Forrest Gump is right: life is like chocolate, you never know what the next one will taste like. A short sentence explains the randomness of life, which is why life is so attractive.
Of course, there are good surprises and bad ones, and no matter what the reason for Angela and Scarlett to have sex again—whether to let go of negativity, be tortured by longing for too long—they have to deal with one the next day. People, Kayla, who came from England in a dusty way.
"Hi..." was Kayla's first words after the meeting, and then fell silent. Her eyes were fixed on Scarlett, and her face became a little ugly.
Scarlett, who was sitting opposite Angela, was dressed very simply and without makeup, but Kayla could still see that she was not wearing a bra inside - well, that's not the point, the point was the amorous feelings hidden between her brows, And the embarrassment, embarrassment, and unease after discovering Kayla.
If it wasn't in the hotel's restaurant, if there were still many people having breakfast around, Kayla would have already asked, instead of standing at the dining table like a wooden stake.
"Kayla? I didn't expect you to come to see me in Shanghai too. What a surprise." Angela's tone was filled with just the right amount of surprise, just like those who haven't seen friends for a long time, and then pulled Kayla without any expression. One: "When did you arrive? Last night or this morning? Sit down first, you look tired."
Kayla sat down according to the words, secretly took two deep breaths to make herself look normal, then looked at Scarlett and squeezed a smile: "Hi, Manny, I think this should be the first time we meet. Bar?"
"Yes, for the first time." Scarlet's eyes flashed a complicated look, and her teeth slid across her lips.
"Angela often talks to me about you, she says you are one of her best friends." Kayla's smile grew stronger, slightly sarcastic, "I sometimes can't help thinking, what? It's time to have such good friends."
Scarlet couldn't help but raised her eyebrows, feeling a little angry. She didn't endure it to let the other party gain an inch. Just when she opened her mouth to fight back, Angela interjected: "Hey, Kayla, you haven't answered my question yet."
"I arrived in Shanghai at four o'clock in the morning this morning," Kayla had to turn her attention to Angela, "Fortunately, I booked a room at the Hilton Hotel in advance, but I couldn't sleep in bed until it was bright. Get up. I originally planned to go to the restaurant to have breakfast and then look for you, but I didn't expect you to be here, but you saw me as sloppy now."
In fact, Kayla in front of her was not sloppy at all, but her eyes were slightly puffy, and her sleepy appearance was obvious.
"Then go back to the room to rest. If you don't get enough sleep, it will only be bad for your body and not good for you." Angela said softly, and before Keira wanted to refute, she stretched out her hand and squeezed lovingly on her face, "Be obedient!"
Kayla was stunned for a while, and looked around her face with a faint blush, but she still didn't plan to go back to rest: "But I want to go to the studio to see, the media has mixed reviews on your new movie, I want to judge it according to myself. to make a judgment.”
Even so, she still gave Scarlett a covert glance. Scarlett, who had been drooping her eyelids after being interrupted by Angela, suddenly put down the coffee cup in her hand and raised her head: "Angie, I think it's time for me to go back."
"Go back? America? Today?" Angela raised her eyebrows in surprise.
"Yes," Scarlett nodded, "Actually, I booked the plane ticket two days ago, but I didn't tell you. You know, I came with Ms. Meryl, and her part has not finished filming mine yet. "
"Okay," Angela nodded regretfully after thinking for a few seconds, "After all, work comes first."
Kayla next to her couldn't help showing a smile that concealed her victory, but Angela's next sentence made her frown again: "What time is the plane, so I can take you to the airport."
"No need, you also have work to do, don't you?" Scarlett shook her head and rejected her kindness, "Your condition is much better these days, and your progress has accelerated a lot, so you have to hurry up."
Kayla's face changed several times after listening to the word without a word. She wanted to interrupt to say a few words, but she thought of something and raised the corner of her mouth, and finally stood up and stretched her body lazily: "I'll go back to my room to rest first, Angie."
Then gave Scarlet a cold look, turned and walked towards the restaurant door. The table returned to calm, but neither Angela nor Scarlet had any desire to talk anymore. The two silently used up the rest of the food, and then both left the restaurant.
"I'm going to pack up, go to the studio, don't take me off." Scarlett said after the elevator arrived, seeing Angela nodded silently before entering the elevator. But she couldn't hold back in the end, and whispered as the elevator doors began to close: "She looks like, really like."
Angela's body trembled slightly, and she stared blankly as the smooth elevator door closed in front of her, reflecting a somewhat distorted mirror image of herself, and then clenched her fists.
The day passed quickly, and Kayla, who hurried back to the hotel room, turned on the light, put the bag in her hand on the coffee table and started to get busy. Angela just called and said she was going back to the hotel soon, she had to be quicker Just do it.
After putting things in order, he rushed to the bathroom to get dressed up a bit, and whispered something to himself in the mirror as if to cheer up, and the doorbell rang.
"You're here, Angie?" Kayla opened the door and her eyes turned into crescents.
"Yeah, you came to see me on purpose, so I'll end the filming early and come back to accompany you." Angela smiled tiredly between her brows, then leaned over and kissed her on the cheek.
"Come in, where's Lily?" Keira happily took her arm and pulled her into the room.
"I asked her to go back to her room, why, do you want her to watch from the side?" Angela said teasingly.
"Hey, I'm just asking," Kayla said angrily, helping her take off her coat, "how is it going today? When I called for the first time, Lily picked it up again, and she said You were throwing a tantrum at the actor."
"It turns out that she slandered me like this, it's really hateful." Angela said half-truth, and then waved after sitting down on the sofa: "Don't worry, you know, I hardly lose my temper on the set, most use Strict words."
"Tell me about it." Kayla sat next to her, "Tell me about the specific situation, just take it as a way to relieve my boredom."
"Okay okay." Seeing her expectant expression, Angela nodded and started talking.
In fact, there is nothing else, it is similar to those before, but since Kayla wants to hear it, Angela doesn't mind spreading something for her.
"So, that documentary and the records in "Rabe's Diary" have solid evidence?" After Angela's story came to an end, Kayla asked seriously with a dignified expression.
"Combining all kinds of evidence, the credibility should be 80% to 90%." Angela nodded.
"It's shameful, Japan should still be a signatory of the international convention at that time." Kayla said with some resentment.
"For the Japanese..." Angela suddenly closed her mouth, shook her head and spread her hands: "Look, even you have never heard of such a disaster, that's why I want to make it into a movie reason."
Maybe it was because she almost missed out or maybe because the topic was too heavy, she turned her attention to other places, such as the things on the coffee table: "This is... what?"
It was a small Chinese-style crock pot, and it looked antique and charming.
"Oh, I went out to sell it for you on purpose." Kayla, who was a little depressed because of the heavy topic, suddenly became excited, "I asked a lot of people, and ran several streets before I bought it at a famous restaurant. Yes, fortunately the guide next to me is very good. What the hell is that restaurant, I forgot the name of the soup, the Chinese characters are really hard to remember. In short, they all said that this soup is very good for women and it is very suitable for women to nourish the body."
"Really?" Angela looked at the big characters "Xu Ji" in the earthen crock pot with suspicion, then opened the lid and smelled it, "It seems to smell of rice wine? Not sure... This is... Silky chicken?!"
Angela's face suddenly became weird, and Keira next to him was still urging enthusiastically: "Try it - oh, it seems that the temperature is gone, let the people in the hotel help to heat it, I specially recorded the heating time. precautions.”
She said that she found it in her handbag, and Angela grabbed Keira's arm a little funny: "Okay, Keira, I'm very touched by your thoughts, but I don't want to drink soup now."
"Why?" Keira looked at her in surprise, and her face became a little bad.
"If I'm not mistaken, this should be the soup for women to drink during 'confinement'." Angela explained with a smile, "Do you understand what 'confinement' is? This is a common saying, Chinese use Come to refer specifically to the time a woman takes to rest after giving birth."
Kayla blinked, and after a long while, she opened her mouth to react: "You mean this soup is specially made for pregnant women?!"
"No, no," Angela smiled and shook her head. "It's for women who have given birth to children. To put it simply, it is nutritional soup, so that women who have given birth to children can better supplement their nutrition."
"Oh, damn it!" Keira suddenly showed an annoyed look, gnashing her teeth as if she had done a big mistake, "Damn, I said that the guide was competent, but I didn't expect it to be like this..."
"Okay, Kayla, it's no big deal." Angela said comfortingly.
At this time, Kayla hurriedly took out a small box from her handbag, and handed it to Angela to look at her with hope: "I bought this for you specially, I think this should not be deceived."
"The previous one wasn't considered cheating, because..." Angela was stunned when she opened the box. She looked at the contents and asked after a while, "Is this... bought at the Temple of the City God?"
"Well... yes, the name of that place is this pronunciation." Kayla nodded after recalling, and then showed a shy smile: "They said, this means... the meaning of being together forever."
Angela didn't speak anymore, just stared at the contents of the box. It was a yellow and white concentric knot with a small emerald in the middle, and it was not bad for handcraft alone.
A strong feeling of dizziness and trance suddenly flooded her mind, and the repetition of many pictures made her feel like she couldn't breathe. Angela pushed open the box abruptly, pinched the bridge of her nose and turned her head: "It's still... Forget it."
"Why?" Kayla looked at Angela inexplicably. "Is it because it doesn't look good? Or did I make a mistake again?"
"No no no, Kayla," Angela shook her head, "you did a great job, I'm impressed, it's just... for some reason I... don't want to collect this gadget... "
"Some reason?" Kayla murmured, her disappointed face getting anxious, "Can't you tell me? Can't you tell me at all? I... Am I not your girlfriend?!"
Without waiting for Angela to answer, she then gritted her teeth and asked, "Is it because of Manny?"
"Wait, why did this involve Manny again?" Angela's expression changed slightly.
"Then why can't you say it?" Keira asked irritably. "Other than that, I can't think of a reason for you not to say it!"
"I don't want to say it's because I saw this thing when I came to China 7 or 8 years ago. At that time... Anyway, I don't want to mention this now, okay?!" Angela raised her voice slightly.
"Is that so? Is that really the case?" Kayla looked at Angela with a sneer, with a look of disbelief.
Angela's face was also ashen, and she stared at Kayla for a long time and then spread her hands: "If you want to ask anything, just ask."
Kayla's breathing suddenly became rapid, her hands were sadly grasping the corners of her clothes, biting her lip, not knowing what to say. In the end, she softened, hugged Angela and said with a little choked: "I'm sorry, Angie, I'm sorry, I'm just afraid, I'm just afraid of losing you suddenly, I'm sorry..."
Angela immediately relaxed and comforted Kayla with a wry smile: "It should be me who said sorry."
The two hugged each other so tightly for a long time before they parted, and then looked at each other and smiled, with something incomprehensible.
"Let's do something else, like let the hotel people heat this pot of soup, and the two of us divide it." Angela pointed to the small crock pot that was still on the coffee table.
"Didn't you say that this is for women who have given birth to children?" Keira asked strangely.
"I haven't finished my words. Even women who don't have children can drink it. See this? This is silky chicken. The Chinese believe that the soup made from silky chicken has many benefits for women." Angela smiled. explained.
"Is that so?" Kayla rubbed her chin. "Well, I have to admit, you know a lot about these things in China."
Having said this, she rolled her eyes and suddenly excitedly proposed: "Or, call Lily to share this can of soup. We can wait for her to finish drinking and then tell her that this is for pregnant women - oh, it's birth. Children's women drink it."
"Good idea, just do it like this." Angela immediately made a decision.
The sudden turmoil seems to have passed just like this, however, whether it really passed or was buried in a deeper place, only the person concerned will know.
Dear Führer, this is the tenth time I am writing to you. I know that you may have many things to consider. You may not have time to write back to me, but I still want to tell you what I have seen and heard in the Far East.
The continuous slaughter has been going on for a month. The Japanese are doing unscrupulous things like wild animals in this ancient city in the east. This originally beautiful city is now only destroyed and killed. I can't believe that we are with this kind of people allied.
Although the safety zone we established in Nanjing has rescued some refugees, it is far from enough. The Japanese regard international conventions as nothing, and often break into the safety zone at will to arrest people, and even cut off various supplies in the safety zone.
Dear Führer, I hereby implore you again to help these poor people, and hope that the German ambassador can come forward to stop these cruel beasts from ravaging this land.
Yours sincerely, John Rabe
Rabe looked out of the car window anxiously, his eyes under the glasses were bloodshot, and he had written dozens of letters to the head of state, but they were all like rocks that sank into the sea without turning up at all. The German embassy has said there is nothing they can do about it, they have received several protests from the Japanese, and even the SS has come to warn him.
Why is this happening? Rabe asked himself over and over again in his heart, that loyalty has gradually begun to shake.
Jinling Women's University is already in sight. Unlike before, a few Japanese soldiers with bayonets seemed to want to break in at the door, while Minnie Weitlin, who was in charge of school affairs after the fall of Nanjing, blocked the door. Don't let them in.
"These goddamn bastards!" Rabe couldn't help but scolded in a low voice. As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the Japanese soldier standing at the front slapped Waitlin in the face and hit her. staggering.
"Stop!" Rabe immediately stopped the driver, jumped out of the car a few steps and ran over and shouted: "What's going on!"
The unfamiliar Japanese soldiers gave him a look, and said nothing, pushing Weitling away, they were about to rush in. Rabe took a few steps and showed his Nazi party badge in front of them, raising his voice: "I'm John Rabe, chairman of the Nanjing International Security Zone! I want to see your immediate supervisor!"
Several soldiers hesitated for a while, and then talked to each other a few words. It was probably because Rabe's Nazi party membership made them scruples, and after muttering a few words, they left with unwillingness.
Seeing that they were far away, Rabe was relieved and turned to look at Waitlin: "Are you all right, Minnie?"
"Fortunately..." Waitlin replied briefly, she was much more haggard than Rabe, and her thin appearance seemed to be blown to the ground at any time by the wind.
"What are they trying to do? Does this happen often?" Rabe continued.
"They want to come in and rape women, often, forcibly entering or climbing over the fence," Waitlin said in a low voice but was very angry, "I have closed my eyes for days, and even if I rest, I can only sleep for four hours, and It's all about sleeping with clothes on so I can get up for emergencies... I'm so tired, John."