The second brother turned his head when he heard this, and there seemed to be a flame hidden in his bright eyes, as if to signal him to continue.

The eldest brother quietly looked out the car window: "Didn't you see those spies in black?" If you go out now, you will become a victim if you don't do it, and someone will have to pay for this conflict. ”

The second brother held his head high: "It is that everyone thinks like you and is timid, and China will become the boss of China, and will be bullied everywhere in the world." He seemed to be ready for a stomach full of bold words, but after touching the cold eyes of his eldest brother, he swallowed the words alive, and turned his head sullenly, his awkward appearance is a compromise, since he was a child, it has always been like this.

The eldest brother gently tapped the back of the driver's seat: "Turn around and go home." ”

However, the journey home was not smooth, and the car could only move a little in almost a minute when passing through the Japanese concession, but it was not as fast as the pedestrians on both sides. The excited students set fire to a few Japanese cloth shops on the side of the road, and the flames soared into the sky, just like the students' hatred for the Japanese, eager to turn everything to ashes.

In the scorching air, two people squeezed through the crowd with difficulty and rushed out, and when I saw the faces of the people who came, I seemed to be frozen there as if I had been struck by a thunderbolt...... It turned out to be the Cao Yu'an who broke into my heart. At this moment, he had a thin woman in his arms, and the two of them were so close to each other, so intimately running towards the car. The moment he knocked on the window, he must have recognized me, and the emotion flashed in his eyes with shock, but instead it was a pleading.

I didn't talk to him, I didn't explain anything to my two brothers, I just nodded and let him get in the car. He put the woman in the co-pilot's seat, and said softly to the second brother: "Borrowed." Then carefully squeezed into the back seat. I heard him say to the driver in a nice baritone, "I know a path, please go from there." ”

I finally calmed down and cleaned up the broken girl's heart. I tried my best to sound my tone with unquestionable majesty: "But the world is so chaotic, we have decided to go back to Yangshupu. ”

Cao Yu'an's personality is not as soft as his personable appearance: "I know this is a reluctant invitation, but human life is at stake, and I still hope that you can fulfill it." ”

Silence, deathly silence spread through the carriage. I naturally refused to let go, but Cao Yu'an didn't give up, I couldn't see his face, but I could guess that this angular face must be showing a resolute and persistent look at this moment.

The eldest brother suddenly opened his mouth to break this awkward silence: "Since you know each other, this favor is naturally to help." The situation is urgent, and there is no room for delay. I looked at the people and it seemed like they were coming towards us. Wherever he pointed, an angry crowd of students was gathering fast.

Under Cao Yu'an's command, the driver quickly turned around and slipped into a path he had never seen before. Cao Yu'an finally spoke: "I know, everyone must be curious to know what happened, and who is this young lady I brought." He smiled, and that smile seemed to be the warm sun of spring, disintegrating the ice that had accumulated for the whole winter: "This young lady is the daughter of my mother's Japanese friend, and she has been living in Shanghai all these years. On this time, I went to visit this friend of mine at my mother's request, but I did not expect that it would coincide with a huge anti-Japanese demonstration, and the mother and daughter would suffer as a result. My mother's friend happened to go to the International Hotel to attend a wedding and escaped, this young lady was not so lucky, the family shop was burned down, not to mention, she was chased by several students when she fled downstairs, if I hadn't arrived in time, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

The second brother snorted coldly and muttered, "You will pity Xiangxiang and cherish the jade, and try your best to save a Japanese girl." But who has to pity those innocent compatriots who died under the guns? Even protests and boycotts are now banned, and the lives of the Chinese people are really as light as a feather. ”

Cao Yu'an was silent for a long time, and then said: "Heaven and earth are not kind, all things are Zou dogs, saints are not benevolent, and people are Zou dogs." There is no need to spare my sympathy for innocent Japanese, and for my compatriots in dire straits, as a young man, I should use my own flesh and blood to fight unremittingly for the future of the nation, isn't that the right mentality? ”

The sharp-toothed second brother was defeated in front of Cao Yu'an, he squeezed the fist on his lap, and said in a deep voice: "What you said is naturally good." ”

The shock of that moment is still fresh in my mind many years later. In the face of heavy suffering, some people choose to retreat and endure for their own selfish interests, and some people choose to throw their heads and spill their blood to fight, but at this time, there are few people who can still hold a rational mind and a heart of great love. I only felt that my pride in my language skills had deteriorated a lot from my dry throat, and I swallowed hard: "There are angry students and Kuomintang spies everywhere, where are you going?" ”

Cao Yu'an smiled again: "My family has a small house in Yangshupu, which is the property left by my father to my mother when my parents separated, and I don't usually live in it. Now I want to settle Miss Takahashi there first, and let her take a break from the limelight there. Wait until the situation settles down, and then find another way. ”

I was full of questions about whether it was right for the Japanese girl to live in his house like this, and whether he was going to take care of her all the time, but in the end I didn't ask. Influenced by Western culture, I have always had a deep hatred for the constraints on women in traditional culture. But in the matter of liking it or not, I firmly believe that it is a great virtue to be reserved, and I will not in any way show half of my infatuation with him. I looked in the rearview mirror at the Japanese girl named Takahashi, and when I saw that her face was pale and she looked nervous and nervous. I patted her on the shoulder with my hand: "Miss Takahashi, I think you should be able to understand Chinese, don't worry, we will definitely send you to Mr. Cao's house safely." ”

The people in the car didn't talk anymore, and the car kept jolting and undulating on the rough road, just to hide the uncertain expressions on everyone's faces because of their own thoughts.