My Little Poplar - Chap 109

Bai Xinyu was lucky, he hoped his mother hadn’t found the letter but when he went over to see it, it was also flat on the table, he said calmly: “Mom, you’re looking at the picture.”

Li Weizhi looked up, her eyes were red, she looked at him steadily, her eyes were troubled and sad.

Bai Xinyu’s heart ached, he went over to her and took her hand in his and said, “Mum, I…” He wanted to tell a lie but in front of his mother’s panic stricken face, the lie was on his lips but he couldn’t get it out, remembering that he used to be able to lie when he opened his mouth but now it had almost deteriorated. He could not bear to deceive his mother, nor did he want to deny the irrefutable evidence.

Li Weizhi shuddered: “Is this all true?”

Bai Xinyu whispered: “Mom, I’m sorry.”

Li Weizhi drew her hand back to slap him but she couldn’t bring herself to do it, it just stopped in mid air.

Bai Xinyu grabbed her hand and slapped himself hard across the face, he repeated: “Mum, I’m sorry.” He didn’t dare look at his mother’s disappointed eyes, he hadn’t known before, they could make him feel so ashamed.

Li Weizhi whimpered, “You bastard, why can’t you spare your mother’s life.”

Bai Xinyu silently closed the album, the pictures, of him and Yu Fengcheng smiling so brightly, could have pierced his eyes.

Li Weizhi wiped his eyes and said, “You were too lonely in the army, now you’ve been separated, right?”

Bai Xinyu nodded hesitantly.

“Then why don’t you have a girlfriend? Didn’t you have many girlfriends before?”

Bai Xinyu said evasively: “I’m busy with work.”

“You’re talking nonsense!” Li Weizhi had a woman’s intuition, in all these years, her son had never brought any woman home, or saved her picture, her son had taken a bullet for a man, they had a lifelong friendship, she had been a bit suspicious before, now these pictures and letters had confirmed her suspicions, she felt that her son was not simply playing with Yu Fengcheng, she felt that he was not just playing with her. Fengcheng was more than a mere plaything, she had no basis for this but as a mother, she could feel it.

Bai Xinyu threw his arms around his mother’s neck and said softly: “Mum, don’t be angry.”

Li Weizhi glared at him, “How will I face your Auntie Huo in the future?”

Bai Xinyu couldn’t bear to tell his mother the truth, he felt Huo Jie was too role model for this woman, he couldn’t say anything, he could say nothing.

Li Weizhi saw that he was silent and said, “Swear to me, you’ll never see him again and you’ll never contact him again!”

Bai Xinyu slightly stunned, eyes flickering and he said, “I…”

“You don’t want to?” Li Weizhi raised her voice, “Xinyu, do you still like him? He’s a guy, are you influenced by your brother!”

Bai Xinyu said: “It has nothing to do with my brother, if I was influenced by him, I wouldn’t be here now… Anyway, this has nothing to do with me and my brother, Mom, just give me some time to deal with it, okay.”

Li Weizhi closed her eyes and said, “I don’t know if I should regret sending you to the army now, you’ve gotten better but you’ve been hurt again and… But what’s the point of regretting it, Xinyu, why are you so ignorant, if your dad finds out, he’ll beat you to death!”