After the teacher and student had lunch together, Mr. Qi could not stay for a long time because he still had a job at the newspaper.

The two of them walked out of the restaurant and walked slowly down the street together.

Around the corner of the street ahead, a procession, mostly composed of young students, holding banners and small flags, shouted slogans and marched towards them in a mighty manner.

Mr. Qi hurriedly pulled Wen Jianning to avoid it.

Before the crowd could pass them in waves, the authorities hurried to maintain order.

said that it was to maintain order, but in fact, it was simply pushing and scolding roughly. As long as everyone wore the uniform of the students, they were driven away, and for a moment, the terrible cries and brutal shouts of the girls mixed together, and the whole street was in chaos.

Wen Jianning and the others were caught in the middle, neither advancing nor retreating. Although they were not beaten, they were also interrogated by the authorities. Fortunately, Mr. Qi coped with it properly and did not take them away as participants in the march.

Wen Jianning witnessed the whole process with his own eyes, and finally watched the authorities arrest several students who took the lead, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time, muttering, "They, how can they do this." ”

These are just patriotic students, but they are treated like this on the street.

Mr. Qi sighed: "This kind of thing happens every day, and if you see it a lot, you will get used to it." ”

There seemed to be the crying of the talented female students lingering in her ears, Wen Jianning only felt a pain in her heart, and said in her heart, how could she get used to this, these people should not have been treated so unfairly.

Seeing that Wen Jianning was still depressed, Mr. Qi said softly: "If you have nothing to do these days, you might as well go around Shanghai." Go to places you haven't seen before and see how ordinary people live in this city. When you see more, you'll figure it out. You've always been smart, and although you lack a little sense of direction now, it's okay, you still have time to find it slowly. ”

Mr. Qi personally sent Wen Jianning to the tram stop and told her to pay attention to safety on the way back.

The two said goodbye first and saw each other another day.

Wen Jianning sat alone on the tram back, still in a daze.

In fact, she is not unaware of the attitude of the authorities towards the students who marched, but what she heard in the past is still not as shocking as what she has seen with her own eyes today. Some of those students were the same age as her, and some were not a few years older than her, but they dared to take to the streets to raise their voices for their family and country. And in Hong Kong, at most, she used a few Japanese products less during the boycott of Japanese products, and followed her classmates to echo a few criticisms of the current situation, but she didn't really want to do anything for the present.

Wen Jianning only felt that he was dwarfed, but he heard another voice in his heart quibbling.

But even if they fight, what's the use, just like those students, they are still arrested.

In this chaotic world, she is just an ordinary member of the crowd. It was only because he hid in the safe haven of the Wen family that he was saved from the wind and rain. Once he leaves the protection of the Wen family, he is just like many people, pushed into the tide of the times and coerced, and it is still difficult to protect himself, let alone change other things.

These two voices were fighting in Wen Jianning's mind, and the more she thought about it, the more confused she became.

There has never been a moment like now, home and country, now and in the future, many problems suddenly surged, directly in front of Wen Jianning, forcing her to wake up from the beautiful dream woven by the Wen Mansion and make her own choices about the future as soon as possible.

And she only felt physically and mentally dazed, and she didn't know where to go.

...

After returning to the Wen Mansion, Wen Jianning said that he was tired of walking, and he didn't come downstairs until dinner.

The next morning, for the first time, she didn't get up early, but lay on the bed and looked at the ceiling in a daze.

After a while, the eldest aunt knocked on her door and told her to get up and freshen up. It turned out that Feng Ling's wedding was imminent, and she was going to hold a bachelorette ball today, and invited many celebrities and ladies to go, even Wen Jianning and a few of them were also invited.

The Feng Mansion and the Wen Mansion are also located in the French Concession, but the latter is obviously not comparable to the former.

By the time Wen Jianning and the others arrived by car, the gate of the Feng Mansion was already full of traffic.

Because it was Feng Ling's bachelorette ball, most of the people she invited were young people, countless ladies and young talents, and many of her former friends in foreign countries. The four girls got out of the car, like four ugly ducklings in the swan pond.

Jianwan took a deep breath, her eyes lit up. She followed Wen Jingshu in Hong Kong and they have seen a lot of rich businessmen and celebrities, but compared with Feng Mansion, the social scene of the villa is really nothing.

Not only did she think so, but even the eyes of the embroidery on the side were full of colorful ripples.

Only Wen Jianning was still in a heavy mood because of yesterday's incident, and he had paid attention to other situations at all.

However, after a while, the ambitious Wen girls realized that social situations were not as easy to mix as they thought.

When they were in Hong Kong, their aunt Wen Jingshu took them to introduce guests, and they sold Wen Jingshu a little bit of face, and they were quite sought after. But when they arrived in Shanghai, a place they were not familiar with, they were so reserved that they couldn't pull down their faces to take the initiative to greet people, so they could only watch helplessly. And Feng Ling has too many friends, and she can't take care of their little girls for a while.

Fortunately, this situation did not last long, and when the ball began, someone finally came to talk.

They were all young men and women, and dancing was the fastest way for them to get closer. Even Wen Jianning, a little girl who is usually unnoticed, has enthusiastic foreign friends who have come over and invited her several times.

Once or twice is fine, but after more than one time, Wen Jianning suddenly felt unblessed, and just wanted to sneak out and hide in the corridor to be quiet, and come back when the dance party was almost over. However, as soon as she slipped out of the living room, she bumped into Feng Ling, who had changed into a dress.

Feng Ling blinked and asked, "Jianning, what are you doing when you come out?"

Wen Jianning could only explain embarrassedly: "Sister Feng Ling, I just, just want to go out and breathe. ”

Feng Ling saw that she was struggling, and suddenly her heart was clear, and she was about to persuade her to seize the opportunity to socialize more with her peers, when she suddenly remembered something, and said with a smile on the corner of her mouth: "Since you don't like this kind of occasion, why don't you go to our family library to read books." When the ball is over, I'll have the servant call you. ”

Wen Jianning readily agreed, and followed the servants of the Feng family towards the interior of the Feng Mansion.

When she saw that she was far away from others, Feng Ling withdrew her gaze, and a trace of emptiness flashed in her eyes.

- Let the teenager know more about it, it shouldn't be considered that she has done something bad.

...

Under the leadership of the Feng family's servants, Wen Jianning finally came to the front of the Feng family's library.

Downstairs, an old servant who was a doorman was sitting on a wicker chair basking in the sun, and the servant who led the way muttered a few words to him in his native dialect.

The old man was already slurring his speech, and his speech still had a strong local accent. Wen Jianning couldn't understand their words, but he still smiled and nodded at the old man very politely.

The servant turned his head to Wen Jianning and said respectfully: "You go upstairs to read the books, you can read the books here casually, but some books are old and need to be handled carefully." I'll call you later if the ball is over. ”

Wen Jianning hurriedly thanked him.

After the man left, she nodded to the old man who was guarding the door again, and then entered the Feng family library.

The interior of the study building is a traditional wood and stone structure, and the color of the staircase handrails is old for many years.

Maybe because of the dance party held in the Feng Mansion today, there was no one in the study building.

Wen Jianning walked up the stairs, and the sound of her footsteps echoed in the entire empty small building.

The Feng family is a big family with a rich collection of books. Although the Feng Mansion is just a residence of their family in Shanghai, the huge collection of books in the library still makes Wen Jianning dumbfounded. Rows of old-fashioned ebony bookshelves with almost high ceilings are filled with books of all kinds, ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, and subsets of classics and histories. Among them, the most ancient books are bound in threads, and the edges of the paper are yellowed, which shows their age.

Wen Jianning first took out a book of the ancients' travelogues, stood in front of the bookshelf and looked down.

After a while, she raised her head and rubbed the sore back of her neck, suddenly feeling a little overwhelmed.

This kind of travelogue that can be seen everywhere can be read at any time when she has time in the future, and it is rare to be able to come here today, so it is better to take this opportunity to visit the Feng family library.

Thinking of this, Wen Jianning put the book in his hand back in place and walked upstairs with his feet upstairs.

As soon as she stepped onto the third floor, she heard the sound of moving heavy objects from behind the heavy bookshelves, and she couldn't help but be surprised.

- There was someone in the library.

Wen Jianning followed the voice, and saw that in front of the last row of bookshelves, a young man in a gray robe and gold-rimmed glasses was standing on a low ladder and reaching for a stack of books on the top floor.

The other party obviously also heard the footsteps coming from behind him, and subconsciously glanced back.

The two looked at each other and were stunned the moment they saw each other.

The autumn sun shines through the small window of the study building, and countless dust flies under the sun. The girl who followed the sound only poked her head cautiously from the bookcase, tilted her head curiously, and looked at it with a pair of clear apricot eyes. The dazzling sunlight shone on her porcelain-white skin, as if transparent, and even the fine layer of fluff on her face was clearly visible.

Xu was because the low ladder was not stable, and the young man's center of gravity was unstable under his feet, and before he could speak, his body shook, and the whole person fell to the bookshelf in front of him with a bang. I heard a loud bang on the ground, and the entire bookshelf was slammed by him, and the person fell to the ground and was directly covered by the books that fell down in a daze.

Wen Jianning was stunned for a moment, and after reacting, he hurriedly stepped forward to check on the other party's situation.

The young man who was almost buried in the pile of books fluttered a few times, stretched out a hand and groped for a long time, first grabbed the glasses on the ground, and before he could see the other party clearly after putting them on indiscriminately, he hurriedly said: "Hello, I'm really sorry, I scared you." ”

As he spoke, he got up from the ground and patted the dust off his robe.

Wen Jianning also nodded: "I scared you, I was really embarrassed just now." ”

It wasn't until the boy stood up that she could see the other man's face clearly.

He was about fifteen or sixteen years old, very tall, with handsome eyebrows, a cold expression, and a very bookish body. It's just that it looks vaguely familiar, as if I've seen it somewhere before. Looking at his appearance, he should be from the Feng family.

The two put the books back on the shelves together, and Wen Jianning looked at the books that were arranged indiscriminately and asked, "Is it okay to pile them up like this?"

The other party said indifferently: "Someone will come to clean up later, don't worry." ”

Wen Jianning nodded.

The two sides were silent for a while, and the atmosphere was a little awkward.

Just as Wen Jianning hesitated to introduce himself, the young man with glasses first took the book he wanted and walked away, bypassed the bookshelf, and sat down on the long sofa placed in the corner.

Wen Jianning picked out the book he wanted to read on the shelf, and then walked over and asked softly, "Can I sit here?"

The young man of the Feng family glanced at Wen Jianning, his eyes fell on her right foot, which was walking with a slight limp, and he didn't say anything, just silently put away the books on the table. I sat at one end of the couch, opened the book and looked down.

If anyone who knows him well is here, they will find that there is a trace of unnaturalness in his seemingly calm movements.

Wen Jianning sat down with confidence.

Before opening the book, she subconsciously glanced at it.

There were a few books on the wooden table, which had been neatly stacked aside. And the notebook spread out in front of the other party was densely filled with various numbers and formulas that Wen Jianning couldn't understand.

He's probably a science student.

Wen Jianning's thoughts were fleeting, and he quickly focused on the book.

The two sat at one end of the sofa with their heads bowed, far apart from each other, without interfering with each other.

There was a moment of silence in the library, except for the occasional sound of turning pages and the rustle of the tip of a pen across scratch paper.

The warm autumn sun shines through the small window, shining on the young girl's body. Although the two are far apart, their temperament is unexpectedly harmonious, so beautiful and quiet that people can't feel the passage of time.

When the servant who came to call Wen Jianning went upstairs, he saw such a picture.

Wen Jianning hurriedly put down the book and stood up after seeing the comer, and saw that the young man of the Feng family on the other end also turned his head to look, so he said embarrassedly: "I want to go back first." ”

The other party bowed his head slightly, then lowered his head and pretended to continue reading.

When Wen Jianning put the book back in its original position, and saw that he was about to follow the servant to the staircase, the young man behind him still couldn't hold back, and asked aloud: "Which room are you from? I haven't seen you before." ”

He knew that there were a lot of relatives from the side branches in the Feng Mansion in the past two days, but he didn't know which family this girl belonged to.

Wen Jianning was stunned, and immediately reacted, this young man should have regarded her as a member of the Feng family.

She turned around and explained, "I was invited by Miss Feng Ling to attend the banquet. Because he had nothing to do, he came to the library, and he was not a relative of the Feng family. ”

It turned out to be a friend of his sister.

Feng Yi wanted to ask her name, but for some reason the words came to his lips, and he couldn't say it in the end.

Wen Jianning stood in place and waited for a while, but he didn't ask again, so he politely said goodbye to him and left.

Feng Yi could only watch her go downstairs.

After waiting for the people to leave, he suddenly breathed a long sigh of relief and let go of his clenched right hand, which was already sweaty in his palm.

Feng Yi lowered his eyes, feeling a little confused about his inexplicable nervousness.

After thinking about it for a long time, he didn't think of the reason, so he could only secretly think in his heart-

Sure enough, dealing with girls is really a troublesome thing.

(End of chapter)