Wen Jianning wanted to speak a few times, but finally just hugged his friend gently.

And Jianxiu just sat on the sofa next to him, quietly watching the two good friends talking and laughing affectionately.

When the atmosphere was harmonious, there were bursts of doorbells outside, and everyone suddenly became a little nervous, Zhong Hui personally got up and went out to see, and after a while, he brought someone in, and shouted: "See Ning, it's your cousin-in-law who came to look for you." ”

Wen Jianning was slightly surprised, it was actually Liao Jingqiu, how did she think of coming here to find someone.

After meeting at the airport that day, she also called Liao Jingqiu several times to try to contact her.

However, according to the maid who answered the phone at home, Mrs. has been busy running these days, and she is not at home all day, and she has not called Wen Jianning back afterwards. Wen Jianning knew that Liao Jingqiu's family background was not bad, and she thought that they might have a way to escape, so she didn't take it to heart, and then completely cut off contact.

As soon as Liao Jingqiu saw her, she hurriedly got up from the sofa and walked towards Wen Jianning, and before she arrived, she knelt straight to the ground holding her stomach, and her voice was sad: "See Ning, see Ning, I know you are leaving." For the sake of the child in my belly, for the sake of me and Bai Qing's treatment of you, you can't leave us......"

Wen Jianning and Meng Li hurriedly helped her back to sit down, and saw her cover her face and cry bitterly.

Since the last flight at the airport, she has been frightened day and night these days, she is still pregnant, the whole person's mental state is very haggard, her face is puffy, her eye sockets are deeply sunken, and the cheekbones on her face are so thin that they are bulging. I don't know where they went after escaping from the Repulse Bay Hotel, and where they heard about any cultural celebrity rescue activities, they immediately thought of Wen Jianning, and actually inquired about the Zhong family, and came to the door in person, and happened to hit the right one.

Everyone comforted her for a long time before she stopped her tears and helped her upstairs to rest.

When he went downstairs and chatted with Meng Li, Wen Jianning realized that they had escaped from the Repulse Bay Hotel.

At first, Liao Jingqiu and some other people thought similarly, everyone thought that the Japanese army would not go ashore on the other side of Repulse Bay. What's more, there are many celebrities there, rich material reserves, and there are also troops stationed, there will definitely be no big problems, maybe you can catch up with which ark escaped from Hong Kong Island, but unfortunately it backfired, and the Repulse Bay Hotel was still beaten down.

Because of Aunt Zhou, Wen Jianning also inquired about some news. A few days before the fall of Hong Kong Island, the Repulse Bay Hotel was breached, and the guests there were all seized by the Japanese themselves. But fortunately, the residents are either rich or expensive, and they should not have personal safety problems for the time being. But the ordinary people in that area have been sent to concentration camps.

But in any case, the fact that they were able to escape from the Repulse Bay Hotel at least proves that it is not a dead end.

After coming out, Jianxiu was a little unhappy and said: "Since she escaped from the Repulse Bay Hotel, she hasn't thought to inquire about your whereabouts for so many days." Suddenly I learned that you can leave Hong Kong Island, and I came over again, what is it!"

Wen Jianning was not as angry as her, she and Liao Jingqiu were not close, and she never expected anything from the other party, but said lightly: "It's all this time, don't say such things, she is just trying to escape for her life." ”

With the background of Liao Jingqiu's family, it is not difficult to catch up with this rescue operation, and she may not be asked to get her. It was only when she was frightened by this war that she came to her like a doctor in a hurry.

Now that they had a way out of Hong Kong Island, the two of them went back to pack their belongings and say goodbye to the nuns. It's a pity that now I don't know where they are after they left that day, and I don't know how to contact them, otherwise I might be able to take them with me.

The day of the escape was set for the afternoon three days later, and everyone agreed to meet at the Zhong family first, and the Zhong family would send them to the outskirts of the city. Wait for the night to walk the mountain road again, and leave by boat at a small fishing port.

But when they reached the agreed time, Liao Jingqiu and the others still didn't come to Zhong's house for a long time.

Wen Jianning wandered around the living room a little anxiously, worried about whether something had happened to them halfway.

Zhong Hui looked at the wall clock on the wall, it was not too early, and urged: "Otherwise, let's leave first." ”

Wen Jianning was embarrassed: "Otherwise, let's wait, just wait for a quarter of an hour, if they don't come again, we will leave." ”

They had to stand where they were and wait for a quarter of an hour, Liao Jingqiu and the others finally arrived late, she and Meng Li were dressed as ordinary women, followed by a few servants carrying large suitcases.

Zhong Hui frowned slightly: "Why do you want to bring so many things, didn't you say that it would be very troublesome to escape like this." ”

Liao Jingqiu hurriedly said: "These are all things that we can use to escape, and we can't leave them behind." ”

There is no need to flee, and the suitcase is full of belongings. It may be useful, but it is more of a drag at a critical juncture. Zhong Hui was dissatisfied, but for the sake of Wen Jianning's face, it was not easy to blame Liao Jingqiu, so he could only let the servants pick up the boxes and hurriedly rush to the agreed place.

The crowd first came out of the city and joined another group of scholars who had fled.

Zhong Hui and they still have important things to do, only to send them outside the city, they are going back, before parting, she can only tell Wen Jianning to take care all the way, and Wen Jianning had to hold her friend's hands tightly, turn around and leave under the gaze of the Zhong family.

Because the car was too eye-catching, they couldn't drive on a rough mountain road, so they could only walk on two legs. Others are still easy to say, but Liao Jingqiu is a pregnant woman, and she is supported by someone to stop and rest every time she walks for a while. No matter how good the people who traveled with them were, they understood the difficulties of pregnant women, and they were dissatisfied with them again and again, which made the atmosphere in the team very stiff.

Fortunately, after walking for more than two hours, everyone finally arrived at the meeting place in time.

Among the people who answered them, the leader was a middle-aged man with thick eyebrows, and when he saw Liao Jingqiu mixed in the crowd, his brows were almost twisted into a knot: "Why did you bring a pregnant woman?"

There is an extra pregnant woman in the team, which is particularly eye-catching. Liao Jingqiu didn't dare to make a sound, and silently lowered her head to follow beside her, and Meng Li lowered her head and protected her side step by step.

Mr. Fang hurriedly said: "In extraordinary times, how dare you leave people here." ”

Fortunately, the middle-aged man didn't say anything, and asked everyone to hurry up.

Under the cover of night, everyone walked in the direction of the dock.

Seeing that they were about to cross a mountain col again, one of the people escorting them always had a gaze that fell on Wen Jianning. In fact, from just now, she had discovered that a dark-skinned young man had been secretly staring at her.

Wen Jianning noticed his gaze, took the initiative to raise his head and smiled at him, but the other party exclaimed: "These days, the Japanese army is checking people one by one with photos at the checkpoint, and there is a female writer among them, who looks exactly like you!"

His shout immediately attracted everyone's attention.

The middle-aged man hurriedly asked what was going on, and he listened to the young man's explanation, it turned out that the Japanese army had been very strict in screening the people on the outlying islands these days, and in order to prevent some well-known anti-Japanese people from escaping from Hong Kong Island, the soldiers guarding various checkpoints and docks also took photos and compared them one by one. And this young man often sends people from all walks of life off the island these days, and he has peeked at a few photos, and the person in one of the photos happens to be very similar to Wen Jianning's appearance.

Mr. Fang also sensed that the problem was a little tricky, and confirmed to the person again: "Are you sure you read it right, the person in the photo is her?"

The young man scratched his head and said, "But it's a girl with short hair in the photo, this, this ......"

Wen Jianning took off the hat on his head, revealing his long hair coiled behind his head, and without waiting for others to breathe a sigh of relief, he said calmly: "I did have short hair in the past, and the person in the photo may be my ......"

Everyone couldn't help but fall silent, and the atmosphere froze for a while.

Since Wen Jianning opened his mouth to admit this matter, he had already made all plans in his heart. Of course, she could try her luck at the dock with a fluke mentality, but if she was really unfortunate enough to be recognized by the Japanese army, it would only affect everyone, so she did not intend to and could not try to fool around on such a crucial issue.

But before she could take the initiative to express her position, Liao Jingqiu, who had been silent all the way, coldly pushed Wen Jianning and pushed her out of the team, and said: "You don't want to hurt people! You don't have anything to worry about, everyone still wants to escape quickly!"

None of the people expected that she would suddenly push Wen Jianning out, and suddenly their eyes changed when they looked at her

Seeing the embroidery, he said: "You, what are you talking about, forget that you were the one who knelt down and begged someone to take you away!"

And after suddenly going crazy and pushing Wen Jianning recklessly, Liao Jingqiu's whole face turned pale, her whole body trembled violently, she noticed the eyes of the people around her, and immediately shrank her body and wanted to hide behind Meng Li, but Meng Li, who was protecting her like an old hen these days, also subconsciously distanced herself from her.

She seemed to realize what she had done, and froze there for a moment.

Wen Jianning glanced at Liao Jingqiu deeply, ignored her, turned his head and smiled at Mr. Fang and said, "For the sake of everyone's safety, I still won't follow me first, I can only bother you and these heroes to send my family out." ”

Mr. Fang showed a slightly relieved look and said solemnly: "I will not disgrace my life." ”

Now that the two sides have agreed, Wen Jianning buttoned up his hat and said goodbye to the rest.

When it was Meng Li's turn, she really couldn't bear to say: "Otherwise, if you go with us to the dock and wait and see, maybe there will be no such thing at all, and we can still walk together." You are a girl's family, and I am also half of your elders, how can I really let you stay here alone. When I turned around and saw Bai Qing, I was afraid that I wouldn't have the face to talk to him. ”

Her words made Liao Jingqiu's face on the side even paler.

Wen Jianning smiled: "Who said that I am alone, I still have friends who also stay on Hong Kong Island." ”

Mr. Fang also helped to speak: "That's right, our rescue activities are not only here, and there will definitely be opportunities in the future." ”

Although Meng Li still wanted to persuade him, he wanted to speak several times, but in the end he couldn't say anything, so he had to step aside.

Jianxiu asked her with tears: "I probably won't go back to Shanghai Wen Mansion, it's not my home." I'm going to go to Kunming as you said, maybe I'll see Feng Yi again, do you have anything I need to help convey?"

Wen Jianning followed her words: "When you go back to the mainland, if you have the opportunity to meet someone from the Feng family......"

Halfway through her words, she suddenly smiled again: "What is there to send a message, if I can go back, I can naturally tell him everything I need to say, and if I can't go back, it will only add to his troubles." There's not much more to say. ”

In the end, Wen Jianning said a few more words of entrustment to Mr. Fang, looked at the figure of the group of people in the distance, and then turned around and walked back slowly along the mountain path alone.

It was still early in the morning, but the ink color in the sky was gradually fading as if it had fainted through water, and the moonlight was so light that it was almost transparent. The cold mountain wind blew through the sparse grass and trees on the roadside, making a rustling sound.

There was silence all around, and she walked on the road by the moonlight, and her heart was also calm.

Wen Jianning had a faint hunch that she might not be able to leave in the short term. But it doesn't matter if she can't leave, at least this time she sent Jianxiu away, and she also counted a matter of concern.

Until she faintly heard someone calling her name behind her, she looked back and saw a black shadow in the distance waving towards her.

Wen Jianning was stunned and said, "Why are you back?"

Seeing that Xiu was breathing, he smiled and said: "You are allowed to be high-spirited, and I am not allowed to be a gentleman." ”

Wen Jianning hurriedly said: "When has this happened, are you still making such jokes! You hurry up, maybe you can catch up with them." ”

She said this, pushing and shoving in her hands, determined to drive her away.

Seeing that Xiuxiu had no choice, he had to say: "Don't rush me away first, it's not too late to listen to me tell you." ”

She had just left with the others, and the further she went, the more she felt that something was wrong.

Although Wen Jianning is famous as a writer, she is not easy to show off, rarely discloses her privacy in the newspaper, and has always been quite mysterious.

After seeing such a reminder, Wen Jianning also reacted.

Since escaping from the Mid-Levels villa back then, Wen Jianning has indeed not taken photos in these years, and if there are still photos of her coming out on Hong Kong Island, it can only be released from the hands of their good aunt Wen Jingshu. If Wen Jingshu really has the heart to borrow the day, I grabbed her with my hand, but I am afraid that Jianxiu may also be implicated.

At this point, it was obvious that neither of them could make it this time.

Wen Jianning had no choice but to follow the direction in which Jianxiu was slowly coming, and not long after they returned, they confirmed the matter from Zhong Hui's mouth. Their good aunt Wen Jingshu did take refuge in Japan not long ago, and the social scene of the Mid-Levels Villa was replaced by a new group of guests. The Japanese army did search for the two of them throughout the city, especially at the docks.

In fact, they are not the only ones who have been arrested, many well-known people are on the list, but it is rare to see them like the two sisters who have been photographed and given key care, and I am afraid that they will be difficult to leave Hong Kong Island for a long time.

Although Wen Jianning and the two of them were in a heavy mood, they quickly cheered up. They resolutely refused to be retained by Zhong Hui and returned to the church, intending to continue to help the nuns take care of the orphans.

It's just that on the night after going back this time, Wen Jianning sat on the bed for a long time.

Seeing that Xiu didn't know what she was thinking, she cautiously called Wen Jianning's name, but Wen Jianning suddenly smiled.

Under the dim candlelight, her expression was as calm as ever: "See embroidery, you can help me cut my hair." ”

(End of chapter)