Mother Zhong was stunned for a moment, and then quickly smiled: "You are students, of course you should go back to school to study hard after the holiday." ”

Although she answered vaguely, it didn't seem that she would strongly disagree, and Zhong Hui breathed a sigh of relief.

The three of them stopped talking, and for a moment, the dinner table was so quiet that only the sound of chopsticks clattering.

When the meal was almost over, Zhong Hui's mother still couldn't hold her breath, put down her chopsticks, and reminded her two daughters: "Mom won't be a feudal patriarch." However, you have to think about it, the current conditions in the mainland are definitely not as good as ours. Originally, I planned to help you go through the transfer procedures after the Chinese New Year and go back to study at the university here in Hong Kong. After all, it's close to home, and your father and I can take care of you. There are wars going on everywhere in the interior now, and it is not a place to study with peace of mind. Wartime is no longer than usual, and conditions are even more difficult. I don't mean anything else by this...... It's just that you might as well think about it again?"

If she bluntly did not allow Zhong Hui to return to the mainland to study, Zhong Hui would feel better. But when her mother asked her for her opinion in such a soft voice, she was not so determined. Before, she was bent on going to Peking to take the university entrance examination, but she happened to encounter the fall of Beiping, which not only put herself in danger, but also made her parents worried.

Now that she has only come back, she has to run out to worry about her mother, which is too willful.

But Zhong Hui struggled in his heart for a long time, and still whispered: "Mom, I still want to go to the mainland to have a look." ”

After she finished speaking, she was a little lacking in confidence, and hurriedly kicked Wen Jianning, who was still concentrating on eating, under the table, and motioned her to hurry up and help talk together: "Jianning, you said yes, you want to go to the mainland the most, I have to accompany you." ”

Wen Jianning was kicked by her, and after swallowing the food in her mouth, she explained: "Godmother, I definitely can't stay in Hong Kong for a long time." You also know about my family, although the family did publish a newspaper to cut off relations with me at the beginning, but I know my aunt, she will definitely not give up easily, once she finds out my traces, she will definitely embarrass you. If I stay here, it will only cause you trouble, so you should leave Zhong Hui behind. ”

Zhong Hui was still nodding along with the first half of the listen, but he was suddenly dumbfounded when he heard the end.

Wen Jianning on the other side was already biting his chopsticks and laughing.

She came back to her senses, and then she said angrily: "Jianning, don't make such a joke." ”

The two girls were fighting, and although Zhong Hui's mother next to her was still worried in her eyes, she gradually stretched her brows.

Although she is reluctant to let her daughter go to Kunming to study again, she will not really stop her from pursuing her ideals.

Wen Jianning and the others knew that since they had made up their minds to return to the mainland to study, they should also pay attention and start to study their homework. At the beginning, they were stranded in Peking for three or four months, and they did not have time to transfer with the school, and they had already fallen behind a lot of homework, and they had to catch up with the progress as soon as possible. Otherwise, it would be too embarrassing for them to wait until they returned to school, and if they were persuaded by the school to repeat a grade or drop out because of their unqualified grades.

But in the blink of an eye, the New Year has arrived.

This is Wen Jianning's second New Year outside after leaving the Mid-Levels Villa.

On the evening of the Chinese New Year's Eve, she and the mother and daughter of the Zhong family had a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner and kept the New Year together in the living room.

At about twelve o'clock, the two girls were a little sleepy, but as soon as the enamel bell in the living room rang, they suddenly became energetic again, and begged Zhong's mother for New Year's money. After laughing, they went back to their upstairs room to rest.

When Wen Jianning pulled up the quilt and was about to lie down, she suddenly recalled that at this time last year in Shanghai, she, Meng Li and Mr. Qi seemed to spend the New Year like this. At that time, she didn't expect that she would go through so many things in the past year. At the end of the year, she and Zhong Hui fled from Beiping and returned here in circles.

But fortunately, the Zhong family is not a mid-level villa, as long as she is not arrested there, her past year or so will not be in vain.

Before falling asleep, Wen Jianning said to herself in her heart that in the second year after leaving the Wen family, she was still doing well.

......

Soon after the New Year, it was time for Wen Jianning and the others to leave for the southwest.

During this time, they kept an eye on the news of the school, and heard that just before and after they escaped from Beiping, the Japanese plane bombed the railway station in Changsha, and the sound of artillery once again destroyed the peace of the campus. Changsha Provisional University plans to relocate the school to Kunming, which is located in the southwest. However, due to the lack of school buildings in Kunming, the Faculty of Liberal Arts where they work had to be relocated to Mengzi, Yunnan.

The two girls decided to take a boat from Hong Kong to Vietnam and then take a train north to Yunnan to find a school.

It's a pity that they finally came back for so long this time, and there was even a New Year in the middle, Zhong Hui's father was still stranded in the mainland, and the father and daughter couldn't see each other after all.

On the day of her departure, Zhong's mother sent her two daughters to the dock.

She told Zhong Hui Yinyin: "Although you don't show your wealth when you go out, don't treat yourself badly." If it is not enough, just send a telegram to ask for it at home. You have been pampered by me and your father since you were a child, and you have not suffered much. Kunming is not as good as Hong Kong, you must learn to take care of your own food and clothing, remember not to be picky eaters, and do your homework. ”

Zhong Hui said coquettishly: "Who said that I haven't suffered hardship, I haven't suffered a lot in Beiping this time." ”

"You are taken care of by someone else, if you are really left there alone, whether you can run out or not is another matter. ”

Zhong Hui's mother counted her out angrily, turned her head to look at Xiang Jianning, and said gently: "Although Zhong Hui is a few months older than you, looking at her like this, she really doesn't look like a person who can be a sister." You go to Kunming to study together, if she does something bad, you can discipline her on behalf of your godmother, and you don't have to be polite. ”

Wen Jianning nodded, looking as a matter of course, but Zhong Hui was very unhappy.

The three of them talked and laughed for a while, seeing that the time of boarding was getting closer and closer, Zhong Hui was a little absent-minded, and his eyes swept to the crowd in the distance from time to time. Wen Jianning and Zhong Mu glanced at each other, and suddenly their hearts were clear, and they couldn't help laughing.

Wen Jianning quipped, "Are you looking for someone?"

In front of his mother and friends, Zhong Hui's face turned red and denied: "No, I didn't let him deliver it today." I don't like parting, I didn't send him when he was leaving Beiping, and I don't need him to come today. ”

Wen Jianning stood on tiptoe and looked into the distance: "Yes, he really didn't seem to come." It's a shame that you finally met each other, and I don't know when we will see each other next time. ”

Zhong Hui's hand was behind his back, and he secretly pinched her, and then pretended not to care: "It's not that I won't come back if I leave this time, the southwest is close to Hong Kong, and I often come back during the New Year's holidays." "So it's not bad for a day or two.

Wen Jianning pressed her shoulder, turned her in another direction, and pointed out to her: "Then you might as well take a look over there first, who is that?"

Zhong Hui and her mother looked in the direction she was pointing, and found a young man in a gray gown, wearing a pair of black-rimmed glasses and a suitcase, standing in the crowd not far away, dressed like the passengers around him. found that they were looking this way, and the other party subconsciously wanted to hide.

After realizing that he had been discovered, Jiang Xuwen strode towards them.

After the two met, Zhong Hui complained: "Why did you come here, didn't you say that you won't be allowed to send it?"

Jiang Xuwen finally finished explaining to her first, and then greeted them sneeringly: "Hello aunt, see Ning." ”

Zhong Hui's mother smiled and bowed, not caring about the momentary excitement of these children, but instead carefully asked about the situation at Jiang Xuwen's family, which made Jiang Xuwen and Zhong Hui quickly nervous again.

The three of them talked, and Wen Jianning couldn't interject, so he could only smile and watch by himself.

There were many people on the docks, many of whom were like them, some of whom were about to leave for a long journey, and some of whom were relatives and friends who came to see them off. While waiting for the arrival of the sailing time, everyone gossiped together in twos and threes. The closest to her was also a family, the father was talking solemnly, and the mother raised her hand to straighten the collar of her son.

A cold wind blew, Wen Jianning turned his head away, and also pulled the scarf around his neck.

She thought to herself that the weather in Hong Kong in early spring was still a little cold.

After a short period of warmth, in the urging of the whistle, the moment of separation finally came.

Wen Jianning and the others bought tickets in the first class cabin, and there was a special gangway for them to board the ship. In this way, not only did they avoid the pain of crowding before the two girls boarded the ship, but also allowed them to stay for a while, until they said goodbye to their relatives and friends repeatedly, and then they lifted their suitcases and boarded the ship under the eyes of Zhong's mother and Jiang Xuwen.

Before boarding the boat, Wen Jianning seemed to feel something, and subconsciously glanced back. At this glance, she was stunned for a moment, and she forgot that she was standing in front of the gangway, until the person behind her urged impatiently, and Zhong Hui in front of her also asked suspiciously, "See Ning?"

Only then did she come back to her senses and follow Zhong Hui to the gangway to get on the boat.

Just now she saw a faint shadow in the crowd flickering by, although there was only a short glimpse, she only felt that the other party's figure seemed to be embroidered, but after thinking about it carefully, she felt that it was impossible.

It should be just an illusion.

The two of them put their luggage into their rooms before they agreed to go out to the deck to breathe.

It was evening, and as far as the eye could see, the setting sun turned the turquoise sea into a dazzling golden red. Hong Kong Island shrank into a tiny dot behind them until it disappeared.

Wen Jianning grabbed the railing with both hands and watched the turbulent waves under the boat intently.

This hasty return to Hong Kong was really not a pleasant journey for her, but what did it matter? As long as she left here, the people and things that she could not understand, the entanglements, the pain and the confusion would be left far behind by the huge ship with the rolling waves. All she needed to do now was look ahead.

I just don't know what they will be like when they finish their studies in four years.

(End of chapter)