Finally, Chen Zihan ended his conversation with Chen Yingrong tonight with a joke: the new wave pushes the old wave forward.
Chen Yingrong went back to sleep with a lot on his mind.
When he left Chen Zihan's room, he said, "I'll come to Qiantang in a few days and meet Wu Qingyuan with you."
"Dad, please don't tell Aunt Wu about what happened between Lu Ruorong and me!"
"I understand!" Chen Yingrong nodded. "Unless you tell me yourself, I definitely won't tell you. I'll also tell your mother."
Around ten o'clock in the evening, Chen Zihan received a message from Yang Xiaodong saying that they had picked up Lu Ruorong and were preparing to send her back.
Chen Zihan immediately called Yang Xiaodong, asked about the situation, and then asked Lu Ruorong to answer the phone.
"I just sent you a message. I've already met them, so don't worry." Lu Ruorong seemed quite happy. "Your two classmates also brought me some midnight snacks: hot cat ears and Pianerchuan from Zhiwei Temple. I'll eat them before getting on the bus. I'm really hungry."
"You should go back and rest early!" Chen Zi Han didn't say much.
The message Lu Ruorong just sent was received a few minutes late. After the call ended, Chen Zihan saw the messages she sent.
There were messages from several other people in the inbox, including Luo Xiaofei, Zhao Xiaoan, Lin Yinuo, and Li Youna.
Li Youna asked Chen Zihan when he was free, as she wanted to invite Sun Jingnian and Luo Xiaofei to have dinner together.
"I'm in Jinling now. I'll be back in two days as I have something to attend to and need leave." After Chen Zi Han explained the situation, he teased Li Youna a few more times, saying that he thought Li Youna had forgotten about the dinner.
"Then contact me when you come back!" Li Youna also replied immediately.
Luo Xiaofei was told the news that Li Youna was going to treat them to dinner.
Luo Xiaofei had been waiting for Chen Zihan's message, and when she saw him asking about this, she immediately agreed.
"Since she wants to treat us to a meal, let's give her some face."
Luo Xiaofei and Li Youna are also people who are dissatisfied with each other, and the open and secret struggles between them are quite fierce.
Among outstanding women, only a few have good relationships.
The two chatted about some other things, and Chen Zi Han also briefly talked about his fight with the Japanese.
When Luo Xiaofei heard this, she became anxious and called immediately.
She breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Chen Zihan say that it had been handled and that he was not injured.
She also blamed Chen Zi Han. How could he be so impulsive outside and make people worry?
"My mother said something similar to you, and you say the same thing. Why are all you women like this?" Chen Zihan was still very grateful for Luo Xiaofei's concern, but he didn't show it and even joked with Luo Xiaofei.
Luo Xiaofei didn't say much. She asked Chen Zihan to go to bed early and let her know when he came back. She would then treat him to a big meal as a way of comforting him.
While exchanging text messages with Luo Xiaofei, Chen Zihan also chatted with Zhao Xiaoan.
When Zhao Xiaoan heard Chen Zihan say that he, Chen Yingrong and Huang Xiaojuan were in Jinling, he immediately became interested.
"I also want to come to Jinling!" She asked Chen Zihan if he would welcome her if she took a leave of absence and came over tomorrow.
"You have classes tomorrow, so you'd better go to class honestly and don't be willful." Chen Zihan certainly didn't want Zhao Xiaoan to come over, so he stopped him immediately.
"Okay, then I'll go back to Qiantang to visit you this weekend or next weekend!" Zhao Xiaoan didn't want to take several days off, so he gave up after hearing what Chen Zihan said.
In the next few days, Chen Zihan stayed with Chen Yingrong and Huang Xiaojuan.
Huang Xiaojuan was very interested in Lu Ruorong's affairs and asked about them several times every day, but Chen Zihan didn't have much to tell her, which made Huang Xiaojuan very dissatisfied.
Chen Yingrong couldn't stand Huang Xiaojuan's gossip, so he solemnly reminded her several times not to talk about Lu Ruorong all day long.
They haven't confirmed their relationship yet, and they're shouting about it everywhere. If they break up in the future, won't they be laughed at?
Lu Ruorong certainly doesn't like others to keep her affairs in mind all the time. If she knew that Huang Xiaojuan was talking about her all day long, she might take her anger out on Chen Zihan.
Huang Xiaojuan did not dare to ignore Chen Yingrong's words. In the end, she restrained her temper and did not say anything about Lu Ruorong in front of other relatives.
Chen Zihan's relatives all came in the next few days.
In the one or two days before they came, Chen Yingrong and Huang Xiaojuan did some things.
They looked up some information and visited many places.
Although they knew that all this might be in vain, and that the exact location of Huang Xiaojuan's grandfather's burial place might never be found out, and that her grandmother's wish to be buried with her husband would never be realized, they still wanted to do something.
The most likely date of Huang Xiaojuan's grandfather's death was December 11, so a large group of people went to Yuhuatai to pay tribute on that day.
Chen Zihan's grandmother cried her eyes out at the memorial service at Yuhuatai.
She tearfully begged for forgiveness from her father, who had heroically died here more than sixty years earlier. She said she was unfilial, saying she hadn't found his remains all these years, and that she and her sisters hadn't yet completed their mother's dying request. She also promised her father in heaven that as long as she lived, she would come here to pay her respects annually. Even after her death, she would ensure that her children and their descendants would continue to do so.
"Mom, don't be too sad!" Chen Yingrong gestured to Huang Xiaojuan, who was also crying, to go forward and help his sobbing mother-in-law up. He then stepped forward and softly comforted her, "Grandpa died bravely here fighting against foreign enemies. We should all be proud of him. He couldn't defend this land during his lifetime, but after his death, he and his comrades continued to stand here and watch the world change. He has a large group of comrades by his side, so he is not alone anymore."
Huang Xiaojuan also tried to persuade her, and finally the grandmother stopped crying.
The next day, they went their separate ways to look for clues, and then met up in the evening to have dinner together.
On December 13, everyone went to the Memorial Hall of the Victims of the Massacre to visit the memorial and pay tribute to the compatriots who died in the disaster.
There were no public memorial arrangements around 2001, and the establishment of the National Memorial Day was not until more than ten years later.
But there were still many people coming to the memorial to pay their respects that day.
Among those who came to pay their respects, there were also many foreigners.
While visiting, Chen Zihan still thought about the situation when the official memorial activities were organized after the establishment of the National Memorial Day more than ten years later.
Tens of thousands of people stood in silence in the square, the shrill sound of air raid sirens resounded over the city of Jinling, all vehicles in the city stopped, and vehicles and ships on the Yangtze River honked their horns in greeting.
The fragile history books cannot bear the weight of these humiliations, and some blood and tears cannot be washed away even with the passage of time!
He still looks forward to the day when he can "raise the Han flag on the top of Mount Fuji and get drunk with a Hu girl under the cherry trees"!
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