Rebirth Counterattack with Space

Ye Man’s father’s words left her mother speechless. Even if she was unwilling to admit it, she had to agree that their daughter was indeed not particularly outstanding in appearance, and the likelihood of being favored by a wealthy suitor was slim to none.

She was suddenly unsure whether she should be relieved or disappointed.

"Xiaoman, we’ve been talking about this for a long time now, but what’s the deal with Gu Feng? What do his parents do? You should at least tell us about them. Their parents will be here soon, and we’re still in the dark about them. How can we discuss marriage without knowing anything?"

"I don’t know either."

Ye Man lowered her head, speaking in a muffled tone, "I’ve just found out that Xia Ye is Gu Feng, they’re the same person."

"Xia Ye and Gu Feng are the same person?"

Ye Man’s father and mother were so shocked, they almost choked on their own saliva, "What’s going on here? Is this why you’re so upset?"

"...Yes."

Ye Man absentmindedly picked at her fingernails, her gaze vacant as she repeated what Xia Ye - oh, no, Gu Feng - had just told her.

Her eyes were blank, her heart ached, but if you asked her to consider leaving Gu Feng, even the thought was unbearable—

"You’ve really come into your own now, keeping a girlfriend secret, and she’s even pregnant. Would you have kept it from us forever if Peng Quan hadn’t called today? Were you planning to wait until the baby was born before you told us? Do you think you’ve grown wings now and can fly away, forgetting your parents?"

As soon as they arrived at the place, Gu Tianming and Xia Na got out of the car, with Gu Tianming locking it. Seeing Gu Feng waiting downstairs, Xia Na couldn’t control herself any longer, forgetting all the reminders she’d given herself not to get angry, and started berating him right away.

"Xia Na, don’t get agitated. Didn’t we agree to ask what’s going on before reacting?" Gu Tianming, seeing the situation go awry and fearing another confrontation between his wife and eldest son, hurriedly grabbed Xia Na and tried to calm her with kind words.

"Right, I forgot that he’s grown so temperamental now that we shouldn’t provoke him carelessly."

Xia Na shook off Gu Tianming’s hand and sneered at Gu Feng, "Go on, tell me, what did you do to make that girl so upset, you’ve got a pregnant lady in such distress? Peng Quan said she was having circulatory problems because of stress, isn’t it?"

Gu Feng hung his head in silence.

"Xia Na, don’t be like this. If you want to scold our son, we can do that back at home. Right now, the girl’s parents are also here; if you behave this way, what are they going to think? We don’t want them to believe we’re unsatisfied and harbor a grudge after forming this marriage alliance."

Gu Tianming looked helplessly from his silent eldest son to his wife, who was as prickly as a hedgehog. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

Upon hearing this, Xia Na took a deep breath to compose herself and said to Gu Tianming, "I don’t want to be angry either, but I can’t help it when I see him acting like nothing can touch him."

She waved her hand and took a deep breath, "I have a sense of propriety, no matter what, one cannot behave like this in front of someone’s daughter and her parents."

Seeing that Gu Feng was still standing without moving or saying a word, she couldn’t help but get angry again, "Aren’t you going to say something? Have you become mute?"

"Gu Feng, speak up, what in the world is going on? How long have you been dating this young lady?" Gu Tianming also started to ask.

"For over three years. Mom and Dad, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to hide it from you... At the beginning, we met by chance on the street, and Ye Man nearly got hit by a bicycle. I was just beside her and reached out instinctively to pull her away, and then she started chasing me.

At that time, I wasn’t interested in her. Seeing how persistent she was, I impulsively did not tell her my real name and even made up an orphan identity, hoping she would give up. I never expected that Ye Man wouldn’t care at all, and we continued our relationship until now."

Gu Feng, with his head down like a child who had done something wrong, mumbled, "This time, we went to the hospital and found out she was pregnant, so she proposed that I meet her parents..."

"So, seeing that you couldn’t hide it any longer and being left with no choice, you finally told the truth. As a result, the young lady found out you had lied to her for so many years, and that’s why she got so shocked, right?"

Xia Na, nearly losing her senses, pointed at Gu Feng with a trembling hand, "You, you are really something. Is it because your previous girlfriend was so vain that you assume all the girls in the world are like that? So, you deliberately pretended to have nothing to toy with her?"

"I never intended to toy with her," Gu Feng retorted with a frown.

"You ’never intended to toy with her’ yet you didn’t even tell her your real name, and you still ended up having a child with her. Tell me, how did that child come about? Did the two of you conceive the child by holding hands, or by just kissing?" Xia Na was beginning to speak without restraint.

"Cough, cough."

Gu Tianming coughed forcefully twice, his hand against his lips as he lowered his head uncomfortably to hide the smile on his face. The absurdity of Xia Na’s accusation made him laugh out loud momentarily; he wouldn’t have had to suppress it so fiercely had the subjects not been his own eldest son and future daughter-in-law.

"Mom." Gu Feng’s face turned beet red as well.

"How did I give birth to such a bastard son? You were so obedient and sensible when you were little. And now, for a woman like that previous one, look at what you have become. Do you really think she was worth changing yourself for?" Xia Na didn’t find it funny but felt heartbroken and disappointed instead.

"Mom... I’m sorry, I was wrong," Gu Feng kept his head down, his few words strained to the extreme.

"What did you say? Say it again," Xia Na trembled, unbelieving as she looked towards Gu Feng, thinking she might have heard wrong, while even Gu Tianming paused for a moment, looking at Gu Feng in surprise. This was the first time in many years since that incident that he had bowed his head in front of Xia Na.

"Mom, I’m sorry, I was wrong. I shouldn’t have made you sad for so long over such a woman," Gu Feng said again, this time looking up at Xia Na with a very serious tone.

"..."

Xia Na stared at Gu Feng, assured that he was serious. Suddenly, her eyes became moist, and tears blinked out. She blinked vigorously and turned her head away, not wanting her son to see her tears, uncomfortably spat out, "Don’t think I can forgive you so easily; we’ll settle the score later. Hurry up and lead the way; don’t let that young lady’s family think you’re so irresponsible that you’ve run away secretly."