Chapter 1000: His Father
Zhai Kuijun sat silently while Elder Yue was lost in his own thoughts. Zhai Kuijun didn't rush him to talk.
"You must despise by incompetency," said Elder Yue.
Zhai Kuijun frowned before he understood his meaning and shook his head, "Not really. I just had been disappointed in you."
Elder Yue laughed self-deprecatingly, "Right. Disappointed. I'm really a disappointment. I guess that's what Ah-Yue felt as well; disappointment."
Zhai Kuijun didn't say anything and silently acquiesced. Because he couldn't bring himself to deny that. It'd be a surprise if Yue Yue wasn't disappointed in her own father. Anyone would be. No matter how much of a kind person she was, she also had limits. Even if you stretch rubber for too long, eventually it snaps. Yue Yue was a human. How could she not snap?
"Meeting Xiang Tianyu, I realized how incompetent I had been in my life," started Elder Yue. "It was my job to protect my daughter. Not just from the world but from her own family and from myself too. But I couldn't protect her from anything. In fact, I became one of the preparators who hurt her.
Zhai Kuijun wasn't expecting to hear this.
"But even if I'm incompetent, it won't change the fact that I love Ah-Yue. She is my own blood, how can I not love her?"
Zhai Kuijun couldn't deny that either. He knew Elder Yue was the only person in the whole Yue family who genuinely loved Yue Yue. Even her own mother who gave birth to her didn't take her seriously.
"She had such a beautiful and sweet voice. Whenever she used to act coy with me, holding my arm, I'd instantly melt down. What a cruel destiny and I won't be able to hear that voice again."
Zhai Kuijun pursed his lips as he watched Elder Yue wipe tears from the corner of his eyes. Now that he noticed it, it seemed Elder Yue had been shedding a lot of tears these days or his eyes won't look so red and swollen.
Zhai Kuijun didn't know what to say or do in the situation. He had been in shock for a long while too when he learned about Yue Yue's voice. What could he possibly say or do in this kind of situation to make it better? He didn't think there was anything that he could do about it.
"Kuijun, have you met her son?"
Zhai Kuijun was taken aback by that sudden question but still nodded his head. "I have met him. I met him even before I met Yue Yue. He is friends with Yanjun."
Elder Yue nodded his head and asked, "What is he like?"
Zhai Kuijun paused but seeing Elder Yue's genuine interest, he still told him, "Yue Fai is... a goofball. A very adorable goofball. He is a very sunny boy. He smiles and makes everything around him shine. Even in a crowd, you'd be able to single him out."
Elder Yue listened to it all with relish and a bit of longing in his eyes.
"But he is very protective of his mother," added Zhai Kuijun. "He becomes a porcupine ready to shoot needles at you once you speak anything bad about his mother or even speak harshly to her."
"He seems like a good boy," said Elder Yue.
"Oh, he is! He is a very good boy," confirmed Zhai Kuijun. "Yanjun and he has a very love-hate relationship. It's actually funny seeing them arguing." He laughed to himself thinking about how they both rushed to catch Yue Yue's attention.
"What does he look like?" asked Elder Yue curiously.
Zhai Kuijun thought about it and it suddenly dawned on him that Hyson was actually a star. How could he not find his photos on the internet? So, he looked him up, and voila! There were tons of his photos.
He came to Elder Yue's side and showed him the phone, "There you go. There are tons of his photos on the internet. He is a celebrity, after all."
Elder Yue put on his spectacles and looked at the photos. Seeing his other grandson for the first time, Elder Yue couldn't explain his complicated emotions. But one thing was for sure, looking at Hyson's smile, even he found it too bright. As if he was like a sun that could push through even the clouds to lighten your day.
There was confidence and mischief in his eyes that he never found in Yue Yue.
But what was even more attention-grabbing was his face. Elder Yue was momentarily lost just looking at that face.
"Doesn't he look so much like Yanjun when Yanjun was younger? I also noticed it. In fact, my parents also noticed it when they first met him. But none of us thought too much about it."
Elder Yue looked at Zhai Kuijun who was talking carelessly about it and his eyes flashed with an emotion that was hard to describe.
"What about his father?" asked Elder Yue. "Did you meet him?"
Zhai Kuijun's shoulders slumped and he shook his head. "What meet? I didn't even get to learn his name. It's like no one talks about his father in that family. I also asked Yue Yue about it but she didn't give me a definite answer. It was very vague. One thing is clear though, she raised her son alone. So, whichever bastard it was, he really abandoned her and left her to fend for herself all alone."
Seeing the rage on Zhai Kuijun's face, Elder Yue felt even more complicated. At this moment, after seeing Hyson, he already confirmed that Hyson was Zhai Kuijun's son. But clearly, no one was willing to tell him that.
But even when Yue Yue didn't tell him, he wondered if he wanted to do it?
Yue Yue might have stopped for the sake of her family and for the sake of Zhai Kuijun's peaceful life. But for the first time, Elder Yue wanted to do something about it. Just as Zhai Kuijun mentioned, she suffered so much raising her son all alone. Why should Zhai Kuijun stay oblivious?
Back then, he kicked out his daughter for the sake of a peaceful life of his other daughter and this man. But now? Now, he didn't want to do so.
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