A different kind of Lou Chun - "The Pretender" colleague

In the winter of 1939, Shanghai.

In the lobby of Wang's mansion, the fireplace was burning brightly. Wang Manchun was wrapped in a thick blanket and sat cross-legged on the sofa, still feeling cold.

She had mild heart problems from a patent ductus arteriosus after birth.Fortunately, the blood vessel that should not be open is very small, and with years of unremitting outdoor exercise, her body is no different from ordinary people.It's just a symptom of cold hands and feet in winter, but it never gets better.

Pulling her hands and feet tighter under the blanket, she remembered the winter when she first came to Shanghai.The heartbreak of losing a loved one aggravated her body's discomfort with the humid southern weather, and she was ill on and off for more than half a year.It was the young man who was as warm as the spring breeze and as bright as the stars walked into her life and sprinkled a whole piece of bright sunshine into her withered heart.He took her out to enjoy nature, took her for runs, ball games, boating, outings.He will pull her up to the top of the green and lush mountain, and watch the afterglow of the sunset on the surging river side by side with her.He would reach out and brush her long hair behind her ears in the wind, and then he would lean over and recite a poem in French that she couldn't understand.Such considerate and meticulous care and care made her healthy and happy every day, and ignited new hopes for life.

It's just that as much love and happiness as he gave her, there will be as much heartbreak and pain as he will bring her in the future.Can't let go, can't forget, endless, never-ending.

"Manchun, Minglou may be coming back."

The uncle's words sounded again: "When the new government is employing people, I want him to help me manage the economic department."

"He is still alone now. Not only is he not married, he has never even heard of a girlfriend. Man Chun, uncle has known you for so many years..."

"Don't talk about it. Whether he comes back or not has nothing to do with me." She interrupted her uncle coldly, turned around and left.

But where can she escape to?

Yoko Minami had already said that they would meet soon.And she also got the definite news this morning that Ming Lou and Ah Cheng will arrive in Shanghai from Paris via Hong Kong, and the specific time is [-] o'clock tomorrow afternoon.They should be on the ship heading to Hong Kong now.

Wang Manchun gritted his teeth and pressed his face to his knees.

She used to look forward to his return so crazily, crazily longing to see him again.

Just, once.

Eight years, too long time, long enough to exhaust all her youth and expectations.It has been so long that a heart is broken so that there are no residues left, it withers into ashes and is swept into the dust and smoke of the world by the wind.

Is it true?Then why are you still so nervous and excited that you can't sleep?Why do you still listen to the ticking of the pendulum with all your heart, thinking it moves too slowly, and being inexplicably afraid at the same time?

Why did he come back during this mess?Is it true that he and his uncle are going to serve the Wang puppet traitor government?

No, this is absolutely impossible!

She understands his innocent heart of serving the country loyally and never regretting death better than anyone else.Even if he broke his promise to her in love, he will never compromise on the righteousness of the family and the country, and she absolutely believes in him on this point.

So why did he come back?

Two sets of information flashed in Wang Manchun's mind.

Before the emergency evacuation, the head of No. [-] told her that Cobra, a special committee member of the Southern Bureau, was about to arrive in Shanghai to lead the Shanghai underground party.And the last order she received before the communication with the organization was interrupted was to contact Cobra as soon as possible to cooperate with the Shanghai underground party intelligence team to start work.

As for the Chongqing telegram intercepted yesterday, she had already secretly deciphered it herself: the poisonous snake will be in place within three days, and she will replace the poisonous bee as the chief of the intelligence department of the Shanghai Station.

Tomorrow is the third day.

Wang Manchun couldn't help feeling a surge of emotion.

Isn't it a coincidence that all three of them are coming to Shanghai at this time?

She had heard the code name of Cobra a long time ago, and he was simply a mythical existence in the white terror at that time.And from the few words of Chief No. [-], she also had a feeling that this should be a person hidden deep inside the KMT.She remembered the unusual eyes that Chief No. [-] looked at her when he talked about him, and suddenly jumped up from the sofa.

Heart, suddenly beating very fast.

Brother, if it is really you, then I will fight to the last breath and shed the last drop of blood for you.Willingly, never regret.

How many years have you been so excited?She took a deep breath, forcing herself to be calm.

In fact, in an international metropolis like Shanghai, how many people come and go every day!

Do you wish for something in your heart, and you will feel more and more that it is true?

She shook her head, feeling a little funny.

Wang Manchun, you are no longer a 20-year-old girl, you can no longer be hotheaded and emotional.

But, senior brother, after so many years, what are you going to do when you come back now?

The heart is too chaotic, the night is too long.

Wang Manchun gritted his teeth, got off the sofa, put on his overcoat, went to the greenhouse to get a shovel and walked into the yard.

The acacia tree in the yard was planted by them together on her 12th birthday 16 years ago.

Where are people when the trees are towering?

Sometimes she really hates it, she can't wait to chop this thing up.He left and left this lovesickness tree, is it to make her lovesick for the rest of her life?

Not to mention cutting it, she would feel distressed if a branch or leaf was broken when the wind blows.In the years before going to Japan, how many times she hugged a tree and cried bitterly in the dead of night.When she came back from Japan, she thought she had attained the indestructible body of King Kong, but when the car drove into the gate and saw the green tree crown, she still burst into tears uncontrollably.

Wang Manchun walked under the tree, checked the location, and began to dig the soil one shovel at a time.

She dug very carefully for fear of damaging what she was looking for.

Back then, she buried that box very, very deep.She thought that the burial was the end.She thought she would never touch them again in her life.

But tonight, she couldn't help but want to come back to look for it.

After digging for a long time, she finally held the box in her arms again.

Kneeling on the ground, she carefully opened the lid and turned out the contents one by one.

Letters, copybooks, scrolls of poems, portraits, paper figurines, kites, lanterns, couplets...

All sorts of small things, each one is engraved with traces of deep love.Bit by bit, it is the youth he and she walked hand in hand.

Turning it over was a big envelope, and Wang Manchun knew what was inside.Gently open it and turn it upside down, old photos with yellowed corners spread out in front of you, all of which are the picturesque eyebrows of that person staring affectionately.

At that moment, Wang Manchun suddenly felt out of breath.

Not daring to look at it again, she quickly put those photos back into the envelope.

There was only one last thing left in the box, a small gift box.Wang Manchun hesitated for a long time, but reached out and opened it.

Inside, a pair of delicate clay dolls smiled sweetly at her.

"Manchun, if you marry me, we will have a pair of children, just like these two dolls, how cute!"

His words back then still ring in my ears.

Wang Manchun couldn't help but gently picked them up and put them in his hands to look at them.

At the time, she purposely kept him from buying them.In fact, she wanted to surprise him at the wedding.

It's just that she doesn't know that they won't have a wedding.

So he wouldn't know that the pair of dolls she bought quietly have been kept until now.

Wang Manchun silently put the doll aside.She put the rest of the things back into the box and buried them in the soil.

After everything was done, she took the doll and went back to the house.

Take a shower, make tea, sit at the table and wait for dawn.

The doll stood on the table and smiled at her.

She stared at that smile obsessively.

Only she knew that she fell in love with this pair of dolls because of the lip line when she smiled.

The smile is flowing from the eyes.The corners of the lips were slightly raised, forming a perfect arc.

A one-word smile that can make her drunk for a thousand years.

It was windy in the middle of the night.Tomorrow, it will probably rain.

Numbers uncontrollably appeared in Wang Manchun's mind, connecting them into a string of codes, which was her unspoken voice:

The wind and rain are like obscurity, and cock crows endlessly.