The Stars In Your Eyes - Chapter 237
Bai Yuren is going to get married.
The wedding is planned for March, where the weather is warm but the wind is still cool. They want to have a small wedding, in a cheap wedding hall, and invite all their family and friends.
Bai Yuren actually planned to wait for another year before getting married, waiting for He Zheng to finish his residency. But Lu Hua pesters her, hinting she wants another grandchildren.
Actually, Lu Hua is afraid Bai Yuren will delay her marriage and pregnancy. She heard women above thirty will have a higher chance of complications when she gives birth. Lu Hua is wise not to talk about it to the doctor’s couple, since she knows they will give a million reasons to deny her opinion.
After all, Lu Hua gave birth to Bai Yutang when she was 24 years old. She just doesn’t want her daughter to start having a family later compared to girls around her age.
“Look, YingYing got married last year and now she’s pregnant. Even your brother had children when he was 29.” Lu Hua said.
Bai Yuren is speechless. She really wants to say that her brother is having children because Lu Hua asked for it, but she decides to keep her mouth shut.
Can’t take Lu Hua’s ranting anymore, Bai Yuren just asks He Zheng to marry her. This almost made He Zheng admitted to hospital because he was choked by the meatball he was going to chew. Luckily the meatball didn’t successfully choke him.
After marriage, He Zheng will move to live with Bai Yuren and Lu Hua. The house still on Bai Haoran’s name when he passed away and changed into Lu Hua’s name after it. Lu Hua once asked Bai Yutang what he gonna do, since the house should be divided into Bai Yutang and Bai Yuren’s name once she died.
Bai Yutang said, “Just give it to RenRen mom, take it as her dowry.”
With that, Lu Hua planned to change it before Bai Yuren got married.
The two families planned to meet for the first time talking about the wedding in winter, before Christmas. Lu Hua initially wanted to say Bai Yutang was not allowed to bring Jian Kang Lu.
It was Bai Yuren who reminded her, “Mom.. You say you won’t oppose Gege and Jian Ge anymore once they have children.”
Lu Hua was silent before she said, “I’m afraid He Zheng’s family will look down on you because of that.”
Lu Hua also wanted to say, “What if He Zheng’s family is against your marriage?” But Lu Hua didn’t say it.
Bai Yuren only sighed, “Mom, they know already. I told He Zheng’s uncle before.”
So, on cold December, before Christmas, Bai Yutang planned to come to W city with his family of four. This is the first time they ride a plane since they arrived in this country. No need to say how this makes Jian Ying Yue excited.
She keeps jumping and asks her daddy a million times a day, when they will ride a plane. She dragged her little bag everywhere, and kept revising her stuff there. She pestered the nanny to arrange her wardrobe for her to choose which dress to bring and tried her accessories again and again.
Bai Yutang is really speechless and wonders why a two year old girl has a thousand times more energy than him.
“Princess dress, princess dress!!! Daddy, let’s go shopping! I want to choose a new dress!”
Looking at her granddaughter who was hopping like a wild rabbit around the living room really lightened up Lin Caihong’s mood.
“Why didn’t Ah Yue ask granny Lin to go shopping?” She said.
Jian Ying Yue ran to her granny Lin and jumped next to her. She stood up, put her hands behind, swaying her body left and right. Clearly her strategy, asking for sympathy.
Then she said with round eyes, her voice sounded heavy and aggrieved. “Daddy says I’m not allowed to ask granny Lin to buy things for me like last time, or he will take away all my princess dresses.”
Bai Yutang choked and wondered where this little girl who looked cute and innocent learned to tattletale. He didn’t say that! He just said that Jian Ying Yue is not allowed to pester her granny Lin to buy a bunch of things for her, since her wardrobe will explode and her dresses will all be ruined if she bought too many.
People need to know that this little girl’s wardrobe is even larger than him and his husband’s wardrobe!
Fan Mingle laughed so much until her stomach hurts, especially to see Bai Yutang’s red face. “Poor our little princess. Let’s go shopping with aunt and granny Lin, okay? Does Ah Yue prefer to go shopping with us or with daddy?”
Jian Ying Yue looked at Fan Mingle, then looked at Bai Yutang with a fearful face.
If Bai Yutang needs to guess what Jian Ying Yue’s biggest talent is, he will say immediately that her acting capability is number one in this country.
Lin Caihong held her granddaughter then put her on her lap. “It’s okay, tell granny Lin. Daddy won’t get mad.”
Jian Ying Yue has a face with mixed blood characteristics. Her eyes are so round, shaped like an almond. People often say her eyes definitely will look like peach blossom eyes once she grows up, just like her papa. The orb inside those eyes are light brown with speckles of gold.
It makes her look so docile. Her little hands opened and gave her granny Lin a hug, then she revealed her white pearls inside her rosy lips mouth and smiled sweetly, “I like to go shopping with granny Lin the most.”
Bai Yutang reads that at two year old children like to play with toys and start to learn how to socialise with children their age. But why does her daughter learn and love shopping at this age??
“Looking at her makes me want to have a daughter.” Fan Mingle still laughed when she said to Bai Yutang.
Bai Yutang gave up. “Okay, daddy will help auntie Ming to cook. We’ll go to the shopping mall in the afternoon. But you need to take your nap first.”
Jian Ying Yue gave her granny Lin a hug once again, her childish speech sounds so cute when she is begging, “Granny Lin will come with us, right?”
Lin Caihong caresses her granddaughter’s soft cheek, “Yes. We’ll go together.”
After achieving her purpose, Jian Ying Yue kissed her granny’s Lin, “Yaay! Granny Lin is the best.” Then she jumps and runs outside, wanting to pester and play with Jian Ming and Jian Hao outside.
“Wear your jacket!” Bai Yutang yells and runs to catch his daughter.
Jian Kang Lu also went outside, bringing Bai Jingting with him, to play together with the other two boys. He didn’t allow Bai Jingting to play inside on Sunday.
He actually worried about this son of theirs. They know Bai Jingting is gifted. He likes to learn how to read. It was like some sort of game for him. Guessing what character is written on the card. But.. His true talent is on numbers.
For six days a week, Bai Jingting likes to play with his cards and numbers. A two year old child who can do addition and subtraction, likes to play with numbers instead of playing outside, it makes Jian Kang Lu afraid it will affect his emotional development.
Luckily, luckily, luckily, Bai Jingting has Jian Ying Yue. If not because of Jian Ying Yue, his son might not want to step out of his room at all as long as he could play with his lego, cards containing Chinese characters, and numbers.
Bai Yutang plans to introduce him to a musical instrument like piano, but Jian Kang Lu prevents him. Jian Kang Lu didn’t want to isolate Bai Jingting’s world even more. He wants his son to play outside, appreciate nature and physical activity.
After lunch and napping, Jian Ying Yue excitedly took her bath and asked her daddy to braid her short hair.
Yes.. Bai Yutang learns how to braid hair for the sake of his daughter. For unknown reasons, even though the nannies could braid her hair better, Jian Ying Yue loves her daddy to do it for her the most.
Jian Ying Yue’s hair also has hints of a brownish gold tone even though it’s almost black. It makes her skin look fair. If this little princess is not playing under the sun seven days a week, she really will have fair pink skin. But Jian Kang Lu prefers the healthy darker tone of skin Jian Ying Yue has now.
When they arrive at the shopping mall, Bai Yutang needs to watch for his daughter closely, or else she will wildly run and bump into many people like last time they went shopping. Bai Yutang didn’t believe in his husband to watch for Jian Ying Yue, since his husband will let their daughter run and bump then fall.
Jian Kang Lu said, “It’s okay for her to bump and fall, or else, how do she know that it was dangerous and bad?”
Before they have children, Bai Yutang rarely argues with Jian Kang Lu. After having children, their argument increased a thousand fold.
First floor of the shopping mall is filled with expensive luxurious brands. Bai Yutang really opposed the idea of his children having branded clothes and stuff, yet Lin Caihong loved showering her grandchildren with money.
Fan Mingle and her family also join them. The store was immediately crowded with Jian’s family. The store attendant recognised Lin Caihong, Fan Mingle, and Bai Yutang immediately. His sweet smile bloomed like red roses in spring.
“Mrs. Lin, Mrs. Fan, Mr. Bai! Oooh.. Is this your grandchildren, Mrs. Lin? They are all so cute! You came in at the right time, we have new things in store, not yet displayed. Would you take a look?”
Bai Jingting didn’t like to go shopping, but he knew his sister liked it. He endured it. Even though he didn’t like his grandma and his aunt to make him stand up, he let them stick those clothes to his body until they were satisfied with their choices.
His papa promised him a new lego if he plays outside today. So he endured it.
Jian Ying Yue, as usual, started to blabber and choose things she liked. Bai Jingting was fascinated with shape and numbers, so he took liberty looking at the letters and numbers around him.
Bai Yutang is having an argument with his daughter, only letting her choose one thing from this store. Bai Yutang knows Lin Caihong will enter every single store on this floor and buy things for her granddaughter.
“But I like this, and this, and also this. I don’t have this colour yet, daddy. Please please please…”
Bai Jingting listened to their argument and heard the prices for these things from Lin Caihong’s conversation with the store attendant. He was annoyed with his sister. The longer she argues with their daddy, the longer he needs to endure.
He said to his sister, “You dummy. If you bought these three, granny Lin will have to pay 36,500 yuan. Daddy told us we couldn’t buy things more than 1000 yuan.”
Bai Yutang wants to shed tears hearing his son defend him. Lin Caihong laughs when she sees her grandchildren start to bicker with each other.
“I hate gege! This is from granny! Not from daddy!”
The store attendant was astonished, he even forgot to close his hanging mouth. He checked the price of three things Jian Ying Yue points, a dress, a shoes, and a bag. He then calculated himself. It was exactly like this small boy said.
He gulped, “Mrs. Lin.. Your grandson.. Wow.. How old is he?”
Lin Caihong smiled, “Two years old. Isn’t he smart?”
The store attendant even forgot to praise this golden customer. Smart? Smart??? His two years nephew can’t even recognise the number yet!