Three middle-aged men in casual clothes with elegant temperaments couldn't help but be stunned when they looked at the well-decorated Nanwu Bookstore in front of them.

"Okazaki-kun, you wrote to me that the South House Library had been bombed into ruins by artillery fire, but what happened?"

Kuroki Takeichi pointed to the signboard at the entrance of the bookstore, which read "Nanya Bookstore", and turned his head to look at his friend Kazushi Okazaki.

After such a long time, Kuroki Yueichi's face has become thinner and thinner, and there are a lot more gray hairs on his head.

Kazushi Okazaki had been his friend for many years, and he was also the scholar who came to China at the same time as Takeichi Kuroki, and these scholars left Shanghai and returned to Japan as part of the evacuation procession.

However, after the war, many scholars returned to Shanghai, but Kuroki Yueichi delayed the trip because of the death of his old mother, and later received letters from his friends, knowing that his Nanwu Bookstore in Shanghai was also bombed into ruins, and the Nanwu Bookstore was his savings for many years, plus the help of his friends to build it, but it was finally destroyed in the war, which really made him heartbroken, coupled with the death of his mother, disheartened, he lived in seclusion in the temple in Nagoya for a period of time, until some time ago at the urging of his friends, I set off and returned to Shanghai.

After coming to Shanghai, accompanied by two friends, he wanted to come to see the former hometown, after all, it was his own painstaking send, even if it was a ruin, he couldn't help but worry about it, but what he saw in his eyes was that the Nanwu Library was standing in front of him unharmed.

Kazushi Okazaki also couldn't believe his eyes, after the war, he came to check the situation of the Minamiya Library, when the broken bricks and rubble, had been razed to the ground, so he wrote a letter to tell Kuroki Yueichi, and he has never been here since then, and the current situation surprised him.

His lips moved, and he said suspiciously: "This, this, Kuroki-kun, I, I don't know what's going on!" I was very careful at the time, but now I ......."

Another friend behind him, Hiroki Ito, also came back to his senses in the middle of the ring, and muttered: "I also came to check at the time, it is indeed in ruins, at that time this was the main battlefield, all the surrounding buildings were bombed to the ground, and none of them were spared, what is the situation?" ”

As soon as Kuroki Yue heard the words of the two friends, he looked around with puzzled eyes, after the war, Shanghai was rebuilt, the north bank of Suzhou Creek is located on the main road, which is the focus of reconstruction, and now new buildings have been built, but all the buildings have changed, only his Nanwu Bookstore is exactly the same as before leaving, not only the overall architectural style, but even the six-sided glass lamp at the door, the fence style of the gate, the decorative patterns on the eaves, etc., are all the same, as if there is no change at all, no, if there is really a change, It's even newer than before, and it seems to have been renovated on the basis of the original.

The business of this Nanwu Bookstore is very good, there are many people who come and go at the door, some alone, and some in groups.

At this time, a young man holding two books walked out of the Nanya Library, Hiroki Ito stretched out his hand to stop him, and asked softly, "May I ask, do you often come here to read?" Do you know who the curator here is? ”

The young man looked at the clothes and temperament of the three people in front of him, and knew that they were not ordinary people, so he hurriedly replied: "I often come to read books during this time, the reading environment here is quiet and comfortable, and the books are very complete, I like it very much, as for the curator?" I heard from the management that it is Mr. Takeichi Kuroki, a well-known scholar in China, but I have never seen it, and you still need to ask the management for the specific situation. ”

Hearing this, the three of them looked at each other, Ito Hiroki nodded, and thanked the young man, who returned the salute and left quickly.

"Let's go in and have a look!" Kuroki Yue said in a deep voice, he was most excited at this time, his library was intact after the war, although he believed the words of the two friends very much, but everything in front of him made him unable to relieve his doubts, he desperately wanted to know what was going on.

After speaking, he walked towards the library, followed by the other two people.

Walking into the inner hall of the library, the decoration inside has not changed at all, except that a lot of brand new bookcases have been installed in the book area, which are full of various books, and it is obvious that the supplementary books are far larger than the previous scale.

Although there were a lot of people reading and buying books, the whole hall was very quiet, and everyone was bowing their heads and doing their own thing, not noticing the arrival of these three people.

Kazushi Okazaki and Hiroki Ito used to come to the South House Bookstore a lot, and they were very familiar with the inside of the library, and they were even more confused when they saw everything as it was.

At this time, Kuroki's eyes looked at the pair of decorated vases on the front wall of the hall, and he couldn't help but be amazed.

He liked the peony pattern on it very much, so he bought it at a high price from an antique store in Shanghai and arranged it here, but when he was evacuated, he brought it back to Japan, and now it is still placed in his home far away in Japan, but now it appears here, all of which makes him feel like a dream.

Kuroki Yue approached in a few steps, ready to carefully check the authenticity of this pair of bottles, at this time, a staff member walked up, he obviously saw that something was wrong, since these three people entered the hall, they attracted his attention, and then looked around, if it weren't for the fact that these three people did not look like evil people, the staff would have come forward to stop them.

"This gentleman, this pair of peony vases is the curator's collection, they are very valuable, and they are all fragile, please don't observe them closely, please forgive me!" The staff said very politely.

Kuroki Yue looked up at this staff member, he didn't know him, and secretly sighed, everything here is exactly the same as before, but fortunately, this staff member is not the old employee before, otherwise he would have thought that time travel is just a dream.

In fact, as far as Kuroki Yueichi himself is concerned, the impression that the Nanwu Bookstore gave him should be the way it is now, after all, when he left, the bookstore was intact, and the news of the destruction of the bookstore, he only learned about it in a friend's letter, and there was no specific impression in his mind, and when he came back again, this bookstore still stood here, without the slightest change, so he didn't feel how difficult it was to accept.

On the contrary, it was his two friends, who clearly knew the destruction of the library, so as soon as they entered the library, they looked around curiously, and it was quite difficult to get used to it.

Kuroki Takeichi shook his head with a wry smile, and was about to speak when a voice suddenly came from behind him.

"Curator? Mr? ”

The voice was very familiar, and Kuroki Takeichi quickly turned around to see that it was Yuma Fukui, his former employee, who was looking at him with his mouth wide open and a look of surprise.

This also startled Kuroki Yueichi, he pointed at Yuma Fukui, hesitated, and asked, "Fukui, what the hell is going on?" ”

"It's really sir!" Yuma Fukui shouted loudly, just now he was just looking familiar from the side, and now he finally confirmed that it was indeed the curator who had returned.

He hurriedly stepped forward and bowed deeply: "Sir, after a long absence, you are finally back!" ”

After saying that, he suddenly remembered something, and quickly turned around and ran towards the second floor, which made Kuroki Yue stunned.

Yuma Fukui ran to the door of Ning Zhiheng's office and knocked on the door frame quickly.

Ning Zhiheng's ear power was amazing, just when Fukui Yuzhen's footsteps went up to the second floor, he heard a sound, he immediately signaled He Siming not to make a sound, and when the knock on the door sounded, he responded: "Come in." ”

Yuma Fukui pushed open the door and said urgently to Ning Zhiheng: "President, Mr. Kuroki is back!" ”

"What are you talking about?" Ning Zhiheng was taken aback and hurriedly asked.

"It's the curator who is back, and it's in the hall downstairs!" Yuma Fukui confirmed again.

When Ning Zhiheng heard this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, he and Kuroki Yue and one or two people had only been together for a month, but since they got acquainted, Kuroki Yueyi took good care of himself and treated him like a nephew, not only specially introduced Major General Junpei Uehara as a backer, but also gave him a generous gift of gold when he parted, for Kuroki Yueyi, Ning Zhiheng has always been sincerely grateful.

Later, after the establishment of the Nanya Library, he also sent people to Japan to find the whereabouts of Kuroki Yueichi, but he never found it, but he didn't expect it to suddenly appear now.

Ning Zhiheng didn't delay for a moment, he immediately stood up, and said to He Siming at the same time: "Come down with me to greet Mr. Kuroki, just to introduce you!" ”

He Siming nodded hurriedly, followed behind Ning Zhiheng, walked out of the room quickly, and came to the hall on the first floor.

As soon as Kuroki saw Yuma Fukui suddenly running up to the second floor, he soon saw a familiar figure coming downstairs and walking briskly towards him.

"Fujiwara-kun?"

Kuroki Yueichi was pleasantly surprised, he never thought that his old friend, Fujiwara Tomohito, would also be here.

"Sir!"

Ning Zhiheng stepped forward and grabbed Kuroki Yueyi's hands and shouted cordially.

When the two people parted, the war was about to start, and after separation, they went their separate ways, and they met again in the troubled times, as if they were in another world, and they were full of emotion.

"Fujiwara-kun, I got news from a friend that the Nanya Bookstore has been destroyed in the war, and now it is still as good as new? You didn't leave Shanghai, how did you end up here? What's all going on? Kuroki Yue was puzzled, and as soon as he opened his mouth, there were a series of inquiries, and there were too many surprises for him today, so he couldn't relieve his doubts for a while.

Ning Zhiheng couldn't help laughing, took Kuroki Yueyi's hand, and said: "Today's reunion is really a great joy, don't worry, sir, let's talk slowly, please go upstairs and talk!" ”