A Peaceful Song

In the seventeenth year of the Republic of China, sycamore trees filled the alleys in early autumn in Shanghai. Seven-year-old Song Ange moved from Suzhou to the French Concession in Shanghai. Dressed in a gentle moon-white cheongsam, carrying a volume of Taoist poetry, and possessing the gentleness of Jiangnan, she stood fearfully in the unfamiliar and prosperous world. It was also that day that she met the older Gu Nanxu in the bungalow next door. Her name is Nan Xu, which means she is helpless in the wind and wanders in the world; her name is An Ge, which means she is at peace in the war and has lingering effects in troubled times. One is cold and self-possessed. He has been trained since childhood to face dignity, responsibility and the burden of family and country. He studies foreign languages, studies music theory, and studies science and engineering. At a young age, he hides a forbearance and calmness that is far beyond that of a child. The other is gentle and clear, immersed in the elegance of poetry and calligraphy, and holds in his heart the gentleness of the world and the expectation of peace in the world. Two unrelated destinies are quietly intertwined in the evening breeze of the parasol trees and the morning light of the alleys. Young years are the most stable and pure years. They spent the day and night in the same lane, studying together, watching the budding parasol trees in spring and the flying catkins falling in the lane in autumn. The cold Gu Nanxu left all the tenderness and indulgence in his life to Song Ange; the gentle Song Ange filled Gu Nanxu's lonely and deserted youth years with his sincere warmth. A two-way admission notice from the University of Berlin is the most firm agreement they made when they were young - to go to the ocean, study side by side, walk together year after year, and never be apart. During the four years in Germany, the mountains and rivers were separated by the smoke of war, and the day and night spent together by the river in a foreign country were the cleanest and most magnanimous times in their troubled lives. But there is never complete peace in troubled times. After completing his studies and returning home, the mountains and rivers were in turmoil, and the current situation was overturned. A bloody piece of bad news, the Song family is full of troubles, and elegant poems and books are no match for the swords and guns in troubled times. Bearing the blood feud and the faith of his father, Song Ange hid in the streets of Shanghai, hiding his tenderness and lurking in the dark. And Gu Nanxu, who had been with her every year in the past, was already in a high position in the military industry of the government, in charge of military machinery, and was in a prestigious position. The confidants who used to hold hands side by side are now on opposite sides of water and fire. One person hides in the darkness and goes to his home and country with flesh and blood; the other person stands on the bright platform and hides his sincerity with forbearance. Everyone knows that Gu Nanxu, the military consultant, is cold and ruthless and has a firm stance. No one knows that her tit-for-tat concessions and shelters in each crisis are all due to her deep love and forbearance that have been hidden for several years. Everyone in the world laments that the scholar Song Ange was cold, lonely and decisive in killing. No one understood that beneath the hatred in her eyes was the torment of giving up love and committing martyrdom. Feixu has been wandering for half his life, and Ange has been waiting for half his life. They faced each other tit for tat in the flames of war in Shanghai, redeemed each other on the boundary between life and death, and pulled together in the ups and downs of troubled times. It turns out that all the wanderings in the world will eventually find their way back home. It turns out that the conflict and suspicion for half a lifetime are all due to the deep love hidden in both directions and guarding each other for life. In the war-torn Republic of China, mountains and rivers are chess pieces. In the midst of flying catkins and long songs in troubled times, they transcended camps, misunderstandings, life and death, and exchanged the rest of their lives in troubled times, staying together year after year. Intention: Even if we are on opposite sides, we will never regret sticking to our original aspirations of our country.