The Stars In Your Eyes - Chapter 231

Surrogate babies could be fetched by their intended parents since they were born. But babies are not safe to have the long hour flight at least when they are 3 months old. Jian Kang Lu was very sad and disappointed he couldn’t accompany Bai Yutang there.

They both came when both babies were delivered, yet Jian Kang Lu spent each time only for two days to see the baby, after that he will go back to their country. Each trip will take 4 days. He was very tired and had severe jet lag.

Bai Yutang was worried and his heart was very heavy to see Jian Kang Lu’s haggard face when he came on the day the baby girl was born.

Jian Kang Lu has no choice, he can’t take one month leave, he could only force himself like this. Yet all his fatigue and tiredness was gone when he saw them.

Jian Kang Lu believed he didn’t really like children. He could be nice and be their playful uncle Jian to the children of his friends and to his nephews, but he really believed he didn’t have the instinct to have children nor longing for them..

But he could never be more wrong. The moment he saw Bai Yutang’s son, their son, his heart melted to see that wrinkle reddish face who slept soundly in the baby box.

The round head with scarce thin hair, the faint eyebrow, the wrinkle on his forehead when want to cry, the soft little fingers, all melted his brain and his heart.

Previously, he would nod his head and agree when his friends boasted about their baby’s nose or lips who resembled them as the parent, while his inner heart and brain worked hard to see where the parts who resembled them? All he could see was babies all looking the same when they were just born. Red wrinkle creatures.

But now, he could see the baby’s nose and lips looks are definitely copies from his little husband’s. So cute! He could see how handsome their son was when he grew up.

When he touched that soft smooth skin, and when he saw their baby drink the milk from the bottle, he felt all the world gone dimmed and blurred, only the little creature in his arm was real.

Jian Kang Lu thought Bai Yutang was the only one who could make him feel like this in the whole world. But now there’s another who could make him surrender all his life just to make this creature happy.

Who said men could not bond with their children? Clearly even though they were not the one who held the babies inside their stomach for nine months, yet their love could not be less than women’s motherhood.

Jian Kang Lu already asked the agency to help him rent the apartment near the hospital where the babies were delivered for four months. Both Jian Kang Lu and Bai Yutang agreed that they will take the babies home when they’re at least three months old.

Bai Yutang didn’t live there alone. Lin Caihong also said she will come for the first two months to help him take care of the siblings.

That was the plan. Yet the fact is, Lin Caihong stayed with Bai Yutang until they were all ready to come back to their country. Even Jian Shen, who was already going back with Jian Kang Lu, finally came again and stayed with them. All because when Lin Caihong saw her grandchildren, she could not leave them alone, and Jian Shen also missed his grandchildren.

Bai Yutang and Jian Kang Lu didn’t tell their parents that the baby girl was from Jian Kang Lu. Lin Caihong and Jian Shen just know that the babies were Bai Yutang’s. It wasn’t because Bai Yutang and Jian Kang Lu wanted to cover for it. They definitely will tell the family. It’s just because Jian Shen and Lin Caihong never asked.

Bai Yutang offered Lu Hua to come and see her grandchildren also, but Lu Hua said she wasn’t accustomed to the long flight and process to apply for a visa. So they agreed Lu Hua will come once the babies settle in B city.

For the baby boy, of course Bai Yutang asked Lu Hua to name him. Lu Hua had been searching for a good name for months. She named him Bai Jingting. It Is upright and tall, also the name of the mountain in north China.

Jian Kang Lu actually wants to point out that Jingting is popular as a girl’s name, but he decides to shut up to avoid Lu Hua’s anger.

For the baby girl, Bai Yutang asked Lin Caihong and Jian Shen, who were delighted and thinking hard about it. This event led to a rare fight and cold war between the husband and wife.

In the end, Lin Caihong wins again. The baby girl’s name is Jian Ying Yue, which means reflection of the moon.

Lin Caihong and Jian Shen are surprised to find out the baby girl will take Jian Kang Lu’s surname. They want to ask, yet they are also very happy. So in the end they didn’t ask and just assumed Bai Yutang knew about their desire to have a girl in the Jian family.

Bai Yutang truly felt the hardship of taking care of both babies. Wake up late at night, interrupted sleep, thank God he didn’t work and all he does in this foreign country is learn how to take care of babies.

Lin Caihong holding Bai Jingting in her arms, swaying him in front of the big window to bask in the sun. She asked her son in law, “Why didn’t you plan for them to be born on the same day? If you do that, you could tell people that they were twins even though they have different surnames.”

Bai Yutang, who became a baby expert after one month taking care of these siblings, was in the kitchen, testing the temperature for the milk and walking to feed the baby girl. “Gege doesn’t want to. He only wants them to be born naturally. It’s okay mom, we’ll manage.”

Bai Yutang skilfully holds Jian Ying Yue in his arms and feeds the hungry little princess who made a ruckus five minutes ago, waking her big brother from his nap.

Jian Kang Lu called them through a video call. He reminds Bai Yutang and his parents not to hold the babies too much, afraid if the babies get used to it and become dependent on being held. He remembers on their internship days in the pediatric division, they were scolded fiercely by the nurses in NICU/PICU when they tried to calm the babies by holding them.

Lin Caihong scolds his son on the video call, “So what if they become dependent? Me and your father are still strong enough to hold them all day long.”

Bai Yutang could only give his husband an apologetic smile from behind. He knows his husband must be tired, just getting back from the hospital. They could only have a few hours per day to do video calls due to time differences.

For Jian Kang Lu, the four months separation is like hell for him. He was alone in the apartment, while his little husband and their children were far away from him.

After Jian Ying Yue was born, Jian Kang Lu only visited them one time in October, on his birthday. Bai Yutang said Jian Kang Lu doesn’t need to visit them every month, better save the flight ticket for the baby’s necessities in the future.

Honestly, Jian Kang Lu also feels the same even though it torments him. The surrogacy costs him half of his savings. More than 2 million yuan was spent for surrogacy and the apartment rental.

When Bai Yutang and Jian Kang Lu’s parents went back to their country, Jian Shen snorted when Jian Kang Lu only bought the business class for five of them.

Actually, buying three business class seats for Bai Yutang and his parents already costs almost one month of Jian Kang Lu’s salary. Jian Shen upgraded their seat to first class.

He said, “My grandchildren are still so young! I won’t make them suffer by letting them sit in business class for 16 hours.”

Jian Kang Lu smiled and happily let his father pay for the upgrade.

When Jian Kang Lu picked his family up at the airport, he saw his little husband walking with big luggage stacked on the trolley while his parents each held the babies. They all looked tired after the long hour flight. Luckily the babies fell asleep and didn’t cry much when they got off the plane.

Jian Kang Lu hurriedly helped his little husband and stole a peck on his cheek.

Bai Yutang also wants to hug him. He missed his husband so much. Even though he doesn’t really care about the people in their airport, he is still embarrassed to be intimate in front of his in-laws. So he only held his husband’s hand and pushed the trolley together.

Old Ming, Jian Shen’s driver, was the one who fetched them. Jian Shen and Lin Caihong cruelly left Jian Kang Lu and Bai Yutang to handle the big luggage alone and left by themselves with the babies.

“We’re going back first, don’t want to let the babies get too tired.” With that short sentence, the car left in a hurry.

“Look at my grandchildren, so handsome and so pretty!” Lin Caihong boasted to Old Ming.

Old Ming actually hasn’t got a good look of this young master and little miss. He could only see two lumps held by each of his masters. But of course he smiled at them from the mirror, “Yes Mrs. Lin. They’re so cute! Why do they look like young master Lu so much?”

Hearing that, Jian Shen and Lin Caihong laughed and boasted even more, “And they’re so smart! They already could see and ask us to play with them.”

What four months babies could do? This of course is a bias from over pampering grandparents.

When Jian Kang Lu and Bai Yutang arrive at Jian Shen’s house, Old Ming and the housekeepers help them get the luggages down from the car.

In the living room, Jian Kang Lu helplessly saw the babies surrounded by Jian Kang Se and Fan Mingle, Jian Ming excitedly kissed the babies, and their housekeepers admired these two little creatures.

“I really think these two look like young master Lu when he was a baby! Especially young master Ting! Look at his ears, it shaped just like you, Mrs. Lin! Just took a comparison of young master Ting and young master Lu’s baby picture. My old eyes could not be wrong.”

Lin Caihong laughed, “It was not only me then. I also wonder why the babies would look like me so much. Maybe because they know i love them so much.”

Jian Ming was busy harassing Jian Ying Yue who was held by Fan Mingle by pecking her cheek and holding her hand until Jian Ying Yue started to cry.

Fan Mingle scolds his son who is still being naughty even though he is already in 7th grade. “Ah Ming, why do you make meimei cry?”

Jian Kang Lu laughed and walked to kiss his children. “Ah Ming, why don’t you harass your own little brother?”

Jian Ming pouted, “My brother is not as soft as meimei.”

The one and half year Jian Hao finally could sleep peacefully in the baby box near the piano and free from his big brother harassment since Jian Ying Yue arrived.