At the beginning of 1947, Shen Mengxi disposed of all the real estate, land and companies under his own name, and boarded a cruise ship bound for the United States alone.

In the past few months, Wang Shouqing has no longer hesitated, but the road to retreat has some twists and turns, the two elder brothers of the Zhang family did not say much, Song Ziwen disagreed with his decision very much, and even alarmed Chairman Jiang to inquire personally. Wang Shouqing said that he had fought for many years, and his old injuries had recurred, and he was in great pain, so it was difficult for him to continue to take on the responsibility, and he just wanted to go to Hong Kong or the United States to find a quiet place to retire.

In the past six months, the civil war has intensified, and the subtleties that Wang Shouqing was not aware of before have also been revealed under the reminder of Shen Mengxi, coupled with the signing of the "Sino-US Trade Treaty", which also gave him a feeling that the future is unpredictable, and even collapsed for a time, which is the pain of the collapse of faith.

Before his wife boarded the ship, she solemnly said that if you fight the Japanese, I will wait for you unconditionally; If you fight the Chinese, then I don't need to wait for you.

Chairman Jiang dragged Wang Shouqing on the pretext that there was no one to replace him for the time being, and he could only watch his wife get on the boat without looking back, and for the first time in his life, he hated that women had too strong independence.

In the first-class cabin, Shen Mengxi was still a little sad about parting, but she didn't show it, as she grew older, she cherished the relatives around her more and more, really cared about her, what she really cared about, and what she could talk about were all people she cherished. However, she must leave first to make Wang Shouqing make up her mind, if he attaches more importance to fame and fortune, then she will not force it.

In the past few months, Shen Mengxi quickly disposed of the property and exchanged it for US dollars, she did not give the villa to relatives and friends, she knew that in a few years, it would be a big trouble for them. Knowing how to hand over a large number of gold bars to Ho Hungzhi, but fearing that he and his family would cause trouble, he had to fill a box of gold bars in the bank safe, and then sent the key to Ho Hungzhi.

Sister-in-law Lin refused to go to the United States for fear of dying in a foreign country, so Shen Mengxi gave her a pension money, so that she could go back to her son's house to support her with peace of mind. also gave Ma Chen a sum of money, and told her to let Ah Xing study and not to get married in a hurry.

Sun Shengyi's house in Nanjing was not taken back, and people had already moved in, but looking at Wang Shouqing's face, she was given legal tender at the market price, Sun Shengyi was not persistent, and quickly bought a small house in Shanghai with the money, and Shen Mengxi recommended her to work in the newspaper office, which can be regarded as settling down. Sun Shengyi was very reluctant to cross the ocean for Shen Mengxi, with such a strong friend by her side, it seemed that she still had someone to rely on, and now that she had gone so far, she could really only rely on herself. Fortunately, her nephew and son are gradually growing up, and now she has to repeat it several times a day when the child grows up, so that she can survive the life.

After taking care of everything, Shen Mengxi wrote a letter to Lin Huiya, and went to the Zhang family and the Xu family cemetery to pay respects respectively, and even sent a bouquet of flowers to Xu Shizhe's cemetery for Ah Huan.

Shen Mengxi came to the deck of the cruise ship, there were people cheering, she looked down, it turned out to be a huge humpback whale jumped high, turned out of its white belly, fell into the sea on its back, made a huge sound, and the splash splashed on the boat, Shen Mengxi looked at it with a smile, but saw several sailors shouting, going back to the cabin to get guns, to shoot the whale.

Some people are like that, for no reason, they see everything as their prey, and their first thought is to possess and kill.

By the time they brought in their guns, the whale had swam nowhere to be seen. A few people still fired a few empty guns at the sea, and the passengers on the deck panicked and settled down again.

Shen Mengxi looked at the crowd with guns and sighed arrogantly with regret, and turned around to return to the cabin.

At this time, a voice came from behind him: "Hey! Mrs. Wang! The voice was full of surprise, as if an old friend had been reunited.

Shen Mengxi didn't need to look back to know that it must be the photographer Andrew. This world is really small, and there are always people to meet or reunite on lonely voyages.

"Hi Mr. Williams, I can't believe it's you, aren't you supposed to travel all over China?"

"My mother sent me a telegram urging me to go back to China, saying that if I didn't return by the deadline, I wouldn't have to go back." Andrew shrugged helplessly.

Although this Andrew is a little noisy, he is also qualified to be a chat partner when he walks on the deck after dinner.

The family behind him is very prominent, a consortium that started from the chemical industry and the arms industry, and made a windfall during World War II. Andrew, the youngest son in the family, has never liked business, but loves photography and travel, is 28 years old, unmarried, and even has no fixed residence.

He excitedly took out a box of developed photos to show Shen Mengxi, all of them were taken in Shanghai and Nanjing, the scenery and customs, Shen Mengxi had reason to believe that if his mother did not urge him to return to China at this time, soon his luggage would be too much to handle.

Shen Mengxi's initial resistance was against the "United States", not at an American, after a few days of contact, she didn't dislike this big boy, just talking to him, you have to be straightforward, express your heart directly, any subtext and twists and turns are useless to him.

"Mrs. Wang, are you going to settle in the United States?"

"Maybe it's going to be a long time, maybe not."

"So what are your plans, and what can I help you?" Andrew was very enthusiastic.

"Not for the time being, thank you, I'll trouble you if needed." Shen Mengxi said politely.

She doesn't mind what it will be like when she arrives in the United States, whether it will get better or worse. - Is she still afraid of change?

After getting off the ship in Los Angeles, she did not rush to her house in San Francisco, nor did she go to Ah Huan, who works in New York, but sent a postcard to Wang Shouqing and traveled around. Americans' attitude towards Chinese is similar to that towards blacks, and Shen Mengxi is not surprised, when he goes to other people's territory to grab resources, people still don't like it? There is no second country in the world that is as unconditionally hospitable and hospitable to all foreigners as the Chinese.

In Shen Mengxi's concept, he will not accept the good of others plainly, nor will he pay unconditionally to others. If a person is comfortable with the gratuitous help of others, he will lose the idea of struggle and lose his dignity. At this time, it is not to help others, but to harm others. Living in this complex world, it is better to try not to owe each other.

Andrew tried his best to persuade Shen Mengxi to go to New York with him, but he refused, and took the train to New York with some regrets, and Shen Mengxi went sightseeing around the neighborhood on the spot.

She went to see museums in Los Angeles, to Hollywood, to Long Beach.

Traveling alone is a bit lonely, but it's also a different taste.

One broad afternoon, a black man from across the road, straight at her quickly ran over, snatched her backpack, defenseless, the backpack was torn off violently, pulled so that her shoulders hurt, and the person also fell to the ground, she snorted in pain, but still reflexively took out the electric baton from the Wuling space, and slammed it directly on the black man's calf, the black man suddenly fell to the ground and screamed, Shen Mengxi got up and grabbed the backpack, picked up the electric baton, and smashed it hard at the black man, pumping five or six times, before he was a little relieved.

The police never appeared, Shen Mengxi looked at a few people on the side of the street watching the excitement, and took the electric baton to shine the black man's stomach again, the black man cried and begged for mercy, Shen Mengxi took back the electric baton, "Remember!" Don't mess with the Chinese! "Strap on your backpack and go.

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