Chapter 317 Don’t Push Me Away Again
After driving his subordinates away, Du Yunxiao did not leave. He still stayed not far from Fuyan Tower, wanting to wait for Yu Qinghuan to leave so that he could take a look at her from afar.
I waited until dark, and saw that most people in the restaurant had left, but there was no sign of Yu Qinghuan. She usually left through the back door.
Du Yunxiao immediately thought that Yu Qinghuan was going through the main gate today, and immediately wanted to go around to the main gate.
Who knew that when he turned around, he would catch the gaze of the person behind him.
Yu Qinghuan had stood behind him at some point, only a few steps away from him, her skirt rippled by the night wind, and she was holding a lantern in her hand, just looking at him.
Du Yunxiao's Adam's apple rolled, and the fingers under his sleeves curled up unconsciously.
He wanted to explain that he wasn't following her intentionally, but the words that came out of his mouth were: "I was just passing by."
After saying this, he felt so annoyed that he wanted to bite his tongue. This poor excuse couldn't even fool a street kid.
Yu Qinghuan ignored his obvious lie and asked, "Are you hungry?"
Du Yunxiao noticed that her voice was a little softer than when she spoke to him before. He shook his head blankly, then nodded hurriedly after realizing what was happening. "Hungry!"
Yu Qinghuan walked past him, lantern in hand, and entered through the back door of the restaurant. Seeing Du Yunxiao still standing there, she stopped and looked at him, "Aren't you coming in?"
The night wind carried these words into Du Yunxiao's ears. He was stunned at first, then ecstatic, and quickly followed.
The restaurant door was closed, with only a few oil lamps left in the kitchen.
Du Yunxiao sat aside and saw Yu Qinghuan go into the kitchen, get a bowl, scoop a bowl of noodles from the pot, and walk in front of him.
He quickly got up to answer it.
Yu Qinghuan handed him the bowl, sat aside, and said calmly, "There's only noodles left."
Du Yunxiao was flattered, "Noodles are good enough."
He had not expected to be able to sit with Huanhuan like this, let alone have a bowl of noodles for himself.
The noodle soup was still hot, and it made him feel warm inside.
Du Yunxiao ate noodles and looked up at Yu Qinghuan from time to time. It had been many years since he had looked at the person in front of him so carefully.
Yu Qinghuan suddenly said, "From now on, don't call anyone over anymore."
Du Yunxiao paused while eating his noodles, feeling a little sad. He lowered his head and took a big mouthful of noodles, then couldn't help but look up and ask, "How did you know it was me?"
Yu Qinghuan looked at him like a fool, "No one would do this except you."
It has been like this since I was a child, doing these thankless tasks secretly without letting her know.
The dim firelight flickered gently, and Du Yunxiao just stared at her. Looking at the face so close to him, his heart beat faster and faster. He suddenly hoped that this night could be longer so that he could stay with Huanhuan longer.
But he was afraid that if he showed it too obviously, Yu Qinghuan would push him further away.
So he lowered his head silently and continued eating noodles.
When he finished eating the noodles, he stood up and wanted to put the bowl back in the kitchen, but Yu Qinghuan reached out and took it, "I'll do it."
The moment he took the bowl, Du Yunxiao touched her hand and his heart was filled with ripples.
But Yu Qinghuan didn't react at all.
Du Yunxiao suddenly felt that she had changed a lot and felt uncomfortable.
Just when he thought he had to leave after finishing his noodles, Yu Qinghuan came back with a pot of wine, "Let's talk and have a couple of drinks."
Du Yunxiao said in a hoarse voice, "Okay."
At the same time, the Cheng Mansion's carriage stopped silently at the back door.
After a long time without seeing Madam Yu coming out, Xiaoying went in to take a look and then came out to report to Cheng Gongjin in the carriage, "Madam Yu and General Du are inside, and they seem to want to drink."
Cheng Gongjin responded, "Then wait a moment."
Xiaoying asked quietly, "Why don't we go in and call for help?"
General Du and Madam Yu were childhood sweethearts. I heard that they were planning to get married back then. If it weren't for the incident that happened to the Du family later, they would have gotten married long ago.
What if after two glasses of wine, they talk about their childhood and their feelings run deep... their old love will rekindle and Madam Yu will turn and throw herself into General Du's arms?
After all, Du Yunxiao was tall and strong, and in good health, so he could lift Madam Yu up with one hand.
"Master, you must be on guard."
Cheng Gongjin stretched out his hand to open the curtain and glanced at Xiaoying with a deep gaze. "Talk less and do more."
Xiaoying: "...Yes."
Cheng Gongjin glanced at the back door, loosened the curtain, and just waited in the carriage.
He never had any childhood sweetheart, nor did he care about any childhood friendship between Yu Qinghuan and anyone else.
If that thing was useful, the two of them wouldn't be in the restaurant now.
...
After two glasses of wine, Du Yunxiao finally asked what was hidden deep in his heart, "Huanhuan, did they still bully you after I left?"
Yu Qinghuan's eyes darkened, but she said, "No."
Du Yunxiao didn't believe it. There was no good person in the Yu family. He couldn't imagine how she had survived all these years alone.
Perhaps she couldn't hold on any longer, so she married Ningyuan Hou.
Yu Qinghuan picked up the wine jug and poured another glass for Du Yunxiao. "How about you? Have you been hurt a lot during these years at the border?"
She originally wanted to ask Du Yunxiao how he was doing at the border, but as soon as she thought about it, she knew there was no way he could be doing well.
But when she asked the question in a different way, she felt that her question was really unnecessary.
Being at the border, you are in danger of death.
But Du Yunxiao didn't think so. This was the first time someone asked him about the past years since he came back.
Huanhuan is concerned about him.
Intoxicated, he looked at Yu Qinghuan's slightly red cheeks and suddenly grabbed her hand. Just like when they were little, he whispered, "Huanhuan, don't push me away anymore. You are the only one I miss in Beijing."
Yu Qinghuan wanted to pull her hand back, but when she heard his words, a bitter feeling welled up in her heart.
These years have not been easy for both myself and Du Yunxiao.
He longed to return to the capital simply because there were people he cared about here, but I kept rejecting him.
How sad he must be.
Seeing that Yu Qinghuan did not break free from his hand, Du Yunxiao quietly clenched it, his Adam's apple rolling, his eyes sliding from her moist lips to her trembling eyelashes, and he unconsciously slowly approached.
The aroma of wine mixed with the breath, lingering within a short distance.
The candlelight cast tiny shadows on Yu Qinghuan's eyelashes as she watched the person in front of her get closer and closer.
The same hands, but even bigger and warmer than when I was a child.
She suddenly recalled many things from the past and all the kindness Du Yunxiao had shown her.
In the first few years, she looked forward to his return day and night.
Yu Qinghuan's soft lips moved as she recalled the past. Tears flashed in her eyes as she called out the familiar name in her memory, "Brother Yun Xiao..."
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