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Chapter 2 The Ship Arrived in Jinling
Sitting on the "Wuhan" merchant ship bound for Nanjing, the capital of the Republic of China, Li Chong took various newspapers and periodicals he bought to learn more about what happened on the front line.

When I saw the words in the newspaper that "Japan wants to negotiate peace with the Nanjing government", I thought to myself, "The so-called peace talks are just under the guise of peaceful negotiations. The so-called 'peace talks' are just a smokescreen. Let's fight and talk." , take the time to dispatch troops and generals, isn’t the lesson from the three eastern provinces not enough, Nanjing still has the illusion of ‘peace’.”

Li Chong folded one of the newspapers into a paper airplane, looked at the turbulent river and sneered, waved his long arms, and the newspaper airplane fluttered and submerged in the waves.

"If this continues, Beiping City, this ancient capital will fall into the hands of the Japanese invaders!" Li Chongchang sighed while leaning on the railing of the ship.

"You are scaremongering!" A woman in a top hat and tuxedo retorted behind.

Li Chong turned his head to look, and at some point, a woman dressed as a gentleman stood behind him and looked at him.Tall and tall, wearing flat leather shoes can match Li Chong's chin. His bright eyes are as beautiful as stars, pure as the blue sky on the river, and the natural curve of the corners of his mouth has a touch of fox's cunning.

This kind of eyes can only be possessed when one lives in a hotbed-like environment without worrying about eating and drinking.

Li Chong disdains to argue with a young lady who is so bored that she disguises herself as a man and experiences folk life.

"Hey! What's the matter with you? Are people talking to you?" Lin Wanru stomped her feet, feeling a little unhappy, thinking of herself as the majestic lady of the Lin's Chamber of Commerce in Jinling City, who was always greeted by people everywhere she went. Why do people who wear suits but don't comb their hair ignore themselves?
When a man encounters a beautiful woman, he will be tempted to strike up a conversation. Isn't a woman's first impression of a man also based on his appearance and temperament?Lin Wanru felt bored on the boat with her family, so she got rid of her servants and ran to the deck for a stroll.

Those who can afford a merchant ship have two in their pockets.There are not a few young people who wear suits. Even the conspicuous white suits, there are two shirts, combed hair, and gold-rimmed glasses. Lin Wanru disdains to talk to these people who look golden and talk about a little stuff in their stomachs. .

These days, there are not a few young people wearing suits, and it seems that wearing them can give them a sense of superiority.But there are very few people who can wear suits like ordinary clothes, inconspicuous, and integrated into their words and deeds, and Li Chong is one of them.

Li Chong, who was reading the newspaper on the deck, had his brows locked, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and he did not participate in the high-spirited discussions among the group of young people next to him. He read the newspaper alone, and he didn't care about his image origami airplane. This made Lin Wanru feel uneasy Got a little curious.

Now that I took the initiative to provoke him, I just hoped to see what this curious young man was thinking during the chat.
In the end, she ignored her, so angry, Lin Wanru puffed her mouth.

As the most talented woman recognized by "Jinling Women's College", Lin Wanru also has her own pride in writing good articles.However, in Li Chong's view, such articles are full of petty bourgeois sentiments and are not in tune with the aspirations of this era. They may be beautiful to read, but they are not in line with the current national conditions and are not beneficial to the current country.

Unexpectedly, she met someone who was more proud than herself, Lin Wanru secretly said in her heart.

Watching the young man next to him continue to read with gusto from the many newspapers pressed on the wooden boards on the deck.Lin Wanru also squatted down and raised her eyes. Out of the corner of her eye, seeing that the young man hadn't noticed her, the corners of her mouth became even more curved. She moved the board swiftly and gently, just as she was about to take out the newspaper with thin hands.

"Hmm!" There was a cough from top to bottom, and Lin Wanru, who was concentrating on "stealing" the newspaper, was frightened, and she leaned back, and sat down on the deck in fright.

Li Chong looked at this character who was out of character, not at all like a girl from his hometown, but a girl with a free spirit like a girl from Shanghai and Hong Kong, and even seemed to have a familiar personality, so he became interested.

Rolling up the newspaper, leaning against the railing, and meeting the girl's imposing eyes, he said with great interest, "The teacher didn't tell you: if you don't ask for it, it's considered stealing."

Lin Wanru's face was blushing, she raised her face and opened her eyes wide, arguing, "Scholar's affairs can be regarded as stealing." Then there was a murmur like a mosquito, very thin and soft, Li Chong didn't hear a word clearly, Anyway, more and more fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, and his head became lower and lower, almost buried under the deck to hold an ostrich.

"Miss, miss, I finally found you. Madam is so anxious to find you." As soon as he spoke, a little girl in a blue cloth skirt tucked in her waist, panting and looking like a servant girl, approached the girl.

"How many times have I told you that people call me 'Master'!" the girl grumbled dissatisfiedly.

As the girl spoke, she seemed to feel Li Chong's teasing gaze, which was a "deception" gaze, which shocked the proud Lin Wanru a little.

Could it be that this man is his nemesis, he has humiliated him several times overtly and secretly, so he should withdraw first.Thinking of this, Lin Wanru took the maid's hand and ran away from the deck in a hurry.

For Li Chong, this is just an episode during the trip.

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Along the Yangtze River, during two days and two nights, when the ship docked at some important docks along the river, Li Chong bought newspapers in time to learn about the progress of the war on the front line in Beiping.

In the newspaper, the big bold characters of "Pingjin is in crisis! North China is in crisis! The Chinese nation is in crisis!" are shocking.

In the war started by the Japanese army this time, Li Chong felt more and more a breath of wind and rain.

In the early morning of the third day, the ship docked at Zhongshan Ferry, which is also called Capital Wharf. To commemorate the father of the nation, Mr. Sun Yat-sen, the ferry where Mr. Sun Yat-sen’s coffin landed was specially changed to Zhongshan Wharf.

Li Chong carried his leather bag and followed the crowd down.

Not far behind, Lin Wanru, who had already changed back into women's clothes, saw Li Chong who was walking in front, and deliberately lagged behind by two steps.

After leaving the ferry, but after taking two steps forward, Li Chong could feel the anxiety suppressed in the air, which was more intense than that in Wuhan.

But the strange thing is that Li Chong didn't see the demonstrations along the way all the way into the city along the ferry.Demonstrations broke out in Wuhan two days ago, and now Pingjin is in crisis!North China is in danger!The Chinese nation is in danger!Businesses and students from all over the country marched to demand resistance against Japan. As the political center of the Republic of China, why is it so peaceful here?

Walking to the telegraph office, the staff in the bureau were talking in a low voice, and Li Chong's ears were sharp. These staff were talking about yesterday's street parade.

Taking advantage of the time to send a telegram to his hometown, Li Chong took out a cigarette and sent one to the staff on the opposite side.

"Can you tell me what happened yesterday?"

"Oh, it looks like you're new here. You don't know, two days ago there was a parade, and people died..." A cigarette instantly shortened the distance between people.

After some communication, Li Chong knew the reason why Nanjing City was so quiet.As the current capital of the Republic of China, the ruling group still has a strong control over Nanjing. Halfway through the anti-Japanese demonstrations that broke out yesterday, they were quickly suppressed by the military and police.

The demonstrators were already resentful, and conflicts with the military and police inevitably occurred, and the unarmed demonstrators immediately suffered a loss due to their blood.After the bloody incident, in order to avoid the escalation of the situation, the authorities directly announced the dismissal of the chief of the police station, expressing their determination to resist Japan.In the Nationalist government, there were also voices of "don't yield, don't expand" and "don't seek war, we must resist war", which temporarily suppressed the emotions in the hearts of the demonstrators.

At the same time tighten constraints on students and workers.Students who leave school without authorization will be expelled from school; workers who leave their posts without authorization will be expelled from their positions.These two things are what the student and worker groups care most about. Under the twin sticks of appeasement and threats, the demonstration movement was temporarily suppressed.

After sending back a telegram to his family members saying "I have arrived in Nanjing, I am bringing good medicine with me, I will arrive in a few days", Li Chong thought about the way to return home quickly.Yangzhou is also separated from Nanjing and his hometown, and the waterway is well developed. When Li Chong came here, he came by boat, but because there were not many commercial ships, the speed was relatively slow.

Thinking while walking, "Gurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr", Li Chong then heard that he hadn't eaten anything after getting off the boat.

As the capital of the Republic of China, there are countless restaurants and restaurants.No matter how much war is fought, the two sides of the Qinhuai River will always flow continuously.

After eating a bowl of noodles, Li Chong was sweating all over, and the wind blew, making him feel comfortable. Li Chong was carrying his bag and was going to see if there was a ferry to Yangzhou.

As he walked, the corners of Li Chong's mouth curled up, because there were two "little tails" sneaking behind him.

Born in troubled times, people of various religions are indispensable. Li Chong is dressed like a rich young master, carrying a bag in his hand, and he looks very oily at first glance. He guessed that he would be targeted by these local burglars as soon as he got off the ferry.

If an ordinary rich man, with no family members around him, found himself being followed, he would definitely panic, but Li Chong acted as if he hadn't seen it, and the old god walked forward at ease, the farther he walked, the fewer people there were in front of him.

The two snitches following behind became more and more proud, feeling that they met a fat sheep again today.There was a parade in the street yesterday, and I made a lot of unexpected money, mixed in the crowd, left one after another, and stole a lot of money.

Today, I came to Qinhuai River to enjoy it, but I found a single rich young master, who couldn't stop the fortune. The two snitches looked at each other, full of pride in their hearts.

Li Chong walked into the alley ahead, and was about to get rid of the two of them when no one was around.

"Ah!" A sharp female scream made Li Chong frowned. He was about to turn around and overthrow the two of them, but the scream in front made Li Chong go forward to see what was going on. thing.

(End of this chapter)