Qiao Zhicai, Jia Yihe and other troublemakers were strung into a string of blood gourds, and they were detained and disembarked by tall foreign sailors.

Qiao Zhicai didn't expect things to be so big, he held his hat with a sad face, and stood in a dilapidated office in the port. Sue the two wicked first. "I really didn't make trouble! They were the ones who did it first. ”

Jia Yihe shouted, "Fart! Who did it first! Yes? ”

The Malaysian second mate didn't speak Chinese. Whoever talked to him had a cold face, and he didn't know if he understood what Qiao Zhicai meant.

Qiao Zhicai's mouth was dry. He said, "I'm going to Hong Kong, what's the matter with you deporting me from the boat halfway?" I've bought a ticket. Where the hell is this? ”

"It's not far from Kyushu and it's under Japanese jurisdiction." A voice answered him in a fluttering voice.

Qiao Zhicai turned around and saw Boss Jia standing by the window. Jia Boss said: "He said that we gathered a crowd to fight, so we were expelled from the boat. ”

The second mate gave a speech in English.

Qiao Zhicai looked at Boss Jia, and then looked at Jia Yihe. Crying and mourning, he asked, "What did he say?" ”

Boss Jia replied: "He said that he would detain us for one day, and tomorrow there will naturally be a boat to Hong Kong." ”

Qiao Zhicai sat on the cold bench dejectedly, and after some intense physical exertion, he had lost his energy.

Boss Jia said, "The boat is leaving!" ”

Outside the window, the sky was already a layer of white, and the sun was gradually rising.

The giant ship Margaret whistled melodiously, and several huge chimneys on board emitted white smoke, and it was about to leave the port.

Boss Jia suddenly shouted, "What is that?" ”

Qiao Zhicai followed his voice. I saw a neat row of black dots appear on the blue sky. And the black dot continued to expand, making a terrifying buzzing sound.

Qiao Zhicai and Boss Jia glanced at each other, and saw a flash of horror in each other's eyes.

"It's a bomber?" Qiao Zhicai shouted.

The bomber was so swift that it was already whistling with his screams, dropping a row of bombs on the harbor.

Jia Boss pounced and held down his brother, and the huge wave of the bomb shattered the glass and the walls of the house in an instant.

Qiao Zhicai was overturned by the air wave and fell behind his desk. The unlucky second mate was smashed by the falling beam and opened the scoop on the spot, and the hot plasma splashed Qiao Zhicai's face.

Qiao Zhicai's whole body was stupid. The head rumbles, but the ears hear nothing. He slipped behind his desk with his head in his hands. I just felt the ground shaking and the houses collapsing. Something crackled and smashed him all over. It's like being in the apocalypse. He yelled in horror, but his voice was completely inaudible.........

The news of the Margaret's wreck was circulated for a week before returning to the United States. As soon as the newspaper was published, the port office was immediately surrounded by a crowd.

Qiao Lijie didn't know it at this time. He had just returned home from the lab at midnight, and he was patiently and meticulously brewing himself a cup of milk coffee with his sleeves rolled up as if he were doing an experiment. The brown liquid falls into the cup through the filter paper. At this moment, there was a knock on his door.

Old Tang didn't wait for him to answer the door and walked in by himself.

Qiao Lijie saw that his face was blue and his lips were white, and he looked like a ghost. said: "Shiying, what's wrong with you? ”

Old Tang sat at the table and sighed, pulled him to sit down and said, "Lijie, you calm down first." ”

Qiao Lijie said: "Shiying, what happened to you, so panicked? ”

Old Tang took a newspaper and said to him, "I suggest you take a deep breath first. It's news about your second brother. ”

Qiao Lijie's smile came to an abrupt end, and an ominous premonition rose in his heart. He grabbed the newspaper and read it. "The Margaret was sunk by bombers near Japanese waters?"

Tang Shiying said: "Lijie, don't worry about it first. The survivor investigation is ongoing. Your second brother is probably fine. ”

Qiao Lijie covered his chest and stood up suddenly, but tripped over the table and fell to the ground.

Tang Shiying hurriedly helped him up.

Qiao Lijie read the message again. Said: "This can't be! Why did the Americans bomb their own ships? ”

Tang Shiying said: "Now there are different opinions, and I don't know where the bombers came from. All the family members are waiting for news at the port of the pier. It was so close to Japan that they might have been rescued by the Japanese government. ”

Qiao Lijie was cold, and his heart felt chills. I don't know what Old Tang is babbling next to him. He suddenly stood up and walked out the door, and Old Tang hurriedly grabbed his coat and hat and chased after him.

The two men rushed to the pier and found that the entire pier was crowded with family members who had come to inquire. There were also many Chinese on board the Margaret. The men noisily surrounded the dock office.

However, there is nothing new. Many women dragged their families to cry in the office. This pessimistic atmosphere is like a contagion. Even Old Tang couldn't suppress the sadness in his heart.

However, Jo Lijie has nerves like steel, and he is not swayed by the feelings of outsiders. The port manager told him that there was no news, and he left decisively.

Old Tang saw that his expression was quite calm. Hurriedly asked, "What are you going to do?" ”

Qiao Lijie's expression was blank, and his heart was like numbness. With his hands in his pockets, he stared blankly at the sky, his eyes full of stars shining in the mysteries of the netherworld.

Tang Shiying said: "Do you want to send a telegram to ask your family first?" Maybe your second brother has gone home. ”

Qiao Lijie had no idea, so he had to listen to him first.

Tang Shiying reminded him, "Just say that you have something to do with your second brother, don't say the news that the ship is silent." ”

Qiao Lijie nodded in agreement, "I don't know how to say it. You write it! ”

The two sat relatively dry until dawn, and together they went to the telegraph office to send a short telegram.

It would take several days for the transoceanic telegram to reply, and Qiao Lijie was desperate to sit still. There was a flurry of errors in the lab.

The professor asked him what was going on. It just so happened that the person who delivered the telegram called him outside. Qiao Lijie hurriedly rushed downstairs, startling the messenger.

The telegram was only four words, and it was overdue.

Qiao Lijie stood under the bright sun and swayed, and his whole body shivered with cold for a moment. I felt a chill in the cracks of my bones.

He ignored the strange gazes around him and sat down on the steps dizzily. "The second brother didn't go home, could it be that the second brother ......... Killed? ”

A sharp sword named Guilt pierced his heart.

If he hadn't delayed his second brother's trip, Qiao Zhicai would have returned to Shanghai safely to reunite with his parents.

"What kind of crime did the second brother suffer? How did the second brother disappear? Qiao Lijie ripped off his tie, and he could barely breathe.

With a hand on his shoulder, Qiao Lijie raised his head with teary eyes, and hurriedly took off his glasses and wiped them.

Jason stood in front of him and said, "I've heard about you!" ”

Qiao Lijie hung his head and closed his eyes, unable to speak. I'm afraid that I won't be able to control my emotions if I have a mouth.

Jason apologized to him: "Lijie, it was my fault to quarrel with you that day. Your second brother must be fine. You are brothers...... You must feel that something happened to him. You can feel that he's okay, right? ”

Qiao Lijie took a handkerchief and wiped the corners of his eyes, and a little expectation rose in his heart. "Although there is no scientific basis for what you say, it is not unreasonable."

Jason experienced his double negative grammar for a moment, and felt that he agreed with himself. So he said, "Have you received a telegram from home?" What does your family say? ”

Qiao Lijie said: "The second brother hasn't gone home yet!" ”

Jason sat farther away from him and said, "Even if your second brother is rescued by the Japanese government, you have to go to Hong Kong and Guangzhou to go home!" Didn't you say that your home is still far away from Guangzhou? ”

Qiao Lijie suddenly stood up and slapped him, and said, "You are right! The second brother is either in Hong Kong or in Japan now. I'm going to Japan... Go ...... now."

Jason didn't expect Jo Lijie to come to such a conclusion, and watched him run away in amazement. "Japan is so big...... How do you find it?

A week ago...... After the bombing of Kyushu, Japan.

When Boss Jia dragged Qiao Zhicai out, Qiao Zhicai was so nervous that he hid inside and couldn't come out.

Jia Lao was infinitely powerful, dragging Qiao Zhicai and his younger brother like a dead dog across the ruins.

Qiao Zhicai opened his mouth, feeling that his eardrum was broken. The whole world in my head seemed to have a big top, and it also rotated upside down.

He stared at the devastated harbor with dementia. The warships and cruise ships moored in the harbor were on fire and staggered as if drunk.

Someone ran on the boat and shouted, someone stumbled and fell into the sea. The sea burned brightly, and the fiery red color of the sea stained the sky red. However, in Qiao Zhicai's eyes, all this has become a silent silent film in the movie.

In the distance, the Margaret was also burning in full swing and was tilting and sinking.

The three of them escaped death with a disgraced face, and witnessed this hellish scene on earth together, and each of them sat on the ground and could not get up.

Qiao Zhicai rested for a while, then suddenly got up and went crazy to rummage through the ruins behind him.

Boss Jia stepped forward and grabbed him. "I found your luggage."

Qiao Zhicai couldn't hear it, and pointed to the second mate of the foreigner buried in the ruins.

Boss Jia shook his head and gestured to him with a chicken and a neck. "He's dead...!"

Qiao Zhicai knelt on the ground and hugged his shoulder, he seemed to be a little dislocated from the shoulder.

Boss Jia asked the two of them not to move around here. I took a long step to find the Chinese who got off the boat together......

Qiao Zhicai and Jia Yi stared at each other a few times like fighting cocks, and they were also amused. "If it weren't for the beam that was an inch off, I would have died." He didn't think about it, "What would happen if Lijie heard the news?" ”

Qiao Zhicai diverged his thinking for a long time, and he really couldn't think of Lijie making a lot of noise and crying like a dog. I just didn't want to.

It took a long time for Boss Jia to stagger back. said: "They are all dead, the place where they are being held is relatively close to the dock, and the warehouse is all burned to death due to a fire. ”

Qiao Zhicai had already regained a little sense of hearing at this time, and his face was already full of coldness. After hearing this bad news, he completely lost his reaction.

Such a fresh life, yesterday we danced together and chased women, and suddenly it was over. The corpses were displayed in a foreign land, burned beyond recognition.

Boss Jia said to his younger brother: "If it weren't for you, you would be so annoying. Brother Qiao won't go up and beat you. If he doesn't beat you, we won't be thrown off the ship. Speaking of which, he saved you......"

Jia Yihe opened his mouth and scolded: "Why am I so grateful to him for being beaten into a pig's head?" How unreasonable! ”

Qiao Zhicai sneered, "Your head looks like a pig's head if you don't beat it, and you don't have to thank me for your own strange appearance." ”

Jia Yihe jumped up, "You dare to say that I am a pig!" I can't kill you. ”

Qiao Zhicai's face was weak, "Do you know who I am?" ”

Jia Yihe asked, "Who are you?" ”

Qiao Zhicai paused for a moment and said, "......... It's just a nobody..."

Jia Yihe felt that his brain was a little abnormal, and said, "You are sick!" ”

Qiao Zhicai saw this human tragedy. I was sad and scared for a while. I didn't want to say anything, just waved my hand at him.

Boss Jia gave him a cigarette, and Qiao Zhicai took a few puffs in a daze, only to find that it was not lit.

The two brothers of the Jia family seemed to be bold, and they each regained their composure after smoking a cigarette for a while.

Boss Jia asked, "Does Brother Qiao have any friends in Japan?" ”

Qiao Zhicai shook his head, and Boss Jia wiped his face with a handkerchief, and said in a gentle manner: "Then please ask Brother Qiao to go all the way with us!" It's good to have a response. ”

Qiao Zhicai picked up his luggage in despair and followed the two surnamed Jia.

The three of them stood together and looked back at the scorched dock that had been bombed and was still burning. The ships had sunk completely to the bottom of the sea, with only one mast top sticking out of the sea. The emptiness of death enveloped the harbor, and a ghostly cry came from nowhere in the scorched green smoke.

"Let's go!" Boss Jia sighed. "Don't look at it!"

Qiao Zhicai was devastated and couldn't move.

I only heard Jia Yihe mutter: "This damn war...!" Those who died were ordinary people, and those who were cheap were officials. ”

Oh, yes! This damn war!