Otaku Translation: On The Most Effective Way Of Pushing The Male Supporting Character Down Chapter 7

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A few months before, he was ambushed when he was on his way back from the battlefield and returned to the barracks with a serious injury. At that time, it was this man who treated him, and he could remember that when Doctor Xu was handing him the medicine, his legs couldn't stop shaking. He had to worry about whether the other would faint before he could.

The Xu Ziyu he met today was really nothing like the little doctor in his impression. Although people who've been through near death experiences may have some changes to their personality, this change was a bit too great...

"Someone! Go and find Advisor Wu for me."

"Yes!" The guards responded without hesitation.

After a while, Advisor Wu lifted the fabric at the entrance and walked inside. If Xu Ziyu was there, he may would have noticed that this person was the good-looking man who had been among the lieutenants before.

"What happened? Did you scare away that little doctor?" Looking around, Wu Duan couldn't find the figure of Doctor Xu, and he couldn't help wanting to tease the general.

Qi Yuxuan and Wu Duan had known each other for a long time, and they were both familiar with the other person's thinking. It wasn't the first time that Qi Yuxuan had been joked with like this, and such a small thing would naturally not be something that could make him angry.

"He left." There was no change in QI Yuxuan's indifferent expression.

Wu Duan showed a sly smile, "So how was it, does it feel good to be admired?"

Qi Yuxuan glared at him, but unfortunately Wu Duan knew his paper tiger-like nature, and didn't care at all.

"Tell me quickly, did the little doctor really fall in love at first sight because you played the hero and saved him?"

Qi Yuxuan looked at his friend helplessly. What had always made him feel the most speechless about the other's character was how particular he was about 'making a distinction between public and private'. When there were others, he would speak normally, but once only the two of them remained, it was as if he had forgotten all taboos, and he would say all kinds of improper things...

"Go and investigate him." As Qi Yuxuan picked up the teacup, he suddenly recalled the feeling of Xu Ziyu's warm breath on his skin, and his heart felt a bit restless.

"Investigate?" Wu Duan's expression turned solemn, "Do you suspect that he's a spy?"

Qi Yuxuan shook his head, "No. I just want to know why he chose to commit suicide by throwing himself into the river." Although this matter didn't concern him, he felt a little curious all of a sudden.

Based on the sort of person he seemed, Qi Yuxuan didn't think that Xu Ziyi would treat the matter of life or death as a joke... So, could this have been a deliberate attempt at attracting his attention?

His gaze darkened slightly, and Qi Yuxuan's face inadvertently showed some sombreness. If Xu Ziyu had some other reason for deliberately approaching him...

Wu Duan looked at Qi Yuxuan's face, and as the silence stretched longer and longer, his expression turned somewhat uneasy. In truth, it wasn't that he hadn't checked Xu Ziyu's background before going back to the tent... After all, the doctor's behaviour changed so drastically, and he wasn't someone who wouldn't worry about his friends' matters.

It just happened that... The entanglement of Xu Ziyu and Shen Zhong was no secret, and it turned into slanderous gossip in the mouths of spectators, and their relationship was well-known in the barracks. It was also widely known that Shen Zhong had spent more and more time pursuing the daughter of a certain lieutenant in recent days, and apparently even the matter of marriage was being discussed. The public opinion was that this had been the reason behind the doctor's suicide attempt.

Wu Duan's eye twitched slightly. Most of the gossip should have... Yes, most of it was probably false. Judging from the doctor's behaviour just before, he didn't seem so fragile, and... Would someone who had just lost their lover fall for the general in such a short amount of time, especially with such passion?

"What is it?" Seeing that the expression on Wu Duan's face was quite unnatural, Qi Yuxuan asked in surprise.

Cough-cough, it's nothing really, just some rumours." Wu Duan's eyes inadvertently dodged the other's gaze.

Qi Yuxuan's expression sank, "Speak!"

"Really... It's nothing, rumours don't necessarily mean anything." Wu Duan said hesitantly, "That is... I sent someone to ask around. The people who knew something all said that Xu Ziyu threw himself into the river because... He got dumped."

Seeing that Qi Yuxuan's expression was getting drastically worse with every word, he quickly added, "But they aren't necessarily right. You also saw how infatuated the doctor seemed to be with you, a bottomless gaze filled with love and all that, I think it's reasonable to think that there are some other factors we aren't aware of."

"So, what you are saying is that... He has someone else he loves?" Qi Yuxuan didn't seem to have heard Wu Duan's explanation, and he only grasped this one detail.

Wu Duan looked up to the sky in helplessness, thinking - Doctor Xu, it really isn't that I don't want to help you, but this kind of black history really is too difficult to hide, and can't be covered up at all...

"Cough-cough, it shouldn't be... They weren't lovers, I heard that they just come from the same village. Besides, there is a lot of talk about that person wanting to marry Li Xiaowei's daughter recently." Wu Duan tried to clarify in a low voice.

Qi Yuxuan's face returned to its usual indifference, but the look in his eyes was freezing cold.

The person who confessed to him just a couple minutes before had still been jumping into the river for the sake of another man in the morning? What would that even be called? Looking for someone to make a past lover jealous?

Although deep down he felt that Xu Ziyu wouldn't do such a lowly and ruthless thing, Qi Yuxuan still couldn't stop his thoughts from running wild.

His dark eyes were like bottomless frozen-over lakes, and his gloomy face had an extremely cold air.

Wu Duan let out a sigh. With General Qi's fierce reputation, let alone women, even men rarely dared to approach him. As his friend, he had a little awareness of the loneliness the other had experienced ever since he was a child, but he really had no way to fill such a void in the other's heart...

Finally, someone who didn't seem to have been scared away by the general's brutal reputation appeared, but the confession ended up making such a big mess... Tsk-tsk, that Doctor Xu really was something else...

He didn't know what to say to salvage the situation.

"Eh, Yuxuan, I really don't think that Doctor Xu was only... Teasing you." Wu Dian only dared to open his mouth after carefully picking his words.

Qi Yuxuan gave him a cold look, "Shut up."

Wu Duo really shut his mouth. Although the two of them could be called friends, Qi Yuxuan seemed to be the kind of person who was simply scary by nature. Once he became serious about something, most people wouldn't have the guts to argue with him.

Still, thinking about the beautiful doctor and then of the lonely figure of Qi Yuxuan, Wu Duan gritted his teeth, "Yuxuan, I really think that Doctor Xu is serious about you. You know, no matter how you decide on this matter, it's best to ask him about the situation."

He didn't really know whether the beauty and Qi Yuxuan would be a good match, but if the other had already taken the initiative to approach the general, there would be no benefit in determining his intentions without even giving him a chance. He didn't want Qi Yuxuan to misunderstand the other party because of such a small thing, and maybe even develop a bad impression of him, so he tried to speak up for the doctor.

Of course, in the unlikely case that would be, well... If that Doctor Xu turned out to be a master of disguise, he would definitely make him pay for the emotional damage suffered by General Qi!

"All right, it's better of you go, I want to rest." Qi Yuxuan rubbed his forehead. He was well aware that Wu Duan cared about him and was worried that he would end up dying alone, which was why he didn't want to let this rare chance go to waste.

It was just that such a matter of feelings would not be so easy to control. He didn't want to accept the first person who came to him just because the other took the initiative to confess to him, and even though he didn't have a bad impression of the beautiful doctor, after hearing his advisor's words, he suddenly felt that he didn't want to hide the displeasure he felt.

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notes

As you may have noticed, this project has been discontinued. I do recommend mtling the rest of the novel, as it is a rather fun one, even if many nu reviewers disagree. I (lcswrts) don't have any other projects on OT, but you can always find me on my own site. You could technically buy me a ko-fi as a goodbye, if you wanted to... I thank everyone who has commented kind things in relation to this project, it was a great source of motivation. <3