Seeing that Wan was stunned for a moment, she immediately denied: "She, she is a little child, what way can she have, impossible, this is impossible, did she go back to find her aunt? Why didn't she leave without discussing it with us." Or have you all discussed it, so you will hide it from me? See embroidery, you have to tell me the truth today!"

Seeing Xiu pull her to sit down, she said in a low voice, "It's true, she's really gone." ”

She explained the ins and outs to Jianwan, and waited quietly for her to have a seizure.

Sure enough, seeing that it seemed that someone had drained his strength, he first sat in a daze for a while, and then suddenly burst into a rage and said: "You, you two obviously have a way to leave, but you have been hiding from me for so long?

Seeing that Xiu glanced at her, she didn't bother to explain.

There is only one visa, and whoever leaves will leave everyone else behind. Jianning refused to use it herself, and she couldn't do that wolf-hearted, leaving Jianning here alone. The reason why she was stalking and wanting to leave that visa that day was just thinking that if there was a case in the future, at least she could leave a way back for Jianning.

As for telling them, seeing the embroidery thought, then why.

People are selfish, and she just wants to leave this only chance to Jianning. If she hadn't happened to be heard by Jianyu that day, even if she pressed that visa to the bottom of the box until she died of old age, she wouldn't have taken the initiative to tell them.

It's just that since she has been taken away by Jianxiu, there is no need for her to hide it anymore.

Seeing Wan's eyes red after hearing this, she grabbed her collar and wanted to ask her to understand, but was startled by Wen Jianning's voice of putting down her rice bowl heavily: "Have you made enough trouble?"

Seeing that Wan was frightened by her, she first let go of her hand suddenly, took a few steps back with a pale face, and when she came back to her senses, she actually cried loudly: "You, you will only bully me one by one...... None of you are good things...... They all bullied me......"

Wen Jianning had no interest in coaxing her and left alone.

Only one Jianxiu was left, looking left and right, but he still sighed and sat down to comfort Jianwan.

……

On the other side, after getting that visa, Jianyu went back without thinking about it, hurriedly packed his baggage, and left the church.

In addition to the visa and a few changes of clothes, there is also the travel expenses she left in advance.

Her stupid big sister doesn't care about money at all, but Jianwan is completely worried about Lu Jiajun. During the time when the three of them lived in the hotel, she was responsible for calculating the expenses. With a slight move, she secretly saved up a sum of money to save for her own escape in the future. It's just that Jianyu didn't expect that the opportunity would come so quickly and easily.

As if in a dream, God asked Chen Hongwang to give Wen Jianning a visa, and she handed it over to Jianyu.

Just getting a visa is a good thing, but it doesn't mean that she can leave Hong Kong Island right away.

Jianyu planned to go to the surrounding docks to inquire if there was a ferry to Shanghai, and it was best to arrive directly in Shanghai, after all, if she went to Guangzhou, and then by land, it would be too dangerous for her to go through many blockades to reach a safe area

On the way out of the church, she was also searched by the Japanese himself, and in order to cope with the customs, she had to take out the visa. After one of the Japanese soldiers saw it, he carefully looked her up and down, almost seeing that Jianyu's hair stood on end and her blood flowed backwards, and then the other party raised her gun and let her go.

After this group of soldiers left, Jianyu was relieved. Of course, she has some clever thoughts, but there is no place for these murderous people in front of her. Fortunately, this visa is useful enough to at least ensure that she leaves Hong Kong Island safely and securely.

When she arrived at the docks, she realized that things were not as easy as she had imagined. The Japanese army controlled the area very tightly, and there were soldiers patrolling almost everywhere. Just as she was about to try to find out the situation, she was suddenly stopped: "Don't walk around, my bayonet is not long-sighted." ”

When I looked back, I saw that it was a young man in tattered clothes, who looked like he was working as a coolie on the docks.

The other party pulled her to a safe place before asking, "What about your family, why did you let you come to the dock alone." ”

Jianyu is petite and not very old, although she has changed her disguise, she looks like a child.

Seeing that Yu half-concealed the situation, she quickly attracted the sympathy of the young man, and lowered her voice and told her, "...... I know the people from the aid team, and they can help you get back, but it seems like you need to get some kind of home permit. ”

It is said that there are two kinds of permits, the former can only go and never return, while the latter can still return to Hong Kong Island after leaving. But for those who are hell-bent on escaping, the difference between the two is not much.

But she didn't want to wait any longer, and if she stayed any longer, she might run into unknown danger.

Jianyu thought about it and said cautiously: "...... My family gave me a visa before they died, saying it was this one that allowed me to leave. ”

The young man obviously didn't know if the visa would work, so he hurriedly took her to a middle-aged man who looked like a captain to take a look.

The other party looked at the visa carefully, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face, and he asked her tentatively: "You know Boss Chen, and it is not easy to get a visa from my embassy today, only he has such a way." ”

Jianyu smiled: "It's really unfortunate, this visa was given by Boss Chen." ”

The man was suddenly in awe: "Since you are a friend of Boss Chen, you naturally have to take care of it." ”

When Jianyu heard him say that he knew Chen Hongwang, he was immediately relieved, and he didn't notice that the other party's smile was a little meaningful: "...... There is a boat back to Shanghai tonight, and we will definitely send you away safely. ”

The man took Jianyu to a wooden hut near the sea, where he waited for the night to come with the rest of the people who were preparing to flee.

The wait before dawn was the longest and most torturous, and when I saw Yu sitting quietly in the corner alone, the scenes in my mind came to mind about the days on Hong Kong Island all these years. Since she was sent here as a child, she has spent almost half of her life on this island, and if she hadn't finally returned to Shanghai for a period of time two years ago, I am afraid that she has not been able to escape from this island throughout her girlhood.

Jianyu knew since she was a child that she was the only girl in the family who came out of the main room, but she could only be treated the same as these three so-called sisters, and was sent to her aunt Wen Jingshu to be raised, just to marry a satisfactory person in the family in the future. People like Wen Jianning and the others are still ashamed, knowing that it is not a good thing to be a vase in the eyes of others, let alone her.

And it was clear that she was the smartest and best of everyone, but Wen Jingshu deliberately turned a blind eye, so that she could only obediently follow the other three, and she was not even qualified to compete.

If it was just dissatisfaction at first, as it grew older, it later became a resentment with nowhere to vent.

Why, her parents should treat her like that, why, why should she be compared to people like Wen Jianning and them.

With this in mind, she just used words to provoke a few words back and forth among other people at first, and then later informed, deliberately misled, and provoked some things about them, she seemed to have an innate ability, as long as she used a few words, she could inadvertently achieve some of her goals.

In fact, Jianyu realized that she didn't actually do anything too excessive, but just said a few words lightly, the bad things were all done by Wen Jingshu, and the men were also chosen by themselves, how could they blame her for everything. But what she did, those three people will probably never know.

Before you know it, the night is falling.

She followed the group through the rugged mountain road to a shore where she prepared to board the boat and leave.

The moonlight is fine tonight, and the full moon breaks through the dark clouds and casts endless light on the sparkling sea. The wind on the sea was not too strong, and the waves gently lapped on the sand, as if they were bidding her farewell.

A smile unconsciously appeared on Jianyu's face.

When she returns to Shanghai, no matter how much the family tries to ignore her and use her, at least she can live better than the three people who were left behind.

And those few people may have to stay on this island forever.

There were too many people fleeing, everyone lined up to get on the boat, and when Yu was patiently waiting for her turn, the middle-aged man at the head beckoned to her: "This young lady, come over here, Boss Chen has something for me to hand over to you." ”

She walked a few steps for no apparent reason, and was about to pass over, when suddenly she was hit the back of the head.

Seeing Yu only felt dizzy, staggered a few steps under his feet, and suddenly widened his eyes in disbelief. Rao is no matter how smart she is, she can't figure out why the other party suddenly turned her face, so she can only slowly fall down unwillingly.

Before falling into eternal darkness, Jianyu only had time to figure out one thing-

Shanghai, I'm afraid she will never be able to go back.

……

In the attic, a dim kerosene lamp still lights on in the corner of the desk.

Wen Jianning was writing a diary at the desk with his coat on, and suddenly heard the embroidery: "You say, where will Jianyu go, is it in Guangdong, or is he still on the boat?"

She said angrily: "What, you also want to ask me for another visa?"

Jianxiu stretched out his hand and slapped her: "Don't be ignorant of good people's hearts, if I wanted to run, I would have left you behind a long time ago, and I would have run far away alone." It's just that seeing Yu's child, it really makes people don't know what to say about her. ”

Hearing her say this, Wen Jianning was silent for a long time before saying: "She thought she was cheap, but even if she got that visa, she might not really be able to run out, if she was unlucky, I was afraid that she wouldn't even be able to get out of Hong Kong Island." ”

Seeing Xiu, he was suddenly shocked: "Why do you say that?"

Wen Jianning said lightly: "I just guessed, the world is so chaotic, no matter how smart she is, she will play some unruly thoughts, and she is just a powerless girl, no one to protect her, she will not be easy to walk." What's more, the visa of this embassy can be obtained by ordinary people, and it is easy to attract the attention of people who are interested if they are not careful. She is such a conceited and intelligent person, but she can't even see through this, and sooner or later she will suffer. ”

Jianxiu sighed: "Anyway, she is gone, and we are not anyone, so we still don't care." ”

So they really never mentioned Jianyu and this matter again, as if these were just a trivial episode for them, and it was.

Only Jianwan has always been obsessed with this matter, and he has been tossing for several days.

Her toss is nothing more than that, scolding Wen Jianning for being ruthless and unjust, and refusing to tell her if there is a way to escape; scolding Jianxiu for having no conscience, she has been so good to her since she was a child, and she doesn't tell her if she has good things; she scolds Jianyu for being a white-eyed wolf who can't be raised, and actually took a visa and ran away by himself. But no matter how much she complains, she can't change the decision.

After venting, I saw that it seemed to have a sense of death like a snack, and after a few days, she actually began to help, although she was still causing chaos to people, but at least she stopped chattering all day long, which made people's ears a lot clearer.

The days still passed unhurriedly, and time passed quietly without realizing it. The ancients didn't know how old they were, and Wen Jianning found that there was not much difference between changing churches. They stayed closed all day, knew very little about the outside world, and sometimes they didn't even know what day it was, only to feel that the weather was getting hotter and that it was summer outside.

Jianyu never came back as soon as he went, and Chen Hongwang never came to Wen Jianning again.

It was as if they had been completely cut off from the outside of the church, and what was happening in the outside world could only be known through other people's mouths or newspaper news. It is only when food becomes scarcer and the Japanese themselves come to conduct a routine search that they feel that they are not living on some isolated island, but surrounded by the Japanese themselves. Suddenly, one day, Zhong Hui, who had not contacted them for a long time, suddenly found the church and said that he had something important to say to Wen Jianning.

I haven't seen each other for many days, and the two friends almost can't recognize each other.

Wen Jianning and others have long been on the wanted list, and her situation is needless to mention, while the Zhong family has been secretly assisting cultural figures to escape from Hong Kong Island. In order to avoid causing trouble to each other, they have not passed the message for a long time.

Wen Jianning cut back her short hair, she has been a little hungry these days, her chin is pointy, and her face is smeared with a layer of ash, and Zhong Hui's appearance and complexion are also very different from when they met at the end of last year. Her whole body was almost out of shape, her expression was tired, her hair was unkempt, her eyes were blue, her lips were dry and cracked, and even the bright eyes of the past had dimmed a lot.

Zhong Hui's face was a little solemn, and as soon as he spoke, he said: "Jianning, I'm going to leave Hong Kong Island......"

After Wen Jianning heard this, instead of being surprised, he was greatly relieved: "My Miss Zhong, now you want to open it." Jiang Xuwen, and uncle, are they going to go with you too? If you want me to say that this is long overdue......

Soon after she and Jianxiu couldn't escape last time, Zhong Hui sent her mother and the rest of her family away. Only she, Jiang Xuwen and her father were left to stay here, but the strange thing was that neither of them came with Zhong Hui today. But no matter what, she couldn't help but feel relieved to see that her friend finally planned to leave this place of right and wrong.

Zhong Hui heard her babble like this, but he just pursed the corners of his mouth, and his head was so low that he could barely raise it: "Yes, we plan to leave here and live abroad together." But I'm afraid I won't be able to take you with me this time......"

Wen Jianning was stunned for a moment, and then said a little blamed: "What kind words do you have with me, one of us counts as one, and it's good to be able to escape one." My situation is so special, and I know in my heart that I can't blame you. As long as you, your godfather, and Jiang Xuwen can get along, even if we don't get together, it doesn't matter. ”

Her tone was so gentle that Zhong Hui almost burst into tears.

Zhong Hui hugged her, leaned on her shoulder and sobbed softly: "...... At the beginning, when I was in Beiping, you tried your best to protect me, but now, but now I can't protect you anymore. ”

Wen Jianning could feel the trembling of her whole body, and with the tacit understanding of years of intersection, she could also sense that Zhong Hui's deep emotions were far more excited than they showed at the moment, but she was obviously very sad, but she was still crying with extreme restraint and forbearance, as if she was desperately suppressing something more intense and would gush out at any time.

She could only pat Zhong Hui's back soothingly, waiting for Zhong Hui to slowly calm down.

Zhong Hui wiped away her tears before telling her that a friend of her father's had found a way to get the three of them to take a ferry to the mainland and then to the United States. The family plans to move to a foreign country where they are not familiar with their lives, but they are afraid that the next few years will not be too smooth. It's just that no matter how difficult it is, it's better than staying on Hong Kong Island today.

She also left Wen Jianning an address and told her to remember to write to her if she ran out of Hong Kong Island and settled down in the future.

Zhong Hui only came to inform Wen Jianning for the last time before leaving, and did not stay at the church for too long.

Taking advantage of the darkness outside, Wen Jianning had the courage to personally send her out of the church.

Not far from the church, the road is lined with tall shadow trees, which are as high as the sky and rustle in the evening breeze. But because it was too dark, when she looked up, she could only see layers of black shadows, and she could not see the brilliant wildfires. It was the first time in many days that she had stepped out of the church, out of the shadow of the tall building, and had the illusion of being in another world.

Wen Jianning said with some pity: "It's a pity that it's night, and I can't see the flowers." ”

Zhong Hui was silent for a moment before he said softly: "When I wait for next summer, I will definitely see you again." ”

When parting, she grabbed Wen Jianning's hand and warned repeatedly: "After I leave, don't trust anyone easily, just hide in this church, and don't go out casually." You don't know what has become of us outside, our middle school classmates, many of our families have taken refuge in Japan, even Chen Hanxiang and her husband's family are like this......"

Zhong Hui's strength was so great, and the hand holding Wen Jianning was so tight, she couldn't help but nod her head in agreement.

It turned out that after the Japanese occupied Hong Kong Island, in order to better control the Chinese people, he quickly asked some wealthy businessmen and gentry to set up a Chinese businessmen's maintenance association. The president of the maintenance association is said to be Sir Yan, that is, Yan Tingchen's father, and one of the vice presidents of the maintenance association is surnamed Zheng, which is the family that Chen Hanxiang married. Only then did Wen Jianning know that the big traitor she saw in the newspaper actually had such a relationship with her former classmates.

Before turning around to leave, although Zhong Hui tried his best to make a smile, it was still difficult to hide the pain and sadness in his eyes, which made Wen Jianning's heart uncomfortable.

I don't know if Zhong Hui will be able to meet again in their lifetime if Zhong Hui leaves this time.

(End of chapter)