CHAPTER XXXVII
It was late at night when I got home, and the dance was supposed to last until twelve o'clock, but in consideration of my mother's physical condition, my father took my sister and I to leave early. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Gu Shaoqing said that he returned to Nanjing from Hong Kong last year and stayed in Kowloon for more than a month, and for more than ten days, Shike would always enter and exit a charity hall at the same time. I'm puzzled......
November 12, Xiaguan Wharf, Nanjing.
The Tong family's vehicle stopped on the side of the road early, waiting for the arrival of his uncle and aunt. Hai and I sat in the car with red eyes, and the atmosphere was a little heavy for a while. The ancients folded the willows to say goodbye, and the willows were hard to find in winter, but they reminded me of a few farewell poems that my grandmother often chanted when I was a child:
The willows are green and drooping on the ground,
Yang Hua is flying in the sky.
The wicker is broken and the flowers are flying,
By asking pedestrians whether to return or not?
Haizhu left, although I was reluctant, but I couldn't ask her not to leave. Holding the puppet in my hand and looking at it for a moment, I finally carefully handed it over to Haizhu. "Haizhu, I can't bear it when I am young, and I will hand it over to you now. You have to take good care of it, it will bring you luck. ”
Hai Zhu looked down and saw that what I handed over was the most cherished lucky puppet when he was young, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to refuse: "Ah Zhao, this is your lucky charm, what should you do if you give it to me?" I don't want to. ”
"Now you need it more than I do, it's something we both did together, so it will protect you too. You and Brother Fang need to travel across the ocean to reach Germany, and I heard my brother say that only those who have been there understand the difficulties in the middle. So every time you go to a place, you have to let me know that you arrived safely, you know? ”
Hai Zhu listened, and the tears that had just stopped fell again: "Ah Zhao, I shouldn't have left at this time." Your matter with your eldest cousin is still up in the air, I'm ...... But once I married another woman, I had to listen to my grandfather and grandmother's arrangement. ”
I sighed: "It's a good thing to stay abroad, although I don't want you to leave, but I understand this truth." So, Haizhu, you don't have to worry about me, there are still fathers and mothers who make decisions for me, it's a big deal, I will also leave and go to Germany to find you to study at university. ”
Hearing the last sentence, Hai Zhu finally burst out laughing: "Ah Zhao, do you know? Brother Fang and I have been worried that you will force yourself because of family matters, and now I am relieved to hear you say this. I will definitely return to China as soon as possible, and I will watch you get on the sedan chair, wear a wedding dress, and finally become a family with your beloved. Brother Fang and I have always been on your side, so don't give up, you know? ”
I nodded vigorously, not knowing if it was for her words or for myself. The mountains in the distance are covered with two or three layers of greenery, like an ancient and dreamy ink painting. The white river is covered with morning mist, and the winter sun is gradually rising on the pedestrian dock two or three feet long. Every day the river is blowing, and the time for parting is getting tighter and tighter.
My uncle and aunt cried, and finally got into the car and couldn't bear to look back.
My sister and I stood in the wind, watching the steamer drift away, until the giant ship turned into a black spot on the river, and then everyone got up and stopped standing. It turns out that the saddest thing in the world is not separation, but farewell. The kind of loneliness that can only wave away when watching the closest person leave, how can three glasses and two light wines explain it?
"Ignoring me since last night's dance, this time I'm sullen again! You say, what do you want me to do to amuse you? ”
I looked up, and Seke had come to me in place of my sister, who had long since disappeared.
"Where's my sister?" I exclaimed.
"Hey, Liu Hanzhao. I'm such a big living person standing in front of you, but you are only looking for Sister Mingzhao, you have the intention to get along with me! ”
In normal times, I would have had a fight with Shike after listening to what Shike said, but today I obviously don't have such thoughts. Since he asked me why I ignored him, I simply took the opportunity to ask him, "Well, let me ask you, why are you lying?"
Shi Ke didn't know why at first, and was stunned by my question, and then stopped: "Ah Zhao, what have you heard?"
If he asked, it was true.
I was silent for a moment, considering how to speak.
"Shike, did you hear Brother Fang talk about our family? My sister and I fell in love with the Gu father and son who came yesterday at the same time, and the third uncle died inexplicably in Shanghai, and there has been a ghost hidden in the house so far I don't know who he is. Han's mother, who has served her grandmother for almost 50 years, is actually a meticulous work in the former Qing Palace, and two subordinates were killed for no reason, but they don't know who the murderer is? Even the death of my grandmother three years ago is now found to be problematic. I don't know when there was such a bizarre event around me, and the relatives I trusted around me all had identities that I didn't know, do you know that feeling? It's like suddenly getting a thorn in the throat, even if the person who hides it has a thousand reasons and is helpless, it will still hurt people's hearts, and it will be difficult to calm down, and there is a feeling of being deceived. ”
"Ah Zhao ......"
"I'm fine, I didn't want to say it, but you asked, I just wanted to talk to you scoundrel. These days, I'm alone with these words, and whoever asks me answers 'I'm fine'. But it was only in the dead of night that I knew for myself, and I did not want to understand the sorrow of gradually learning about the world. I still want to be the second lady who is a scoundrel again, and I have to think about how to make myself more comfortable every day. ”
"Ah Zhao, we all have our own responsibilities that cannot be shirked, and everyone's choice is to be born as a human being. The country is now weak, internal and external troubles, although the Qing Dynasty has been destroyed, but feudal snobbery is still deep-rooted. I didn't mean to hide it from you, I just didn't want to cause trouble for you and your family. We have been friends for many years, more like relatives. I am walking alone on a bottomless road, so why should I speak out and increase the troubles of others? You just have to believe that I'm still the same Shike when I was a child, and I'm slowly helping you investigate the family matter. It's just that the Gu Shaoqing you are talking about, is it really the man you really fall in love with? ”
It's really strange that Shike and Senior Brother arrived, yesterday Senior Brother told me that Shike had a problem, and today Shike asked what kind of person is Senior Brother? If it weren't for the fact that the two of them didn't have a chance to talk or meet verbally, I really doubt that the two of them had a holiday before?
Holidays?
Thinking of this, I really began to wonder if the two had known each other before, Gu Shaoqing returned to Nanjing from Hong Kong last year and stayed in Hong Kong for more than a month, and Shike also entered and exited Hong Kong Kowloon at the same time, what is the connection?