Chapter 18 Nothing
The second class cabin is a two-person bed, which is naturally not as spacious and comfortable as the first class private room. Although all the large luggage has been arranged to the warehouse rented by Li Lingrui, the small cabin is still full of fragmented personal belongings.
Thinking of committing her mother to this slightly cramped cabin, Lin Wanjing couldn't help but feel guilty.
Seeing that her face was worried, Mo Zhidong opened his mouth to comfort her:
"It's okay, it won't be long, I'll be here after a few nights' sleep."
As soon as the words fell, I saw Ah Biao leading the workers to carry the luggage again.
"And?"
"No, miss, this is the last batch."
Lin Wanjing sighed, where is there a place to put things now, as soon as she raised her eyes, she saw Li Lingrui following into the cabin, Lin Wanjing hurriedly stepped forward:
"I've worked hard for you, I'm tired..."
"Don't be tired, it's a matter of effort." Li Lingrui said this, and looked around the cabin, "This can't be done, it's too embarrassing for you to live here!" ”
Lin Wanjing was most afraid that he would say this, so she hurriedly said:
"It doesn't matter, it's enough space, anyway, it's just for a nap in the cabin..."
"It's all like this, what about the young marshal's luggage in a while? Where to put it? ”
mentioned Liu Jin, Lin Wanjing's expression was dark, and she prevaricated casually:
"What kind of luggage does he have..."She knew that Li Lingrui must have noticed her discomfort, and hurriedly said before he could speak:
"It's really okay, you go back to your cabin to accompany Yiguang, she is the one who needs to be taken care of the most at the moment."
Since she said this, Li Lingrui couldn't delay any longer, and after a few words, she went to the first-class cabin upstairs.
Seeing him leave, Lin Wanjing also returned to the cabin, but saw that Xiao Yichen in Mo Zhidong's arms had woken up, looked around with wide eyes, and then accurately locked Lin Wanjing's face, muttering as if to call her mother, Lin Wanjing hugged him in her arms, coaxed softly, and said some insignificant words softly, although she was smiling on her face, sadness spread like a spring in her heart, and her eyes were slightly red, but fortunately, before the tears got out of control, Ah Ling sent hot water:
"Miss, the hot water you told me to fetch has been fetched."
Lin Wanjing said hello, handed Xiao Yichen to Ah Ling, took the hot water, poured out a white pill from the small medicine bottle in her pocket, handed it to Mo Zhidong, and said softly:
"Mom, the sea is stormy, it will be more comfortable to eat this."
Since it was given by his daughter, of course Mo Zhidong didn't doubt it, after taking the medicine and drinking the water, it didn't take long for her to feel dizzy and sleepy, but Lin Wanjing just said that it was normal and comforted her to sleep.
Ah Ling didn't know what Lin Wanjing had eaten for Mo Zhidong, so she couldn't help but be a little flustered, and shouted a few times Mrs., and then saw that Lin Wanjing was calm, so she was puzzled and asked her:
"Miss, why is this ......?"
Lin Wanjing didn't answer her directly, leaned down to tease Xiao Yichen in her arms, and asked:
"Ah Ling, how has my mother treated you all these years?"
"Madame is very good to Ah Ling. After my mother died, I was supposed to live alone on the streets, but my wife brought me back regardless of my previous suspicions, fed and clothed me, made me read and write, and taught me etiquette and virtues. Mrs. Yu Aling, Grace and reconstruction. But miss, why did you ask this ...... all of a sudden?"
"In that case, may I ask you something?"
"Ask for ...... How can the young lady say to me...... begging?"
didn't have time for Lin Wanjing to speak, but she heard a long whistle, which was the signal to start the boat, and the third officer in charge of inspecting the cabin began to remind the people who saw them off to leave. Ah Biao, who had been helping to organize his luggage outside the cabin, came in to say goodbye to Lin Wanjing:
"Miss, have a safe journey, and send us a letter when you arrive."
Lin Wanjing didn't want him, as if she didn't hear it, she stroked Xiao Yichen's soft fetal hair, and for a long time, she dropped a deep kiss on his forehead, "Good boy, listen to grandma and aunt obediently, don't think about your mother's ......"
Ah Ling felt that something was wrong when she heard this, and she didn't have time to react, but she saw Lin Wanjing quickly stuff the two crumpled ferry tickets in her hand into Ah Biao's hand, turned around and grabbed the door, the door lock fell, she and Ah Biao wanted to open the door again, but the door had been locked from the outside, so she could only hold the swaddling clothes with one hand and slam the hatch with the other:
"Miss! Miss, open the door! What are you doing! ”
Xiao Yichen in the swaddling clothes seemed to know what was going on, and she cried with a wow, and it was in this cry that Ah Ling heard Lin Wanjing's crying request outside the door:
"You promise me, if one day, if something happens to me, please help me take care of my mother, raise Chen'er, teach him to read and write, and etiquette and virtue......"
Li Lingrui settled his wife and children, but he always felt inexplicably uneasy, and finally decided to go down to the second class cabin before leaving the ship to have a look, so he just saw Lin Wanjing crying and running past him, before he could react, she had already run up the gangway, and when he chased him, the gangway was offshore, and the sailor stopped him:
"Sir, the boat is sailing, you can't go over, pay attention to safety."
Li Lingrui had no choice but to call her name by the railing in vain.
She must have heard it, and the pretty back on the dock slowly turned around, and a bright smile rose on her tearful cheeks, which was extremely heartfelt, with a relieved relief, and full of determination in the face of death.
The fist slammed on the gangway railing, and he made a dozen strokes in a row, venting his unwillingness and remorse - he should have thought that Lin Wanjing could not leave at all, and it was all a lie to him to say that Liu Jin promised to leave with her!
She loves Liu Jin so deeply, just as Liu Jin loves this homeland!
It is impossible for him to watch his beloved land fall apart with a cold eye, and it is naturally impossible for her to leave him alone in this troubled world, isolated.
But it was too late to figure it out, and the steamer was far from shore, so he could only cry out to her:
"Wanjing! You've got to be good! Wait for me to come back! ”
In the sound of the rushing water, he didn't know how much Lin Wanjing could hear his voice, but he saw her raise her hand and slowly wave it to him, it was a farewell gesture, as if saying that she had made up her mind and didn't ask about the return date.
In extraordinary times, the task of the army is no longer only to defend against foreign enemies, and escorting merchant ships into the port has become the daily routine of the fleet.
It was another voyage back, Liu Jin entered the port with the fleet, if there was no accident, he could finally stay longer this time, before the Lin family changed, he couldn't accompany Lin Wanjing more and hurriedly went to the sea, how sad she should be during that time, every time she thought of this, her heart was like a knife, but fortunately, now she is finally back.
When Lu Canghan got the news, he waited by the dock early in the morning, and when he saw him stepping down the gangway, he walked quickly to him:
"Young marshal, the Lin family is scattered."
Although it is extremely common for the people in charge to leave and go to their own places to make a living, the Lin family has a big business, and it is beyond Liu Jin's expectation that they will disperse so quickly.
"It's only been a few days, how can it be ......"
"Those few people who are in the house borrowed a lot of money in the name of Master Lin and owed a bunch of bad debts, and now that Master Lin is gone, the creditors have come to the door. Wan Jing had to auction off the Lin family's property to pay off the debt, and the fields, farms, fisheries, and shops were all sold, leaving only the weaving factory and Wanli Xing Jin Peinian. ”
As he was talking, he saw Lin Wanjing's white car enter the port area and drove straight towards Liu Lu and the others, Liu Jin was already worried about Lin Wanjing, and didn't care to listen to Lu Canghan's words, so she went straight to the white car.
The car did stop, and when the car stopped, a blonde and blue-eyed foreign woman walked out of the car.
Liu Jin was stunned for a while, stunned, until the woman asked him what was the matter, he woke up and said in a trance:
"Nothing, I... Recognize the wrong person. ”
So the foreign woman smiled kindly and understandingly, crossed him, and went straight to the dock, leaving him alone to stand still, blankly watching the strange driver meticulously wipe the gorgeous body—just as Ah Biao did every time he waited for Lin Wanjing.
Lu Canghan finally followed, and when he saw his declining expression, he couldn't help but feel distressed, and explained:
"Wan Jing sold the car and exchanged it for two tickets to **, this morning's flight, it should have left the port at this time."
"Why didn't you say it earlier?"
"It's useless to say, the ship has already ...... sailed."
She still left, in such a hurry, without even saying hello.
He clearly had so much to say to her, but she was so resolute that she didn't give him a chance to say goodbye!
"Stop!" Liu Jin's expression was gloomy and his tone was serious, but he couldn't tell whether he was angry or sad.
"Yun Rou, calm down, if she is determined to leave, what if you stop her?"
What about stopping it?
How can he?
He just wanted to say goodbye to her.
"Anyway, stop me."
Lu Canghan knew that he was in a hurry, so he didn't do anything, just sighed and watched him stride towards the passenger terminal.
As the passenger ship departed, the crowd of people who saw them off also left, and the crowd of people slowing him down made him more and more anxious.
Fortunately, the closer to the pier, the more sparse the crowd became, and he finally saw the figure of his heart standing at the end of the plank road—she was standing a few feet away, wearing a plain cheongsam with gold and silver thread and a swastika pattern, her curly hair tied high, a hairpin with a cluster of cloisonné enamel branches, an elegant gray and blue color, and the waves that seemed to be forgotten by the sea in her hair.
As the crowd around her left, she was left alone on the dock, standing alone in the cold and wet sea breeze, looking in the direction of the departing passenger ship, even though the passenger ship had become an unreachable black dot.
As if knowing that he was coming, she turned and looked at him, trying to raise a bright smile, but that smile added a bit of sadness to her tear-stained face for no reason.
He didn't care much, so he stepped forward and hugged her into his arms:
"Wanjing... You didn't go... Why didn't you go......"
After a pause, he said again, "You should go..."
He didn't want her to go, she was the light of his life, and if she left, his world would be nothing but darkness.
But he also hoped that she would leave, his world was about to be engulfed in war, and she would not leave today, just afraid that she would never have a chance to leave.
She thought that the tears had been exhausted at the time of parting, but who knew that at this moment, leaning on his chest, tears filled her eyes, leaving no room for control, flooding like a burst of water, but she bit her lip and didn't cry, just leaned on his arms and sobbed lowly.
He didn't know how to comfort her, but he kissed her forehead again and again, rubbing her cold body blown by the sea breeze, so she slowly warmed up, and he finally heard her choked voice:
"Yun Rou... Either...... You divorce me......"
"What?"
But she didn't have the determination to say it again, so she hurriedly shook her head and changed her words:
"If I had known today, I shouldn't have objected to you marrying Miss Ye. The Lin family is scattered, and now I really don't know what I can do for you, I'm afraid that it will become a burden to you, I don't want to drag you down......"
Liu Jin was dumbfounded, and after a while, he chuckled:
"What are you fantasizing about? When did I say I wanted you to help me, and when did I think about divorce and marrying her? ”
"But now I have nothing......
"Nope." He interrupted her, cupped her face, and kissed her tears: "You still have me." But if you go, and you have nothing, I ...... you have nothing."