The ship left the port this morning and will arrive at Queen's Pier in Hong Kong after two nights and three days.
The haze of war prompted many people to decide to flee Shanghai and seek refuge in Hong Kong.
In addition to cargo, this steamer was also full of passengers, including the British captain's family who originally settled in Shanghai.
Feng Kezhi and Meng Lanting lived in a single cabin.
Not long after the boat sailed, the captain invited Feng Kezhi to have a drink.
Feng Kezhi asked Meng Lanting to have a good rest and left the cabin.
In the afternoon, the captain's wife came to invite Meng Lanting to her place for afternoon tea.
Meng Lanting didn't see anyone from Feng Kezhi all day long, and Meng Ruoyu was probably with him too.
He didn't come back until evening and took Meng Lanting to the restaurant for dinner.
That night, the two slept together on the sea.
Meng Lanting was sleeping and waking up as usual, but the man beside her pillow seemed to be sleeping very quietly.
Just like that night, he barely turned over and naturally, he never touched her.
The next day, the situation was similar to yesterday, except that in the evening, because the ship would arrive at the port tomorrow, the captain held a small dance for the first-class guests and invited Feng Kezhi and Meng Lanting to attend.
All the invited guests were dressed up, singing and dancing, and it was a joyous occasion.
Naturally, Feng Kezhi and Meng Lanting, the newlyweds who held a sensational wedding not long ago, attracted the most attention.
But Feng Kezhi didn't jump much.
Except for asking the captain's wife to dance at the beginning, I spent most of the time drinking, chatting with people, and watching Meng Lanting dance.
When Meng Lanting was invited to dance with a British diplomat named Williams who was on the same ship to Hong Kong to take up his new post, he subconsciously looked in the direction of Feng Kezhi again and found that the other man had disappeared.
Meng Lanting was trying to force a smile, but now his mood became even more depressed.
If it weren't for the sake of politeness, she would have wanted to leave immediately and leave this noisy dance that did not bring her any sense of joy.
But her dance partner, Mr.
Williams, clearly had different ideas.
He is a very talkative young man, full of enthusiasm, and has been praising Meng Lanting from the beginning of the dance.
He praised her for her mysterious beauty of Eastern women, her dancing, and her speaking voice, which reminded him of the melodious singing of the robin on the hawthorn tree in his hometown of Kent.
Meng Lanting forced a smile on his face, hoping that the dance would end soon.
Suddenly, the first mate on the ship walked quickly into the dance hall, whispered something into the captain's ear.
The captain had a solemn and regretful expression on his face.
He stood up and turned off the music.
He motioned to the passengers who had stopped and looked at him in confusion to wait.
Then he went over and turned on the radio.
On the radio, a voice was broadcasting.
Just an hour ago, after a brief ceasefire of several days, the frantic Japanese army once again launched a more violent attack on Shanghai.
The government energized the entire country and announced that from now on, it would enter a wartime state of total resistance.
Total war broke out like this.
The dance was stopped and the passengers started talking.
Some shook their heads and sighed, some secretly rejoiced, and some indignantly condemned.
Meng Lanting ran out of the ballroom and saw a figure standing beside the ship's side on the deck.
She suddenly stopped running, walked slowly towards the back, and stopped behind him.
"Ke Zhi"
She whispered his name.
The sea breeze was strong, whistling around her long skirt, and blowing her call to pieces.
Like pieces of paper, it instantly dissipated on the vast night sea.
Feng Kezhi turned around and smiled at her.
"It's windy, let's go in."
He took off his coat, put it on her shoulders, and walked away.
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Meng Lanting followed him and returned to the cabin silently.
There is no moon tonight, the stars are obscured by clouds, and the sea is pitch black under the night sky.
The lights were turned off, and the cabin was so dark that I couldn't even see my fingers.
Meng Lanting kept his eyes open until midnight, and he didn't know what time it was before he fell asleep in a daze, but he had another nightmare.
She dreamed that she could not find her way home.
The old house, where she was familiar with every broken tile on the eaves and the moss growing in the gaps between the steps, seemed to be right in front of her.
But every time she tried to get closer, it disappeared.
She searched for a long time, but her surroundings were confused and chaotic.
This feeling is extremely terrifying.
She sobbed and cried in her dream, crying so sadly that she felt a pair of strong arms hugging her, as if someone was whispering her name in her ears: "Lanting, Lanting."
The bedside light in the cabin turned on, and he was being held in Feng Kezhi's arms.
His palm gently patted her back, comforting her in a low voice.
She slowly stopped crying and looked at him with a pair of hazy tearful eyes.
Feng Kezhi slowly loosened his arms around her body and said in a low voice: "It will still be dawn for a while, you can go to sleep again."
He turned around and raised his arm to turn off the light.
A pair of small hands quietly reached out from under the quilt and, a little timidly, grabbed his arm.
"Don't do this to me, you do this to me, I'm afraid" Meng Lanting said softly, tears streaming down his face.
He slowly turned his head and looked at her.
"Ke Zhi" Meng Lanting's eyes turned red again, and she whimpered, called his name, and threw herself into his arms.
Her two bare thin arms tightly wrapped around his neck, like a cat trying to win the favor of its owner. , rubbed his face with his, kissed him, and tried his best to please him.
Feng Kezhi's body paused, and after a moment, he suddenly tightened his arms, hugged her tightly, turned over, and pressed her under him.
The naked body skin rubs against each other and heats up rapidly.
Meng Lanting closed his eyes, hugged tightly the powerful shoulders of the young man who was holding him down, and called his name over and over in his ears with a soft voice, welcoming him. arrival.
"Kezhi, I like you, believe me."
It was as if snow had fallen on the sea, and the air temperature in the cabin suddenly became cooler.
The man stopped and lay on top of her, motionless.
She opened her eyes uneasily.
Feng Kezhi slowly raised his head and looked down at the face lying on the pillow.
Her delicate face was flushed, her eyes were filled with spring water, and she was looking at herself, so beautiful that it was almost dazzling.
He stared, for a moment.
"What’s wrong with you" "Isn't it enough to have a night of dancing?"
"You tricked me once and you're going to do it again."
He gritted his teeth and whispered.
Meng Lanting was stunned and said in a trembling voice: "I couldn't help it that day, and I didn't want to do that either."
The corners of Feng Kezhi's eyes turned red, and he stared at her.
He suddenly lowered his head, opened his mouth, and captured her lips heavily.
Meng Lanting struggled at first, then slowly stopped.
His hands slowly slipped from his shoulders and hung weakly on the pillow.
In the cabin, there were waves of suppressed gasps.
On the sea, the sky finally became bright.
Everything slowly stopped.
Feng Kezhi rolled over from her and lay on his back, closing his eyes and breathing heavily.
After a moment, he slowly sat up, as if in a daze for a moment, and then covered her tightly curled up body with bruises like mutton-fat jade with a wrinkled sheet, and got out of bed.
Put on clothes and walked out.
Meng Lanting was still curled up on the bed, his eyes always closed.
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The sea is getting whiter and whiter, and another dawn is coming.
The door of the cabin was opened.
In the hazy morning light, Meng Lanting opened his eyes and saw Feng Kezhi back.
He slowly walked to the head of the bed, stopped, looked at her small figure curled up on the bed, and said: "The plane takes off on the weekend, and I probably won't be able to take you to the plane in person.
The ship will arrive in Hong Kong in the morning. , someone will pick you up and take you to the hotel, where you can wait for Sister Eight, meet her then, and you can go together, and I won’t take you there anymore.”
Meng Lanting remained motionless, as if he had fallen asleep.
He also fell silent, and the outline of his figure looked like a rock in the dim morning light on the sea.
"Now that I think about it, I have done a lot of stupid things to pursue you.
But even if you despise me, it doesn't matter, I am willing to do it.
That's me, Feng Kezhi."
“But I didn’t expect that” He stopped.
"My Feng family is sorry for you."
"I, Feng Kezhi, don't need a wife who is forced to marry me."
He paused.
"When you go over there, if you find out you're pregnant and you can't contact me, tell the eldest sister and she can contact me.
Let's discuss it again."
"If not, you can take a look at this."
"I completely respect your wishes."
He gently placed something at her feet, then turned around and walked out of the room again.
Daybreak.
At around nine o'clock, accompanied by a blast of whistle, the steamer arrived at Queen's Pier in Hong Kong.
At this moment in Shanghai, artillery fire should be rumbling and gun smoke is filling the air, but ferries are coming and going from Queen's Wharf, and sampans are passing through it.
On the shore, people and cars are coming and going, and there is a constant flow, and you can see a peaceful and prosperous scene.
Two plainclothes men had already driven to the dock and were waiting to pick them up.
Feng Kezhi helped Meng Lanting take the luggage ashore and ordered the plainclothes men to put it in the car.
"You go, Peninsula Hotel, the room has been reserved.
I won't send you any more."
He stood on the pier, without looking at Meng Lanting, took out a cigarette and a lighter, turned his head and looked around, and said lightly.
"Ma'am, please come this way."
The plainclothes man stepped forward respectfully and led the way for Meng Lanting.
Meng Lanting's lips were already coated with lipstick.
Rouge's delicate look couldn't cover up her pale face.
She lowered her eyes, took steps, and was about to leave.
Ruoyu behind her suddenly threw away the box in her hand and said loudly: "Sister, if I don't leave, I will go back with my brother-in-law."
Meng Lanting slowly turned his head.
Meng Ruoyu walked up to Meng Lanting, grabbed her hand, and knelt down.
"Sister, I beg you, please let me go back.
I don't want to go to the United States.
I want to go back and join the army.
Even if I die one day, I will not regret using my flesh and blood to build the Great Wall of China.
If my parents know about it, they will definitely not blame me. of" He looked up at Meng Lanting, his eyes filled with tears.
Meng Lanting lowered his head and stared at his brother for a long time.
After a moment, he took his young but strong hand and pulled him up from the ground.
"Ruoyu, you don't need my consent.
You can go back if you want and do what you want to do.
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My sister is proud of you."
Meng Ruoyu almost couldn't believe her ears and stared at Meng Lanting in a daze.
It wasn't until she saw a smile on her face and nodded towards him that she finally realized that she had cut off her face like she did when she was a child.
My sister picked her up, spun her around several times, and then let go.
"I want to go back" He yelled at the passers-by.
Meng Lanting felt dizzy and was pushed away by her younger brother.
She was unsteady on her feet and staggered.
An arm stretched out from beside her and caught her arm in time.
Meng Lanting stood firm on his feet and slowly raised his eyes.
Feng Kezhi's eyes fell on her brother not far away.
"Don't worry, I will try my best to take good care of him."
"If everyone in the entire position is destined to die, he will be the last one."
After he finished speaking, he let go of his hand.
"Brother-in-law's boat back home should leave soon.
I don't know what will happen if I can't catch up with Shanghai."
Meng Ruoyu was finished getting excited and immediately urged Feng Kezhi.
Feng Kezhi finally took out his lighter, lowered his head and lit the cigarette, nodded, smiled at Meng Ruoyu, turned around, and walked away.
Meng Lanting stood on the pier, watching the young man and his brother walk away together until they completely disappeared from sight.
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