pure white

The fire in Changsha lasted for five days and five nights, and the whole city was almost destroyed. Residential houses, hospitals, schools, banks... and cultural relics on the ground were not preserved.

When I saw Chen Jingyu again, it was already after the fire.On November [-]th, the Chairman personally supervised the trial of the chief culprit. Feng Ti, Wen Chongfu, and Xu Kun were all dragged out and shot.

I was originally turned away because of my low military rank, but I was allowed in because Xiao Huo took me. Those with higher ranks knew that he was Chen Jingyu's adjutant.

I was arranged to sit down at the end, and I was delighted to see Chen Jingyu standing on the stage. The military uniform was brand new. The base was a new set given to her by the Military Supply Department. Her white gloves were also new, which made her look heroic.

Raising his hands in salute, he stood at attention after knocking his heels, and after receiving the fifth-class Yunhui medal, he turned to the audience with a sullen mouth.

After it was over, she didn't say much, she just smiled when she saw me, "Look, I said I won't die."

I followed her into the car, looked at her from head to toe, and saw that she was still intact, and the tension in my heart was finally relaxed.

Xiao Huo turned his head and asked, "Sir, should we go to the hospital?"

Chen Jingyu nodded in agreement. As soon as I heard about the hospital, I remembered that she still had injuries on her hands, and went to the hospital again before the injuries healed, fearing that she might be injured again somewhere.

Chen Jingyu pinched my hand and signaled me to relax: "I'm fine, I went to the hospital because..." She looked a little weird, "There's a kid... Forget it, after you go, you can see for yourself."

Xiangya Hospital was no different from what I had seen a few times before. I followed Chen Jingyu around a few beds and entered a private room. There was actually a soldier on duty at the door of the private room. When I saw Chen Jingyu, I stood at attention and saluted.

I secretly wondered which big family lived here, and after bypassing the barrier, I heard a voice inside: "Come on, can you have another bite?"

Typical coaxing tone of a child.I looked at Chen Jingyu suspiciously, and Chen Jingyu pouted, making a gesture for me to see it myself.

There was a hospital bed inside, and a child was half-sitting on the bed, and a nurse beside the bed was feeding him.A child is a little older, maybe three or four years old, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, red lips and white teeth, and will surely fascinate many girls when they grow up.

The child was still twisting his neck to avoid the rice spoons that were being fed. When he saw us while dodging, his eyes lit up immediately, and his arms stretched out to hug.

I secretly calculated his angle, and when it came out, Chen Jingyu happened to pass by me, went up to take the bowl from the nurse, "I'll do it."

When Chen Jingyu fed him, the child became extremely obedient. Chen Jingyu fed him a mouthful, and he took a mouthful. He put his hands on his lap obediently, and his sitting posture was a little straight.

When the nurse passed by us, she joked to Xiao Huo, "Don't even mention it, Mo Mo is very obedient when Mr. Chen comes."

Xiao Huo said cheerfully, "Probably he really has a relationship with our chief."

I smiled at the nurse who came to see me, and when the nurse left, I immediately teased Xiao Huo: "What's going on? Who is this kid?" I remembered the nurse's teasing eyes just now, and my heart suddenly felt uncomfortable: "It shouldn't be, Is it really Chen Jingyu's illegitimate son?"

"Lu An, you can read more in your notebook." Chen Jingyu didn't look back, and fed the child again while speaking.

"However, as soon as you came, he was obedient..."

"He is less than four years old this year. Let me ask you, where was I four years ago?"

"Er...Cambridge?"

"Cambridge fourth grade, in the process of withdrawing from school."

"Oh." I couldn't keep up with anything else. She mentioned four years ago. Four years ago, I was just admitted to Cambridge. Knowing that she was at King's College, I gave up the mathematics department of Trinity College, which has more resources and a large scholarship. , and turned to King's College to find her.But in the short period of less than a year with her at King's College, quarrels and frustration accounted for half of it.

She said that she would transfer to a German military academy, but I forbade it; she said she would return to China, and I forbade it; she said that her transfer could not be approved, and she would drop out and go directly to the military academy, and I forbade it.But it didn't work, she insisted on going her own way.I have resisted, struggled, and even revealed to her the deepest secret buried in my heart. She was not even shocked, and only left me with the words "I will give you an answer, but not now".

Four years ago was not a good memory for me.

Chen Jingyu finished feeding the last spoonful in the bowl, and took a handkerchief from the side to wipe the child's mouth, "This kid has no blood relationship with me, don't guess."

She beckoned for Xiao Huo to take care of her, then she took me to the door and said in a low voice, "I picked him up from the ruins of the fire. He is a native of Changsha. All five members of his family and one younger sister died. He is the only one left, his health is like a medicine jar, and he chokes on the smoke.”

"He... is still so young..."

"Too young, and frightened again, her mother desperately hugged him and his sister and ran to the door. Before he came out, he was crushed by the beam. After Xiao Huo and I rescued him, we decided to follow me. "

Chen Jingyu took a look inside, knowing that he couldn't see the child through the barrier, "Maybe it's because I have a predestined relationship with him."

Her eyebrows stretched out, and her whole person became very soft.

My heart moved, and I asked tentatively, "Then you... want to adopt him?"

"Adopt?" Chen Jingyu shook his head with a wry smile, "I am in the military camp myself, how can I fight with a child?" She waved her hand and interrupted my answer: "Stay in the hospital for treatment first, and I will ask someone to look for him Relatives, visit him more during this period."

We re-entered the room, and Xiao Huo was playing with the kid, who was giggling.

After that, Chen Jingyu entrusted Chongqing to find a family for the child. Once I received a call from her father, who asked me: "Xiao An, is Jingyu playing wild outside?"

I told Chen Jingyu about this, and Chen Jingyu let out a sigh of relief: "The old man scolded me all day long, the first time I called, he thought I was fooling around outside and had an illegitimate child!"

I cupped my stomach and giggled, "He's afraid it's because you've been in the military camp for a long time, and it won't be easy to get married in the future."

"Marry?" Chen Jingyu sneered: "The children of high-ranking high-ranking officials that the old man likes, all of them are idiots with a face and oily face. They eat, drink, prostitute, gamble and smoke opium all day long. What else will Chongqing do? The devils are here, and they are the first to surrender!"

More than a month later, it was Wu Yingtang who called.The military line was already nervous. As soon as I heard it was him, I rushed to ask for the phone. Chen Jingyu pushed the back of his hand away from me while listening to the phone, and replied with a slight frown: "Well, I see, thank you father for helping me."

I could vaguely hear Wu Yingtang's loud voice: "It's okay, which one of us is with whom? My father also said that he wants you to visit him after returning to Chongqing."

"Well, after the victory, I will have a banquet in Jinling Spring."

After she finished speaking, she hung up the phone, and I pursed my mouth: "You don't even let me talk to Yingtang!"

Chen Jingyu took out a pack of cigarettes from the pocket of her trousers, the pack was half deflated, she knocked out one and took it out.When I saw her smoking, I snatched it up: "Didn't you say you quit? Why are you smoking again?"

Chen Jingyu was caught off guard by me snatching the cigarette, slightly helpless in a daze, she put the cigarette pack back, and patted the pocket lightly to make sure it was there.

There was a shortage of supplies during the war, so I stared at the one I took and thought for a long time, and returned it to her in frustration: "The last pack. This is not good for your health."

Chen Jingyu took it, smiled and rubbed my head.

"Ying Tang just said that according to the news from his father, several relatives of the little ghost's family died in the bombing of Songhu. Both parents were businessmen, and they came to Changsha from Shanghai to take refuge. Now he is alone, an orphan who has not escaped. "

I frowned and asked, "Is he going to be sent to an orphanage?"

"The orphanage in Changsha was burned in the fire, and now Hunan and several other neighboring provinces are not safe." Chen Jingyu stroked a match and lit the fire, "The kid was just found to have a bad stomach and lack of internal organs It’s a bit late, I didn’t understand the doctor’s words, but I must rely on medicine to support me, and it’s estimated that I’ll need several surgeries.”

"This... The conditions here are not good, and the medicine is not enough, can it be saved?"

"I don't know." Chen Jingyu slowly exhaled some smoke, she reached out and pulled me aside to avoid the smoke.

"What should I do?"

"I'm going to adopt him. When he recovers better, I'll send him to Chongqing. My father will arrange for him to go abroad. He can be regarded as the heir of the Chen family."

"You, what are you talking about? You want to adopt him?" I couldn't control my expression in shock, "Chen Jingyu, do you know what you are talking about? You said his surname is Chen, what do you think your father would think? He and you... ..."

Chen Jingyu cut me off, and after puffing out his cigarette, he said calmly, "We can't just watch him drift away and lose his life in vain."

"But..." The Chen family is a big family, and Chen Jingyu is the only one in this generation's direct lineage. Even if an outsider is the adopted son he loves most, it is impossible for an outsider to throw away his blood.

"I think he is also clever. I taught him a few lines of poems a few days ago, and he can memorize them in the exam. He is a malleable talent. If you teach him well, you may not be able to take care of the Chen family's business. If it really doesn't work..." She His eyebrows and eyes were all hidden under the smog, and he looked extremely indifferent, "Then pass the family business to my cousins, and only leave some capital to send abroad, so that they can live a stable life."

At the beginning of the 28th year of the Republic of China, Chen Jingyu adopted Mo Mo. After telling Mo Mo about his decision in the hospital, Mo Mo tilted his head and asked, "Should I call you Mama Lu?"

I laughed, and Chen Jingyu laughed too.

We spent New Year's Day with Mo Mo at the hospital, and little Huo was happier than Mo Mo, and said with snot and tears: "My parent's official is actually a mother?!"

Chen Jingyu kicked him, and I told the truth: "But I don't see the light of motherhood in your father's official."

After late at night, Chen Jingyu and I huddled together on the empty bed next to the hospital bed. Chen Jingyu said, "Lu An, I thought about it. I should give that kid a name. Say, Chen Nianguo, okay?"

In the dark, I couldn't see her expression, but I could hear a smile in her breath. I asked, "Is it because I will send him abroad in the future, so I told him to think about the country?"

Chen Jingyu touched my face in the dark, walked up the arc of the cheek, and patted my head: "Smart."

The author has something to say: Happy New Year!

I have never said words of blessing, and there is one sentence that I never get tired of saying, and it can be used everywhere:

May you be safe and happy, as you wish.

This year, I added another sentence to share with you:

Don't worry, you will get what you want.