutang want to know Wu Shen’s wife, and compare their painful torture experience under these lunatic mother in laws.

Lin Caihong back to pat Bai Yutang’s back. “Okay okay, forgive auntie, mmh? Please? Auntie just upset. I will turn 60 soon, but my son still won’t opened with me. When he brought you home for the first time, I thought I would receive his confession and openly introduce you as my future son in law. But didn’t think my son is timid like mouse. Never taught him like that. I always raise him to be brave. I thought maybe because you’re not ready. After all, you’re so young. I’m waiting and waiting, but both of you still clamped on your shells. Tell me, do you not intend to reveal your relationship until i die, TangTang?”

Bai Yutang abruptly held his future mother in law’s hand hearing those unlucky words. “Auntie! Please don’t say that! I.. I..” Bai Yutang didn’t know what to say. It was not him who held his lover not to reveal their relationship. In fact, Bai Yutang was ready for it. Not 100%, but he could try to face it together with his lover.

Lin Caihong patted his hand lightly, “I know, I know. That’s why I approach you like this. I know you’re the only one who could persuade my cowardly son to step up and open with his parents. No matter what we will do, or what we will say, we have rights to know who the person he loved, and how he wants to spend the rest of his life after we’re not around. We’re his parents. We loved him. It was just given for him to be honest with us.”