The Stars In Your Eyes - Chapter 234

Bai Yutang successfully coaxes his mother in law who wants to buy every hair accessory in the store. The result of his hard work is still a pile of dresses in every shape and colour for the little princess sleeping in the stroller.

Fei Hong’s face was red when Lin Caihong gave him one bag full of baby clothes, blankets, and milk bags.

“Auntie.. You don’t need to..”

“No need to be polite. Aunties just want to buy these cute things but these babies grow too fast, they don’t fit these kinds of clothes anymore. Just make sure you take care of your pregnancy well and let auntie see your baby later on.” Lin Caihong waves her hand.

“Thank you, auntie.” Fei Hong didn’t reject anymore.

Suddenly the sound of a baby crying was heard from the stroller. Jian Shen quickly checks his granddaughter whose face starts to turn red from screaming and crying.

“Ohh.. Our little angel has woken up? What’s up? Are you hungry?” Jian Shen took Jian Ying Yue and patted her back.

Bai Yutang had taken over Jian Yun Yue’s stroller from Jian Shen and they walked outside. Bai Yutang took the milk bottle from the insulated bag and gave it to Jian Shen. Jian Ying Yue’s round eyes were still wet but her mouth quickly sucked the milk given.

It’s like a chain reaction, Bai Jingting also wakes up and his mouth babbling, asking for milk.

“Mmm.. Ah Ting is so smart. Even though Ah Ting is hungry, Ah Ting didn’t cry.” Jian Kang Lu took the milk given by his little husband, and Bai Jingting also drank it slowly.

Tang Yuxuan’s eyes twitched to see how Jian Kang Lu overly praised his son, and how Bai Yutang looks like he’s doing nothing to take care of these babies.

“We still need to do groceries shopping. How about let me and Yuxuan go shopping, while all of you are looking for a cozy restaurant and wait for us there?” Bai Yutang said. He knows it was a little bit uncomfortable for people to shop while taking their babies.

“Okay.” Lin Caihong said. “Fei Hong is pregnant, you should take a rest too with us.”

Jian Kang Lu patted his son’s back while Bai Jingting was drinking. “I’ll go with you, TangTang. Let’s bring Ah Ting too. He stays in the house all the time, this is the first time for him to go out. Let him see more. Let the little devil stay in the restaurant with mom.”

They wait for a while until the babies finish their milk, pat their back, and go their separate way.

Lin Caihong chose the beautiful tea cafe with floor to ceiling windows. The sun rays reach their table, yet the cold end of winter wind can’t harm the baby.

When they were seated and ordered, suddenly a couple in their mid forties came to their table.

“Hello, Mr. Jian Shen. I’m Zhang Ying Hao. I’m working in M capital securities a few years ago.” They politely called. M capital securities is the last place Jian Shen worked before he retired.

Jian Shen looked at them with a smile, “Hello. How are you? Still in M Capital?”

They politely exchange conversation, and the lady looks at Jian Ying Yue who plays with Fei Hong.

“Mrs. Jian Shen, is this your granddaughter?”

“Yes. Come come sit down, why are you still standing? Just sit here if you haven’t got a seat. Lin Caihong gestured to the lady to sit next to her.

The men start to talk about finance. Receiving permission from the couple to sit together, Zhang Ying Hao asked the waiter to move their tea and cakes to Lin Caihong’s table.

For Zhang Ying Hao, this man is sort of a legend in the investment industry, just like Bob Farrel or Paul Tudor in Wall Street. He knew it was a little bit impolite to disturb them, but when else he could talk and discuss things with this legend?

“How old is she? Oh she’s so pretty. Just like her mom.” The lady looked at the pregnant Fei Hong and said with a smile while looking back at Jian Ying Yue. “You’ll get a little brother or little sister soon.”

Lin Caihong laughed while Fei Hong instantly felt uncomfortable. From an outsider’s view, she can’t blame people for thinking that Fei Hong is the daughter in law.

Lin Caihong patted her granddaughter, “We don’t know what her mother looks like. This is Fei Hong, my son in law’s college friend. They’re going grocery shopping and will come here after they’re finished.”

The lady is confused and tries to digest this information. She was confused but pretended that it was nothing. Fei Hong really admires these people’s socialisation skills. Bright sweet smiles still plastered on their face, just like talking about nice weather in the beginning of spring.

One hour later Jian Kang Lu and Bai Yutang came back, Tang Yuxuan following them. Bai Yutang holds Bai Jingting in the carrier like a kangaroo mom, while Jian Kang Lu brings the groceries. They didn’t buy much, since for food, groceries shopping was done by Auntie Ming.

Looking at two strangers who sat with his parents, and the man talking animatedly with Jian Shen, Jian Kang Lu knows it must be his father’s friends.

“Mom, dad.” Bai Yutang said and sat on the empty table.

The space is enough for Jian Kang Lu and Tang Yuxuan to sit, but since there are baby strollers, it will be cramped. Jian Kang Lu decided to sit on the empty table next to them with Tang Yuxuan. Fei Hong moved to sit next to her husband.

“Ah, that is my eldest son, and this is Bai Yutang, my son in law. These two are their babies, my grandchildren.” Lin Caihong smiled and introduced Bai Yutang.

The lady is actually still a little bit confused. She thought the baby girl is Jian Kang Lu’s child, while the baby boy is Bai Yutang’s child with Lin Caihong’s daughter. But why previously Lin Caihong said they didn’t know the mother of the baby girl’s mother’s face?

She praised Bai Jingting once she saw the cute baby boy with clear eyes and chubby cheeks look at her from his father’s carrier.

“Baby, what do you want to drink? There’s the sakura tea you liked.” Jian Kang Lu asked from the table next to them.

“Mmm.. Up to you, gege. Silver sky tea is also okay.” Bai Yutang answered while he took wet wipes from the bag and wiped Bai Jingting’s face and hands.

One needs to admire the lady’s ability to adjust her face. She’s getting more and more confused but dare not to ask.

They just drink and pad their stomach with some cake before heading home. Fei Hong and Tang Yuxuan reject the offer to have dinner in Jian Shen’s house. Before they separated, Tang Yuxuan reminded Jian Kang Lu.

“Jian Ge, don’t forget to tell me once i could take your car.”

Bai Yutang looked at his husband who pat Tang Yuxuan’s shoulder. From their face, he knows his friend and his husband already settled with the car.

The next day, Bai Jingting, who is usually calm, kept crying and made a ruckus the whole day. Bai Yutang thought it was due to Jian Ying Yue who also kept crying. Bai Yutang can’t even join the family lunch, he’s busy pacifying the babies since the nannies have a holiday on Sunday.

Fan Mingle checked on the babies after she finished her lunch. She brought Jian Ming and Jian Hao with her.

“Fan Jie, do you think they have a fever? I think their temperature is a little bit warmer than usual.” Bai Yutang asked worriedly.

“You have your lunch first, then take your thermometer to check them.” Fan Mingle said while feeding a soft sandwich with egg and cheese to two year old Jian Hao.

After Bai Yutang quickly finishes his lunch, Jian Kang Lu also goes upstairs with Bai Yutang and checks their baby’s temperature. It showed normal temperature. But Bai Yutang still feels uneasy.

At night, his fear comes true. Bai Jingting has a 38 degree celsius fever, while Jian Ying Yue has a mild fever. Bai Yutang and Jian Kang Lu gave the fever reducer to them. Bai Yutang wants to feed it himself, since he never does it, Bai Jingting keeps rejecting it.

Jian Kang Lu once trained in the paediatric division before he took his internal medicine residency. More or less, he has more experience feeding drugs to babies and kids. Bai Yutang learns once again, finally Bai Jingting swallows the medicine.

Thirty minutes later, the babies finally fell asleep.

“Gege, you go to sleep. Tomorrow morning you still have to work. I’ll sleep here and take care of them. Don’t worry.” Bai Yutang said.

Jian Kang Lu wants to accompany his little husband, but Bai Yutang firmly rejects. Bai Yutang took the warm towel compress on Bai Jingting’s body and placed the fever compress plaster on Bai Jingting and Jian Ying Yue’s forehead.

Jian Kang Lu reluctantly goes back to his room, tries to sleep. His little husband is right, tomorrow he’ll be very busy. Actually, this next two month he’s going to be very very busy. If nothing goes wrong, he’ll get his associate professor title this year. With this speed, he’ll be a full professor before he turns 50 year old.

After midnight, Jian Kang Lu awakened. A little bit disoriented from finding an empty bed next to him, Jian Kang Lu sat up, then walked to the next room to check on his little husband.

Before he opened the door, he heard faint sounds from inside. He pressed his ear and smiled to hear his little husband’s voice, singing softly.

My baby, baby

I give you little sweetness

To let you sleep well tonight

My little angel, little angel

Tickle your smile

Make you like the whole world

Hualalala my baby

When you’re tired, there will be someone accompanying you

Ah lalala, my baby

I want you to know that you’re the most beautiful

Jian Kang Lu smiled, because the original lyric should be little devil (Xiao Gui). Chinese people actually using little devil word as endearment to call their child, that’s why Jian Kang Lu felt nothing wrong by using little devil to call his daughter, but Bai Yutang who read too many modern parental books firmly believe parents nowadays should not following old parental teach who used negative words to their children. He believes children will have a positive attitude if the parents respect and praise their children for their goods instead of continuing to punish their bad.

Jian Kang Lu slowly opened the door, looking at the soft light illuminating his little husband’s back while singing to their children. His little husband turns his head, there’s a soft shadow on his left cheek while the light shows his rosy soft smooth right cheek. The hair is a little bit messy, yet the eyes are still bright.

If only words could describe how wonderful a life filled with mutual unconditional love Jian Kang Lu receives from his little husband right now.

Again and again, his heart tickled. More and more, the love multiplied. Once a dream, fulfilled in reality, tastes sweet and sweeter.. Just like a mild warm current of wind fly him to the cloud, high and higher.