The Stars In Your Eyes - Chapter 236

The headache of having a new house lay on how to fill the house. Every small thing is a hassle for Bai Yutang and Jian Kang Lu who are already busy to death with their job and children.

Due to Jian Kang Lu’s sudden decision to build a new house, they prolonged their stay in Jian Kang Lu’s parent’s house.

Actually, some will have the amusement and distinctive joy of decorating their own house. Ask many women and men who will be very happy to personalise their future nest, they will all say the process is fun and meaningful.

Unfortunately, for two working fathers who could only spend little time with their naughty children, the process only adds headache for them.

That’s why, even though Bai Yutang could design his own house furniture, and also hold the title as the most stingy wife, instantly agreed when his husband suggested he use Fei Hong’s firm service to decorate and fill their house. Fei Hong is working in an interior design firm.

Regarding the most stingy wife title, of course Bai Yutang had no idea he was called like that in the back by his own best friends and their wife.

Liu Xiang as the main culprit for that nickname, unexpectedly meeting his sweetheart when he took his master degree. His wedding will be held in September, after the Mid-Autumn festival.

The other reason why Jian Kang Lu and Bai Yutang were very busy was not only because of their work. The sole reason is Bai Jingting and Jian Ying Yue.

Bai Yutang was really absorbed with his role as parents. He didn’t want his children to feel wronged even a little bit because they were not normal parents. That’s why, he always plays classical music to them, and also reads stories before they go to bed.

Bai Yutang will cook breakfast for them personally, and dinner if he could manage to get back home before 7 o’clock. He always talks with them starting when he sees them for the first time even though the baby doesn’t understand his words until this day when they are already 21 months old.

Bai Yutang used his time on Saturday and Sunday if he didn’t have to overwork to play with his children and taught them about colour, number, and alphabet. The toys he chooses are all educational toys.

What he didn’t expect was, Bai Jingting could recognise all the things he taught.

Actually, Jian Ying Yue’s development is also faster compared to children her age, but because of Bai Jingting, her development seems to be late, only her mischievousness stands out.

Bai Yutang just introduced all the toys and taught his children as their playing activities just for the sake of educational entertainment. He didn’t do that to make his children become a prodigy.

Jian Kang Lu still remembers one night he came back from hospital and his little husband was waiting for him outside, anxiously grabbed his hand and dragged him upstairs.

At first, this beast Jian Kang Lu held inside was imagining all lewd things about wild spontaneous bedroom activity since they only do that three to four times a month. Jian Kang Lu had to swallow his disappointment when Bai Yutang pulled him to their children’s room.

Bai Yutang propped himself in front of Bai Jingting who played in the thick fluffy rug. “Ah Ting, look, papa just came home from work. Can you show papa what you did before?”

Bai Jingting was not really talk-active like his sister, but his speech is more clear and precise, unlike Jian Ying Yue who sometimes loves to talk gibberish.

Bai Jingting just looked at his daddy with his big eyes. Bai Yutang points at the soft toys shaped like numbers. Only after Bai Yutang did that, Bai Jingting slowly moved and took the toys with his chubby short hand, arranging it from zero to nine.

“And..? Show papa what you told daddy before.”

Bai Jingting points at the zero, “Zero is green, one is yellow, two is blue..” Bai Jingting kept saying that until the number nine.

“And, what about the other?” Bai Yutang point at the basket contains the alphabet.

Once again Bai Jingting arranges the alphabet and says it once again. Some of his pronunciations for several letters are still weird.

Jian Kang Lu knew his son could recognise some numbers and the alphabet, but he didn’t know his son knew the order. He was as stunned as Bai Yutang. Bai Jingting at that time was only 18 months, not even two years old.

At their bedroom, Bai Yutang asks Jian Kang Lu, “Is this because I chose that egg donor?”

Jian Kang Lu shook his head. Genetics from parents might be involved, since Bai Yutang chose a woman whose appearance matches Jian Kang Lu with an IQ as high as 165. But, not all geniuses will give birth to another genius.

On the other hand, Jian Ying Yue is extremely familiar with the cartoon characters in her story book. She often points at the picture and calls them one by one, or sometimes talks with her dolls in a reprimand tone, clearly imitating Bai Yutang when he reprimands her when she’s being naughty.

Lin Caihong herself had to admit, even though she is giving birth to two smart sons, her grandchildren’s progress is a bit scary.

Jian Ying Yue always pestered the nannies and her grandparents with many, many, many, many questions. She, as a 21 months old baby, is really not satisfied with her nannies answers. That’s why she loves pestering her grandparents, and her favorite is her daddy who patiently answers her questions in simple and clear answers.

“Why is this flower red, daddy?”

“Why could this dragon burst fire, daddy?”

“Why does gege have a little elephant on his body?”

“Why grandma Lu didn’t allow gege to play with my dolls?”

That last question is tricky. Lu Hua extremely opposed Bai Jingting to play with dolls or wear anything pink. Even though Lu Hua didn’t say it explicitly, Bai Yutang knows the answer.

Lu Hua didn’t want Bai Jingting to become a cutsleeve like him and his husband.

Bai Yutang and Jian Kang Lu never thought that was necessary to differentiate their gender like that. What their children want to be, they will not prevent them from it, as long as they are not harming someone else.

Why Jian Ying Yue doesn’t like to ask her papa? Well, her papa often gets distracted and teases her daddy instead. Jian Ying Yue, who is accustomed to being a sole star and centre of affection, doesn’t like it if someone she asked didn’t answer her seriously.

Jian Ying Yue’s questions are so many, but easy to answer. For Bai Jingting, it’s a different case. He is a quiet boy, but his question is giving Bai Yutang a headache.

For example, the storybook Bai Yutang read for them sometimes in English, but most of them in Chinese. Jian Ying Yue solely focuses on the picture.

One day, Bai Jingting suddenly brought two different story books and asked Bai Yutang, “Daddy, why is this and that different?”

Bai Yutang thought his son asking about the story, so he explained it slowly to his son. But he was once again surprised when his son opened the book and pointed, “No, I’m asking why this one is different from this one. This is D, R, A, G, O, N. But in this one, why have so many strokes?”

The strokes Bai Jingting means are the Chinese characters.

To satisfy his son’s curiosity, Bai Yutang bought stacks of cards containing the Chinese characters to teach kids how to read it. Also, he needs to think hard about how to answer why there are so many alphabet and languages in this world. How to explain this to a 21 months old kid???

Being a parent turned Bai Yutang into a kindergarten teacher. He even bought and read books for kindergarten teachers, how to teach children patiently, and also how to answer their bizarre questions. He often calls Fan Mingle to consult with her.

“Your children are really gifted. My sons are not that smart, I’m not sure I could give you the right answer on how to handle them.” Fan Mingle seriously said.

Bai Yutang didn’t give up. He often searches on the internet and buys a bunch of parenting books.

Looking at his little husband being so serious, patiently teaching and answering their children’s questions, how could Jian Kang Lu didn’t fall in love again and again with him?

It’s easy to pick someone’s fault, drift a couple apart because of their differences. Yet, Jian Kang Lu felt their differences complement each other. Rather than finding your partner’s fault, why not cherish their strength instead?

With a part time job as a kindergarten teacher, Bai Yutang has no energy to design their own house.

Fei Hong is delighted to get Bai Yutang as her firm’s client. Moreover, to design the interior of a house designed by Zhen Guo!

Bai Yutang told Fei Hong he planned to have the children stay in one room until they were big enough to have their own room. With that, the two rooms are left empty with basic furniture, one room as their master bedroom, and one as their children’s room. In the future, the children’s room will be changed into their study room once they have their own room.

The house is finished before July 15th, but not fully furnished yet since their customised furniture is still being made and not yet finished. It delayed Jian Kang Lu’s plan to move to their new house at their third wedding anniversary.

Bai Yutang had to coax his husband for him not to be disappointed.

The happiest of course were Lin Caihong and Jian Shen. Actually, the delay of their furniture making is precisely because of Lin Caihong. To save his time, Bai Yutang nods his head when Lin Caihong wants to go with him to the meeting with Fei Hong’s firm.

What Lin Caihong and Jian Shen never lack is money. Her requirement is very very high. Bai Yutang often pulls his mother in law’s hand and regrets his choice to allow his mother in law to come to this meeting.

“Mother..” He whispered.

Lin Caihong just waved her hands, “Change this into a genuine sandalwood for the children’s flooring, and rosewood for their furniture.”

Bai Yutang truly wants to vomit blood. He knows how expensive the wood is, and it will delay them if they change the flooring for the children’s room, since the original flooring was chosen by him when the house was built.

And what Lin Caihong means with children’s rooms is all three rooms which will be used by the children in the future.

“Why? It will be my housewarming gift for my grandchildren. I have money. Who else would I want to spend my money on if not for my grandchildren?”

Bai Yutang had to admit, Lin Caihong and his husband are truly a pair of mother and son. Their words are even so similar.

One needs to know that Jian Shen truly makes a lot of money. His salary as a CEO before he retired was 400,000 yuan per month, but he could make 60 million to 100 yuan per year from his bonus. After all, he gives the biggest contribution for expanding the investment for their clients in the company. Just look at the top CEO in wall street companies, they could make 15 to 25 million dollars per year from their bonus alone.

That’s why Jian Kang Lu could become a classmate with Sun Hongjia.

Jian Kang Lu often joked with his little husband that he was the poorest person in his family, compared to Jian Shen and Jian Kang Se.

Fei Hong of course smiling and flattering Lin Caihong more and more. She silently gave Bai Yutang a thumbs up to bring this wealth goddess.. The more expensive this project will be, the bigger her bonus will be, since she was the one who brought this client here.