Liang Sicheng and Lin Huiyin boarded the cruise ship "Holland Land" from the dock in New York on April 5, and arrived in the British port city of Southampton on April 12.

After seven days of adrift life at sea, the two people did not choose to rest in Southampton for one night before setting off, but directly on the night they arrived in the United Kingdom, they took an overnight night train from Nampton in the southwest of England to London, the political, economic and cultural center of the United Kingdom.

Chen Muwu, who only knew the approximate date of Liang Sicheng and Lin Huiyin's arrival in the UK, and didn't know which train the two of them would take, did not choose to meet them at the train station, but sat firmly at home, waiting for the distinguished guests to come to the door.

After arriving in London, the newlyweds took the subway several times, and finally found his home according to the address sent by Chen Muwu on the telegram before.

Liang Sicheng and Lin Huiyin, although one was born in Xinhui, Guangdong, and the other was born in Yanzhou, they both moved to Shaojing with their parents at a very young age.

Therefore, each of them can speak the northern official dialect fluently, and Chen Muwu can talk to them smoothly and will not be affected by any accent problems.

"Mr. Liang, Miss Lin, I wish you two a happy wedding."

As soon as the two guests sat down on the sofa in Chen Muwu, and received tea and water from the Chen family's servant, Chen Muwu extended his wedding blessings to the two of them.

"I really don't know what I can give to the two of you, so I have prepared a full set of books that I will publish here after I came to England, all of which should be wedding gifts for the two of you. Please don't be surprised, and don't dislike these books. ”

Chen Muwu pointed to the stack of books on the coffee table that had been tied with ribbons.

Neither of them was like the traditional Chinese, who first made some prevarication words according to the rules, and then after some prevarication and courtesy, they finally "had no choice" to accept gifts from others.

Liang Sicheng directly expressed his gratitude to Chen Muwu: "Dr. Chen, our husband and wife were able to come to visit the house today, because we have been bothering you a lot, and we dare not ask for anything else.

"I didn't expect you to be so considerate to prepare gifts for us, I am really grateful."

Taking advantage of her husband's politeness, Lin Huiyin looked at the top of the stack of books with a little curiosity, she saw the name "George Chen" on the cover, and recognized this series of books, which is George Chen, who is famous in the popular circles in Europe and the United States, is known as "the most famous detective image after Sherlock Holmes", and she even thinks that some of the stories in the book are more exciting than Sherlock Holmes.

Lin Huiyin thought of the newspaper he had read recently, which said that the author of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Conan Doyle, and George Chen had turned against each other because of spiritism, and at the press conference, he unveiled the true veil of Chandler York, the author of George Chen.

It is rumored that the true identity hidden behind this author is Chen Muwu, the most famous Chinese in the history of Cambridge University and the most successful physicist trained by Cambridge University in recent years.

However, in the newspaper, because Chen Muwu did not say a word about Conan Doyle's revelations, he did not make any response, and the same was true for Penguin Press.

Therefore, the newspaper only said that there was a great possibility that Chandler York could be confirmed as Chen Muwu, but it could not be said that it was 100%.

Some American reporters, in order to verify whether this incident was true, even went to Chicago on the shore of Lake Michigan, Illinois, to ask Oppenheimer, who had done research with Chen Muwu at the Cavendish Laboratory in the United Kingdom and is now a professor in the physics department of the University of Chicago, whether Chen Muwu was really the Chandler York as speculated in the market.

Professor Oppenheimer flatly denied this question: "You have asked me to verify this question, and I cannot say that I have no comment, because they are nonsense.

"As you can all see, Mr. Chen has made so many achievements in physics in just a few years.

"When I studied and worked with him at Cambridge University, I saw that his daily life was either studying or working, and in addition to doing some necessary sports, I never saw Mr. Chen have any free time to write such a popular book."

Because Oppenheimer once published several papers with Chen Muwu, and after returning to the United States, he has always regarded himself as Chen Muwu's chief disciple.

Therefore, American reporters think that what he said seems to be somewhat credible, and of course it cannot be ruled out that Oppenheimer deliberately helped his teacher Chen Muwu to cover up the true situation of the matter.

When she was in the United States and Canada, Lin Huiyin was very interested in these news in the newspaper, and she was also very curious, although she had never met Chen Muwu, who was famous and was called his "most interesting good friend" by Shima, what kind of person was the real situation.

She and her husband Liang Sicheng had already planned to wait for a doctorate, get married in North America, spend their honeymoon in Europe, and then continue to go east to return to China.

And coming to London to visit Chen Muwu was an itinerary specially proposed by Lin Huiyin after remembering Xu Zhimo's praise for Chen Muwu and others.

Liang Sicheng has no opinion on this, because Chen Muwu is, after all, the most famous Chinese in London and in the United Kingdom, and he is also the most famous one in the world among their group of Chinese young people born after 1900.

Because of the preparation for marriage-related matters, Lin Huiyin basically forgot that there was such a thing as Chen Muwu and George Chen.

She saw the latter preparing wedding gifts for them on the coffee table next to the sofa at Chen Muwu's house today, and then she remembered this matter again.

"Dr. Chen, so you really wrote this series of George Chen, is Chandler York your pen name?"

"Well, that's right," Chen Muwu nodded, "I haven't signed this set of books yet, and I don't know if I should sign my real name or a pen name, which makes me a little entangled." ”

This is the first time that Chen Muwu has announced his pen name to other than a few close friends.

He thought that in the future, George Chen would publish more books anyway, and he would also open a film company to adapt the text into a movie and put it on the screen, and this matter would be exposed sooner or later.

Being exposed by Conan Doyle in advance was an accident for Chen Muwu, but he didn't think it was a big deal.

Chen Muwu's affirmation made Lin Huiyin, who was a few years younger than him, a little excited, and she said a bunch of kind words such as "I like your works very much" and "Thank you for giving us all the books you wrote".

In addition to a series of George Chen's detectives, Chen Muwu also participated in the compilation of several physics books, the most famous of which is the "Lectures on Quantum Mechanics" written by several smart brains.

However, Chen Muwu was not stupid enough to stuff these physics books into the wedding gifts for others.

"Have you written a new George Chen recently? We, the readers, are eagerly awaiting the new story of this clever and shrewd George Chen. ”

Chen Muwu nodded again: "Yes, the manuscript has been sent to the publishing house, and if nothing happens, it may be published in half a month." If you were still in England at that time, I would have them give you a copy. If you don't have one, please leave a domestic address and I'll send the book back when it's published. ”

While waiting at home for the British factory to send him a telegram and ask him to pick up the order, Chen Muwu spent more than a month writing the book "ABC Murder" and handed it over to Penguin Press.

He also specially told the other party this time that there was no need to sign the fake name of Chandler York, just write his real name Chen Muwu generously, which can be regarded as a response to the silence that has been silent before.

"Thank you, thank you so much, Dr. Chen."

In addition to chatting about the book, the three of them gradually turned to the comparison between the United States and the United Kingdom, and then to the situation at home.

This time, it was her husband Liang Sicheng who asked the question: "Dr. Chen, when do you plan to return to China?" ”

"It may take a while," Chen Muwu did not shy away from his own desire to stay in Europe, "You must know that I am not studying architecture like the two of you, and I want to return to China to investigate those treasures in the history of ancient Chinese architecture."

"It is not very suitable to build a world-class laboratory in China, both economically and environmentally, and it is not easy to communicate with physicists in other places.

"I think it's better to stay in Europe to study physics better."

Liang Sicheng echoed: "Yes, the domestic situation is indeed a little turbulent now. But when the new government in the south completely destroys the old warlords in the north, we should be able to become strong again. Then we will take the first step, and when the time comes, in China, we will give Chen Muwu you the wind and dust. ”

Chen Muwu did not continue to talk along with Liang Sicheng's somewhat naïve thoughts.

If he had faith in the new government in the south, he would have accepted the invitation sent by Cai in his own letter and returned to China to serve as the director of the research institute of the Rausch Middle School.

It's just that his words can't be too detailed now, and although things that didn't go well happened in April and July last year, in the eyes of most people now, the southern government is still the most promising one in the land of China that has been rotten for nearly a hundred years.

Chen Muwu changed the subject: "How long do you plan to stay in the UK?" How long do you plan to stay in Europe and what's next for you? ”

"Our initial plan is to stay in Europe for three or two months, although we can't say it's detailed, but we can't just look at it and want to have a deeper understanding of various European countries."

"Then I don't think it's better to stay in a hotel these days, you don't have to spend money to stay in a hotel, just stay in my house, and have a good look around London and the surrounding areas.

"In two days, I'm going back to Cambridge University to defend two students' doctoral dissertations.

"If you're interested, why don't you come with me and visit Cambridge University by the way?"

"Naturally, I can't ask for it, Dr. Chen, I really thank you this time."

The husband and wife spoke almost in unison.

Because Liang Sicheng and Lin Huiyin are also the same as Ye Gongchao, they went to study abroad at a young age, so they are used to eating foreign food.

And Chen Muwu estimates that both of them are young ladies from large families, and they are likely to be inferior to Ye Gongchao in terms of hands-on cooking ability.

So that night, at home, Chen Muwu did not arrange for them to eat authentic British food, although it is likely that such things did not exist——, but prepared a hearty Chinese meal.

At the dining table, both of them unconsciously ate a few more bowls of rice because they hadn't eaten such authentic Chinese food for a long time.

The old lady of the Chen family also closed her mouth happily because of the arrival of these two guests.

What makes her happy is not because her son has a relationship with the children of Liang Rengong's family.

She felt that Chen Muwu was about to get married, and it was also a very happy thing to be able to get a touch of joy from the newlyweds in advance.

But people are always partial, and the old lady thinks that Mr. Liang's new wife, Miss Lin, although she looks very gentle, has some beauty unique to Chinese women.

But after all, she is not as good as her daughter-in-law who has not yet passed the door, with big eyes and a high nose, and the youngest son will be able to marry such a beauty in the future, which is really a blessing for him, and it is not in vain that he has returned to the ancestral hall of his hometown several times in recent years.

Chen Muwu can be regarded as a very competent host, although he cannot stay with the newlyweds all day and take them to London to eat dog food.

But he took out his Leica camera and taught Liang how to use it.

I also prepared a sufficient amount of film for them to play in London for a few days and take more photos as a souvenir.

So in the past few days, Liang Sicheng and Lin Hui have gone out early and returned late, visiting the scenery names of various places in London every day, and after they came back, they began to habitually discuss the architectural styles of those buildings.

Although Chen Muwu couldn't interject about these professional questions, he still put forward his own suggestions, saying that he had been to Paris many times, and felt that the architectural shape of Notre-Dame Cathedral painted by Hugo was very peculiar and beautiful, so that if they went to France, they must take more photos.

When the couple was about to travel in London, Chen Muwu also received a telegram from Cambridge University, informing him that he had set a specific time for Zhao Zhongyao and Cockcroft to defend their doctoral dissertations.

So Liang Sicheng and Lin Huiyin temporarily stored their luggage at Chen Muwu's house and followed the latter on the train to Cambridgeshire.

(End of chapter)