Opening her mouth in a daze for a long while, Mother Bai seemed to understand what her son said, and her first reaction was: "No way!"
Unlike Liu Tao's family, which is traditionally dominated by men, Bai Duan's family is actually dominated by women. Bai's father has a gentle and low-key personality, and has always been a hands-off shopkeeper, while Bai's mother is shrewd and aggressive, and she is in charge of all major and minor matters in the family.
With willow-leaf eyebrows erect, Bai Mu's face was ashen, and her voice was particularly sharp: "Bai Duan! I tell you, you!—" Before she finished speaking, Bai Mu heard a "plop", and a man knelt down in front of her. But this person is not her son with a calm face and stubborn eyes, but her niece Lin Lin.
"Auntie! Don't blame your cousin! If you want to blame me, blame me! Everything is my fault!" Lin Lin had thought that such a day would come, and because she made up her mind, she acted without any hesitation, "It's all my curiosity With a heavy heart, I went to explore the haunted air-raid shelter with my friends, which caused my cousin to rescue us. Liu Tao was also rescued by his cousin at that time, so he fell in love with his cousin and started to pursue him! Later, later, I was also to blame, yes I abducted my cousin to act in a Danmei radio drama, and let Liu Tao and my cousin form a CP... If it wasn’t for me, none of this would have happened!”
Turning her cousin on the "bent" road has always been a big stone in Lin Lin's heart. She regretted and was afraid. She looked up at her aunt with an ugly face and started to cry as she spoke, but despite this, Still trembling, she carried all the responsibilities on her shoulders.
Lin Lin's actions exceeded everyone's expectations, and even Bai Duan didn't react for a while, and quickly reached out to pull her up: "Lin Lin, don't take responsibility recklessly, it has nothing to do with you! I like Liu Tao as me I only like him alone, if that person is not him, no matter what you do, I can't be tempted!"
Lin Lin was dragged by Bai Duan's arm, but she still knelt on the ground and refused to get up. She looked at Bai Mu with teary eyes, and kept saying sorry. Lin Lin's mother looked at her crying trembling daughter, feeling extremely distressed in her heart, but she didn't do anything, while Bai's mother was also sore and uncomfortable facing the crying and repentant little niece.
Lin Lin has been lively and clingy since she was a child, completely different from Bai Duan's aloofness and independence, and Lin Lin's parents are busy with work, so the little girl grew up with Bai Duan under the care of her mother most of the time.
Mother Bai didn't experience the joy of raising children from her own son, and almost all her mother's love was invested in Lin Lin. Although she was aunt and niece in name, she loved mother and daughter, and her relationship was even stronger than that of Bai Duan's own son. Intimacy.
Seeing her beloved niece cry so sadly, Mother Bai couldn't bear it, she reached out to hug Lin Lin, touched her head, but stared at Bai Duan: "Don't speak for your cousin, My son, of course I understand! He has made up his mind since he was a child, if he didn't want to, could someone force him?!"
"Well, it's true that I am willing." Bai Duan saw that Lin Lin was being held in the arms of Bai Mu and gradually stopped crying, and she simply let go of her hand and nodded frankly.
"You! Are you still reasonable?!" Bai Duan was almost fainted by Bai Duan's natural appearance. She subconsciously raised her hand and wanted to hit her, but seeing Bai Duan's indifferent and handsome eyes, she couldn't do it no matter what. to hand.
Bai Duan never let them worry about her since she was a child. She has excellent grades, and although she has a cold personality, she never disobeys her parents. It can be said that she has always been a child of other people's family, and she has never even had a rebellious period. This child, whom he has always been proud of, actually "becomes a blockbuster if he doesn't sing".
"I'm telling you Bai Duan! This is absolutely impossible! I can't agree to you being with a man!" Bai Mu snapped.
"Aunt—" Lin Lin grabbed Bai Mu's clothes and begged in a trembling voice. Suddenly, the room was in chaos again.
Old man Bai suffered a severe headache from the noise. He endured and endured, and finally raised his voice: "Enough! Quiet!"
Although Mother Bai has a strong temper, she is extremely filial and will never go against old man Bai. Even if she doesn't want Bai Duan to learn "feudal dross" from old man Bai, she only quarrels verbally, but in reality she still obeys old man The meaning is to let his son be "tossed" by the old man.
Now that old man Bai opened his mouth, Mother Bai stopped immediately, and turned to look at him: "Dad! You also discipline this bastard!"
The old man Bai's face was gloomy, his eyes were fixed on Bai Duan, and his voice was slightly hoarse: "Do you really like him? Are you sure?"
"Well, it's settled." Bai Duan nodded emphatically.
"Dad?!" Mother Bai looked at old man Bai in disbelief, completely unacceptable that he... seemed to accept this matter very calmly—obviously, old man Bai is more old-fashioned than her and pays attention to family inheritance, so he should be more respectful than her. You have to react violently.
Faced with everyone's incredulous eyes, old man Bai sighed, "I don't blame Dudu for this matter, it's all my fault."
Bai Duan twitched the corners of her mouth, she really didn't know why she came out of the closet, why one or two of her family members took the initiative to take the blame: "Grandpa, this matter has nothing to do with you..."
"You don't understand." Old Man Bai took a deep look at his favorite and proudest grandson, his always hale and hearty eyes were very gloomy, "Last time, I asked you to promise me not to touch those gods and ghosts again, Do you know why?"
"...you don't want me to get hurt?" Bai Duan looked blank.
"This is only one aspect." Mr. Bai shook his head, "More importantly, I remembered that the road of 'Heavenly Master' is not easy to walk... Five disadvantages and three deficiencies are punishments that cannot be escaped... I thought I would let you If you leave this road, you will be safe for the rest of your life, but you are still too naive..." After a pause, he sighed softly, "Compared with other punishments, I would rather cut off your offspring, at least you can still live well. of… "
"Dad?! What are you talking about!" Mother Bai couldn't accept Mr. Bai's words at all, "Didn't the police comrades tell you just now, telling you not to spread this harmful feudal superstition everywhere?!"
"Some things are not feudal superstitions at all, are you still deceiving yourself?!" Mr. Bai and his daughter-in-law often quarreled, and immediately turned back unceremoniously, "Your son has really killed ghosts and got rid of ghost babies. The police comrade also admitted it just now, didn’t he? You can do such a thing at a young age, what is it if it’s not a “celestial master”?! There have been so many “celestial masters” in our family’s ancestors. However, in the end, the results of every 'celestial master', don't you know?!"
Mother Bai was choked and opened her mouth, but she didn't know how to refute.
"For most of my life, I have been yearning for the 'Heavenly Master' and wanting to bring back the glory of our family, but now, I think about it, the most important thing is that the children live happily and smoothly." The old man Bai glanced at Bai Duan, his back slightly twitching. Wan, "As for the inheritance... the inheritance of 'Tianshi', if it is broken, it will be broken, so as not to cause other descendants to die badly..."
Old man Bai was really sad, sad that he taught his grandson the methods of the celestial master, which caused his grandson to die, and also sad that the inheritance of his ancestors was broken in his own hands, and he was ashamed to see his ancestors.
Seeing that the old man was so sad, Bai Mu didn't dare to say anything even if she was unwilling, but judging by her expression, she didn't accept her son bringing back a son-in-law at all. .
Looking at the ugly-looking daughter-in-law, old man Bai was filled with guilt and indebtedness, but he couldn't help but watch his daughter-in-law embarrass his grandson, so he made a final decision: "The person you like, bring it back to me some day, if it is really a good one Well...then let's live well, even if we don't have children, we can still have a companion when we grow old."
Mr. Bai has always said one thing in the Bai family, and when he said this, it meant that Liu Tao was able to enter the Bai family's door.
Mother Bai was dissatisfied, she took off her apron without saying a word and threw it on the back of the chair, turned her head and left with her bag. Father Bai looked at his son, sighed, and followed his wife out the door.
Elder Bai was exhausted, so he went back to the house to rest silently. Lin Lin's mother was afraid of affecting the rest of the old man, so she wrapped the remaining dumplings and put them in the refrigerator, and then brought Lin Lin back home.
This rare family reunion ended unhappy, but for Bai Duan, it seemed to be the best result.
In the evening, Bai Duan told Liu Tao that he also came out to his family. For this news, Liu Tao was naturally very pleasantly surprised, but Bai Duan on the other end of the phone was a little depressed, and he couldn't express his happiness. He comforted Bai Duan softly for a long time, and as soon as he hung up the phone, he made an appointment to go to the city ticket.
Two days later, the travel-worn Liu Tao showed up at the door of Grandpa Bai Duan's house with an expensive gift. The old man Bai Duan's sharp eyes scanned him up and down, and finally allowed him to enter, and then called Bai Duan's parents.
Although the parents of the Bai family still couldn't accept that their son liked men, they hesitated for a long time after receiving a call from Mr. Bai, and finally rushed over to see this bastard who had turned their son into an "evil way".
Liu Tao didn't know how many storms he had experienced, he could distinguish people's hearts, and he was good at dancing. It was just meeting his father-in-law who hated him so much. This little thing couldn't bother him at all.
In front of Bai Duan's family, Liu Tao behaved calmly, politely, and with a certain degree of advance and retreat. Even if Bai Duan took a magnifying glass to criticize him, he had to admit that he seemed to be a really good young man, and the interaction between the other party and his son also showed the two Humans are indeed deeply rooted in love, harp and sympathetic—if they raise a daughter instead of a son, with such a son-in-law, Bai Mu would probably be able to wake up from her dreams with laughter.
Turning her head to look at the precious gift Liu Tao bought for herself, Bai Mu's tone was a bit eccentric: "I heard that your family is from a rural area? Very poor? Where did you get the money to buy these things?!"
For such a question, Liu Tao was prepared for a long time, and directly took out the property certificate he entrusted for urgent processing: "I made a small game not long ago. Although it has not yet been released, it has raised a lot of funds. Later, I invested this money in the stock market and made a few more. Next, I plan to register a game company, which is already under preparation, and I have successfully obtained a loan from the bank. Please rest assured that I am fully capable of letting you My son has no worries about food and clothing, and will take care of you two elders."
Liu Tao spoke modestly, but the property certificate he presented was already a huge amount for a college student like him who had no identity background and had not yet graduated, which was enough to prove his outstanding ability and great future.
Mother Bai closed her mouth with an ugly face, and tried hard to think about what else could be criticized, while Mr. Bai was more satisfied with Liu Tao, the "granddaughter-in-law", and finally kept him for dinner.
In this way, under the silence of the two families, Bai Duan and Liu Tao officially came together. No matter what attitudes their relatives have towards same-sex love, their relationship has not been affected in the slightest, and they have always been as close as ever.
Bai Duan continued his studies with excellent grades until he graduated with a Ph.D., and was accepted by the National Space Administration as a high-end talent. He occasionally cooperated with the police in dealing with some supernatural events, but in order to avoid family worries, he did not continue to be a "celestial master" Acting in the name of ".
And Liu Tao, as he planned, registered a game company, and developed several games with good reputation and income in a few years, rapidly expanding the scale and assets of the game company, and finally went public smoothly, and made great progress all the way. , has become a very high-value business upstart, and the scope of investment is gradually no longer limited to the game industry.
The son has made great achievements, and Liu's parents were taken to the city to live a good old-age life. At the same time, they formally met with Bai Duan's family. And following the two elders of the Liu family, there is also Liu Yun's child - Bai Duan and Liu Tao's "new son".
After the two families met, the atmosphere was a bit stiff and awkward, but there was no conflict. Even the mother-in-law, who was strongly against it, gradually accepted the fact that her son liked men after years of running-in. Anyway, no matter what methods she resorted to, her son was stubborn and stubborn, and refused to repent. In the end, only the parents were the ones who compromised.
Both the Bai family and the Liu family are low-key people, and they are very worried about their son's "abnormality". In addition, the country has not passed the same-sex marriage law, so Bai Duan and Liu Tao did not hold any ceremony to announce it to the world. Live your life quietly.
—Anyway, they have been an old couple for so many lives, even Bai Duan, who doesn't remember anything, doesn't care about these formal things at all.
Even though the wedding was not held, Bai Duan and Liu Tao are still in harmony all their lives and grow old together. The two are very compatible in work and life, and have never blushed in their lives. The only contradiction is that every few years, Liu Tao can't help but take off his clothes Every time he does this, he has to bear the cold face of his lover for a week, and rolls away pitifully to sleep in the study.
Until the two of them both retired and entered their twilight years with gray hair, Bai Duan finally couldn't help asking the question that had puzzled him all his life: "You bastard, are you a human or a ghost?"
Liu Tao, who has given up proving his human identity: "...you guess^_^"
Bai Duan rolled his eyes at him, and held Liu Tao's unsmooth hand: "If I die, will I continue to be reincarnated, or will I become a ghost like you? What about you? If the body you are currently possessing runs out of lifespan , will you be reincarnated, or will you become a ghost again?"
Liu Tao: “…………………”
—Honey, so you still think I'm a ghost subconsciously, right
Embracing Bai Duan's shoulders, Liu Tao leaned against him, admiring the red sunset outside the window: "When you pass away, you will be reincarnated, and I am the same as you. We will meet again in the next world, and then we will continue our journey. Fate—No matter how many times you reincarnate, you belong to me."
Hearing the strong possessive desire in the lover's tone, Bai Duan smiled: "That's good, then I can feel at ease... I'm afraid that after I die, you still have to wander in this world, how lonely you would be... "
Being warmed by Bai Duan's words, Liu Tao tilted his head and kissed the corners of his lover's wrinkled eyes, nostalgic and lingering.
"In the next life, you have to become a human being, and don't turn into any gods and ghosts anymore." Bai Duan chuckled lightly, and said with emotion, "It's unbelievable that I actually lived with a ghost." For a lifetime…”
Liu Tao: “…………………”
—Honey, I'm human, really! Can you just trust me once? !
Volume Eight: The Dominator of the End Times and the Future