7th Story 15
*****⚠️***** cautious when reading, although it is similar to what happened in any war but in this story its just a fiction but base on real experience. Or just skip this chapter.
Time flies, in a blink of an eye, a year has passed. Li Yueran’s life hasn’t changed much, but her Promised become the leading clothing store in Hong Kong. It’s not that no one has suggested that Li Yueran should open more branches. It’s not the time, not to mention, things are rare and valuable, and the current Promise can be said to be making money every day. In addition, after more than a year of treatment and conditioning, Liu Yuhan and Fang Shi finally had their own child. Fang Shi was pregnant. Although it was only four months old, Liu Yuhan cherished this hard-won child very much and treated Fang Shi like an ancestor. During this period, Liu Wenhan and others proposed to come to Hong Kong to have a look, but all of them were rejected by Liu’s father. What are you going to do, be an elder? Beautiful you!
The divorce lawsuit between Xu Wenxuan and Ye Xiaoman has been going on for three months, the city is full of uproar. In the back-and-forth confrontation between the two sides, Xu Wenxuan’s reputation can be said to have been ruined. If it weren’t for Xu Wenxuan’s good poems, if it wasn’t for the principal and his appreciation of Xu Wenxuan’s talent, it is estimated that Xu Wenxuan would not even be able to keep his job. Later, at the begging of Xu’s father and Xu’s mother, Xu Wenxuan chose to reconcile, and after giving Ye Xiaoman another five thousand yuan. However, Xu Wenxuan did not lose his recovery because of this. After a brief pause, two months later, Xu Wenxuan enthusiastically pursued a courtesan in the newspaper, Jiang Meiling, who is known as the queen of the dance floor. She is passionate, unrestrained, beautiful and charming. Xu Wenxuan fell in love with her at first sight, and from then on, after get off his work, he would hang around the nightclub where she danced, spending a lot of money just for her smile. A lot more affectionate love letter is published in the newspaper every day. Xu Wenxuan’s little salary was not enough for him to squander, and Xu Wenxuan was too embarrassed to ask his parents for help, so he simply dismissed his servants, sold the house, and moved to the school’s teachers’ dormitory. The money from selling the house continued to be used to pursue Jiang Meiling.
After a long time, life will inevitably be a little stretched. However, there are many female students in the school who admire his literary talents, help him wash and cook, help him mend his clothes, and give him money to buy daily necessities. Xu Wenxuan seems to enjoy such a life.
Jiang Meiling was moved by Xu Wenxuan’s passionate pursuit, and planned to agree to Xu Wenxuan’s marriage proposal. But when she accidentally went to the teacher’s dormitory to find Xu Wenxuan, she saw Xu Wenxuan having an affair with a female student. Although Jiang Meiling relied on her appearance to deal with men, she looked like she was playing with the world, but in fact, she was a woman who could not tolerate sand in her eyes. Because she know that in today’s world, men regard women as playthings, so they are only willing to play and never give their sincerity easily. It was so easy to be moved by Xu Wenxuan, but in the blink of an eye, Jiang Meiling bumped into this scene and Jiang Meiling became more and more disappointed in the man. He said how much he loves her, a love letter a day, a bouquet of roses a day, flowers and rings, and love words. He acted as if he couldn’t live without her but behind the scenes, he was ambiguous with the female students. Jiang Meiling remembered what the sisters had said before, saying that Xu Wenxuan was not good at character and had entered the palace third time. She didn’t believe it at the time, thinking it was because they were jealous or echoing others. Who knew that the saying that flies don’t bite seamless eggs is true! This Xu Wenxuan is indeed a sanctimonious hypocrite!
Jiang Meiling has a strong temper, she has always been the only one who plays with men, she never thought that she would be played by a man today. She approached then pulled away the two who were flirting, slapped Xu Wenxuan on the face, then took off the ring Xu Wenxuan gave her and threw it on Xu Wenxuan’s face, “Don’t let me see you again from now on, otherwise, I will see you once and hit you once!” After speaking, Jiang Meiling turned around and left.
Xu Wenxuan stood there covering his face in astonishment, and the female student next to him touched his beaten cheek in distress, “Mr. Xu, who is she? How could she beat you?”
Xu Wenxuan finally came to his senses and wanted to rush out to find Jiang Meiling explained, but only saw Jiang Meiling’s back sitting on the rickshaw and walking away. Xu Wenxuan’s third true love ended before it even started. This time Xu Wenxuan was considered to be short of money and human resources, and the gain outweighed the loss, he was really depressed for a while. However, Xu Wenxuan’s love always comes and goes quickly. It didn’t take long before he found true love again. This time, it was the female student who was always by his side. Xu Wenxuan said that it was this woman closest to his soul, his soul mate.
When Li Yueran heard these things, she smiled disdainfully, wondering how long this true love can last. If you have the time to pay attention to him, you might as well think about what style your clothes should be for the next season. It’s just that the good times didn’t last long, and soon, the scuffle began. If you fight like this today, tomorrow there will be chaos.Liu Yuhan walked around the house anxiously, they had lost contact with their family for more than a month, they didn’t know what was going on at home. Fang Shi sat beside with her child in her arms, looking up at Liu Yuhan from time to time.
Li Yueran sighed, “Now the domestic situation is unclear, third brother, let’s make preparations early!”
“Prepare for what?” Liu Yuhan asked blankly, and then understood what Li Yueran meant, “I know, wait a little longer! Last time I sent a telegram, didn’t dad say that he would move to Hong Kong? I don’t know what’s going on now?”
Li Yueran felt that she was not very optimistic, Shandong has always been in troubled. With no news from the Liu family at such a time, the situation is not optimistic. But at this moment, they can’t do anything. Until half a month later, a few people in ragged clothes came in front of Liu’s house. These people were big and small, and the youngest was only over a year old. He didn’t know if he was hungry or sick, and was crying loudly. Uncle Xu recognized at a glance that the tallest one was Liu Wenhan’s second son, Liu Yuncong, who was the third in the family, “Master Yuncong, why are you here?”
“Uncle Xu?!” Liu Yuncong finally saw someone he knew. He was only sixteen this year. He fled to Hong Kong with his younger brothers and sisters this time. He was so frightened along the way. Now he saw someone he knew, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Liu Yuhan and Li Yueran rushed home after receiving the news. The children had already packed up and were sitting at the dining table, gorging themselves. Fang Shi was nursing a child in her arms, with a sad expression on her face. Seeing that they had returned, Fang breathed a sigh of relief, “Yuhan, little sister, you are back?” Fang’s tears had already fallen before she finished speaking.
“What’s going on?” Liu Yuhan asked with red eyes, feeling a bad premonition in his heart.
Liu Yuncong, the oldest, put down his bowl and chopsticks, “Third uncle, little aunt.” Then he choked up and said the matter. It turned out that Liu Shuhan somehow started doing business with the Japanese. When Liu’s father found out, he broke Liu Shuhan’s right leg angrily, and was locked at home and was not allowed to go out. Naturally, the business with the Japanese could not continue. The Japanese came to the door to argue, fell out in a few words, shot Liu Wenhan and his wife to death, and when he was about to shoot Liu’s father, Liu’s mother stopped with a shot. Later, the people from the police station came, and the Japanese left. Liu Shuhan felt that he had led the wolf into the house. Ashamed of his mother and elder brother, he cut his neck with a knife, committed suicide. While Liu’s father was sad, he was even more afraid that the Japanese would realize that the Liu family was secretly supporting the anti-Japanese forces when they did so on purpose. Just in case, Liu’s father held a family meeting and discussed letting Liu Wuhan take the children of the younger generation to Hong Kong. But Liu Wuhan had a headache, the elder brother and the fourth younger brother are dead, and the third brother is not here, if he is gone too, what will the family do. So he say nothing and refuse to leave. He also asked Liu Wenhan’s eldest son to take his younger brothers and sisters away, but he refused. He wanted to stay and avenge his parents. In the end, it was decided that Liu Yuncong would bring his younger siblings to Hong Kong. It’s a pity that there are only these few siblings left.
At the end, Liu Yuncong cried, “It’s all my fault. I didn’t take good care of my brothers and sisters.”
Liu Yuhan’s eyes were red, “How is the situation at home?”
Yun Cong cried and said, “Half a month after we left, the Japanese came to the door. Grandfather, second uncle, eldest brother, and second brother all died. The second and fourth aunts set fire to the house, and brought the eldest sister, second sister and the others to died. The fifth and sixth brothers refused to come to Hong Kong with us after they heard the news about their family. They only asked me to take care of younger brothers and sisters. They said they were going to fight the devils to take revenge.” In the end, Liu Yuncong can’t cry anymore.
Li Yueran couldn’t help crying too. There are so many TV dramas and movies in later generations that describe this period of history, but none of them are as violent as being there herself. Only at this time can she realize the cruelty of history.
Liu Yuhan was already in tears, he patted his nephew on the shoulder, “No, you are not wrong, you did a good job, you are a good brother, you are both good children of the Liu family.”
The whole room was full with crying sound.
Li Yueran wiped away tears, took a deep breath, “Third Brother, I think we have to do something.”
Liu Yuhan turned to look at Li Yueran, “You mean?”
“I mean, Third brother and third sister-in-law, you take the children abroad. After the third sister-in-law and the others settle down, Yun Cong will grow up and be able to take care of himself. At that time, third brother, you can consider whether to come back.” Li Yueran said, “This is our parents, brothers and sisters-in-law hope’s, and we have to take good care of them.”
She has to say that it is a coincidence, seven children, two for the first room, two for the second room, and three for the fourth room. Men and women, at the moment of life and death, they treat them equally, and there is no patriarchal preference.
“Then what about you?” Liu Yuhan knew that Li Yueran had always planned to emigrate abroad, but now she was not included in this plan, Liu Yuhan was very puzzled.
“I stay in Hong Kong. Promised is so good, I don’t want to give up easily. Also, I also want to do something for those compatriots who are still living in dire straits!”
First, leave with her, but this time, she really wants to do something with her own strength. She remembered the way Cheng Nuo gritted his teeth when he mentioned this period of history. She thought, if Cheng Nuo was here, he would definitely make the same choice as herself.
