The others were holding up relatively well, but Wu Bixia's younger son, Deng Wenwei, had a visibly dark and unpleasant expression.
With Feng Qingqing away in the Provincial Capital these past few days, the members of the Deng family had been staying at the County Town guesthouse. The rest of them managed to adapt, but Deng Wenwei was the most impatient and restless of all. Knowing no other acquaintances in Nanjiang County, every day felt like a year to him. He could only hope his mother would return to Beijing soon so he could go back to eating, drinking, and making merry with his wastrel friends.
Yet, for reasons unknown, his mother was dead set against leaving. Feng Qingqing had also vanished for days on end, driving him to pace anxiously in circles around the guesthouse every single day. When his brother told him today that Feng Qingqing had finally returned from the Provincial Capital, a wave of relief had washed over him. Whether this arrangement would work out or not, they needed a definite answer; otherwise, how could a whole family afford to waste away like this in the County Town?
Chapter 449