[BL] Debut in Interstellar After Retiring as Grim Reaper-Chapter 126: Bai Ling And Bai Yue

Chapter 126: Bai Ling And Bai Yue

Bai Ling was born to be a manipulator. He manipulated his Mother to solely focus on him and also made him suffer again and again.

Day by day, he watched his own Mother taking care of Bai Ling like his real son and he watched himself getting drowned by depression and hopelessness.

Until such time, their Mother finally told them everything. It turns out that she had an affair with the only Master of Cao Family. They had a relationship in the past and his father promised his Mother that they will be together sooner so his Mom wants themselves to be ready to live a life as a wealthy family.

His Mother even wants him to learn and be better than the legitimate son so he would be noticed by his father to secure their position in that family.

Unfortunately, her plans were abruptly failing due to him.

As time goes by, his Mother begins to abuse him harsher and brutal to the point that she shouted at him, saying she wished he was never her son and hopefully it was Bai Ling instead.

That was the last straw.

Those words made his world crumpled into pieces and he just wants to forget the pain inside his heart. Thus, one evening, he went to the rooftop to be alone.

Due to the extreme depression he had, Bai Yue had already self-harmed just to forget the pain in his heart. There was no way. Even if he tried to make himself happy and be optimistic, he was never his Mother’s favorite.

No amount of happiness can ease the pain.

So hurting himself physically became his alternative. He thought, if there was a new pain, maybe he could forget the pain in his heart. To distract himself from a headache is to have another pain.

Then... It happens often.

Every time his Mother would say those hurtful words that she regrets having him as her real child, he would sneak to the rooftop and self-harm himself.

That night, as usual, he went to the rooftop and slash his wrist. He was sitting on the edge and was just staring at nowhere when he heard footsteps behind him.

It was Bai Ling.

He was wearing the new pajamas that his Mother brought and never for him.

The young man had a sweet smile on his face but his eyes were clearly mocking him. In contrast to his face that is usually very obedient and harmless, the real Bai Ling only dares to reveal himself in front of him.

Manipulator, scheming, pretender... evil.

"Why aren’t you sleeping, brother?" Bai Ling softly asked but he didn’t answer.

"It’s very cold, brother. You shouldn’t stay in this place because Mom might get worried— opps," he suddenly halted and covered his mouth. "I’m sorry, my bad. Mom won’t be worried about you. I forgot she doesn’t want you anymore."

"That’s not true." Bai Yue gritted his teeth and insisted. fɾēewebnσveℓ.com

"Who are you fooling?" Bai Ling looked at him sarcastically but he only stared at him stubbornly. The latter shrugs and his smile widens as his eyes flash in ill-intent that he didn’t notice that night.

"By the way, Mom’s birthday is coming soon," he suddenly changes the topic. "Do you want me to help you arrange a gift for her?"

He frowns. "No."

"Oh, come on!" Bai Ling walked a step closer to him. "Don’t you want to prepare a gift that would make her happy? Don’t you wanna be her favorite again?"

"..." Those words made him stunned.

Don’t he? Of course it’s a big yes.

Every night, he would always wish he was like Bai Ling, who can do anything that his Mother wants to make her proud. So that she would smile at him, so that she would hug him whenever he wants to, and so that she will say he is her best son and no one else.

But his face remains stubborn and refuses to accept Bai Ling’s offer.

Bai Ling raised his brows. "What? You don’t want to?"

He didn’t answer.

Bai Ling shrugs casually. "Okay, since you want to stay in your awful situation then go ahead. Anyway, it’s not definitely me who’ll be abandoned if she has the chance in the future, right?"

A word from his mouth struck him. Abandon?

No way, she won’t do that to him! He is her only son!

Bai Ling noticed his reaction and immediately rolled his eyes. "Don’t be stupid even if I know you are already. You knew it, didn’t you? Mom is such a woman who would do anything just to get out in this poor situation. She clearly wants a beautiful life, and with you being her son? She could not achieve it."

He curls his hands into a tight fist.

"You better accept that truth and do something instead of being in denial."

"... what can I do?" Bai Yue whispered those words. His voice contains an exhaustion and helplessness to his own situation.

Bai Ling’s eyes lit up.

"So you agreed?"

Bai Yue just nodded. He doesn’t care anymore. All his life, his mother’s acceptance and love is the only thing he wished for in this life. He never wanted a wealthy life or anything.

He just wants love from a Mother.

"Then I have a suggestion for you. I’m pretty sure that if you do this, Mother will be happy."

"What is it?"

"I’ll whisper it to you."

"Why whisper when it’s only us here?" he asked in confusion, completely unaware of what will happen to him in the next moment of carelessness.

Bai Ling didn’t answer so he had no choice but to let him come closer. The latter walked towards him and leaned so he also leaned his head to hear him.

But unexpectedly, before he could hear what he would say, he suddenly felt a force push from him.

"!!!"

Bai Yue’s eyes widened as he found himself falling from the tall building of their apartment. He turned his head fast and met Bai Ling’s sweet smile.

And the last thing he heard before he finally fall was the latter’s words saying,

"Mom will be happy if I am Bai Yue. That’s her wish so die, okay?"

...

After he died, he found himself in this state and watched them. He saw his Mother smile happily instead of grieving for his death and they quickly set the matter of his death. They found ways to address him as Bai Ling and said he committed suicide. The police could not find anything because they really found the scars on his body that came from self-harming.

That became their proof that Bai ling didn’t do anything.

His pain and scars were his Mother’s gift to be happy.

Because after that, his father also found them and as expected, Bai Ling became Bai Yue, the illegitimate son of the Cao family.

They went to their new home and he watched how Bai Ling continued to manipulate everyone, turning the legitimate son Cao Ming to the useless one in the family.

He rose higher and higher and even entered the entertainment industry as Bai Yue to gain fame and he could get everything that he wanted to.

He didn’t care.

He doesn’t care if Bai Ling became him and stole his identity as the ’real’ son.

All he wanted until now was just his Mother’s love and acknowledgment.

But she never did.

It seems that for her, his death was her relief and joy.

She never visited him nor even mentioned him.

She chose to forget him, to abandon her own son.

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