Five
Zhou Jiqing doesn't love Cen Lili.
Though she was beautiful, though she was rich, though she was brave, though she loved him.
But he doesn't love her, he loves someone else, Wen Min and he have known each other for a long time, but his family does not accept Wen Min, he accepts the marriage arranged by the family, but does not accept the "love" arranged by the family, in his short marriage with Cen Lili, Wen Min has always existed like a shadow, and later he was imprisoned, Wen Min never gave up, she started at the age of 16, spent her life waiting for him, and finally married him in 1951.
Very moving, isn't it, if there is no Cen Lili.
At the class reunion, some people talked about Cen Lili, talked about her unsatisfactory love and marriage, some regretted, some people gloated, Qiu Yulu walked out alone, stood in the patio of the restaurant, looked up at the snow for a while, and when he came back, his face was wet, and he couldn't tell whether it was snow or tears.
He loved her, but her life was ruined by a man who didn't love her, he couldn't even see, he could only hear, and he couldn't do anything about it.
In the spring of 1939, Qiu Yulu accepted his family's arrangement and went to the United States to study medicine, and by the time he met Cen Lili again in 1943, he had become a doctor.
Cen Lili didn't recognize him.
He suppressed the surging disappointment in his heart, measured Cen Lili's blood pressure with a smile on his face, his hand lightly touched her emaciated little arm, in the name of a doctor to a patient, he jokingly asked her: "I think Miss Cen is so kind, have we met somewhere?" ”
Cen Lili shook her head, her baby-like eyes made her unable to lie.
Later, Qiu Yulu became Cen Lili's family doctor.
He saw Cen Lili's love for Zhou Jiqing with his own eyes, all Cen Lili's busyness was for Zhou Jiqing, at first, she still had the luxury of saving him, and later saw that the luxury was really a luxury, she began to lower her goal to at least let Zhou Jiqing not suffer too much in prison, all of which required money. He watched Cen Lili's illness get better for Zhou Jiqing a little bit, and watched Cen Lili grow up little by little for Zhou Jiqing and become a businesswoman. He didn't dare to say that he liked her again.
He also witnessed the divorce of Cen Lili and Zhou Jiqing.
It was 1949, the Liberation War had come to an end, and in May came the news that the People's Liberation Army had attacked Shanghai, and after half a month, Shanghai was finally liberated at the end of the month.
One morning, Qiu Yulu went to see Cen Lili as usual, and when she entered the door and saw Cen Lili smiling, she showed Qiu Yulu a newspaper that had been sent from China across the sea, carrying the news that the political prisoners in Tilanqiao Prison had been acquitted.
Qiu Yulu looked at her smiling face and felt sad, she actually saw the news of her husband's release from the newspaper, so she was overjoyed.
Qiu Yulu felt very desperate, he thought to himself, ha, when Zhou Jiqing comes to the United States, he must give him a good examination to ensure that he can live to seventy or eighty years and accompany Cen Lili for a long time.
But Zhou Jiqing did not come to the United States, and what came to the United States was a telegram that said that he was going to divorce Cen Lili.
Before the telegram came, Cen Lili was about to go out.
She was going to send money to Zhou Jiqing and remit a sum of money for him to come to the United States for a reunion.
After reading the telegram, she knew that she didn't need to, but she still stood up and walked out, Qiu Yulu saw that she was depressed, he took an umbrella and chased it out, it was raining outside.
He followed behind Cen Lili, holding an umbrella and silently following Cen Lili aimlessly for several streets, Cen Lili suddenly stopped, her eyes were not focused, she asked: "Does Ji Qing think that I came to the United States and did not stay in China to accompany him?" I'm going to send him money and ask him to come to the United States, and when he comes, you're going to testify for me and tell him that I was really sick and couldn't do anything. ”
Qiu Yulu felt that his nasal cavity was sour, and he replied to her softly, okay.
The money was still remitted, Cen Lili waited for a month, and after a month, she finally accepted the facts and signed the agreement.
Her hands trembled violently when she signed, and her Parkinson's fell at that time.
That year, in 1949, the motherland was liberated, but Cen Lili's husband was lost, forever.