The Stars In Your Eyes

It all happened so fast. Bai Yutang only felt Jian Kang Lu suddenly move and pull him back so he was completely shielded by Jian Kang Lu's body. Bai Yutang couldn't see what object that hurt his lover, since so many things that her mother threw at them.

Around Jian Kang Lu's feet, there are many things scattered. Cosmetics, bottles, and some glass figures, also an accessories box that broke and revealed some of the jewellery contained by it.

Lu Hua was still panting but the red layer in her eyes gradually faded and she could see clearly again. She was also shocked to see the mess in front of her. There's a sad and helpless feeling aroused. 

There's also guilt, but she shook her head and refused to acknowledge the heavy stone in her stomach comes from guilt. Any mother in this world will do the same.

Bai Yuren pulled her and let her sit on the bed.. She then asked, "Mom.. Do you need some drinks? Take a deep breath first.." Bai Yuren then looks at her brother and Jian Kang Lu, giving signals for Bai Yutang to treat Jian Kang Lu's wound first.

Jian Kang Lu understood, he then slowly spoke, "Mrs. Lu Hua, I'm sorry if i angered you today. I'll come again tomorrow before I come back to B city with TangTang. I'm really sorry for coming today without telling you. In the future, I'll let you know and ask for your permission first before coming. Hope you rest well, Mrs. Lu Hua."

Bai Yutang followed Jian Kang Lu with fear and heavy sadness. He was also mad, so mad until he didn't have any tears to shed. Never in his life he was hit by someone, it agitated him to see something so violence. Moreover, it was conducted by his own mother toward his lover.

When they reach the living room, Jian Kang Lu hugs him. "I'm okay, baby. You should go upstairs and accompany your mom. Don't be mad, don't be sad, don't quarrel with her. I'm afraid she will get sick in this state. I'll tell RenRen to take your mom to the hospital, at least check her blood pressure."

Bai Yutang could only nod in silence. He was too ashamed to answer his lover.

"Bring cool water for your mom, clean the room and be careful of sharp objects and broken glasses there. I'm okay." Jian Kang Lu patted his kitten's head while his other hand pressed the cloth given to him to his wound, stopping his bleeding.

"Don't you need to go to the hospital to take care of your wound, gege?" Bai Yutang asked. His head is still buried on Jian Kang Lu's shoulder.

"I will. Don't worry. The most important thing is you accompany your mother and do not agitate her anymore. Okay?"

"I'm sorry, gege.." Bai Yutang's rage now swelling down, and only despair left.

"It's okay. I kidnap her son, after all. Don't worry, okay?" Jian Kang Lu held his kitten's face to try to see the handsome face he loved so much.

Bai Yutang still refused to see Jian Kang Lu and only buried his head. Jian Kang Lu said slowly, "Try to understand your mother. This must break her heart. We could only do this slowly. Don't quarrel with her. She must be very confused, and very very sad. If she could be less sad with venting her misery this way to me, I'm more than willing to do that."

Bai Yutang still has no reaction. Jian Kang Lu then strokes his chin and softly whispers, "Give me a smile first. It was the best medicine to heal me faster. I actually want to kiss you, but I guess your mother will throw knives at me if she finds it later."

Bai Yutang knows his lover must be okay if he could make this kind of ironic joke. He tries to lift his head and give his lover a bright smile. It failed miserably, but still Jian Kang Lu can't help but kiss his kitten's head.

"Okay, I'm going now. I'll pick you up at 1 o'clock tomorrow. You have your lunch with your mother first." Jian Kang Lu ruffled Bai Yutang's head before going to the hospital.

The wound is not deep, it was bleeding because the skin around the eyes is thin, and there are a lot of blood vessels over there. Even though it was not deep, Jian Kang Lu can imagine the bruises left later on. He sighed in the car, and headed to the nearest hospital.

There, he only asks the doctor and nurse in the ER to clean his wound and give him stitches. If he were a girl, he would ask for the plastic surgeon resident to do this task, using the smallest needle and the finest silk, avoiding ugly scars formed later. But he was a man, it's okay since it only needs two stitches to stick the skin together.

Bai Yutang himself tried to suppress his sadness and rage when he went upstairs. His rage instantly dissipated when he saw his mother crying on Bai Yuren's shoulder. He silently cleaned the mess and carefully avoided the broken glass.

He remembered what his lover said. No matter what, this is his mother. She is an excellent mother. A child could never repay a parent's blood and tears spent for raising them. He sighed..

"Mom.. I'm sorry. Don't cry, please. Drink some water first.." Bai Yutang knelt near his mother and gave her a glass of cool water.

Lu Hua's eyes were all red. Tears stained her cheek. She hugged her son, and cried again when her son hugged her back. In fact, there's a fear growing inside her. What if his son is mad at her and runs away with Jian Kang Lu, and refuses to acknowledge her as his mother anymore.

As a widow, she only lives for her children. As an old woman with no economic power, she only could rely on her children. One day Bai Yuren will get married, her dowry will also be provided by her son. And most of all, a son could provide for his parents, but a daughter belongs to her husband. Unless her daughter could find a husband like Bai Haoran.

Bai Yuren hugged both of them. She could only calm her mother with soft whispers. This breaks her heart. She doesn't want to be in the position where she had to choose between her mother and her brother. She knows Bai Yutang is in a more difficult position. She pity all of them, but she can't meddle too much in this matter.

Bai Yuren slept with her mother that night. She tried to talk about her internship and her graduation plan. This way, she had to cross B hospital as her future residency plan. With her mother's state like this, she would explode if Bai Yuren told her that she wants to do residency in Jian Kang Lu's hospital.

Near midnight when she thought her mother had already fallen asleep, suddenly her mother asked, "How about you, RenRen? Why you haven't had any boyfriend yet?"

Bai Yuren decided to ask for big compensation from Jian Kang Lu tomorrow, for him and her brother dragged her in this mud.

"I'm busy studying mom. I need to maintain my grade." She turned her head to face her mother.

"Don't you have anyone you like? Or someone who likes you?" Lu Hua asked. She got a feeling that her daughter already knew about her son and Jian Kang Lu a long time ago. How if they spread bad influence to her daughter, and turn her daughter into lesbian?

Bai Yuren sighed. Of course there's some man that she liked, but they all didn't like her back. She's too busy on campus. All men around her are usually the same nerd as her. But.. She then remembered about He Zheng.

"There's someone.. He was also smart, a scholarship student like me. He comes from L district. He's an orphan." She explained.

He Zheng was in the same class as Bai Yuren. L district is a small town near W city. He Zheng's parents passed away in a car accident when he was in their second year. Just like Bai Yuren, he was left with inheritance in the form of assets, but the money is tight for him to continue his study leisurely. Thus he heard about Bai Yuren's condition and strived to get a scholarship also.

They were in the same study group with all those nerds. He Zheng is not handsome. His skin is a little bit dark, his eyes as narrow as Bai Yutang. His height is also similar to Bai Yutang, not too tall. But his appearance is clean enough, and he also does some tutoring for extra income.

Bai Yuren, as a young girl, of course prefers a more bright and handsome man. He Zheng is not bad, but she didn't feel any love. Maybe because their interaction is mainly around the study group. All they talk about is the lecture. Kinda boring.

But she was not a dense girl. More or less she could notice that He Zheng sometimes looks at her in the same way a man looks at his woman. 

"It's a man, right?" Lu Hua asked. She wants to make sure.

Bai Yuren laughed, "Of course it's a man, mom."

"Then, bring him home sometimes. I'll cook for him. He must be very lonely, to stand alone without his parents." At this moment, Lu Hua doesn't care if her future son in law is a poor orphan or an ugly man. As long as it was a man. Previously, she hoped for a dazzling son in law to match her bright daughter.

Bai Yuren laughed again, "I don't even know whether he likes me mom. Maybe because we're both scholarship students and belong to the same study group."

"That's okay. You can get to know him slowly and better if you take him to eat here once a week. I pity that boy also. He must not have a chance to eat his mother's cooking anymore."

Bai Yuren hugged her mother. Her mother is truly a kind woman, that's why she was so surprised beyond recognition when she saw her soft and kind mother explode like that.

"Okay, okay. I'll try to invite him later, okay?"

They still chat until midnight. Lu Hua asked many things about He Zheng. Bai Yuren thought, if this will divert her mother's attention, then it's okay. She still remembers her mother's state when her father passed away. She truly can't face her mother's sadness that way anymore.

The next day, Jian Kang Lu called Lu Hua when he was on the way to pick up Bai Yutang. Lu Hua didn't answer. Then he sent messages, and also told his kitten that he will wait outside the door. It was not because he was mad with Lu Hua, but he knew he could not agitate his future mother in law anymore.

Bai Yutang opened the door when Jian Kang Lu arrived. He already told his mother, and his mother refused to leave her room.

"Say goodbye to your mother first, I'll wait here. Don't forget to hug her, and send my regards too." Jian Kang Lu said with a smile.

Bai Yutang goes upstairs while Jian Kang Lu puts his kitten's luggage into the car.

"Mom, I'm going back to B city first. Take care, okay.. And I'm sorry once again to let you down, mom. But gege treats me very well. He told me to send his regards to you." He knocked on the door. His mother didn't answer.

Bai Yutang took a deep breath. "Mom, can I at least hug you first before I go?"

Bai Yutang waited for 5 minutes before finally Lu Hua opened the door when he kept asking.

Lu Hua didn't say anything, but she let her son give her a hug before he finally went downstairs. She took a deep breath. Her eyes are rippled with deep emotion before she finally turns back and closes the door.