Chapter 14 Section VI

The news that Kawashima Taro dropped out of school and returned to China was announced to everyone after he had booked the ferry ticket.At that time, Mary, Sophia, Cheng Shaozhong, Tang Renjie and the stripper Joan were all drinking beer and singing in the dormitory of Kawashima and James.First Mary sang, a folk song from the American West, "The Vineyard," and then Joan sang a Mexican folk song, "The Cactus Blooms."Then, James sang the British folk song "Goose Shepherd Boy", Sophia sang the American folk song "Black Eyes", and Cheng Shaozhong and Tang Renjie sang the Chinese folk song "Jasmine".Taro Kawashima sang the Japanese folk song "Koichi Yamamoto" at the end. Before singing this song, he made a special introduction, saying that it was a song about a brave general. Build military exploits, and finally grow into a general's heroic deeds.Then he sang, he sang very deeply and deeply, and many nuances were very touching.At the same time, he also added many actions to show the general's bravery.Although those movements were not very graceful, they were serious and serious, with a certain appeal, which made Sophia feel a little dumbfounded, and stared straight.After Chuan Dao sang, he showed his face, closed his eyes, and looked very intoxicated. After a long time, he opened his eyes, and everyone saw tears flickering in the corners of his eyes.Immediately afterwards, he announced to everyone his decision to drop out of school and return to China.He also said that he wanted to learn from this general, enlist in the army, and make meritorious deeds by killing the enemy.When he said this, he squinted at Cheng Shaozhong from the corner of his eye, as if Cheng Shaozhong was his target to kill the enemy on the battlefield.But he didn't look at Sophia directly, as if this woman was not in his sight at all, and there was no "story" between them at all, which made Sophia very annoyed, she stepped forward and grabbed Kawashima's shoulder, shaking and saying : "Kawashima! Why didn't you tell us in advance when you made such a decision?"

"I'm sorry." Although Kawashima said this, his eyes still did not look at Sophia, "I am a loser in love, and I dare not hope for friendship. I think, since I am already a superfluous existence, I should leave earlier ! Don't you just hope so?" "Kawashima, you are not a real man!" After Sophia said this, she turned around and walked out. When she reached the door, she stopped again and shouted, "Get out! Get out! God will punish you!" After shouting, He slammed the door and left. Cheng Shaozhong wanted to persuade Sophia not to be so impulsive, so he walked out, trying to pull Sophia back.

"Please wait a moment." Chuan Dao stopped Cheng Shaozhong head-on.He waved to Tang Renjie to ask him to be an interpreter, and then said to Cheng Shaozhong: "Cheng Shaozhong, as a rival in love, I was defeated by you today. I am very frustrated and helpless. But, as a man, I will not treat you If you admit defeat, I believe that one day, you will be defeated by me." Tang Renjie translated Kawashima's words truthfully, and then he looked forward to Cheng Shaozhong's answer. "Mr. Kawashima." Cheng Shaozhong said with a calm smile, "If my arrival brings troubles to your love life, it is not my intention. But you regard me as a rival in love, and you think you are defeated by me, That’s because you’re unilaterally defeated without a fight, and if you’re depressed about it, I’m helpless too.” At this point, he stopped and motioned for Tang Renjie to translate.

Tang Renjie faithfully translated Cheng Shaozhong's words. Cheng Shaozhong then said to Chuan Dao: "As for being a man, you said that one day I will lose to you. This may be possible, but let me tell you, Cheng Shaozhong is a person who fears the weak but not the strong. If I really lose to you one day Commander, the next day of that day must be the day you lose to me again! — Goodbye!" After speaking, he strode out of the room, got into the car that Sophia had already started, and sped away. For the rest of the day, neither Cheng Shaozhong nor Sophia went to Chuan Dao's dormitory. They agreed that on the day of Chuan Dao's departure, they would go to see him off with everyone to show their friendship, and they would not care about him any more.

Unexpectedly, the night before the departure, Kawashima took the initiative to say goodbye to Sophia and her family, and stopped by Cheng Shaozhong's room to sit.Before leaving, he bowed deeply to Cheng Shaozhong, saying that he had something to ask, and Cheng Shaozhong must agree, otherwise he would not be able to bow for a long time. Cheng Shaozhong felt that Chuan Dao was really boring, so he nodded and said that if he could do it, he could do his best. Chuan Dao unexpectedly asked Cheng Shaozhong for some propolis as a souvenir. Cheng Shaozhong consulted Brown, Sophia, and Mike for their opinions, and felt that in the reality that Joan had recovered, he couldn't do any other legal articles, so he immediately took some propolis and gave it to him.Kawashima took the propolis and left with thanks.

Soon, the day for Kawashima to return to China will come. On this day, it happened to be raining lightly, and the sky in Washington was gloomy.Kawashima's face was as gloomy as the sky in Washington. James, Mary, Joan, Tang Renjie, together with Sophia, Cheng Shaozhong and Mike formed the send-off team. We can only send Kawashima to Washington Railway Station.His journey took a train from Washington to San Francisco in the western United States, and then changed to a ship from San Francisco to Tokyo via Hawaii.So, after helping him deliver his luggage, everyone shook hands and said goodbye to him.Everyone's expressions were a little depressed and flat, only James and Kawashima were a little emotional when they hugged, and Sophia had already turned her face to the side, and she was very confused.

After watching the train that Chuan Dao was on slowly leave the station, everyone did not immediately take the escalator to the parking lot on the top floor to drive back. Instead, they followed Tang Renjie up a flight of stairs and sat down in the coffee shop of the shopping mall. "This is a memorable day." Tang Renjie said, "Today I will move to James' place and start living in the same house with him." "This should be celebrated with beer," James said. "Too bad I only have enough money in my pocket for a cup of coffee."