My Little Poplar - Chap 103
When he returned to work, Bai Xinyu felt that something was wrong with him. He’s barely adjusted to life away from the army but this kidnapping has got his blood boiling again and it took a lot of effort to keep him pinned to his chair.
There is a knock at the door, Feng Dongyuan said from outside: “Manager Bai.”
Bai Xinyu said: “Come in.”
Feng Dongyuan came in and closed the door.
Bai Xinyu looked at him unblinkingly and said, “Well?”
Feng Dongyuan sighed: “Shaozhen and I went to see Fengcheng last night, we are only allowed to visit him for a short time a day, his mother was there, we just had a few words with him.”
“So, what’s his condition now?”
“The leg injury is serious, if he doesn’t recover well, he won’t be able to go back to the Snowleopard.”
Bai Xinyu drew a breath, he leaned back in his chair, he didn’t say anything for a while.
Feng Dongyuan looked on, he looked like he wanted to say something but didn’t.
Bai Xinyu said: “Anything else?”
“After we left, his mother came out after us, asking us… who ‘Bai Xinyu’ was.”
Bai Xinyu was stunned, “Why did she ask?”
“She didn’t say.”
“Then how did you answer?”
“I told her the truth, that you were our comrade.”
“Well, you answered correctly.” It seems Yu Fengcheng’s father didn’t tell his mother about them, otherwise it would have been embarrassing.
“Xinyu.” Feng Dongyuan whispered: “Aren’t you going to see Fengcheng?”
Bai Xinyu lowered his head and said tiredly: “Should I go.”
Feng Dongyuan said after a moment of silence, “Fengcheng is our comrade after all.”
Bai Xinyu buried his face in his desk and said, “Dongyuan, you know what, I’m afraid to go.” What do we say when we meet? What to do? What kind of look would Yu Fengcheng give him, what kind of Yu Fengcheng would he see? These were things he didn’t want to think about but if he saw Yu Fengcheng, he would have to face them.
He remembered Jian Suiying’s serious gaze, he thought of what had happened between him and Yu Fengcheng and felt his head spin.
Feng Dongyuan patted him on the shoulder and said, “I understand.”
“You don’t understand.” Bai Xinyu face darkened with worry and he said, “You only know that we were good but how we were good, how we broke up, you don’t know.”
Feng Dongyuan looked at him with bright, clean eyes and said, “If you want to talk to someone, I’m always here.”
Bai Xinyu felt his heart flutter, at this moment, he really felt the desire to talk, he wanted to pour out all the bad things that had been piling up in his heart and tormenting him for so long, to this friend he trusted, maybe that would make him feel better. But he couldn’t, he couldn’t tell anyone without a good reason, he suspected that Yu Fengcheng liked his uncle and that was the biggest conflict between them, so he had no one to talk to.
Feng Dongyuan stroked his head and said, “It’s okay if you don’t want to talk about it, I just want you not to push yourself too hard, you’ve done nothing wrong, you shouldn’t have to bear a burden that doesn’t belong to you.”
