Although Wen Jianning repeatedly refused that day, one evening Jianxiu still sent an invitation.

On the day of her engagement to Yan Tingchen, Zhong Hui, as a classmate of Jianxiu, went to the engagement on her behalf.

According to Zhong Hui, many celebrities from Hong Kong's social circles came here, and everyone praised the man for being tall and handsome, and the woman for being gentle and beautiful. However, although the embroidery at the engagement was brilliant, it was still a little absent-minded occasionally. Zhong Hui guessed: "She seemed to be looking at me at the time, I don't know if she was looking to see if you were coming." ”

Wen Jianning paused: "Maybe you are wrong." ”

Her flat tone was inaudible.

Regarding the two sisters, Zhong Hui is not easy to persuade anything. She remembered something, and hurriedly said: "By the way, I also met a person in the Wen Mansion, who seems to be a relative of your family, and he somehow seems to know that I know you." ”

According to her description, Wen Jianning quickly sketched the outline of his cousin Wen Songnian in his mind.

She was nervous.

How could Wen Songnian know about her relationship with Zhong Hui and who leaked the secret? Could it be that she just pretended not to care about Xiu that day, and then wanted the Wen family to arrest her back.

Wen saw that Ning was messing around in his head, but he heard Zhong Hui say, "He asked me to tell you something." ”

"You say. ”

"That person's words are very strange," Zhong Hui recalled, with a puzzled look on his face, "He asked me to tell you that a few years ago, someone went to Pingqiao Village, Mingshui Town, and built a grave for Minggui and his wife, as well as your mother. ”

Wen Jianning's mind suddenly exploded into a blank, and it took a long time to come to his senses.

When his cousin Husheng was captured by the conscripts, his uncle and they left all their belongings to look for it, and since then the three members of the Ming family have not been heard from again.

Over the years, although she has repeatedly deceived herself and does not want to think about these past events, she has no illusions in her heart. Now that he suddenly learned the news of the Ming family, Wen Jianning didn't know whether to be sad or happy for a while.

The sad thing is that she can be sure that her uncle and aunt are no longer alive, and the happy thing is that maybe her cousin Tiger is still alive. But if his cousin Tiger is still alive in this world, why hasn't he come to her all these years. He clearly remembered Pingqiao Village and the place where they grew up, but why did he forget her sister.

This question only turned in his mind, and Wen Jianning quickly found an answer that could convince him.

Since the Wen family was able to trick Meng Li into going to Hong Kong to sell him, they naturally could also think of an excuse to prevaricate Husheng.

It's a pity that if she could have known the news earlier, maybe she could sneak back to Huaicheng and inquire about Husheng's whereabouts. But now that the war has started and the mainland is in turmoil, if she wants to go back again, she will put herself in danger, and second, it will be difficult to find the traces of the other party for a while. In this regard, she can only sigh, everything is providential.

However, Chen Hongwang's words that day were correct.

She, the lobby brother, is still a little different from the people of the Wen family.

Although Wen Jianning didn't say anything, she still recorded this cousin's kindness to her in her heart.

It's just that she still doesn't want to talk to Wen Songnian directly, and now she has a stiff relationship with Jianxiu, so she can only ask Jianwan to inquire more carefully with Wen Songnian. Seeing that Wan was annoyed by her request verbally, she still called after waiting for two days, and told her something intermittently.

After Wen Jianning ran away from home last year, Wen Jingshu could not be found in Hong Kong, so she notified her uncle in Shanghai and asked them to find her whereabouts. Wen Songnian, as the eldest grandson and the successor of the family at that time, had been allowed to participate in family affairs, and after learning about this cousin's background, he also had some sympathy for her.

However, compared to the elders who only want to use coercion to force Wen Jianning to bow his head, Wen Songnian knows better that today's young people have a rebellious temperament, and the more the family blindly suppresses it, the worse the result will be. He wanted to persuade Wen Jianning with Huairou means, and wanted to try if he could do something, maybe he could change her mind and reconcile with the Wen family.

According to Wen Songnian, he initially sent people to Pingqiao Village just to bury Wen Jianning's mother and move the grave in exchange for her soft-heartedness. But the people he sent heard from the villagers that someone had repaired it a few years ago, and they also set up a grave for Minggui and his wife next to it. The man who did these things was a young man, some said it was a rich young master, some said it was a young officer, but either way, it was almost a young man in his early twenties.

As soon as Wen Songnian heard the report from his subordinates, he quickly understood what was going on, and decided to try to impress Wen Jianning. However, unexpectedly, Wen Jianning was reluctant to even talk to him more, and he naturally couldn't mention it.

Hearing Wan say, he is still haunted by Wen Jianning's indifferent attitude when they met last time, especially for her at that time that she would rather go with Chen Hongwang, an outsider, than trust herself, as a cousin, which made his self-esteem quite hurt.

However, although this lobby brother's idea is a bit pedantic, it is still good in nature. He promised that if there was any news of the Ming family in the future, he would definitely ask someone to convey it to Wen Jianning.

Seeing Wan, as the person who passed the word in the middle, after hearing about Chen Hongwang, he ridiculed Wen Jianning fiercely: "...... Don't pick up a rich old man, just think that people are sincere to you, and they are just having fun. ”

Her words were really ugly, and Wen Jianning stiffened her face after hearing this: "I know you mean a lot, but since you can't speak well, then I won't thank you verbally, just know in your heart." ”

Jianwan on the other end was immediately so angry that she hung up the phone.

Zhong Hui heard clearly beside her, as the only daughter in the family, she really couldn't understand the way the Wen sisters got along, so she could only sigh sincerely: "The relationship between your family is really complicated. ”

Wen Jianning sighed: "She is such a person, if you ignore her, she will be fine." ”

She and Jianwan have been fighting since childhood, and they have only recently tried to get along peacefully, but after so many years of-for-tat, it has long become a habit, not to mention Jianwan, even if she is afraid that it will be difficult to change it for a while.

Wen Jianning didn't want to mention those troubles anymore, and asked instead: "Don't talk about me, what's the matter with you today, come back so early." ”

She didn't say that it was okay, but as soon as she said it, Zhong Hui began to sigh.

Zhong Hui went to a gathering of Hong Kong students studying in the mainland today.

Before the war, there were many people like them in Hong Kong who went to study in the mainland. When the war broke out, they returned home in various ways, and because they were worried about the situation in the country and their future, they organized one meeting after another. Although they may not be able to discuss any useful national policies, they always have more in common with their peers than with their families.

At today's party, a classmate who had just escaped from the mainland came to the party, and when he saw that everyone in the meeting was brightly dressed, he scolded the others, including Zhong Hui, and walked away. was so troubled by that classmate, everyone's faces were gloomy. Although Zhong Hui and a few classmates tried their best to liven up the atmosphere after that, everyone lost interest and soon left the venue in a hurry.

Wen Jianning said: "He probably encountered something sad in the mainland, and he couldn't get out of it for a while, and he was unhappy when he saw some people, so he did this, it shouldn't be just for you." ”

In fact, when she first lived in Zhong's house, she was also very uncomfortable, she always had nightmares at night, dreaming that she was still in Beiping, and after waking up, she always felt extremely resistant to a comfortable life and caring maids.

Zhong Hui sighed: "But what that classmate said may not be all to vent his anger." ”

Seeing that Ning was closed all day long, she was not clear about some of the situation outside, but she went out to participate in activities all day long, and she could see some of the situation more or less. Many of these students who have returned to Hong Kong no longer intend to go back to the mainland to suffer, and they have changed their studies to study in Hong Kong and Hong Kong.

It is ironic that those people talk about patriotism, but they shrink from one by one in action.

But if they are, why not herself?

Zhong Hui said sullenly: "When I first escaped from Beiping, I thought in my heart that if I could reach Hong Kong safely, I would never return to the mainland again in my life, and I would never leave my parents. But I'm really back, these days I'm obviously comfortable at home, but I'm always unsteady in my heart. ”

Wen Jianning didn't speak, she could somewhat understand Zhong Hui's feelings.

When they were hiding in Hong Kong and there was nothing to do, the interior was full of artillery fire and shattered mountains and rivers; while they were worrying about food and clothing, some people were starving and cold, and even fearing for their lives at any time. If they had never seen those tragic scenes, they might still be able to live their little lives with peace of mind, but the more they experienced it, the more they couldn't really calm down.

Zhong Hui was silent for a while, and suddenly sighed: "Jianning, you have made up your mind to go back to the mainland to find a school early in the morning." I'm not as good as you, I know that I will face many difficulties when I go, but I still don't hesitate. I have to admit that I was never as brave as I said I was, I was squeamish and I couldn't endure hardship, I couldn't do anything. ”

Wen Jianning slapped her lightly: "Don't think too much, I just have nowhere to go." ”

Zhong Hui laughed at her: "It's okay for you to deceive others, but you can't deceive me." You speak English so well, but you can't stay in Hong Kong, Europe, the United States, you can't go anywhere else?"

"I mean really," Wen Jianning thought for a moment and explained to her seriously, "I'm different from you, I always feel that I'm a rootless person, and I don't feel at home anywhere." But if you stay in the country, you won't really become a lonely ghost. Before I went to Peking in March this year, I was also very confused, I didn't know what I wanted to do, I didn't know what I wanted to become. Originally, I wanted to think about some things slowly in the four years of college, but after the war, it seems that I can't care about it so much. I feel like I'm at least, at least going to do something, and I should be able to do something. ”

During her time in Beiping, she felt unprecedentedly that her fate was being implicated with the entire family and country, and she was swept up and down by the wind and waves of the times, and she could be swallowed up by the monstrous waves at any time. But she doesn't want to be overwhelmed by a random wave when the wind and waves are high, and she also has to try to find her own direction.

Zhong Hui was confused: "But what can we do?"

She is the only daughter in the family, and it is not her turn to go to the battlefield to defend the family and the country, and she has no other skills, neither can save the dead and help the wounded, nor can she give advice on national affairs, she is just the most ordinary student, with full of enthusiasm and full of emotions, but she does not know where to pour these out.

"Let's go to the school first, maybe we get there, and maybe we have the answer we want. ”

However, when it comes to going back to school, Wen Jianning naturally has no problem here, and only Zhong Hui is in trouble. She is the only daughter of the Zhong family, and she has to pass her parents first. and Jiang Xuwen's side, the two finally reunited, and they were about to separate in a blink of an eye.

The two discussed for a while, and after determining that they wanted to return to the mainland to continue their studies, there was only one problem left-

How can they convince Zhong Hui's mother to let the two of them go back to the mainland?

When it was time for dinner, the three of them sat at the table, and Zhong's mother found that the two daughters were a little wrong today, neither of them mentioned the chopsticks first, but you look at me and I look at you, as if they are waiting for the other party to speak first.

She asked with some surprise, "What's the matter, is today's food unpalatable, or is there something you two are hiding from me?"

Wen Jianning finally spoke: "We do have something we want to discuss with you. ”

When she said this, she didn't say any more, and looked straight at Zhong Hui next to her.

Zhong Hui couldn't help it, so he whispered: "Mom, after the New Year, Jianning and I want to go back to school as soon as possible." ”

(End of chapter)