Chapter 2 Chapter 1 Passionate study abroad and romantic love

early morning.Western America.On the long highway 98 from San Francisco to Seattle, a pair of young Chinese lovers who fell in love like glue drove a speeding sports car, sometimes cuddled together and kissed intimately, and sometimes played together to the heavenly Dionysian music ( American national anthem "Every Flag With a Star"). Sniff—friends, bless us! Seattle is calling us! —— There is nothing more enviable and infectious than this scene.On the speeding cars that came or passed by, the friendly American friends all smiled and gave them blessings. The speeding car was emitting white smoke, and there were snowflakes on the road.Oriental lovers enter the moment of forgetfulness.

Suddenly, there was a silver light under the wheels of the speeding car, and the icy road suddenly screamed ferociously like a beast jumping out from the center of the earth, and the speeding car carrying the happy and sweet Chinese young man and woman immediately seemed like A paper toy was thrown out of the highway and rolled straight into a gully tens of meters deep... The next day, the car accident of a pair of Chinese lovers on Highway 98 made the front page news of the Eugene Chronicle that year.The photos taken by the police at the scene of the wreckage are chilling.When I saw the news photo published at the time during the interview, I couldn't believe that there could still be creatures under the car that was broken as if it had been crushed several times by a large iron hoist.

But the god of death did spare two creatures. This is the scene 40 years ago.The owners of the car accident that shocked Oregon in the United States are the protagonists of this book, Ms. Li Wanruo, who later became a star in American politics, and her husband, Mr. Chen Baohe. At that time, Chen Baohe was not Li Guiruo's husband, but a pair of lovers and ordinary foreign students who met in a foreign country. The territory of Oregon has been raining and snowing since the day before, and sporadic snowflakes are still flying, spreading to the fields and roads, and there are bursts of biting cold wind between the rain and snow...

Baohe!Baohe! ——After an unknown amount of time, Miss Wanruo, who was thrown halfway on the slope, woke up.She opened her eyes and saw the chaotic sky, as if it was just above the roof so oppressively covering her vision.Then slightly tilted his head and took a look: it was a tall green slope connected to the sky.I turned my head and looked at the other side: it was the same deep green sloping head... Where am I?what are you doing?Wanruo's mind went blank.She raised her hand and pinched her cheek hard, it hurt so much.Ah, so I'm still alive!Why is there blood on the face?She suddenly became lucid, like waking up from a dream, so her first reaction was where is her boyfriend?And what about his classic car?

Baohe, Baohe! ——In the canyon beside the deserted highway, Wan Ruo shouted with all her strength.But she found that her throat was on fire, and there was no sound at all.In a hurry, she writhed and sat up.Turn around again. Ah——she saw it: the car on which she was still making love with her lover just now turned over in the bottom of the ravine, and the shape of the car has become like a paper butterfly that has been stepped on The blue smoke proved that it was a wrecked car that had just had a catastrophe.What about people?Where are people?Wan Ruo ran over desperately, at that moment her sprint could be described as a flying arrow, but it was a staggering flying arrow.

She finally saw him unconscious by the side of the flipped car door. Baohe, you have to hold on, hold on!Wanruo caressed the bloody lover, tears and cries came in and out together, like an abandoned wolf cub howling in despair. Baohe didn't feel it at all, only the burly body made Wanruo feel extremely heavy.She wanted to support him with her petite body, but immediately realized that it was futile.On the top is a large slope more than 50 meters high, even if you climb up it empty-handed, you will still be panting. Baohe, what should I do?Wanruo couldn't help crying, she wanted to wake up her lover for help, but Baohe, who was bloody and bloody, still seemed to be dead.

Wan Ruozhi was so anxious that his eyes were raining.Suddenly, she looked up and saw the shadows of cars passing by on the expressway, so she put down Baohe, desperately crawled towards the road, and then stood on the side of the road without any scruples, waving to the passing cars to stop... Maybe it was a rainy and snowy day, and in the sparsely populated west, it was rare to see cars on the long highway.She waited and hoped, and finally saw a van approaching in the distance. Parking Parking.Wan Ruo waved and jumped. The car came to an abrupt stop.The driver of the car saw the Chinese girl with blood all over her face, and immediately understood that there was a car accident.But what Ling Wanruo didn't expect was that the driver not only didn't get out of the car, but restarted the motor and sped away.

God, how could this be!Wan Ruo was so anxious that she was going crazy. She was still desperately waving to the middle of the empty road, crying: You save the treasure!save him... Not long after, another car drove quickly from behind her in the opposite direction. Seeing someone waving, it pulled over and stopped.The person who jumped out of the car was a pastor.He looked at Wanruo, then at the car overturned under the road, and asked: Did you call 911? Wan Ruo shook her head. At this moment, an ambulance with red lights flashing came to them. Wan Ruo suddenly understood that the driver who hadn't stopped just now had already made an emergency call for them.This is the American way of first aid.Because they are fighting for the most precious minute of every minute for the injured.

Seeing the pastor and the ambulance who came to rescue her, Wan Ruo's eyes went dark and she lost consciousness... Baohe?Baohe!Where are you?Wan Ruo, who was in a coma, did not stop the active thinking in her mind.Her active personality and active thinking brought her back to a class reunion when she went to study in the United States not long ago—— Wanruo will never forget that meeting.A mild-mannered, well-built young man was sitting next to her. What major do you study? Electrical Engineering. Where are you from?The accent is so familiar.Wanruo stared at the senior classmate curiously and asked.

Tianjin.The parents are still there. Wow, what a coincidence, I also came to Taiwan from Tianjin!Wan Ruo, who always liked to yell when she talked, never thought that she would meet a fellow countryman by the Haihe River in a foreign country.She exclaimed happily, causing other students to look at her. So the room full of foreign students burst into laughter.Chen Baohe, who was sitting next to Wanruo, was blushed. But back then it was the young man—no, in Li Wanruo's eyes, Chen Bao, who was the big brother, and his honest appearance made her peaceful feelings jump. Can I ask when you left Tianjin for Taiwan?Wan Ruo intentionally brought the topic down.

October 1948.I left Tianjin on the last Meixin ferry... The young man inadvertently said something, but Miss Li Wanruo jumped up in surprise. God, I also arrived in Taiwan by the last US letter!Hahaha... What a coincidence, what a coincidence, just like the description in the novel... Wan Ruo was so excited that she clenched her two small fists and banged vigorously on the table.What an incredible coincidence! Miss Wanruo, I'm afraid more coincidences are yet to come!Professor Tian Changlin and a few students who attended the gathering that day surrounded him and brought Li Wanruo and Chen Baohe to the fire of affection. Wow, I really feel the climate here is warm.This is already a certain day after the class reunion.Wan Ruo gently unbuttoned her flowing coat. I will hold it for you.Chen Baohe, who was walking side by side on the green avenue in San Francisco, took Wan Ruo's coat and put it in his hands. Hey—by the way, I haven't been in San Francisco for a long time, and I need to register at the state university today.Are you alright?Can you go with me? Sure, take my car and go. Row.let's go now. Baohe quickly opened the car door.Wan Ruo got into the car with a smile on her face. I'm going in - I've arrived at the place to do business, Wan Ruo said after getting off the car. Go ahead, I'll wait here.Baohe said. How can it be so long!What I thought could be done in a few minutes took two or three hours.Wanruo was overwhelmed with anxiety, and those American staff seemed to be delaying time intentionally. It's over, the first date is going to go down the drain.In the end, Wanruo walked out with a feeling of certain failure.Time is money. This famous saying has been popular in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s, especially the overseas students from Taiwan, who are not racing against the precious time for their studies and survival? done?get in the car!When Wanruo had just walked out of the school gate, Baohe had already parked the car in front of her. You have been waiting here all this time?Wan Ruo asked in surprise. Ok!How can I leave if you don't come out?The young man looked sincere. Wan Ruo felt very sorry.But after she got into the car, the young man quickly got out of the car and ran away.Hey, where are you going?Wanruo cried out anxiously. The young man didn't speak, he pointed to the bathroom in the buildings, and quickly disappeared from Wanruo's sight.When he returned to the car, Wan Ruo asked softly: How many hours have you not left the car? How dare?I'm afraid you won't be able to find me when you come out.The young man said it naturally, but the girl felt a wave of heat in her heart after hearing it... At this moment, Wanruo made the most important choice in her life. Wanruo is still in a coma.But there was a sweet smile on her face... This is Li Wanruo's smile after seeing the picturesque Hawaii after arriving in the United States for the first time.The time was two years before her unfortunate car accident. That year Li Wanruo originally voluntarily applied for National Taiwan University after graduating from middle school, but at this time, a charming and mature man's pleasant words ignited the heart of a young girl who aspired to work in public society since childhood. Lily, I think you are a good student in Taiwan who is willing to serve the public and care about others. You should go to the United States to study social work in the future.The first time someone called her by this English name and said this to her was her brother-in-law Hu Guangtai who graduated from Harvard University.It makes sense for my brother-in-law to praise my aunt so much. In 1956, parts of the mainland and Hong Kong experienced catastrophic natural disasters. Li Wanruo, who was studying in middle school in Taiwan, often saw reports about this because her father was a legislator.On that day, Li Wanruo cut out pictures and reports of the sufferings of the mainland and Hong Kong people in the disaster from a stack of newspapers that his father had read, and pasted them on a piece of cardboard with paste, and then organized his classmates from the same school to form a long queue. Take to the streets to raise donations for compatriots in the disaster area.Her act of righteousness aroused strong repercussions in Taiwan at that time, including her father, who had always taught her strictly, also appreciated the little girl's behavior very much. Since we are all from the mainland, why can't we directly provide material support to the mainland compatriots who are suffering from the disaster, instead of traveling to other countries and delaying for a long time?One day, when Wan Ruo saw her father in the living room and several political leaders in Taiwan chatting about how to deliver the materials donated by the island residents to the compatriots in Hong Kong and the mainland, they interrupted loudly. Wanruo, is there a place for you to speak here?The father, who has never dared to step beyond the threshold in politics, hurriedly stopped his daughter, and then apologized to the guests sitting in the living room, expressing that the girl said nothing.In fact, Wanruo could tell from her father's expression that her words were appreciated by him.Isn't it the result of her father personally leading her to stand in front of the mirror, giving her a speech on behalf of the young students of the whole island, and giving her counterpart counseling over and over again! After graduating from middle school, a word from her brother-in-law made Wan Ruo, who loved to serve the public, to be admitted to Chung Hsing University in Taiwan, which rarely offered social work majors at that time.Here she was lucky enough to meet a mentor who made her enter the palace of emerging social disciplines—Professor Ye Chusheng who also studied in the United States and graduated from the Department of Social Work of Columbia University.Ye is a young and energetic Teacher Pan, beautiful and delicate, with smooth hair, fluent English, and the exciting expression when speaking, has always been Wan Ruo's idol. Lily, I have good news for you: the U.S. State Department is recruiting a group of young leaders from all over the world to train in the U.S. I just saw this from an internal material of the U.S. Press Office in Taiwan. You should strive for this opportunity.It is said that the whole island may only recruit one person, and one of their basic requirements is that they must be good at English.Your English pronunciation is very good, it is entirely possible to compete for this spot.One day, Professor Ye excitedly found his student and told Wanruo the exciting news. Can you go to America?That's great!In the 1950s and 1960s, Taiwanese, especially young people, simply regarded the United States as a paradise, and almost all young people with aspirations regarded studying and settling in the United States as the best ideal and dream in life.Especially for those girls, going abroad is more fashionable than wearing American socks than American perfume.The vision of the United States was the common dream of all Taiwanese youths at that time, and our protagonist was no exception. Applying for exams, tests, and competitions, Wan Ruo won the championship again and again.As a result, she became the first representative on the island to participate in the U.S. State Department’s Young World Leaders Training Program, and went to the United States to experience the society. In order to win people’s hearts, the U.S. government at that time selected young students to study in the United States.Uncle Tom wants these young people to understand America and use them to spread American ideas. In this way, Li Wanruo, who was in college, had the opportunity to land in the United States ahead of young people of her age.In her own words, the half-year trip to the United States was the most personal time she had ever spent.Why?More than 40 years later, Li Wanruo told me: That time I went to the United States on behalf of young students, so I paid special attention to expressing that I am a Chinese, a young man with a Chinese image.I always wear a cheongsam in public, and my hair is also a classical oriental hairstyle.I brought chopsticks and taught Americans how to eat with chopsticks; I brought a writing brush and taught them to write square Chinese characters.In order for me to come back to publicize how good they are, the American government arranged for me to visit and live in good places, and I did not forget to let Americans understand Chinese culture.During that time, I gave speeches everywhere in English.Among the 26 representatives from 14 countries, I was the only one from Taiwan and the youngest one.Maybe because I was very talkative when I was young, the members of the training group unanimously elected me as the chairman of the symposium held in New York.This gives me more opportunities to express the voice of our oriental people.Later, we were assigned to various fixed locations for on-the-spot investigations, and I went to Mrs. Martin's home in Michigan.She treated me so well that she was afraid that I would feel lonely if I could not meet Chinese people, so she specially arranged for me to attend the Chinese Alumni Association reunion at the University of Michigan on weekends.This was something I was very willing and happy at the time, and I always had to dress up before going there, but problems arose.Hahaha... When Li Wanruo said this to me, her husband, Mr. Chen Baohe, was also at the side, so she couldn't help laughing. In order to adjust the atmosphere, I joked around: Uncle Chen, you were so handsome when you were young, so you must have had many suitors like Aunt Li Wanruo, right? Mr. Chen, who has never spoken much, was fooled.I saw him take a serious look at his wife, and then said very clearly: At that time, there were a lot of women chasing me... When he saw that we were laughing and bending over, he added specifically: "In the 1950s and 1960s. Among the Chinese students studying in the United States, the ratio of men to women is seven to one, while the ratio between me and my suitors is the other way around. Ah ha ha ha... Li Wanruo and I had already laughed so hard that we leaned backstage, while Mr. Chen Baohe stood there with a serious face as if giving an academic report.His appearance made us laugh even more. The story of Mr. Chen Baohe will be told later. Miss Wanruo, who was a member of the study tour group at that time, because of her status in the United States, and because she was at a young age, those Taiwanese male students who were far away from Baodao saw such a famous actor, and they would inevitably think wrong. .One of the boys named Ceorge got there first. Lily, don't you like America very much?Then don't go back to Taiwan, just stay here, and I promise to help you with the formalities for studying abroad.I know a lawyer who specializes in converting immigrants to student status. no.I was invited here by the U.S. State Department. If I don’t return to Taiwan, how bad will it be?No, I have to go back to Taiwan first and then come to the United States to study abroad.Li Wanruo became nervous as soon as she heard it, and shook off George's hand in a panic. Maybe Wan Ruo will not have the tragic scene at the beginning of our article after listening to this boy, and of course there will be no other protagonist in this book, Chen Baohe.But Li Wanruo, who is full of personality, is Li Wanruo, so when this young man named Ceorge chased all over the continental United States trying to catch Zhu Yingtai in his heart, our Miss Wanruo returned to Taiwan on time.However, she has not let go of that should be said to be a very precious concern in her heart for a long time. Li Wanruo has a pet dog named George beside her. This is a pure and sweet memory in her heart when she was a girl. Wan Ruo, who was in a coma, didn't know the pain yet, so she kept indulging in those sweet memories.She still has a smile on her face... This is the smile she showed when she officially came to the United States as an international student after two years as a member of the study tour. At this time, beside her, there was already a tall and persistent boy who would never go away, and he was Chen Baohe. But Chen Baohe was never the kind of early bird. Before Li Wanruo, who is affectionate and has a star effect, left Taiwan to study in the United States, her family introduced her to a doctoral student surnamed Wang who was studying at Harvard University in the United States.Dr. Wang was born in a wealthy family, and he had a very particular luxury car when he was studying in the United States.After Wanruo arrived in San Francisco from Taiwan, Dr. Wang drove a luxury car almost every week to pick up Wanruo to a local French restaurant, or went to museums and attended various gatherings of high society.Even so, Wan Ruo never called Dr. Wang.Ever since she got to know Chen Baohe, a fellow from Tianjin, Wan Ruo suddenly realized that riding in a luxury car and eating delicious delicacies all day long with Dr. Wang was very boring. Lily, I'm taking you to a great place to dance.It's very big there.Chen Baohe is the complete opposite. Anyone who understands knows that it doesn't cost much to dance in those big places.And those dimly lit little places are the high-end dance halls that cost a lot of money. Wanruo smiled knowingly, and left with Chen Baohe for some reason, and the two of them danced happily. Wanruo loves watching movies, especially tragic feature films.Whenever such a film, she always snot and tears along with the protagonist's joys and sorrows. Chen Baohe on the side suddenly said: That's all fake.Wan Ruo didn't know whether to cry or laugh. If I do this again, I won't associate with you!Wan Ruo said angrily. The young man didn't dare to say anything immediately.In the end, it was Wan Ruo who said coquettishly first, and then he really laughed silly. Wan Ruo thinks that this is a transparent and reliable person. That day, Dr. Wang called again to ask Wanruo to eat at a famous Shanghai restaurant in San Francisco, but more than an hour ago Chen Baohe also said that he would take Wanruo to eat at a Shanghai restaurant.Reluctantly crashing into a car, Wanruo pushed to the doctoral student that she had something to do. But when she took Chen Baohe's arm and walked into the Shanghai restaurant, she saw Dr. Wang eating with some male classmates.Wan Ruo had an idea, deliberately took Baohe's arm, and walked straight into the restaurant without looking sideways. After the meal, Chen Baohe had a whim and said that he would take Wanruo to the beach where it was cheap and where they could chat.Unexpectedly, Chen Baohe's classic car broke down halfway, and just as Wan Ruo was sweating profusely helping to repair the car, the doctoral student drove past them in a beautiful luxury car. The doctoral student at Harvard took a meaningful look at Wanruo who was in a panic, but said nothing, and never looked for her again. Come, eat these grapes.Chen Baohe didn't seem to notice anything, when he arrived at the beach by the sea, he took a large bunch of grapes carelessly, and peeled them one by one for Wanruo to eat, saying while peeling: "This green one has no seeds, but Not the most delicious; the red one is very fragrant, but it has seeds, Lily, do you like the one with seeds or without seeds? Wan Ruo looked at the solid-eyed Chen Baohe, leaned her head tightly on his strong arm, and murmured affectionately: I love to eat whatever you give it... After hearing this, Chen Baohe was taken aback for a moment, then frantically peeled it off, and then stuffed a large number of grapes into Wanruo's mouth again and again. Ouch, slow down, slow down! Hahaha... Seeing that your mouth is full of purple after eating, you look like a dove bird. OK, how dare you make fun of me.Guiruo jumped up, clenched two fists, and pounded hard on the broad back like a copper wall. So comfortable!A few more times a few more times!Baohe raised his head and shouted happily, while Wanruo sat slumped on the beach and shook his tired arms vigorously. On the golden sandy beach under the background of a ray of sunset, the young Chinese couple hugged each other warmly. Behind them was a long reflection hanging on the tranquil sea like a mirror... Wanruo saw her happy smiling face in the clear water. Soon she wrote a letter to tell her father about Chen Baohe, and this time her father unexpectedly wrote a letter soon agreeing that her daughter should associate with this Tianjin fellow.The father said that he had asked acquaintances to ask his daughter's boyfriend's middle school and university teachers, and they all said that Chen Baohe was a good boy with excellent character and learning and a great sense of justice.So my father is very relieved. Okay, I said comrade hero, you actually hid the most wonderful history from me?Tell me!Comrade hero!Under Guiruo's insistence, the young man told about his family background and a series of legends about his injustice after going to Taiwan alone—— Chen Baohe's family is a well-known business family in Tianjin. His father, Chen Jieqing, is the boss of the textile industry. He is the president of Tianjin Textile Association. He believes in Christianity and donates more than 20% of the money he earns to the church every year.Baohe's father didn't want others to know about his good deeds. After his son grew up, Jing asked Baohe to hand over the check to the church every time. Before the liberation of Tianjin, the Kuomintang government used lures to encourage powerful celebrities in the industrial and commercial circles to move their enterprises to Taiwan.Jewelry and fathers are also included.what to do?Mr. Chen looked down at the family business created by himself, but he was reluctant to leave Tianjin.But the tense situation made him have to consider his son's future and future, so when the Meixin ship left Tianjin on the last flight, the old man hurriedly exchanged a dozen gold bars for a boat ticket, and finally took his son Sent on the overcrowded ship. Not long after the lonely Chen Baohe arrived in Taiwan, the person his father entrusted to take care of him packed up his bedding and left without saying goodbye because he lost money in a bet.From then on, the young Chen Baohe lived and went to school by working part-time in the unaccompanied island of Taiwan. At that time, the Kuomintang had just arrived in Taiwan, and the entire island was full of terrorist clean-up teams. If a person without any background, especially a young person, the intelligence agency would classify you as a dangerous person and put him in a separate list.Chen Baohe, like all those people who came from the mainland without any background, lives carefully every day. Even so, many people are still imprisoned for a single complaint.Without financial support from his family, Baohe could only live in a workshop in an old warehouse for a long time.Later, he was admitted to National Taiwan University, but he still had to borrow a slide rule from his classmates, and he had no money to pay for the accommodation. In his sophomore year, the famous scholar Fu Sinian came to National Taiwan University to become the president. President Fu saw that most of the students from mainland China were very poor, so he applied to the authorities to distribute free public food and stipends to poor students.In the second year, Fu Sinian managed to build a student dormitory building for the school. College students like Chen Baohe who had no home moved into the free campus.But because of Fu Sinian's actions, during a parliamentary inquiry meeting, a cannon member questioned Fu Sinian.The upright Fu Sinian couldn't stand the deliberate and vicious accusations from others, so he had a heart attack on the spot, passed out in the venue, and died the next day due to the futility of rescue.When the news reached National Taiwan University, the teachers and students of the whole school were shocked and angry, so they launched a massive demonstration.Chen Baohe, who has won the favor of President Fu Sinian, is one of the student leaders in this demonstration.But then things got serious, the Kuomintang Taiwan government began to suppress, and those who showed up in the demonstrations were blacklisted by the secret service.Chen Baohe is naturally one of the key members of Yingying.But with his blunt nature, he didn't know that the authorities had stuffed black records into his file. After graduating from university, like all graduates, he was sent to a pre-training class for a year of rigorous military training.He worked hard, but in the end he was always rated as a first-class soldier.One day he finally couldn't bear it and found the instructor. He looked at him, and then snorted through his nostrils, saying that it would be an advantage if you weren't locked up in a dark prison, so what are you dreaming of?It was only then that Chen Baohe realized that he had a bright future in Taiwan, and the records in the archives of Yan's secret service would always be watching his every move in the future like a ghost.He was almost desperate, standing alone on the seashore where the stormy waves were beating the shore, looking to the north, and calling out to his relatives on the mainland over and over again, but the sky should not be the same, and the earth should not be the same, only the boundless vast sea... Later, he found Mr. Tong Benren, the dean of Jianguo Middle School in Taiwan. Because Mr. Tong was Pu Baohe's teacher when he was teaching in Tianjin Middle School and knew him very well, he came forward to guarantee that Chen Baohe had the opportunity to study abroad. This is the treasure of youth and an eternal pain in my heart. After he told Wanruo the whole story, Guiruo's heart was suddenly congested, and her heart suddenly felt a throbbing pain... Wan Ruo woke up from bursts of heartache. She opened her eyes, and what she saw was a piece of white: white curtains, white walls, white sheets... eh, I was admitted to the hospital?which hospital?Where is the hospital?She wanted to know, but she had no strength and no one to help her.There are no familiar faces to be seen, let alone relatives. What about Baohe?Where is he?how is heah?I want to know!tell me quickly... She wanted to talk, but all she felt was pain, the kind of sharp pain that pierced through her bones.And the pain made her faint, and brought her back to that painful era——