The son of the king of ships and the daughter of the king of rubber, the poet and the reader, the talented and the beautiful, is there a more compatible pair in this world? At the end of 1938 they were married.

From the beginning of 1938 to July 1939, it was the happiest time in Cen Lili's life, and their married life was as beautiful as she imagined, but the joy was short-lived, lasting only one year.

On July 20, 1939, Cen Lili's 19th birthday, on this day, Zhou Gongzi was arrested on charges of being involved with "over there".

The police came to the house to get people, when the accident happened, the Zhou family was celebrating Cen Lili's 19th birthday, during the day, hindering the face of parents and friends, first made a traditional banquet noodles, eating longevity peaches and longevity noodles, and at night it was the alone time of the young couple, their husband and wife were new people, Zhou Gongzi bought a cream cake for Cen Lili, and inserted two candles to represent 1 and 9, Cen Lili held hands and made a wish. Zhou Gongzi asked her curiously, "What wish did you make?" ”

Cen Lili smiled and didn't tell him.

Then I heard the commotion, the clatter of the stairs, the door was rudely pushed open, and the heavily loaded policemen rushed in, Zhou Gongzi stood up, he seemed to have expected this day, he shouted to stop the policeman's footsteps going inside: "Stop, I will go with you, let me finish the cake before leaving, today is my wife's birthday." ”

He was a poet, and he had the majesty of a soldier, and the policemen looked at each other and retreated.

As if nothing had happened just now, Zhou Gongzi finished eating his wife's birthday cake, wrapped a shawl for her, and said softly: "I'll go with them and come back soon." ”

But he never returned.

In 1939, Zhou Gongzi was sentenced to life imprisonment in Tilanqiao Prison.

Cen Lili regretted it, she made a wish to love Zhou Gongzi for the rest of her life, if she had known, she should have wished him a safe life.

In 1943, Cen Lili came to the United States for treatment of a serious illness, and at the same time, in order to maintain the expenses of the Cen and Zhou families and rescue Zhou Gongzi, Cen Lili began to learn to do business.

The latter thing is that it cannot be said that in 1949, after the recovery of Shanghai, the political prisoners in Tilanqiao Prison were acquitted, including Zhou Gongzi, who divorced Cen Lili that year, and two years later, he married a newcomer, and never went to the United States for the rest of his life.

I couldn't say, I packed my things and was about to say goodbye, but the old lady looked at me curiously with a pair of baby eyes: "Let's go?" Don't listen to what's going on? ”

She suddenly laughed: "It's just right, I'm also tired, let Ji Qing tell you about the rest of the matter." ”

A chill down my spine.

Ji Qing is the pen name of Zhou Gongzi.

Isn't he already dead, just two months ago, at his home in the harbor area.

I turned my head stiffly and saw him, he was standing on the stairs, as if he had been standing for a long time, an elegant old gentleman, he nodded to me solemnly, and when his eyes turned to Cen Lili again, he was already tender like water.

Uncle Chen pushed the door in, carried Cen Lili upstairs, and when he passed by him, he tucked the shawl for Cen Lili, which made people blush affectionately.

When Cen Lili completely disappeared from sight, I couldn't help but lower my voice and said to him: "You are not Zhou Gongzi, who are you?" ”

He will never be Zhou Gongzi, the real Zhou Gongzi is dead, but he claims to be Zhou Gongzi in this house, and no one has pierced him, and I have even made up an Agatha-style suspense case in my brain.

He smiled: "Of course I'm not Zhou Gongzi, my name is Qiu Yulu, and I'm an old friend of Lili." ”

He paused, then added, "An old friend she doesn't remember." ”