Chapter 459: Chapter 459 – If You Have the Backing of a Country, What’s There to Fear?_1
Ye Junqing couldn’t stand it anymore and interrupted his dad’s self-pitying speech, “Dad, are you done? Are you going to visit Starlight’s parents at the hospital or not? Just give it to me straight and stop bullshitting me. I’m not stupid, and neither is Starlight. You’ve repeatedly claimed that you only accept Starlight as your daughter-in-law, is this how you repay her kindness for saving my life?”
Seeing their parents silent, merely bowing their heads, and unwilling to look at him, Ye Junqing felt his anger rising.
He suddenly stood up, grasped Ye Xingguang’s wrist, and said, “Let’s go!”
“But I haven’t finished eating…”
Ye Xingguang was hurt from the unfairness of the situation. She wasn’t stupid; she could tell that her in-laws were making excuses not to visit her parents, and it felt terrible.
“What are you eating? Is this steak even as good as what I make? If you keep eating, you’ll explode from anger. And instead of being his son, it would seem like I was picked up from a trash heap!”
Ye Xingguang felt it was disrespectful to talk to her parents in this way, but Ye Junqing wouldn’t suppress his feelings any longer. He led her out of the restaurant, and shockingly, his parents didn’t protest. Their heads merely bowed, allowing them to leave.
After the two left, Bai Peiluan couldn’t help feeling remorse.
She was feeling guilty; that’s why she didn’t dare to call her son back.
She was afraid of alienating her husband, which made her even less daring to stop her son.
“Baixiu, maybe we shouldn’t go on the world tour after all. Maybe we should go to the hospital to visit our in-laws. Otherwise, our in-laws might be upset with us, and we would be letting our daughter-in-law down too much.”
Ye Baixiu, burdened with his troubles, maintained his stern face, refusing to nod in agreement, seemingly more fearful than Bai Peiluan of something.
Ye Xingguang sat in the speeding car, staring at the neon signs quickly passing outside the window, feeling incredibly sad.
“What’s the deal with your parents? Did they disagree with our relationship from the start? When they defended me last time at home, were they just putting on an act with you guys? And you lied to me, saying your mom wasn’t feeling well.”
Ye Junqing remained silent with a taut face, as he was also unsure of what his parents truly meant.
With enemies all around, his own family was tripping him up!
Ye Xingguang was extremely upset and snapped, “Fine, if you don’t want to, I don’t want to set the wedding date either. Who cares!”
Ye Junqing abruptly slammed on the brakes and turned to her with a ferocious stare, “What did you say? Say that again!”
Ye Xingguang turned her head to look out the window and remained silent. She didn’t meet his gaze, feeling wronged!
Several cars honked from behind. The continuous honking was extremely irritating.
Finally, she said bluntly, “You’re blocking the other drivers on the road.”
“Don’t ever say things like that again!” Ye Junqing, feeling guilty himself, couldn’t muster his usual anger and restarted the car.
As he drove, he said, “The country has your back, what are you afraid of?”
“So what if I have the country’s support? It seems like the country forcibly matched us, so your family had no choice but to accept, is that it? Do you believe I’m so undervalued, or that I can’t get married so I have to be forced on you by the country? Let me tell you, if it weren’t for my ex-boyfriend breaking up with me the day before graduation, I would definitely have no problem finding another man. There were so many people chasing me in college that even if he had broken up with me the day before graduation and given me some preparation time, I would not have ended up in the civil affairs bureau drawing lots,” Ye Xingguang vented her pent-up frustration.
Ye Junqing’s temples throbbed. Was she implying that if she hadn’t been caught off guard by her ex-boyfriend, she would already be someone else’s wife? Was this girl trying to kill him with anger?