Couples in Mountain City —— Adapting the first chapter of short stories

1945 winter, near the Spring Festival, an antique house in the suburbs of Chongqing.

Rare sunlight is projected on the ground through the thin fog, and even in the morning of the dead of winter, it doesn't make Xu feel cold. She sat on a stool in the yard and took a deep breath. "Bi cheng, it's cold outside. You shouldn't sneak out. " Someone gently put a thick wool scarf on her.

Xu didn't look back, but there was a sweet smile on his face: "Officer Tang, I'm just so bored."

Tang Shanhai bypassed her, sat beside her gently, put his arms around her, raised an eyebrow and smiled: "Mrs. Tang, isn't this the life we have dreamed of many times in Shanghai?" Now, "he gently pulled her eyebrow eye and made her smile at herself. White teeth, thin face, crescent eyes, eyes flashing with a smile. What made him feel pure and beautiful was that he stopped his words and gently kissed her on the forehead. With her eyes closed and her forehead and eyelashes glowing with golden light, she still looks like a child, the same one that Tang Shanhai liked many years ago. Maybe it's really been a long time. Maybe they are already too familiar with it. Tang Shanhai can't remember when they were used to such company. He is grateful to think of that thrilling night and to Chen Shen, who filled him with complex emotions. .....

That night, he wanted to get rid of the poisonous weeds in his heart. Xu Bicheng hugged him for the first time, a shallow hug. She tied his tie like a wife, but watched him go to Liu Meina. After turning around, Tang Shanhai felt that his eyes were all sour and full of bitterness. Xu Bicheng didn't stay, and didn't say much. She is so obedient that she really looks like a subordinate and partner. Because she never loved him. As long as she says a word, he will hug her gratefully and never force himself to carry out an action or task planned by himself.

Maybe this is my life. Tangshanhai took a deep breath, held her breath, was full of bitterness, and drove away without looking back.

Tang Shanhai didn't know that Xu had been watching him outside the window. She felt that she could only hold the window frames and curtains with her hands desperately. As a partner, Xu feels that he must support his plan, because he is so useless that he can hardly get any useful information and can do nothing except get into trouble. He has always been a soldier with his own ideals. Let him go. Although Xu said it to herself dozens of times in my mind, when I thought about what might happen in the Tangshan Sea tonight, she felt a chill pervading the whole body and deeply penetrating into every pore, making her feel cold and want to cry. She inhaled desperately, trying to control herself, but tears were still dripping down.

For a long time, her hand could no longer hold the curtain and fell down. Standing for a long time, her hands and feet were numb, and she staggered into the room, looking for a glass of wine. An empty room is really cold. Xu misses the taste of Tangshan, the faint smell of tobacco and the faint warmth. Even a glass of red wine can't make her feel better. She sat down, lay down, stood up and arranged her clothes. Nothing can stabilize her. There is a feeling of explosion in her heart, which is fear, a sob in her trachea and deep thoughts. She just wants to go to a crowded place. She needs sound, air, noise and feeling groggy, so she doesn't have to think about anything, worry or be afraid. This made her unable to restrain herself any longer. She quickly put on a cheongsam, put on a silk scarf, put on a windbreaker and ran downstairs with her handbag. "Rickshaw!" Without thinking, she called a car. "To MGM!"

In this mixed nightclub, Xu is a foreign body. Men look at this single woman with some guesses and greedy eyes, while all kinds of women whisper about her figure and clothes with envious or jealous eyes. The waiter brought a glass of wine for the lady who looked lonely and sad. As soon as Xu got it, he swallowed it in one gulp. It was very spicy and choking, but his body warmed up immediately and his mind was a little light. She could feel those eyes and comments. Tang Shanhai frowned and gently scolded her: "You let everyone notice you again! This is not what you should do as a covert agent! " She smiled and said to herself, "In fact, I am stupid!" She smiled, but she couldn't stop crying for a long time. She shook her head desperately, trying to throw the appearance of Tang Shanhai out of her mind, but she heard him sigh gently. "You also drink bad. You shouldn't drink! "

"Why do you always want to do whatever you want, and I am nothing!" Xu's hair was messed up, but she could still see holding Tang Shanhai's neck and demonstrating with her, as if to say, "You can't give him what he wants! And I love him! "

She took another cup and drank it with tears in her eyes. It tastes salty and spicy, just like her heart.

"Miss, what's the matter with you?" There seems to be a strange man next to her, handing her a glass of wine. "Did someone bully you?"

"Don't say anything, stay calm and natural." Tang Shanhai told her seriously in her mind that she was still so cold. Xu raised his eyes, eyes blurred. She looked at the man she didn't know. "I'm fine," she naturally drank half a cup.

"Miss, you are crying." The man put another glass of wine on her right.

"I'm not crying, I'm fine." Xu Bicheng choked up. She took the wine and gulped down half a cup, her cheeks burning faintly. She really wants to pull someone to tell others, and she feels very uncomfortable. She didn't want him to go out and upset him. She doesn't want to be his poisonous weed, and she doesn't want to be pulled out.

After a few drinks, she told herself that she was a little drunk and wanted to stand up, but she staggered and her legs were weak. She jerked down her scarf to calm herself down, but none of this helped her wake up. And Tang Shanhai still sighed softly in his heart and said, "You are really drunk. . . "

She's really drunk, really drunk.

MGM's side box, Chen Shen's eyes stared at her from the moment she found her. At first, Chen Shen thought that Xu Bicheng came alone, perhaps on a mission. Thinking of his immature agency technology, Chen Shen decided to observe it and solve it in case of any problems. After she sat down to drink the first cup, her back trembled slightly, as if she were suffocating. Chen Shen completely forgot to respond to the surrounding Yingying Yanyan, but quickly sent them away, asked for a bottle of Gowasu and looked at her quietly. Until he saw her jasper-white skin with an unnatural red color and the look in her eyes that she turned to leave, he finally confirmed that maybe she was not on a mission, she cried and she was drunk. He saw the strange man next to him and politely caught up with those little hands. "Young lady, don't be sad. You drink too much. You need a place to have a good rest. " He picked up her scarf and handbag and helped her upstairs.

"I'm not a poisonous weed ..." "Don't pull mine ..." "You bastard!" "Don't tell me what you are going to do!" Xu Bicheng staggered behind, still struggling with Tang Shanhai in his mind.

Chen Shen alertly put down the bottle and stood up. It seems to be a Japanese man. No matter who he is or whether he knows Xu, his eyes are full of men's greed for women, and he must have ulterior motives in handing the wine to Xu. Chen Shen secretly sighed, the in the mind some worry. He called the waiter next to him and gently charged a few words. Then he stood up and followed them in the past direction.

There seems to be no movement on the second floor. Chen Shen ran to the third floor in three steps. The private rooms here are places where rich people have fun. They are very elegant and quiet. The lighting on the same floor is very different. At this point, there is not much movement here, so Chen Shen had to listen at the door one by one, trying to find out where Xu went.

Suddenly, he heard something. It was Xu's shrill voice: "Who are you? ! Don't touch me. " After the silence, Chen Shen seemed to be suddenly pricked by a needle, and blood welled up in his brain. He followed the sound and ran over. The door of the private room was locked. He hit it with all his strength and the bullet opened with a bang.

Xu had already given up his resistance and had a splitting headache. Compared with the big man in front of her, she is like a rabbit falling into a hunter's trap. She can only kick, but hitting her muscles makes her hands hurt more. The sound of clothes tearing, she only felt cold and cold, but her mind was still Tang Shanhai. He frowned and looked at her angrily.

"Master Tang, do you hate me?" She closed her eyes in despair.

Chen Shen saw that in the dim light, the shirt lying on Xu on the sofa had completely disappeared, revealing a broad back. Chen Shen pulled the man away, regardless of punching and kicking. The man was soon knocked to the ground and cursed in Japanese. Xu's silk cheongsam neckline and tube top shoulder strap have been torn, hanging softly over her shoulders, her hands tied with scarves, her cheongsam split, her stockings tattered, revealing her snow-white thighs, and her expression of despair was like a dying man.

Xu Bicheng slowly opened his eyes and saw Chen Shen. She finally sat up trembling. She bit her lip and tried not to cry, and her face turned whiter.

Chen Shen quickly untied her silk scarf, took off her trench coat and put it on her. He hugged her lovingly: "Bi Cheng, are you all right! Nothing! " He patted her on the back and felt that she began to sob. Her shoulders are cold, and her thin shoulders are getting lonely. "teacher! I, I, I ... "

The waiter and the boss came up soon as Chen Shen expected. They appeased the Japanese guests, apologized to Chen Shen, and finally left the box one by one. Chen Shen felt relieved. He can't let Xu Bi go out like this. "Bi Cheng, can I take you home?" He didn't wait for Xu to answer, but picked her up and went downstairs.

Chen Shen drives faster than usual, so Xu sits beside her. Her eyes blurred, like a hazy moonlight, she bit her lip hard and tried to control her emotions. The two blue and purple marks on the snow-white wrist are very ferocious. Chen Shen sighed and felt a little angry at Tang Shanhai's carelessness. He thought about how to teach him a lesson when he saw Tangshan Sea, but in the face of frightened Xu, he slowly asked, "Bi Cheng, why didn't your Mr. Tang come with you?"

Hearing Chen Shen's question, Xu Bicheng looked up. She bit her lip and her eyes were red and swollen. She said softly, "Chen Shen, I can't say." Say that finish twist a head to look out of the window, deliberately stopped talking. After arriving at Chen Shen's home, Xu had a splitting headache and was sore all over. She really doesn't want to go back, don't want Tang Shanhai to know her own business, and don't want to see the so-called "home" that doesn't come back all night. She buried her head and whispered, "Chen Shen, I-I don't want to go back!"

"Why? ! "Chen Shen asked. In fact, Chen Shen never wanted her to go back to that "home", but no matter how wronged she was, she always rolled up Tang Shanhai's arm softly at the action place, got into his car and left with dust. How many nights, Chen Shen passed by this apartment, always unable to restrain to imagine their home and their life, that kind of acidity has long been numb. Now, she finally doesn't want to go back.

"He, he won't go home tonight, I'm afraid ..." Xu Bicheng was really scared. After saying this, she couldn't help but get red in the eye. She stubbornly tried to rub her eyes with her hands, but she accidentally touched the blue on her hands. "Oh," she took a deep breath.

Chen Shen some understand, at this time, she should have been like a child, crying his grievances in his arms, but now she is talking in such a tone, even when she was about to be bullied, she still insisted on not telling the whereabouts of Tang Shanhai. Chen Shen knows that he has grown up and become strong, and he no longer needs himself so much. But in any case, he can't let the person he loves spend the night that scares her alone.

"What happened to your Mr. Tang?" Li Xiaonan got a call from Chen Shen and came to Tang Fu to accompany him. Seeing Xu's appearance, she seemed to understand something. She quickly poured some hot water from Chen Shen's expenses and looked at Xu's scars by herself. I'm not sure what happened to Xu, but she is still keen and always speaks so bluntly.

"Your Tang Shanhai should let you go to such a dangerous place alone? ! Although my Chen Shen doesn't like me, he won't do it! "

"You hurriedly give him a call! Get him back! What is more important than your wife! "

"What about others? Don't worry, when he comes back, I will let Chen Shen talk about him! "

Li Xiaonan kept venting his anger.

Listening to the little man's words, Xu felt that every sentence poked his heart, and he sobbed again, his heart ached. "He's not at home-"Bridget City gently leaned her head on the little boy's shoulder. She thought that the silly girl would be safe only if she told the little boy. "He went to Liu Meina-"

Li Xiaonan listened, and her shrill voice disappeared at once. She spat out her tongue, thinking that this Tangshan sea is really not human! But look at Bi Cheng's pale face, red eyes and tears. Li Xiaonan felt sorry for the fragile girl again. She whispered in her ear, "You go and wash and change clothes, and I'll help you drain the water."

Chen Shen across the glass door of the bedroom heard these words, the in the mind suddenly a tight. He remembered the recent contact between Tangshanhai and Liu Meina in the mobile office, and he suddenly realized that this was the "return to zero plan" again! He can't help being anxious and angry, this fool Tang Shanhai!

There was water in the room, and Li Xiaonan gently opened the door. She looked at Chen Shen like that and said word for word, "Chen Shen, I think you should go to Mr. Tang."

Chen Shen put on a look of indifference and shrugged: "Dude, I don't think it's appropriate for me to go."

Li Xiaonan still looked at him, as if he had suddenly seen through his mind, and there was a smile on his lips: "Chen Shen, don't think that I don't know your heart, but-"she lowered her eyes and said, "Xu Bi really needs Tang Shanhai, but she just won't say it."

Chen Shen was stunned by this sentence, his ears were buzzing, and thousands of voices in his heart were saying to himself, "This is not the truth", but this is the truth, because no one knows women better than women.

He hung his head, slowly took Li Xiaonan's hand and said with a wry smile, "Little man, please call this number for me quickly-"He paused and said softly, "Help me take care of her until we come back!"