After a while, the owner of the small restaurant wiped away his tears, breathed a sigh of relief, and said to everyone with red eyes: "Let all the folks laugh."
His wife wiped away her tears and apologized to everyone: "I made you laugh so early in the morning."
"No one will laugh at you. I also have relatives who were killed in the war, and I feel your pain. I can only blame these damn little devils." An old man said and put the money on the table, stood up, and walked over She patted his shoulder to comfort him and said, "Bring up your baby well. Your family members in heaven should also feel comforted, as well as their descendants."
"Yes, yes! It is a great blessing for your family that you can escape. Living well and raising your child is a comfort to your family!"
Several other diners also said.
People's hearts are full of flesh, and they all felt sorry for him.
Zhou Zhihan patted him on the back: "Brother, don't cry. Japan will eventually fail and surrender. In a few years, you can go back to worship your family. In the future, the country will have a public memorial day, and the names of all your relatives will be recorded on it. The Chinese people have not forgotten these compatriots who died."
"Can you?" The owner of the small restaurant looked at Zhou Zhihan with his eyes red from crying.
Zhou Zhihan said resolutely: "Yes! The country will remember all the compatriots who died and will pay homage to them. When we drive away the Japanese in the future, you can take your children back every year to pay homage to your family." He looked at his watch as he spoke, stood up, "Fellow, I have something to do, so I have to leave first. I'll come over to eat your tofu bread tomorrow morning. Oh, by the way, what's your surname?"
"Hey, don't be so polite. My surname is Wang, and my family lives on the edge of Xuanwu Lake, so it's called Wangwu Lake." Wang Wuhu, the restaurant owner, said, "You come over in the evening, and I'll make you some hometown dishes for us two to drink. A few cups. Oh, by the way, what's your name? Brother, I think you are younger than me."
"My name is Zhou Zhihan, and I will call you Brother Wang from now on." Zhou Zhihan stood up and walked out, smiling and saying, "If I have time in the evening, I will definitely come over and have a drink with you two. If I have something to do before dark, If you can’t come, don’t wait any longer.”
"Okay." Wang Wuhu said, quickly picking up a dozen big cakes from the stove, wrapping a dozen fried dough sticks and chasing them out, "I don't have anything good here, take these back and give them to my younger siblings and children to try. taste."
Zhou Zhihan had already walked to the bicycle and smiled: "No need, Brother Wang, my child hasn't been born yet."
Wang Wuhu forced it on Zhou Zhihan: "Then take it back and feed it to your younger siblings."
Zhou Zhihan: "Too many."
Wang Wuhu simply hung the big cake and fried dough sticks on the handlebar: "It's not much. Just take it. We Beijing guys are all straightforward, don't say anything." Then he stuffed the meal money that Zhou Zhihan put on the table. Returning to Zhou Zhihan's pocket, "I won't accept your money."
Zhou Zhihan was about to speak.
Wang Wuhu's eyes widened: "If you ask for money again, I'll be in a hurry!"
Zhou Zhihan could see that Wang Wuhu was also a straight-tempered person, a northern man who was stubborn, soft-hearted, and stubborn, so he could only say: "Okay! I will take it back and give everyone a taste of our hometown. ." After saying that, he waved goodbye to Wang Wuhu and got on the bicycle without pedaling twice. It felt laborious, so he got off the bike and took a look.
"grass!"
Sure enough, the tire was flat.
Wang Wuhu saw it from the door and trotted over. He stretched out his hand and pinched the tire: "Brother, your tire slowly went flat. It's okay. I can fix it for you! I used to pull a rickshaw along the Huangpu River in Shanghai and fix the tire myself." It’s a common occurrence. Just wait, I’ll get the guy and I’ll finish it for you in ten minutes at most…”
Shanghai?
By the Huangpu River?
Rickshaw driver?
At this moment, the appearance of a person suddenly appeared in Zhou Zhihan's mind. He remembered that when he was in the UK, he had a dream about being chased and killed, and someone blocked the knife for him. That person was when he returned to China after the July 7th Incident. At that time, the rickshaw driver took him to Xinya Hotel at Jiangwan Airport.
Zhou Zhihan murmured to himself: "I actually forgot about him."
Looking at Wang Wuhu who was running all the way back to get the maintenance guy, Zhou Zhihan slapped his head and said, "When this ace battle is over, we have to fulfill the promise we made three years ago."
Wang Wuhu was very skilled in repairing the tire and got it done quickly. His wife looked at Zhou Zhihan's retreating figure: "This fellow of yours is a very talented person. He can still ride a bicycle these days. He is definitely not a mortal. Our little family Those who live in ruins and those who call others brothers may be a bit too high to reach."
Wang Wuhu touched his head: "No way!"
"People are here for breakfast. It doesn't matter if the restaurant is small, but if you specially invite people to have dinner, in this place, people are afraid that they will lose their status by coming!"
When his wife said this, Wang Wuhu looked at his small restaurant again. It was indeed shabby. He thought for a moment: "No, I don't think he is that kind of person."
"If you don't believe it, just wait and see at night. If he comes, it means he doesn't dislike the simplicity of our place. If he doesn't come..."
Wang Wuhu interrupted his wife: "Stop talking and go fry fried dough sticks..."
Little woman: "..."
…
Zhou Zhihan rode to Karen and the others' residence. It was very remote and Japanese planes would never waste ammunition here.
Zhou Zhirou made very thoughtful arrangements. In addition to Karen and Qin Shu, there were four female soldiers with guns in the big house. The female soldiers were wearing ordinary clothes. There was also a woman in her 40s who was responsible for cooking and cleaning the room. .
Before Karen got up, Qin Shu had already gotten up and was sitting in the living room reading a book. Seeing Zhou Zhihan come in, she stood up with a smile and saluted: "Colonel Zhou, morning good!"
"When did you become so polite? It makes me a little reserved." Zhou Zhihan said as he put the flatbread and fried dough sticks on the table, poured himself a cup of tea with a cup, and then sat across from Qin Shu. , "You guys haven't had breakfast yet. I saw a breakfast shop run by a fellow villager on the way here. These are the big cakes and fried dough sticks he sent. You invite everyone to eat them while they're hot. By the way, Karen hasn't gotten up yet."
Qin Shu said: "Karen had a severe pregnancy reaction and the jet lag hadn't reversed yet, so I asked her to get up later because she had nothing to do anyway."
Zhou Zhihan nodded. He had mixed feelings about Qin Shu's sudden appearance. During his time at West Point Military Academy, he had liked Qin Shu and wrote to her. But in the end, nothing happened. Destiny is to play tricks on people. He didn't expect that Qin Shu would change now. Karen's translation.
"You sit down for a while. I'll take the flatbread and deep-fried dough sticks to the kitchen and ask Auntie to cook some porridge for us to eat together when Karen gets up." Qin Shu said, taking the flatbread and deep-fried dough sticks into the kitchen.
After a while, Qin Shu came back, sat across from Zhou Zhihan, took out a pistol, disassembled it and wiped it skillfully: "Karen has been very anorexic recently and can only eat light food, and the diet between China and the West is very different. Otherwise, Ask uncle to hire a chef who can cook Western food for her?"
"It's no use asking anyone for pregnancy symptoms. When I was in the UK, I cooked Chinese food for Karen, and she liked it very much." Zhou Zhihan said with a smile, then took out a cigarette and looked at Qin Shu.
"Why are you looking at me? I just love to twitch." Qin Shu rolled his eyes, just as innocent as when Zhou Zhihan saw her for the first time.
Zhou Zhihan shook his head and lit his cigarette.
"Oh, by the way," Qin Shu assembled the pistol and put it back on her waist with a very sharp movement. She looked at Zhou Zhihan who was lighting a cigarette, "Have you ever told Karen about He Ningyu."
"He Ningyu?"
Zhou Zhihan was stunned. He had already forgotten this name. Qin Shu mentioned it again today, and the past suddenly came to his mind. After a few seconds, he said: "No. I have never mentioned her to Karen."
"I didn't tell her either. I think if you wanted Karen to know, you would tell her personally."
Zhou Zhihan remained calm. She was indeed a sensible girl and had not caused any trouble to herself in the past few days.
But then he thought that Karen was not an unreasonable person. He met He Ningyu and Qin Shu before, not after he met her.
Qin Shu continued: "I didn't tell Karen that I knew you very well when I was in the United States."
Zhou Zhihan didn't know how to answer the call. He never expected that Zhou Zhirou would ask Qin Shu to translate for Karen.
The world is very big when we say it is big, but it is so small when we say it is small.
He couldn't tell Zhou Zhirou about substitution, Zhou Zhirou would definitely ask why.
well!
Zhou Zhihan is a little confused. It's not that he doesn't trust Qin Shu, but he doesn't know how to get along with her every time he sees her. Moreover, Karen is warm and generous, and will always hug him no matter whether there is anyone around. He doesn't care if others are present, but He would feel a little unnatural with Qin Shu next to him.
Qin Shu glanced at Karen's bedroom door, and then said softly: "There is something I have always wanted to ask you."
Karen's bedroom is far away from the living room.
Zhou Zhihan: "What's the matter?"
Qin Shu frowned: "Before you went to Randolph Air Force Academy at West Point, you told me that you would write to me often. I waited for a long time and didn't receive your letter, so I couldn't help but look for you. When I arrived in Randolph, I learned that you had returned to China. I was very disappointed at that time, so I went to a nearby coffee shop and met a woman who seemed to be..."
Zhou Zhihan's heart skipped a beat. Qin Shu's expression and hesitation made him vaguely guess something: "Who?"
"I saw He Ningyu."
"Did you meet her?"
Zhou Zhihan's heart trembled and his head buzzed.
How is this possible? He killed He Ningyu with his own hands, and he saw the police carrying someone out of the house the next morning. Although he did not go over to see that the person the police carried out was He Ningyu, but that Guaranteed to be correct.
"How can this be?"
"I didn't think it was possible at the time. You once told me that she died of gas poisoning. I was also shocked at the time, and then I thought it might be someone who looked very similar, but no matter how I looked at it, she was He Ningyu. ." Qin Shu's tone was very sure, "If it hadn't been during the day and there were so many people in the coffee shop, I would have really thought I had seen a ghost."
"This is impossible." Zhou Zhihan stood up. He Ning was as beautiful as a flower and as heart-like as a snake. If she was not dead, why wouldn't she seek revenge on him?
"If it wasn't her, who could look exactly like her? When you were at West Point Military Academy, you often went to my uncle's teahouse, and there were very few Chinese in the United States. How could there be two identical people?"
Zhou Zhihan's mind was a little confused, and the sudden news was like thunder.
If He Ningyu was not dead, why was her name written on the tombstone when he went to pay homage to her?
If she is not dead, then who will hide it for her?
Who could be lying in the grave?
Qin Shu saw Zhou Zhihan's expression changed drastically and thought that he knew that He Ningyu was not dead and didn't know how to face it. After all, he was his former lover.
From this point, it can also be seen that the man in front of him is affectionate and righteous.
In fact, Qin Shu has been hesitant to tell Zhou Zhihan about the fact that He Ningyu is not dead. She thinks it is too weird and strange. It is better not to remember it. Whenever she thinks about it, she will feel creepy and unbelievable. At the same time, she felt that there were so many doubts and frightening things that she often wondered whether it was because she had not found Zhou Zhihan at the time and was in a daze that caused her to see the wrong person.
Lighting a cigarette, Zhou Zhihan calmed himself down. He quickly recalled the scene when He Ningyu was strangled naked. In order to create the appearance of gas poisoning, he just strangled her unconscious without causing death, and then created the scene of gas poisoning. .
He clearly remembered that he extracted her last memory and left after she died.
Could it be that he was soft-hearted at that time. In order to prevent He Ningyu from dying too painfully, he stuffed two ice cubes in her throat, hoping that she would suffocate to death quickly. However, after he left, the two ice cubes not only did not suffocate her. Death actually stimulated her to wake up?
That's not right. If He Ningyu wakes up, she will definitely ask for help. Then who will the police carry out from her house the next morning?
Suddenly, Zhou Zhihan remembered that after he nakedly strangled He Ningyu and found the gold in the bathroom, he saw his ex in the mirror.
The ex who has always loved He Ningyu and still loves He Ningyu even though he knows that he is being used.
Zhou Zhirou suddenly trembled. It was very possible that he could travel through time. His predecessor might have a way to prevent He Ningyu from dying.
But with He Ningyu's viciousness, how could he not seek revenge on himself?
There should be only one explanation. He Ningyu's brain was damaged and he lost his memory because he was not treated in time after being nakedly hanged.
"Qin Shu!" Zhou Zhihan put out his cigarette butt, "You said you saw He Ningyu, but did she see you at that time?"
"I'm not sure. Because when I found her, her seat was facing the door of the restaurant. I'm not sure if she saw me when I walked in. But I sat in the restaurant for more than an hour, and her eyes always Not looking at me."
"Do you still remember her expression at that time..." Zhou Zhihan explained, "I mean, her death report said gas poisoning, could it be..."
Qin Shu understood what Zhou Zhihan meant. Even if a person suffering from gas poisoning is rescued, there will still be sequelae.
"She was sitting with two American women and chatting happily. From the look on her face when they were talking and laughing, it didn't look like she was suffering from brain damage."
Zhou Zhihan asked back, asking both himself and Qin Shu: "Then why didn't she go to me?"
Qin Shu was silent for a while, and his expression suddenly turned gloomy: "Maybe she was like me. When she went to find you, you had already left there and returned home."
At this moment, the door to Karen's room opened, and Karen walked out. Seeing Zhou Zhihan from a distance, he immediately opened his arms and ran softly: "Zhihan!"
Zhou Zhihan whispered to Qin Shu: "This matter is a bit bizarre. Don't let Karen know that she is pregnant now."
Qin Shu nodded. Even if he didn't tell her, she knew that Karen was able to travel thousands of miles to come to China. She admired and respected her for her courage to sacrifice everything for love.
Since meeting Karen, she often thinks that when Zhou Zhihan went to find her before leaving West Point Military Academy, if she had bravely said that she liked him and even went to Randolph with him, maybe she would not be where she is now. Result.
