No.18 Years of Waking of Insects

A man in a black coat and a top hat appeared at the stairs, his slender fingers were still holding a gun, and his indifferent eyebrows made it hard to see clearly.

Gao Ze Jiansi looked angrily at the man who suddenly appeared at the stairs holding a gun, he was stunned, and replied: "Master Toyosaki came here to fight against me for the lives of a few Chinese people, right? "

"Heh." Toyosaki Liangshu turned his hands away and put away the gun, raised his eyes and approached Lu Jinghong, looked at Gao Ze Jiansi, and said, "I'm not interested in fighting against a small officer who is arrogant, I'm afraid it will pollute me. interest."

"Haha." Takazawa Jiansi laughed and walked a few steps forward, put a gun against his chest, tapped him, and said, "Toyosaki Liangshu, you are just an outcast of the Toyosaki family, what's the matter?" Are you qualified to be arrogant with me?"

"Take it away." Toyosaki's voice turned cold.

Gao Ze saw that Si sneered and pointed the gun at Lu Jinghong who was beside him again, and said, "Could this be your savior? The Chinese... Heh, interesting."

Lu Jinghong was still grinning and holding his injured shoulder, and immediately stared at him vigilantly. The Japanese wanted to see how displeased he was, and actually pointed a gun at him for the third time.

Gao Ze Jiansi suddenly said again: "There are not many days to live in Rongcheng. At that time, I will have the final say on most of the city. You are at best a chess piece next to your elder brother. After all, the Toyosaki family is not I will recognize you."

"Enough talking, get out." Toyosaki looked at him coldly, with an indifferent tone.

Seeing that Si put away his gun, Gao Ze gave him a sneering look, stepped forward and went downstairs, and disappeared at the gate of Weixiang Pavilion.

Lu Jinghong looked at Toyosaki beside him, there was no imaginary anger in his deep eyes, nor was there any gloomy aura, there were only emotions that others couldn't see clearly.

"Boss Lu, your arm..."

Seeing that most of Lu Jinghong's arm was stained with blood, Liu Meisheng said worriedly, "Turn left from here and you'll see the city hospital. I'll take you there."

"No need." Lu Jinghong waved his hand to indicate that it was not necessary, then pointed to Song Yang, who had a bruised nose and swollen face, and said to him, "I'm afraid this person needs medical treatment more than me. After all, a ruined face is not a good thing."

Only then did Liu Meisheng remember that Song Yang was still standing on the side dully, so he expressed some concern to Lu Jinghong, and pulled away regardless of Song Yang's reluctance.

"Boss, do you need to go to the hospital for treatment of your injury, or..." Seeing Lu Jinghong watching the two of them leave, Cai Hua asked.

"go home."

Lu Jinghong dropped these two words and walked downstairs slowly, not caring about Liangshu Toyosaki behind him.At least now he knows clearly in his heart that he is indeed a Japanese, and then there will be no intersection between them in the future.

"Boss." Cai Hua walked slowly behind Lu Jinghong, looked back from time to time, and finally couldn't help poking Lu Jinghong's shoulder, "Mr. Toyosaki has been following."

"You're overthinking, just drop by." Lu Jinghong replied indifferently, and continued on his own way.

Cai Hua replied contemptuously: "The boss is thinking too much, what way is he going? Now we are all going to the entrance of the alley, and there is only a pork seller next door."

It wasn't until he reached the door of 'Fansi' that Lu Jinghong turned around and looked at Toyosaki who was still parked ten meters away from them, and said to Cai Hua, "You go in first."

Cai Hua looked at Toyosaki Liangshu with an indifferent face, and then at Lu Jinghong who also had an indifferent expression. After thinking for a while, she seemed to have nothing to do with her, so she entered the room humming a little tune.

"What on earth do you want to do?" Lu Jinghong took the lead in breaking the silence in the quiet alley.

Toyosaki looked at him quietly, and said after a long time: "Before I left, I said I would only stay for three days, but something happened later, and now there are three days and two nights left."

Lu Jinghong was baffled by what he said, it was really hard to imagine that he was still so childish.He said coldly: "That's all in the past, now you don't owe me, and I don't owe you either. Why is that so?"

"It's just three days and two nights, and we'll leave after we finish our stay." Toyosaki replied blankly. For some reason, Lu Jinghong felt that there seemed to be a trace of...shamelessness in his indifferent tone.

Lu Jinghong thought for a while, then nervously said: "You don't have any conspiracy, do you? I have nothing to do with you officers. I'm not an underground party member, and I don't know anything about state secrets. I'm just a fool. .”

"I know."

"Then why are you still standing here? Although I can't fathom your motives yet, I have already deeply felt your malice." Lu Jinghong jumped into the gate in fear, begging him to leave as soon as possible, waving his hands.

He originally thought that his time was running out, and if he didn't end his life at that time, he would die unexpectedly, which would be disgraceful and not worthwhile.

Toyosaki watched Lu Jinghong drive him away like a god of plague, how could he, who was usually small and upright, become so timid now.

"Are you suspecting that I'm Japanese?" Toyosaki did not hesitate, and first expressed Lu Jinghong's inner thoughts.

Lu Jinghong was stunned at the door, paused for a moment with the hand holding the doorknob, and asked, "Isn't it?"

"I never admitted that I was Japanese, and I never thought of hiding it from you."

Lu Jinghong noticed that his tone was flat, but what he said made him feel uncomfortable.So he looked at him and said solemnly: "Some things are not a question of whether you admit it or not, but it exists as it is, and it is a fact."

"Just treat it as a fact, what about you, do you care about this fact?" Toyosaki raised his eyes to look into his dark eyes, and suddenly asked seriously.

Lu Jinghong frowned slightly, and said, "What does this have to do with me?"

After hearing this, Toyosaki suddenly smiled and said, "Since it has nothing to do with you, why should you care about my identity and thoughts." Ignoring Lu Jinghong who was on the side.

Lu Jinghong watched him walk in the door, looked around, sat down at the oil-wood table where he used to sit, and poured himself a cup of tea.

"Boss." Cai Hua, wearing a linen apron, went to the living room to get a rag after choosing the vegetables. Seeing this situation, she asked, "What's going on?"

Lu Jinghong sighed, and said: "Remember to collect all the valuables in the room, it's best to buy a safe to store them in. And when you go to sleep at night, don't sleep like a pig, remember to be careful. After finishing speaking, he paused, glanced at Toyosaki who was sitting at the table drinking tea, gritted his teeth and said, "So as not to be in the hands of thieves."

Cai Hua nodded blankly, and went back to the kitchen to cook.

It was only then that Lu Jinghong remembered that he still had a gunshot wound on his arm, and the wound gradually congealed into a blood scab under the attack of the cold day and cold wind. He felt the pain belatedly, and went upstairs humming.

After dinner, Cai Hua cleaned up the dishes as usual, and dragged Lu Jinghong to the yard.

The night sky was cold and misty, and the moon was dim.

"Boss, what's the matter with Mr. Toyosaki?" Cai Hua sneaked a glance at Liangshu Toyosaki who was sitting in the living room drinking soup and eating steamed buns, and asked in a low voice.

"What's going on?" Lu Jinghong glanced at him, then turned around and said, "You tell me what's going on with you, he's just sitting here with a face, and you're really confessing him as your ancestor Ah? Why is he also Japanese, what on earth do you think?"

"What do I think?" Cai Hua looked puzzled, and it wasn't you who let him in in the end, so she said aggrievedly, "Boss, what do you think, he is Japanese, and you are also Chinese, why are you alone?" Resent me?"

Lu Jinghong was stunned suddenly, he is also Chinese... yes, but he doesn't even know where he came from, his memory of half a hundred years ago is gone, his only concept of this world is from the late Qing Dynasty of.But if you really think about it, who is he and where is he from, I have no idea at all.

He looked up at the blurred crescent moon in the cold sky, so he had no choice but to change his own topic and asked, "But I see that you don't seem to dislike him very much. What good has he done for you?"

Only then did Cai Hua slowly answer: "Before I met the boss, it was about three years ago, in 1937. At that time, I had to flee to the south because my hometown was raided and occupied by the Japanese army. I was almost exhausted from hunger on the way. At that time, it was the officer of a Japanese army, and a Japanese gave me half a grain cake."

He continued with a smile on his face: "Although it is only half, it is enough to support my entire life. Because I don't know if I will choose to give up the struggle against death under the double desperation of losing my homeland and suffering from hunger and cold, just like that." Lying quietly by the side of the road, slowly dying."

His voice gradually lowered and disappeared into the cold and damp night sky.

Lu Jinghong felt that something was loosening in his heart, and said awkwardly: "But the one who saved your life...wasn't him."

"But they are all Japanese. Although... not all Japanese have compassion and will reach out to save the Chinese people who are in desperate situations because of them, but in this world, pure and innocent people have nothing to do with national hatred. Their humanity still exists, and no matter what the future holds, I believe they will still exist."

There was a bright light in Cai Hua's eyes, and firmness in her weak voice.

"You're right." Lu Jinghong replied, but he didn't speak again, but he sighed deeply in his heart.

It's a pity that you live in this world, and this world doesn't have so many good humanity for you to believe in.However, it is not a bad thing to have a pure hope for this world.At least I won't have so much pain myself, I won't let myself sink in the abyss of hatred, life is worse than death...

"Finished."

Toyosaki's cold voice suddenly sounded from behind the two, holding a small porcelain bowl of soup in his hand.

"Oh, I'm off to wash the dishes." Cai Hua came back to take the bowl he handed over, turned and walked into the kitchen.

Lu Jinghong glanced at him unnaturally, then turned and went upstairs.

Two days passed in such an unremarkable day, the end of December has come, and soon, the new year will begin.

Lu Jinghong sat in the shop, carefully tracing a landscape painting on a bamboo slip.The sound of the pattering rain in winter seemed to add a little noise to this quiet space, but I didn't feel noisy when I listened to it.

Suddenly, the door of 'Fan Si' was pushed open, and the bitter wind from outside howled in.

He was immediately shivered by the cold, and with a flick of his finger holding the brush, a drop of ink from the tip of the pen fell on the rice paper. On the river boat surrounded by fishing fires, the light brown coir raincoat of the fisherman was stained with ink.

Lu Jinghong put away his brush and ink, rolled up the painting with a frown, and said to Cai Hua displeasedly: "I told you not to be surprised all the time, the person who is going to sit here is a pregnant woman, wouldn't the child scare you?" Gone?"

Cai Hua put away her umbrella, quickly took off her half-soaked coat, and said anxiously, "Boss, even if I am a murderer, the situation is not as urgent as it is now!"

"What's going on?" Lu Jinghong rolled up the scroll, put it in a vase beside him, and asked.

"The Japanese broke through the east side of Rongcheng!"

When he heard it, his face suddenly changed.At the current speed, I am afraid that within half a day, the entire city of Rong will fall completely.

"What are you still doing in a daze, pack your things and go!"

"Ah, oh, oh!" Cai Hua was yelled at by Lu Jinghong, and after realizing it, she picked up her coat and ran upstairs.

As soon as he went upstairs, he saw Toyosaki suddenly walk out of the room, and then walked downstairs slowly.