Just in Time Chapter 82
Translated by Sylver (ko-fi)
Chapter 82 Homecoming
It was already evening when they returned from the hospital. Tang Yi couldn’t help but laugh when she saw Yi Chenliang and Yun Fang, “Where did you two black monkeys come from?”
“Hey, I didn’t recognize you when you were standing in front of me.” Yun Heyu patted Yi Chenliang’s head, “Where did you two go crazy?”
“We were sunbathing by the sea.” Yi Chenliang touched his nose.
“You two should have brought sunscreen.” Tang Yi poked Yun Fang’s forehead, “You took Xiao Yi away without a sound, and you didn’t even wipe home when you came back.”
Yun Fang pretended not to hear.
Tang Yi couldn’t stand it anymore, “Oh, you two hurry up and wash.”
“They are sunburned, not muddy, and they can’t wash it off.” Yun Heyu looked at the two black eggs and laughed, “Eat first.”
Yun Heyu made a big meal, happily poured himself a glass of wine, and was stared back by Tang Yi when he tried to invite the other two men at the dinner table to drink.
“Xiao Yi, Sugar, you two drink juice.” Tang Yi said, “Ignore him.”
Yi Chenliang lowered his head and laughed, Yun Fang gave Yun Heyu a helpless look, and took the juice that Tang Yi handed him.
“Sugar, Mom has a question for you.” Tang Yi asked at the dinner table, “Yuan Yuan said that you beat him up at school before and let him be punished. Is this true?”
Yi Chenliang stiffened his back and subconsciously turned his head to look at Yun Fang.
“It’s true.” Yun Fang took a sip of juice leisurely and said to Tang Yi, “He and his classmates deliberately disgusted me and Xiao Yi, and said very unpleasant things. I couldn’t bear it and beat him up.”
Yun Heyu frowned when he heard this, put down his chopsticks, “What did he say about you?”
“He said I was disgusting, perverted.” Yun Fang said lightly, “And slandered that I was dating Xiao Yi at the time.”
Yun Heyu’s face turned black immediately.
Tang Yi frowned, “How could Yuan Yuan say that about you, you are his brother after all.”
When Yi Chenliang heard the three words “dating”, he broke out in a cold sweat and stepped on Yun Fang under the table.
Yun Fang laughed.
Yi Chenliang looked at Tang Yi’s face, then at Yun Heyu’s face, and found that both of them looked very upset. He felt a little uneasy in his heart, not knowing whether they were angry because Sun Yuan insulted Yun Fang, or because they noticed the relationship between Yun Fang and himself.
After all, he and Yun Fang were both men, and not all parents could accept that their son was gay.
He and Yun Fang didn’t avoid it usually, what should they do if they found out about their relationship?
Would they lock Yun Fang up and not let him see him?
Where should they run if they eloped——
Tang Yi seemed to be quite angry, “Don’t listen to his nonsense, Sugar, your Aunt Qi Shuang told me and your dad that being gay is not a perversion or a psychological problem, it’s just a simple sexual orientation. There are girls who like girls, just like men like women.”
“Right.” Yun Heyu said with a serious face, “Don’t care about what others say, we live our own lives, just treat them as nonsense! Next time I see Tang Si, I have to talk to her about how she educates her child!”
“I had a fight with her last time.” Tang Yi said, “If it wasn’t for our mom’s sake, I would have had a good talk with her.”
“Don’t be angry, what’s wrong with two men, let’s just raise two sons, it’s so handsome to take them out.” Yun Heyu took a sip of wine.
“That’s right, isn’t it just no children in the future, now so many young couples are married and don’t want children, what’s it called?” Tang Yi couldn’t remember a bit.
“DINK.” Yun Heyu was very proud of his broad knowledge, “How much money does it cost to raise a child, it’s pretty good for two people without children.”
(t/n: "Dual Income No Kids"=It refers to a lifestyle or a couple's choice not to have children, despite both partners having an income. This term is often used in discussions about family planning, demographics, and social trends.)
“Right.” Tang Yi nodded, “Don’t worry about the affairs of two lifetimes in one lifetime, children have their own blessings.”
The couple sang and responded, and even clinked glasses in the end.
Yi Chenliang, who was already stunned, was greatly shocked.
Why did it sound like they knew Yun Fang liked men a long time ago?
“But——” Tang Yi suddenly remembered, “Sugar, why did you say that Sun Yuan slandered you two for dating at that time?”
“We hadn’t started dating at that time.” Although Yun Fang didn’t mind discussing this matter publicly, he didn’t know why it was a bit uncomfortable to say it in front of Tang Yi and Yun Heyu. He cleared his throat and said, “But we are dating now.”
Yi Chenliang looked at him in shock.
“I knew it.” Tang Yi smiled with satisfaction, looking at Yi Chenliang, “Xiao Yi is a good kid.”
“It’s just that his alcohol tolerance is not very good.” Yun Heyu added with some regret.
Yi Chenliang struggled to find his voice, “Auntie, Uncle, I——”
He was so nervous that he couldn’t speak clearly. He was interrupted by Yun Fang, who held his hand on his knee, and said to Tang Yi and Yun Heyu, “Dad, Mom, thank you for your understanding.”
“Hey, as long as you two are fine, don’t force anything.” Yun Heyu drank some wine and started talking more, “Your dad didn’t read much, and he doesn’t have any great skills, but since I was a child, my grandparents taught me that the most important thing in life is to have a clear conscience.”
“Your mom and I don’t expect you to have any great skills in the future. As long as you can live up to yourself and your parents, be a person who is beneficial to society, and can support your family with your own skills, that’s enough.” Yun Heyu laughed, “Look at your mom and me, one drives a truck and the other runs a clothing store. We’ve lived half our lives like this, and we’ve raised a good son.”
Tang Yi nodded, “Although your dad is drunk, he is telling the truth.”
Yun Heyu added with some dissatisfaction, “I’m not drunk yet, this is less than one cup.”
Tang Yi turned her head and glared at him.
“Okay, I’m drunk.” Yun Heyu picked up his wine glass and took a small sip, raising his eyebrows.
“Don’t put too much pressure on yourselves, and don’t have any psychological burdens. In the future, no matter if it’s in school or outside, let others say what they want to say, don’t take it to heart.” Tang Yi said, “I just want you two to be fine.”
“Mm, we know.” Yun Fang nodded.
Yi Chenliang felt that he should also say something, but at the critical moment, his mouth liked to drop the chain. He held back for a long time until his face turned red, and finally said, “Thank you, Uncle and Auntie.”
Tang Yi laughed, lovingly ruffled his hair, “Oh, like a little black egg.”
Yi Chenliang: “…”
When they were almost finished eating, Tang Yi went into the bedroom. When she came out, she had an extra red envelope in her hand, which she handed to Yi Chenliang.
Yi Chenliang quickly refused, “No, no, no, Auntie, I can’t.”
Yun Fang was also confused, “Mom, it’s not a holiday, why are you giving money?”
Yi Chenliang didn’t know whether to accept it or not, and looked at Yun Fang.
Yun Fang, who was even more clueless about these worldly customs, turned his head to look at Yun Heyu.
“You don’t understand this.” Yun Heyu explained to him with a drunken smile, “This is the first time you bring a partner home for dinner, as parents, we should give your partner a red envelope to show that we are satisfied.”
“Although you have come to eat many times before, it doesn’t count if the relationship is not clear.” Tang Yi laughed, “Xiao Yi, don’t think it’s too little.”
Yi Chenliang was still a bit hesitant.
“This red envelope should be accepted, you can’t refuse.” Yun Heyu waved his hand, “Hurry up and put it away, let’s continue eating.”
Yi Chenliang took the red envelope and put it in his pocket.
The red envelope was not very thick, but Yi Chenliang felt it was heavy.
How much Tang Yi and Yun Heyu must love Yun Fang, to cherish him so much, even this kind of etiquette is taken seriously.
Yi Chenliang turned his head to look at Yun Fang, and found that he was also looking at him.
He thought, he was so unlucky before, probably just to accumulate all the luck, to meet such a good person.
“In the future, treat this place as your own home, don’t be shy.” Tang Yi said, “Come on, let’s toast together as a family.”
Four glasses clinked crisply together, and the white wine and juice gently swayed in the glasses.
In the not-so-spacious living room, the sound of dishes and chopsticks colliding, the sound of conversation, the broadcast of the news on the TV, occasionally mixed with a few laughs, under the warm yellow light, it built a commonplace but reassuring home.