When Qin Chunmo was seventeen, it rained on Hong Kong Island for a whole April.
The red and green neon lights outside Qin's mansion melted into the rain and mist. She was reading "The Analects" under the lights, fighting for Zilu's injustice - how could no one appreciate such a hot heart?
Later she understood that there were some things in this world that were much more important than "being liked".
The eldest brother is seriously ill, his uncle covets him, and the family business is in turmoil. She took the key to the main cabinet and slapped the account books on the table at the clan council - "The rules of the Qin family are to stick together externally and reason internally. I will be the first to refuse to agree to anyone who breaks the rules."
Also that year, a medicinal materials merchant named Zhou Siheng came from Nanyang. Wearing a gray cloth shirt, the cuffs were rolled up to his forearm, revealing an old scar. He competed with her for a batch of surgical instruments, and at the end of the fight he said: "Zeng Xi's ambitions may not be lax."
The string in her heart that had been tense for a long time suddenly relaxed an inch.
He brought her banned books, repaired her water-draining lamp, and stayed with her on the dock night after night. He is the liaison officer of the Nanyang Revolutionary Party, and every batch of "goods" sent out from his hands is a human life.
She guards the dock, the warehouse, and an invisible rescue line for him. He said: "Chun Mo, this road is not long." She said: "When you can't go on, remember to come back for tea."
Later, Hong Kong Island fell, the neon lights went out, and Tan's mansion was empty. She took her whole family and hid in her ancestral house in the mountains, hid the ancient books in the wall, and distributed the last grain of rice to everyone.
Three years. She was waiting for a letter. There was only one seal on the letter - the thin word "Chun Mo" and a line of small words:
"It's April in this world, and the beauty is not yet exhausted."
Later, the war ended. Kapok flowers bloomed all over the city, and the lights in Qin Mansion came on again.
Someone pushed open the door, holding the seal in his hand and waving it under the light.
"I'll make up for the bride price."
——From the age of seventeen to twenty-seven, she waited for him for ten years.
💡 The Republic of China·Hong Kong Island·Family Business War·Revolutionary Hidden Line·Double Power·Two-way Rush·HE
Intention: Defending is the stupidest and heaviest skill in the world. Keep the family business, keep the integrity, keep a promise, keep a person - if you keep it, your beauty will never end.