star sea is you

"Mrs. Fang." Ji Shaobai stood up, "We just broke up, and you didn't come."

"I was busy just now. I came to find you—" The woman glanced at Wen Shixuan, as if she was worried about something.

Ji Shaobai understood her fear, "Let's talk over there." He followed her on crutches to the entrance of the yard.Wen Shixuan wanted to follow but was stopped by his eyes.

Wen Shixuan stood where he was, staring intently over there, guessing what they were talking about.Ji Shaobai had a secret behind his back, and this knowledge made him feel angry.This woman disgusted him.I took a few steps closer, but still couldn't hear anything.It seemed that out of consideration for him, their voices were quiet.

Through the hazy moonlight, he saw that the woman gave something to Ji Shaobai, but Ji Shaobai refused, and their hands pushed back and forth.Finally, Ji Shaobai put the things in his pocket.They laughed and talked for a while, and they seemed to have a good chat.

That woman is leaving, and Ji Shaobai is going to see her off.The two disappeared into the yard one after the other.

Wen Shixuan exploded in anger, dropped the broom, kicked the dustpan next to him, put his hands on his hips, and his chest heaved violently.This gave him a sense of crisis for the first time.Even though Ji Shaobai is lame, he is still a handsome, handsome and tall man who has no shortage of women to pursue.

After a long time, Ji Shaobai came back.

"What did you say? It's mysterious." Wen Shixuan leaned on a pillar in the corridor with his arms folded, squinting his eyes and staring at him, with the attitude of interrogating a prisoner.Ji Shaobai felt that he was interrogating people too much, and unconsciously revealed this temperament.

"what do you mean?"

"You know what it means."

"I have no idea what you mean."

"You know." Wen Shixuan unconsciously raised his voice, "What can you not say in front of me, whisper behind my back. You always treat me like an outsider and don't want me to know about you."

After Wen Shixuan finished speaking, he turned around and walked out, because he knew that Ji Shaobai would call him.

"Stop, where are you going?"

"It's disgusting here, I'm going home." Wen Shixuan stopped.

Ji Shaobai sighed, took a few steps forward, and pulled Wen Shixuan, whose back was facing him, back into the room and sat down.

Wen Shixuan followed back to the house with half-push.

"You don't recognize her?"

"I don't know who she is."

"At the beginning you didn't go on the boat with Mr. Wen. The morning you came back, the woman you lent money to lead the child was her."

"She—" Wen Shixuan suddenly realized, "She has changed so much." He had completely forgotten about it.Last time, the clothes she wore were patched a lot, and her face was sallow and hungry.The woman who made him jealous now was wearing a coat that was not luxurious but comparable to that of the landlord, with delicate makeup on her face. At first glance, she was definitely a very beautiful girl.

"She asked me to borrow money to see a doctor for her child. Her husband died, and she suddenly had no source of income and no money to eat. Her husband was a rickshaw driver. He was killed by the Japanese while pulling a cart. Later, the landlady gave her I found an errand, do you know what she is doing, so that she can pay back your money," Ji Shaobai took out the ten yuan that Mrs. Fang gave him, put it on the table, moved it to Wen Shixuan, and lightly opened his lips , "In ancient times, she was a prostitute who specialized in serving powerful prostitutes."

"Landlord, I shot her dead." Wen Shixuan gritted his teeth, got up and was about to go outside.

"Come back." Ji Shaobai shouted loudly, "Sit down."

Limited by Ji Shaobai's majesty, Wen Shixuan obeyed obediently, but his face was reluctant.

"I haven't finished listening, you are too impatient. The landlady has asked for her opinion. This is what she wants. For a woman with a child, this is a way for her to live. Looking around Looking around, in the whole of Shanghai, men can't find work and are starving. What can she do as a woman with a child? The neighbors can only help. The landlady is also doing it for her own good. "

"I didn't want her to pay it back."

"I didn't want to accept it just now, but she is too stubborn to save face, so she must pay you back the money. She doesn't want others to know about it, and I just found out about it—me"

Ji Shaobai noticed Wen Shixuan's pale cheeks suddenly, knowing what he remembered, he held the hands that were very soft in his memory and now had many calluses, because of the calluses from holding the gun for a long time.

"Even if you do things for the Japanese, I know you have your reasons, and one day I know I will know these."

"sorry."

"Don't tell anyone. If you can help, you can quietly pull behind your back. With the Japanese, you can talk. Okay, but you look cute when you are jealous. Just be so angry ?"

"I don't know why I'm angry. When I saw you walking with her, I felt a fire in my heart."

Under the cold moonlight, the cold wind whizzed, and the blowing windows whined.Inside the house, the two people who were in the turbulent situation hugged each other. They took off each other's clothes and gave each other warmth against the cold.

The streets are getting quieter day by day, and many shops can't continue to close.The Japanese refused to let the shopkeepers close, saying that under the Japanese rule, the streets should be prosperous, and the inferior goods brought by the Japanese could not be sold in the shops.Many shopkeepers were desperate, and some chose to jump into the river.

The streets are now silent, deathly still.From time to time, the corpse of the shopkeeper floated on the river.

The situation became more and more difficult.

Schools are closed.Ji Shaobai wanted to find a job to make a living, but Wen Shixuan refused.Under Ji Shaobai's repeated insistence, Wen Shixuan found him a job writing articles for a newspaper.At ease; leisurely.

Wen Shixuan came here every now and then, sometimes staying overnight.

The years are not difficult to spend because of the company of the other party.The days of cuddling each other brought great comfort to the later Ji Shaobai, who spent the rest of his incomplete life relying on the memories with Wen Shixuan.

Ji Shaobai did not expect that Wen Shixuan's transfer order would come down so quickly. He had just transferred Wen Shixuan to the head of the Nanjing underground party.A few days later, Wen Shixuan's transfer order from the Japanese also came down, and he was transferred to Nanjing with Yamada.

He couldn't do many things so fast.He stared at the deciphered telegram in his hand, lost in thought.

Half a month ago, the Nanjing underground party was hit hard. Comrades were basically arrested and killed, and the general manager was also murdered.The organization asked him to recommend suitable candidates to go to Nanjing to reorganize the underground party.Ji Shaobai suddenly thought of Wen Shixuan, because he was the most suitable candidate.Yamada lost power, and he completely lost the right to speak in the struggle between Shanghai and Suzuki. He simply applied to go to Nanjing and continue to work under the leadership he had promoted before.His superiors seemed to be plotting something important, and they asked Yamada to help him.

Ji Shaobai once asked Wen Shixuan, under the name Qingfeng, whether he wanted to stay in Shanghai or go to Nanjing.

"Follow the organization's arrangement." Wen Shixuan replied with the code name "Sir".

Wen Shixuan and Yamada went to Nanjing, and the most important step has been achieved. They have won the trust of senior Japanese officials, and there is no need to send people to re-enter the enemy's interior.

"Sir, I'm going to Nanjing." Wen Shixuan said to him when they were having dinner the next day.

Ji Shaobai's chopsticks were in the air, and he put the chopsticks next to the bowl, and asked what he often asked knowingly.

"what happened?"

"Yamada is going to Nanjing, and I have also been transferred to Nanjing." Wen Shixuan put the chopsticks on the bowl.

"When?"

"Three days later."

"Why suddenly? I—I wasn't prepared."

Wen Shixuan lowered his head in shame.

"It's because I didn't tell my husband earlier, and I don't know how to say it." Wen Shixuan looked up at him, "I'm leaving Shanghai, and I know my husband won't go to Nanjing with me. Your parents' graves are here, and your parents' graves are here. My home is here. I bought a house in the south of the city, and I thought that I would move in with my husband in a few days, and it would be great to live like this. I didn’t expect that now..." He was silent for a while, and continued, "I hope Mr. can move in, it was originally prepared for Mr. "

Ji Shaobai stared at Wen Shixuan for a long time.

Time passed in an atmosphere of silence.