Chapter 29: The Indifferent Biological Father

  On the evening of January 15th, Mei Yi prepared a table of dishes and hurried back to her own home early. She is a local, and at home, there are still her husband, son, and daughter waiting for her to celebrate the festival!

  After eating the Lantern Festival dinner, Xing Ye and her aunt cleaned up the table together, while her grandmother was pushed away when she wanted to help, no way could they let the old lady wash dishes.

  The two of them worked and chatted, Auntie Liang Huiru was a straightforward woman with complex experiences at night, good at observing the other's attitude to choose how to speak, they surprisingly got along very well and were delighted.

  Yu Zhongliang looked at the two people who were laughing and hesitated about whether to say what was on his mind. If he said it, he couldn't predict what the consequences would be.

  Let's hear Starry Night's own views first.

  "Uncle, why are you standing there?" Xing Ye carried a newly brewed tea from the kitchen and saw her uncle standing at the kitchen door in a daze.

  "I was just about to brew some tea too, I'll go to the study room, you can bring my tea over there for me."

  The nodding head in the starry night seemed uncertain, and it was easy to see that Uncle had a clear worry on his mind.

  Xīng yè gěi jiùjiu ná le yì bēi chá duān jìn wài gōng de shū fáng.

  Translation:

  At night, Xing brought a cup of tea to his uncle and entered his grandfather's study.

  "Come, sit down, there are some things I want to talk to you about," Yu Zhongliang said very formally.

  Sitting silently across from him on a starry night, waiting for him to speak first.

  "Has your mother ever mentioned your biological father to you on a starry night?" Yu Zhongliang asked cautiously, afraid of saying something wrong that might upset Xing Ye.

  "No, actually my mom never mentioned him," Xing Ye replied calmly. "But my mom gave me her diary, which recorded everything about the two of them from acquaintance to romance and then breakup. My mom said that if she told me what kind of person he was, it would inevitably be influenced by negative emotions, while the diary is a true reflection of her feelings at that time, and the records in the diary are the real him at that time."

  Yu Zhongliang did not expect such an answer either and was at a loss for words for a moment.

  "Alas, your mother was a good woman." Yu Zhongliang sighed and said.

  "Your father is a good friend of mine, I'm the one who introduced him to your mother. Even after what happened with your mother, we've kept in touch. I know he's been regretful too. When I found out about you, I didn't know whether or not to tell him. I dialed his number several times, but the words got stuck in my throat." Yu Zhongliang smiled wryly and continued: "I think after all, it's your business, so let's hear what you have to say first."

  "Uncle, it's better not to tell him," Xing Ye said.

  "Why? Are you blaming him? Don't want to recognize him?" Yu Zhongliang's first reaction was that this child had complaints about his father.

  "Uncle, if anyone should be resentful, it should be my mom towards him. But now that she's said she doesn't resent him, what do I have to be resentful about? Besides, I don't have any feelings for him. The father in my heart is that honest and kind-hearted small-town man. My stepfather has a position in my heart that no one can replace. And after all these years, he should have his own family by now, so why bother looking for trouble?" These were Xīnyè's true words.

  "But you have an unbreakable blood tie." Yu Zhongliang's heart was still struggling.

  "I admit this is an undeniable fact, but it can't replace emotions, can it, Uncle?" Xing Ye asked Yu Zhongliang.

  "Alright, I won't tell him for now as you said, but what if he finds out from somewhere else, then..." Yu Zhongliang continued to ask persistently.

  "It depends on how your uncle handles it first. You're so sure he'll want to acknowledge me as his daughter, but being a illegitimate child isn't something to be proud of!"

  Xing Ye's words made Yu Zhongliang take a cold breath, indeed he is now in a high position and can be considered a sensitive person, some things are really not easy to say, he himself has become somewhat self-deceived, how come no one thinks as carefully as his own child.

  Coming out of the study room, Xing Ye hummed coldly in her heart. Father? She was already past the age where she would pull on her mother's hand and ask for her father. Whether or not she had a father didn't matter anymore!

  Yu Jia Kai was waiting in the small living room on the second floor for Xing Ye, and he waved at her as she came upstairs.

  "When rearranging rooms, sort out bookshelves and take a look at these, you can use them." Jia Kai pointed to a stack of books on the table.

  I took a look at the books under the stars last night, they are all high school textbooks, very miscellaneous, but also very useful.

  "I'll help you find it again."

  Xīng yè thanked Jiā Kǎi and Jiā Kǎi helped her move to the bedroom, where Xīng yè carefully arranged her books on the newly purchased bookshelf.

  Jia Kai sat on his new rattan chair watching her busy back and forth.

  "You seem unhappy," Jia Kai said.

  Xing Ye's hand paused for a moment before he said, "Is it that obvious?"

  "You don't know, I'm best at observing the expressions of pretty girls." Jia Kai joked. In his heart, he thought, anyone could tell from your appearance when you went upstairs.

  "It's nothing, Uncle told me about my biological father." Xing Ye said calmly, these things didn't have anything to hide, especially from relatives.

  This sensitive topic, Yu Jia Kai feels he has no right to comment, his aunt left home when he was only four years old, and his only impression of her is that she often took him out to play and bought him delicious food. At the age of 20, he can already treat these things rationally, although he does not agree with Starry Night's father's behavior towards his aunt, but also cannot say how much he hates him, after all, he is Starry Night's biological father.

  "What do you want to do?" Jia Kai asked Xing Ye.

  "Does Jia Kai's brother know him?" Xing Ye asked back.

  Jia Kai shook his head, "At home, he's a person who has been deliberately forgotten."

  It was clear that night that only his uncle had dealings with him, and no one else in the family knew.

  "I've never seen this so-called father before, and now that I'm all grown up, I have grandparents and all of you relatives, do you think I still need to acknowledge him as my father?"

  As soon as he heard her, Jia Kai understood that this determined cousin did not want to acknowledge the so-called father. Well, this is also good. Who knows what kind of person that man would be and what kind of family they have? If they are not good to Xing Ye, it's better to let Xing Ye stay with us forever.

  "How about I take you to see the lanterns?" Jia Kai suddenly said, today is the fifteenth day of the lunar month and there will be a lantern festival for the next few days.

  "Now?" Xing Ye glanced at the watch on the table, it was already 9:30.

  Yes.

  "Isn't it too late, Grandpa?" Xing Ye hesitated for a moment, this family's Kai brother is really impulsive.

  "It's not late, there are a lot of people now, let's sneak out quietly, wear more clothes, hurry up, I'll wait for you downstairs." Jia Kai quickly left and went back to his room to change.

  A helpless shake of the head on a starry night, yet a thrill rises in his heart, an exciting feeling.

  Uncle and aunt have gone back, grandparents returned to their own room, the living room is quiet, Xing Ye saw Jia Kai at the door beckoning to himself, carefully went over, the two went out of the door.

  "Go to the garage first." Xiaojia said in a low voice.

  It was the first time to come to the garage at night, it's very spacious and can park two cars without any problem. There is a silver gray Audi sedan inside, which is new and beautiful.

  "This car was bought by my uncle, my dad has a dedicated driver and can't drive it himself, my mom doesn't know how to drive, I do but they won't let me, so it's been left in the garage all this time. Isn't it beautiful? I chose the model myself." Jia Kai said, stroking the car as he introduced it to Xing Ye.

  "You're not thinking of driving yourself, are you? Do you have a driver's license?" Xīng Yè had doubts about his driving experience.

  "I got my driver's license two years ago. But today we're not driving, we're riding," said Jia Kai, pushing out a motorcycle from behind the Audi car.

  "This is my beloved little treasure. You are the first little girl our family's treasure has brought, come and say hello to it."

  He smiled under the starry night and patted the black Yamaha motorcycle.

  "Come on," Jia Kai said, sitting on the motorcycle and handing Xing Ye a helmet.

  The motorcycle darted into the black night like an arrow. The tail-up design made Xīnyè's body tightly attached to Jiā Kǎi's back.

  I finally understand why she should wear more clothes, it's cold when the car is moving and the wind blows on me.

  The night wind blew up the long hair outside the helmet, but this flying-like feeling is great, and the whole person seems to have merged into the wind, becoming light and airy.