troubled times reckless

The next day I didn't get up until noon, and I started to tidy up after a simple meal.

He was adjusting the length of his tie in front of the mirror, when he saw Liang Zhiyuan's car parked downstairs from the window.

Rolling up the patterned curtains, sunlight immediately filled the bedroom.

I stood in front of the blinds, and Liang Zhiyuan looked up at me from downstairs.He smiled and waved to me.

The sun is very good today, and Liang Zhiyuan seems to be much younger on such a sunny day, almost with a little vigor.

I don't know why, but seeing this scene, I feel some depression in my heart...

After drawing the curtains, I went back to the mirror, adjusted my appearance again, and made sure the person in the mirror was perfect before I got up and went downstairs.

As soon as he got in the car, Liang Zhiyuan praised: "Ah Hao matched his tie well today, he looks very talented."

"Yeah." I leaned on the back seat, watching the scenery that was fading away outside the window.

"At the meeting in the afternoon, the candidates for the new division commanders of the three divisions of the Shanghai Garrison should be announced. It has already been confirmed."

"Oh?" Seeing his smug face, I pursed my lips: "Why, is there someone for you?"

Liang Zhiyuan gave me a meaningful look: "Yes."

"When the time comes, don't forget to ask him to support me as well."

Liang Zhiyuan laughed but didn't speak.

When we arrived at the city hall, there were already a lot of people, and everyone sat down one after another.Liang Zhiyuan arranged me in the front seat, and he himself went to the stage and sat in the committee member's seat.Looking back, across a few rows of seats, he inadvertently met Yue Weiren's eyes.

"Brother Yue, you're here too?!"

Yue Weiren was taken aback: "Ah, yes."

Seeing his embarrassing expression, I realized that something was wrong. Ordinarily, I would not be able to be invited to attend this meeting with my current vacant position. Not only that, but I actually sat in front of Yue Weiren, which is really unreasonable.

Looking at the people sitting around me, they are all the commanders of the Central Army who have made achievements, and I feel that something is wrong.

Some of them didn't even look at me, some nodded politely, and I responded to them all.

The microphone on the stage rang, but the host was already ready, and an assistant was adjusting the volume.

This kind of scene really makes me bored... Announce the start of the meeting, applaud, read the party motto, applaud, sing the party song, applaud, and then one by one the dignified people come to the stage to speak, applaud, and business people donate money, please come to the stage one by one To praise, and then to applaud.

When I sat there for nearly an hour and wandered in the sky, I realized that it was Liang Zhiyuan's turn to speak: "...so I know that the courage and determination of our people have long been lost. Excitement does not have a long-term persistence plan. If we go to war with the Japanese Empire, not only will it be useless to the country, but it will also lead to its demise..."

I have long known that he advocates making peace with Japan, but if I say this at the meeting, Yue Weiren will definitely complain to me again when I go back.

After Liang Zhiyuan finished his speech, the host respectfully invited him down, said a series of words, and then opened a new tone: "Now we have a guest to announce the candidate for the new commander of the Shanghai Garrison. This guest Everyone is familiar with it. It was he who poured his wealth and donated money to purchase German-style equipment for the three divisions of the Shanghai Army. Let us welcome him with applause! He is the chairman of the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Luo Wuluo! Please, Mr. Luo! "

I was taken aback, and quickly gathered my energy.

The middle door was wide open, and the guards saluted together, all eyes were directed towards the door.

The brilliance of the sun shone through the door, covering the body of the visitor with a layer of gold.

Wearing a long Chinese-style gown, the whole body seems to be bathed in light, and the eyebrows cannot be seen clearly.

The dazzling sunset paved a golden road for the visitors with its own brilliance, as if granting the glory of the setting sun.

The cool wind blew, and the low footsteps echoed, making it a bit cold in such a quiet hall.

The person who came was gentle and reserved, just greeted everyone present one by one with a modest smile.

Until finally seeing his face clearly...

My whole body stiffened involuntarily.

Zhou Zhengduanfang, gentle and elegant, just like the first time I saw him.

"Then...then...who is..." I asked the people around me with a trembling voice.

The people around me looked at me strangely: "That's Mr. Luo Wuluo, didn't the host introduce it just now?"

His eyes slowly swept across the two rows of delegates, making people feel like a spring breeze.

I almost felt that I could meet his eyes. When he walked in front of me, he slightly opened and closed his lips, with a little usual smile, and his voice was very soft, but still fell in my ear: "Jing Jade."

Just when I was in a daze, he had already stepped onto the rostrum, leaving me weak and my mind blank.

On the stage, he solemnly opened an envelope that had already been sealed, and said into the microphone: "Thanks to the love of all the leaders, I hereby announce that the candidate for the commander of the First Division of the Garrison in Shanghai——Liang Hao!"

In the subsequent meeting, my mind was in a state of confusion, as if I was losing my mind.

Amid the applause, he mechanically got up and took the lead mechanically.

He met Liang Zhiyuan's expectant eyes and his elder brother's gentle smile.

I only know that I have become one of the three mechanized division commanders, and it is said that it is because of my meritorious service against the Japanese.

There was a lot of noise behind me, but I didn't pay attention.

It seems that those who were commended at the meeting this time will all attend a special banquet held in the evening to celebrate together.

Distraught, I entered the reception surrounded by everyone, and I started to drink alone as if I was saved.

In front of the eyes are the crowds that are constantly shuttling, and there are also the charming people who are drinking and drinking, with cheers and laughter.

They were all happy, at least on the surface.

But happiness is theirs, not mine.

The wine poured down my stomach glass by glass, burning my chest to heat up, but my hands and feet were still cold.

Standing there in a daze, Liang Zhiyuan was already laughing with others like a courtesan.

With trembling hands, he went to take another glass of wine, but was held down by a pair of colder hands behind him.

On that hand was the jade wrench finger that I was used to...

Looking back, the visitor had already approached me inadvertently, he leaned into my ear and whispered: "Jingyu, don't drink too much, pay attention to your image."

I stared at him with red eyes, and breathed out the smell of alcohol: "You...you clearly said that we will always be a family. Why did you go to another house...you..."

He frowned, and gentlemanly led me into a dark private room.

I still grabbed his sleeve and said, "You... lied to me. You are just like Liang Zhiyuan... You... are not worthy of being my big brother..."

As soon as he entered the private room, all his gentle expression disappeared, and he became expressionless, with only a bone-piercing coldness in his eyes.

He tore away my hand that was holding his skirt, and hit me with a strong force, and I was pushed against the wall.

He slightly hooked his lips, jokingly: "I just lied to you, so what?"