Because of My Stupidity, I Became a Timid Vampire

Chapter 109 : Parents

Bei Yaoluo pushed open the front door and walked in. A nearby maid bowed to her: "Miss Luo, welcome home."

Nodding to the maid, Bei Yaoluo changed into slippers and entered the spacious reception hall, but the oppressive atmosphere inside made it somewhat difficult for her to breathe.

Bei Yaochen sat calmly on the sofa, seemingly having calmed down. Kisaragi Ichika sat beside him, though her composure was far inferior to Bei Yaochen's—one could tell at a glance that she was in a very bad mood.

Seeing Bei Yaoluo arrive home, Kisaragi Ichika put away her sadness and showed her a smile, beckoning to her: "Come, Luoluo, sit here."

Bei Yaoluo sat down beside the two. A maid immediately poured her a cup of hot water. She picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said: "I've safely delivered both of them home and chatted with them at home for a while."

She was naturally lying. To spare Bei Yaochen and his wife unnecessary worry, she appropriately concealed things she felt they didn't need to know.

"Mm, thank you for your trouble."

Kisaragi Ichika interlocked her fingers into fists. After a long silence, she asked: "Luoluo, what's your attitude toward their relationship?"

Bei Yaoluo froze, then couldn't help complaining internally—why did everyone have to ask her this question? Was it fun?

"I support them. What about you, Auntie?"

"I..." Kisaragi Ichika paused slightly, then lowered her head with downcast eyes. "I really want to support them, but..."

On one side was the daughter she loved to her bones, on the other side was a forbidden love viewed by everyone as a scourge—how could she choose?

She naturally hoped her daughters could encounter true love and possess real love, just like her and Bei Yaochen. Therefore, she actually very much approved of them working hard to fight for that feeling that belonged to them, even though they were still young—regarding puppy love, Kisaragi Ichika had always scoffed at it. Love had no boundaries; how could age be such an inconvenient thing?

But thinking of how both were girls and also sisters, she couldn't help feeling uncontrollable worry for their future.

In her confusion, Kisaragi Ichika's gaze moved to Bei Yaochen again. She couldn't help wondering—if Bei Yaochen were a woman, could they still support each other through thick and thin and grow old together as they did now?

The answer was obviously negative. In their era when they were young, even dating was like underground work that needed to be done secretly, fearing discovery by others, let alone same-sex love and being together—that was completely impossible.

If she and Bei Yaochen were ultimately separated by worldly conventions... thinking this, Kisaragi Ichika's eyes constricted slightly. If she and Bei Yaochen loved each other but couldn't be together, then she would very likely spend her entire life in pain.

After this bout of putting herself in their shoes, Kisaragi Ichika finally found the answer she wanted in the vast fog.

Seemingly sensing Kisaragi Ichika's gradually firming gaze, Bei Yaochen showed a helpless smile: "So you've also decided to support them?"

This was the tacit understanding they had cultivated through years of marriage. Often no words were needed—just a glance could convey each other's meaning.

"Mm." Smiling gently, Kisaragi Ichika nodded firmly. "They've already chosen to go against worldly conventions. If even we as their parents don't stand behind them, who else in this world will give them support? Chen, you must be thinking the same as me, right?"

"Yes." Bei Yaochen sighed deeply, leaned back on the sofa, his face full of self-reproach. "I was too impulsive earlier."

During dinner, he had sensed the abnormal relationship between the two, so at night he planned to have a heart-to-heart talk with Bei Yaoyue. But he hadn't found her in Bei Yaoyue's room. When leaving and passing by Xifeng's room, he saw that Xifeng's door wasn't closed, so he casually glanced inside, only to see a scene that made his eyes split with rage—his two daughters were intimately entwined together like lovers.

Ever since Bei Yaoyue ran away from home three years ago, awakening the two of them, Bei Yaochen had sworn together with Kisaragi Ichika that no matter what, they must ensure Bei Yaoyue's happiness and give her everything they could give. But seeing Bei Yaoyue and Xifeng's intimate scene before his eyes nearly made him collapse.

Because he felt that if the two walked down the path of sibling incest, they would inevitably face endless accusations and countless cold stares, which went completely against his desire to give Bei Yaoyue a happy and fulfilling life.

Therefore he was furious and lost his rationality in extreme anger.

It was also laughable—the one who hurt Bei Yaoyue most deeply might be precisely him, this father who loved her more than anything but had never fulfilled his proper duties.

After calming down, he quickly understood that since his daughters had chosen this path themselves, what right did he as a father have to point fingers at their choice?

As long as they could reach the shore of happiness, what was there to fear from a bumpy road?

Since the path was full of thorns, then let him as their father clear the thorns for them.

Whoever dared to obstruct them... he dared to make that person completely disappear from Earth!

He, Bei Yaochen, had this ability.

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The apartment.

The large amount of undecomposed alcohol in her body didn't bring Bei Yaoyue sleepiness. Though it was nearly midnight, she still felt no drowsiness, sitting at her computer drawing commissioned work that had piled up due to monthly exams.

Though her consciousness was clear, the alcohol still significantly affected her mental state. Despite concentrating with all her might, the drawings she produced always seemed strange, with an odd sense of dissonance. After pondering, she simply rolled back the record to half an hour ago.

In drawing, she always strived for perfection and never allowed flawed work to exist. If drawn poorly, she would delete and redo until satisfied.

"Run forward, facing cold stares and mockery..."

Her phone rang. Bei Yaoyue put down her stylus and looked at the screen—it was Kisaragi Ichika calling.

She almost instantly wanted to hang up, but after hesitating for a moment, still pressed the answer key.

The call connected, but neither person spoke.

Bei Yaoyue naturally had nothing to say. Seeing Kisaragi Ichika remain silent, she pressed the speakerphone key and tossed her phone on the desk.

After a long while, Kisaragi Ichika's voice finally came through the phone: "Yueyue..."

Bei Yaoyue didn't answer, waiting for Kisaragi Ichika to continue.

"Come home tomorrow night, okay? Mom and Dad have something to tell you."

"......"

Without giving any reply, Bei Yaoyue directly hung up the phone and tossed it onto her bed.

She knew her parents loved her very much. She wasn't stupid—of course she knew.

But wounds cut by sharp blades, no matter how many years passed, no matter how completely they healed, would definitely leave indelible scars. Today's events undoubtedly stabbed that ugly scar viciously once more.

Unable to focus on her artwork and unable to sleep, Bei Yaoyue simply closed SAI, opened Chrome, found the only UP creator she followed in Bilibili's follow list—Ichinose Xiyue—and randomly clicked on a recorded stream video to pass time.

Concentrating on watching the video, Bei Yaoyue didn't notice that her phone screen on the bed suddenly lit up and displayed a message notification.

"From System: Current Task Progress: 1/3"