Yisheng held this morning's newspaper in his hand, and the big black letters were so shocking: "Last night, the Japanese army attacked the Chinese border, and our army was defending itself, and the two sides clashed. The city government notified the leaders and protested to the Japanese leaders. The authorities of the two sectors declared martial law yesterday. ”

She heard footsteps on the stairs and looked up to see her husband coming downstairs towards her.

She looked into his eyes, and her heart was clear, put down the newspaper, stood up, and said softly to him: "There is a war". ”

He nodded.

She whispered again, "Are you going?"

He still nodded, paused for a moment, and spoke, "Yisheng, it is the duty of a soldier to defend the territory. ”

She nodded slightly, and then again, her eyes slightly lowered, her thoughts confused.

He couldn't bear it, and was about to say something, but she had already raised her face, with a pair of eyes full of strength and understanding, and smiled at him hard, "I understand, you can go with peace of mind, I am waiting for you here." ”

It's not that I'm not worried, it's not that I'm not afraid, it's not that I don't want to keep it, but because I know what kind of person my husband is, because I understand, I am perfect.

Bo Yuzheng's eyes showed a little compassion and guilt, and there were many lights and shadows struggling repeatedly, she looked at him, not understanding what made people like him so contradictory.

He finally spoke slowly, "Yisheng, the battle of Shanghai, the situation is not optimistic, I have asked people to arrange for the transfer of people and national capital in batches. ”

Her heart slowly lifted, and he looked at her fixedly, the complex guilt and deep affection in his eyes finally turned into such an embarrassed but resolute sentence, "I'm sorry Yisheng, but I can't arrange for you to leave." You are my wife, if you evacuate Shanghai at this time, thousands of soldiers will lose confidence in this war, and the morale of the army will be dispersed, and then there will really be no chance of victory at all, and Shanghai will lose. ”

After hearing this, she breathed a sigh of relief, thought about it, smiled at him, and then spoke: "Shaozhi, when I was a child, my father sent me to study in Moti, and he told me that no matter how good family education is, it cannot replace collective life, and I learned unity, mutual assistance and friendship in Moti. Later, when I was older, my father took me to visit factories and newspapers and took me to France. He always said that his daughter, not a princess in an ivory tower, should not be a canary in a cage, he hoped that I would be strong, brave, able to cope with the ups and downs of the future alone, and able to contribute to the country...... For so many years, I have been trying to do what my father wanted, but it is only today that I really have the opportunity to prove it. Shaozhi, you believe me, I will do well. ”

"Do you know, just now, how much I was afraid that you would send me away, I thought about it, if you force me, I will force you to obey like this. She laughed, and out of nowhere, she took out a Browning pistol and pointed it at her head, which he had given to her when he left Pingyang for Shanghai.

Bo Yuzheng snatched the pistol off with his reflexive hand, his face turned slightly blue, even though he knew that it was a joke, he still jumped a few times in his heart, "Don't mess around." ”

Yisheng smiled slowly, raised his eyes to look at him, his eyes were soft and firm, and his voice was gentle and soft, however, under the calm and steady voice, there was his own fortitude and persistence, "Shaozhi, I am your wife, not your burden." I'm not the kind of woman who just hides behind you and can't do anything. What I want to do is a partner who stands by your side and solves your problems. Regardless of the ups and downs ahead, life and death are broad, and never give up. ”

His eyes were deeply shaken, and a strange emotion that had never risen in his body before, as if a warm and warm trickle was slowly injected into his heart, filling it little by little, and heating up little by little.

For as long as he can remember, he has been growing up with the trust of others, from fulfilling his promise to his mother with the enemy, to sealing the territory with the expectations of his father and a group of military children...... He has become accustomed to standing in front of him, bearing all the pressure and risks alone, and acting as if nothing is happening no matter how tired and tired he is, because in the eyes of everyone, he is so strong that he will not even be tired.

Suddenly, at this moment, the woman whom he loved, delicate and delicate as a flower, said to him that she would stand by his side, and that she would share his worries and solve his problems.

He thought that he was protecting her for so many years, but now he knows that she has been protecting him all along, using her soft warmth, densely protecting his mood and emotions, so that his world is no longer lonely, so that he can completely relax and rest, and let him absorb warmth and strength again and again.

"Young marshal, everything is arranged, the car is waiting outside the door, ready to leave at any time. ”

Qi Jianzhao's voice pulled back his thoughts, Bo Yuzheng nodded, and slowly turned his eyes to look at Yisheng, "I have to go, Jianzhao will stay here." Yisheng, you promise me that no matter what happens, you will listen to his arrangement. ”

She nodded, wanting to reassure him, but looking at his back gradually walking away, she still couldn't hold back, trotted a few steps to catch up, so reluctant and attached, "I'll send you over, Shaozhi, can you let me send you over?" I'll be back as soon as I get there, and I won't even get out of the car, and I won't trouble you." ”

He was about to refuse, but he turned around and looked at her, he only felt a slight astringency in his throat, and he didn't know if he was separated today, or temporarily or forever.

Qi Jianzhao watched from the sidelines, and he was also uncomfortable in his heart, and couldn't help but speak: "Young marshal, let Jianzhao accompany the young lady to send you over, the command is still some distance from the front line, and Jianzhao swears to promise to send the young lady back safely." ”

He looked into her eyes, finally relented, nodded and let her get into the car.

Neither of them spoke all the way, but she kept holding his hand, holding it so tightly.

When the car passed by a wharf by the Huangpu River, he opened his mouth to order a stop, and then took her hand and got out of the car.

Although she had some doubts in her heart, she didn't ask how he took her to go, and she followed him.

"Before I met my father, I was in Shanghai for a while, and I worked as a coolie on this dock, and even had to fight to get food. ”

His voice rang in her ears along with the wind, with some kind of distant remembrance.

She followed him into a deep alley.

"Once, just for a steamed bun, there were too many people on the other side, but a little girl brought a patrol to help me. We escaped the thugs' revenge by giving me a piece of chocolate and bandaging my wounds with a handkerchief, which I have kept to this day. ”

On this winter morning, the air was filled with damp cold, and the fragments of memory flew by like meteors, and the smell of gunsmoke could not hide its fragrance.

Yisheng suddenly stopped, raised his eyes to look at Bo Yuzheng beside him.

He stood with her, his lips were doting, "But I didn't expect that the handkerchief she bandaged me was embroidered with her sister's name, this misunderstanding, it has been a misunderstanding for more than ten years, do you say she is too confused, or am I too stupid?"

Her eyes suddenly filled with fog, and she smiled back at him with tears in her eyes, "It's okay, it's not too stupid, at least you haven't been misunderstood." ”

"Yes, it's okay, not too stupid," he nodded, stretched out his arms and took her into his arms, tightening it little by little, "Yisheng, I've been waiting for you." ”

She buried her face in his chest and choked up, "You didn't tell me, I thought it was ......"

He lowered his head and kissed the corner of her forehead, smiling slightly, "I originally planned to wait until we were seventy or eighty, and then take out that handkerchief to tell you, and slowly remember it together......

His voice paused slightly, and her heart soured, and he smiled again, "It's the same now." ”

Another burst of gunfire came, and further on, there was the wartime temporary headquarters, which was not on the front line, but after all, it was in the war zone.

He slowly let go of her, "Just send it here." ”