Chapter 431: The Mystery of the Little Lover
In Belgian orange juice, there is really cyanide, which is highly toxic, this is too terrifying, right? Putting down the phone, Ping Hanhan's face turned pale, and his hands were trembling slightly.
Pingguo was calm and calm, and said: "Baby, don't be afraid, there is an agarwood box to bless us, and there is a powerful China and the diplomatic department, don't be afraid, but from now on, the two of us must be extra cautious!"
Ping Hanhan nodded and said, "With my mother by my side, I'm not afraid!"
Pingguo smiled, but must have laughed stiffly, for she felt a kind of far-fetched and heavy herself.
She immediately laughed and said: "The princess travels, there will naturally be escorts, and the mother and the agarwood box are your protectors!
Let me tell you the story of Duras as a child, especially her little brother and first love.
You know, in reality, Duras has two brothers.
The eldest brother, Pierre, was a swinger, lazy and lazy, and despite his mother's protection of him, Duras hated him.
The second brother, Paul, is 3 years older than Duras, and Duras affectionately calls him "little brother". He was the patron saint of Duras's youth, as well as her admirer and admirer.
In Duras's eyes, the "little brother" is a symbol of manhood - brave and fearless!
Dare to go to the forest alone to fight black panthers, care about his little sister very much, and often take his sister to swim, walk, and play. At night, they tend to sleep together. Before you know it, you've grown up. My sister's dependence and intimacy with her brother are still the same, and something has happened in a hazy way that is still unspeakable.
She loves Paul in an incredible way.
After the eldest brother Pierre left Vietnam, Paul was the only man in Duras's life.
She loved her "little brother" like she loved her husband, her children, and her lover who she didn't allow to love.
Paul is called "dear little brother", and that's how the Vietnamese call their young lover.
Duras wrote about this "little brother" in "The Lover", "The Levee Against the Pacific" and later "The Chinese Lover in the North".
It can be said that the image of the little brother runs through almost all her works.
She once wrote: 'We went hunting together in the forest by the river. It was always the two of us. Then one time, it happened. He came to my bed. Our brother and sister are strangers to each other. I was still very young, maybe seven or eight years old. He came once, and every night after that. Once he was seen by his eldest brother and beat him up. He was afraid that the eldest brother started from that time. Since then, my mother has let me sleep in her bed, but we have continued to do it. β
When the mother found out that her daughter was sleeping with Chinese, she beat her 'with all her might' at home, and the eldest brother followed suit, saying that the beating was right, 'to prevent her from falling.'" Only the little brother came out to defend her, shouting for her mother to let her go. She had been lying next to her little brother and kissing his hair. The little brother taught her everything, including things between men and women.
Later, when her Chinese lover asked her how she understood those things, she said, 'From my little brother.' β
She talked about the secrets of her life and about her unusual little brother. In "Arcata", she writes more boldly about the deep friendship and sexuality between brothers.
In reality, in 1930, when Duras was only 16 years old, he drove from his home to his boarding school in Saigon.
While crossing the Mekong River, a Chinese man on the ferry, overwhelmed by her youthful beauty and exotic charm, took the initiative to talk to Duras and sent him to school in a private car. Since then, the two have known and fallen in love, and a series of things have happened that have been public, semi-public, or undisclosed so far.
This man is Li Yuntai, a wealthy Chinese businessman, personable, handsome, amorous and rich, full of male charm.
Duras often dated him in the box.
But Li Yuntai's parents did not approve of the marriage, believing that foreign women were unreliable.
In order to cut off their relationship, Li Yuntai found a Northeast girl from his hometown Fushun and hurriedly arranged the marriage.
And Duras was also forced to leave Li Yuntai because he wanted to go back to France to study.
A pair of exotic mandarin ducks were dismantled in this way.
On the day of parting, Li Yuntai rushed to the dock to see him off, but he did not dare to approach, and hid far behind the lamppost to watch Duras leave.
The first love was the most memorable, and although Duras had many lovers in her life, this love held a special place in her heart.
She once said, 'He has overshadowed all the other loves in my life, including those that are open and between husband and wife.' In this kind of love, there is even something that is inexhaustible in the flesh. β
But Duras kept his mouth shut about this love affair and kept it a secret for half a century. This love is like your own private property, and no one else is allowed to share it. It wasn't revealed until 1980 that it was revealed in "Lover", but she still didn't admit that it was her first love.
Why? With the bold temper of Duras, this is an impossible situation, I think, this stems from a prejudice of the French in the early last century against the old and new Chinese, and will the most marginal exotic love be understood?
Therefore, the fear that his exotic love will be ridiculed, insulted, and ruined is the most secret place of Duras.
In 1971, Li Yuntai and his wife went to Paris and did not dare to see Duras, but they couldn't help but make a phone call to Duras.
As soon as Duras answered the phone, she heard Li Yuntai's voice, and she was overjoyed.
This detail was later written in The Lover: 'He called her. As soon as she heard the voice, she knew it was him. He said, "I just want to hear your voice." She replied: It's me. Hello. He was a little flustered, as timid as ever. His voice trembled suddenly. Hearing this trembling voice, she immediately discovered the Chinese tone. He said that he was the same as he had been in the past, that he still loved her and that he couldn't stop loving her. He loved her to death. β
In 1991, Li Yuntai died of illness.
When Duras heard the news, he burst into tears.
I never thought he would die. She stopped what she was doing and immersed herself in the memories of the past. 'For a whole year, I went back to the days of crossing the Mekong River on the ferry in Vinh Long. β
'During this year, I immersed myself in the love of Chinese and children. β
A year later, a new book, The Chinese Lover in the North, was published. How's that? Duras is amazing.
Well, now for the talk: the last lover Jan Andrea.
In the summer of 1980, at the age of 66, Duras was joined by a 27-year-old university student who was Jan Andrea SteinΓ© in the world and co-woven the most magical and moving love story of her life.
This handsome guy read Duras by chance, and from then on he was fascinated and stopped reading other books, only Duras's works.
In his eyes, there is only one writer in the world, and that is Duras.
There is only one book to read in the world, and that is Duras's.
Duras became his idol, his everything.
One summer, Duras came to Jan's city to hold a discussion on the film "Song of India". This movie, Jan has watched it more than ten times, to the point of familiarity. At the meeting, he asked a few questions and wanted to offer flowers, but was stopped by his friends, saying that only girls should offer flowers! Many followed, and Jan, of course, was among them. But the shy Jan did not attract Duras's special attention at the time.
When Jan asked Duras if he could write to her, Duras casually said, 'Yes.' Send it to my home in Paris!'
Jan did write to her, but she ignored it, for she had completely forgotten about the young man.
For Duras, Jan was just one of many admirers.
But Yang persevered, and although he never received a reply, he continued to write. Write. Write. Even if sometimes it's just a sentence, a note. But he insisted on one letter a day. It has been held for at least two years.
Suddenly, Jan cut off the letter.
The absence of news for a month made Duras think that there would be a danger, such as death?
So, Duras replied with a letter.
Jan immediately called and couldn't wait to ask, "Can I go to your house?"
One sunny afternoon, Jan arrived at Duras' residence, Trouville, carrying a small bag. From the balcony, Duras watched lovingly as the young suitor approached the door. To celebrate their encounter, she asks him to go buy alcohol. He went out obediently, but came back a few minutes later: not a penny in his pocket. Yes, he has nothing. No money, no fame, no career, no past.
From then on, Jan became Duras's lover, secretary, assistant, reader, chauffeur, nurse, her slave, servant, and punching bag. He sorted out Duras's manuscripts, typed, shopped, sanitized, and did chores all day long, and he also drove Duras for a ride, bathed and wiped his back for Duras, listened to Duras, was angry with her, scolded her, punished her, and was disciplined by her.
Who can stand this tempering? Moreover, Yang is also a young man with strong flesh and blood. He fled, stayed all night, spent the night at the station or in a bar. But it wasn't long before he came back obediently. He could not live without Duras until Duras agreed that Jan could visit her girlfriend Michelle Munsseau for an hour every afternoon.
Each time, Duras warmly welcomed him back, like a lost child, affectionately embraced in his arms.
Life begins anew, tragedy and comedy begin to repeat again.
Love and hate, tenderness and rudeness, obedience and rebellion are intertwined into a truly moving and heart-wrenching song of life.
Duras's girlfriend also published a book "Girlfriend Duras" because of Duras and Jan, she said: Duras is either passionate or cold. She is not an ordinary friend, she is like a lighthouse, illuminating my life, no matter the storm, she gives off her own light.
Jan also wrote a book, "Lover Duras", because of this early and late time with Duras.
At the beginning of 1996, on a cold night, Duras suddenly woke up from his sleep, pushed Jan awake and said to him: 'Duras, it's over. β
Duras had a premonition that his days were numbered, that his life was coming to an end. She stroked Young's head and said to him lovingly, 'I'm going to die. Come with me!' What are you going to do without me?'
At 8 a.m. on Sunday, March 3, Duras really left the world and her lover.
When French radio and television stations heard the news, they immediately interrupted their normal programming and inserted the news.
The next day, the newspapers prominently published the news of Duras's death and a large photograph of his death.
Duras's works were also snapped up in bookstores.
Everybody is talking about Duras, about her, about her films, about her Lover.
Suddenly, everyone discovers that his lover Jan is missing.
Since Duras's death, he has disappeared from view. They searched for him everywhere, but no one saw him, and no one saw him again.
In fact, Jan hid in a small room in Paris, depressed, drunk, lonely, and retreated for three years, and then Jan began to write, which was also related to Duras's life, expressing the love and compassion with Duras day and night.
When my mother first read Jan's work "Lover Duras", she burst into tears, but she still loved it, because I once again understood the style and essence of Duras's writing. β
As he spoke, Pingguo stopped and wiped a handful of tears from his eyes.
Yes, Pingguo didn't expect that at this moment, he would feel nostalgic again.