As Wei Ran waited calmly, the dazzling white light blurred the surrounding scene. When his vision returned to normal, he had already returned to the hotel.
After a while, the metal quill pen wrote a line of text again as expected:
Act Six
Role identity: Photographer Wei Ran
Return mission: take a group photo
Have you become a Chinese again?
Wei Ran was overjoyed and allowed the dazzling white light to sweep over him again, but this time he did not see any items in the metal book.
Before his vision returned to normal, he smelled the unique smell of the hospital, and then heard the baby's heartbreaking cry.
When his field of vision returned to normal, the first thing Wei Ran saw was a doctor giving an injection to a baby.
Although this man was meticulously wearing a thick mask and a doctor's hat, and although he could only see a profile of his face, he could still recognize it at a glance. This doctor was Chen Qi!
Without rushing up to say hello, Wei Ran looked at the calendar on the desk next to him. It was already turned to June 12, 1963.
So this is ten years after the war?
Wei Ran muttered to himself, then lowered his head and looked at himself. He was wearing a blue Jiefang uniform and green Jiefang shoes. In addition to a Shanghai model 201 folding leather camera hanging around his neck, there was also a pair of
A white towel with a slight sweat smell.
Just when he was looking at his outfit that was very characteristic of the times, there was a knock on the ajar door. Immediately afterwards, a foreign head with blue eyes, a hooked nose, and blond hair poked in, enthusiastically
He said in slightly off-key Chinese, "Hi! Chen! I'm here again! Did you miss me?"
Chen Qi, who had just finished injecting the child, glanced at Morgan at the door, and while busy getting the medicine for the child, he said, "Why are you the only one here? Where is Lao Bu?"
"I am here"
As the door was pushed open, Brendon walked in with a cardboard box and asked in English, "Chen, where are these things? These two bastards Claure and Howard are here to send them to you."
Medical books here.”
"There are also some medical equipment and various delicious gifts we bought in Peiping."
While Morgan switched to English, he also pulled two cardboard boxes stacked together from the corridor behind him.
Wei Ran couldn't help but feel happy when he saw these two people again. The clothes of these two foreigners were not much different from his own. They were just wearing leather shoes on their feet and a pair of sunglasses hanging from their collars.
"Put it in the corner." Chen Qi pointed to the place next to the door and responded in English, "I'll be there soon, just give me a moment."
"Let's go outside and wait for you." Morgan looked around and his eyes stayed on Wei Ran for a second, "Is he the photographer I asked you to find in advance?"
"Yes," Chen Qi responded in a calm tone, "I specially invited it from the county. According to what you said in your letter, I asked him to prepare a brand new film in advance."
"Brendan, let's go outside."
Morgan greeted Brendan, who was handing out candy to the kid who had just received an injection, and then said to Wei Ran in half-baked Chinese, "Photographer Shit, come on, wait outside with us."
Hearing this, Wei Ran nodded, but did not leave in a hurry. Instead, he raised his camera, pointed it at Chen Qi who was busy and pressed the shutter.
But Chen Qi seemed to have no reaction. He just looked at Wei Ran indifferently, and then returned his attention to the dispensing work.
Seeing this, Wei Ran sighed slightly. On Chen Qi's face, he could no longer see the gentleness and cheerfulness he once had, only an almost indifferent indifference, and a subconsciously frowning brow.
Leaving the room and walking all the way out, Morgan at the front found a bamboo bench to sit down in the shadow of a row of poplar trees. He took out a pack of Daqianmen brand cigarettes and gave them to Brendan and Wei respectively.
Ran each took one, and pointed to the bench next to him to signal to Wei Ran.
Seeing this, Wei Ran took the cigarette and let the other party help him light it. Then he walked to another bench next to him and sat down. While smoking, he listened to the conversation between the two of them.
"Brendan, how should we tell Chen about that?" Morgan asked worriedly.
"Which thing are you talking about?" Brendon took a puff of cigarette. "Is it the matter about us preparing to return to the United States, or the matter about Howard?"
"Don't talk to him about Howard."
Morgan sighed, "Just like Claure said in the letter, we should continue to hide his affairs from Chen! But how should we tell Chen that we are about to return to the United States?"
“I think it’s better to just say it directly.”
Brendan glanced at Wei Ran, who was sitting on the bench next door with a confused expression, and then continued to speak in English, "We have asked him to help find a photographer, and he can probably guess what we want to do.
Also, do you think he will still stop us?"
"makes sense..."
Morgan sighed, "God, what happened to our friend? He is almost the same as when we participated in the Olympics. Have you ever seen him smile? In the past ten years, I have almost never seen him.
Laughed."
"Maybe for him, the war is far from over..."
Brendon also sighed, "For us, the war is not over either. Morgan, we must return to the United States. We must return to the United States as soon as possible to help Jack and Black."
"Chen will definitely understand and support us" Morgan said with too much uncertainty in his tone.
"When do you plan to return to the United States?" Chen Qi's voice came from not far away, with a cold tone, but with a trace of concern for his friends.
"You...you heard everything?" Brendan asked in a panic.
"What's wrong with Jack and Black?" Chen Qi asked, standing less than two meters in front of them.
"them..."
Morgan and Brendan looked at each other, and then explained, "Jack and Blake participated in the black civil rights movement led by Martin Luther King, Chen, we want to return to the United States and provide them with the help we can. We.
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This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Go home," Chen Qi said abruptly, "You should have gone home a long time ago. You should have gone home ten years ago."
"us..."
Morgan was stunned, then sighed and said self-deprecatingly, "Chen, can you imagine? In the United States now, the relationship between blacks and whites is not even more equal than in the prison camp created by you ten years ago.
.”
"I believe, and I believe even more, that you can always strive for the equality you want. Whether it is ten years, fifty years or a hundred years, there will always be that day."
When Chen Qi said this, he put his hand into his pocket, and then took out a blue handkerchief. After opening it, he found that there was indeed a red Bayi cap badge wrapped there, "This is when I crossed the Yalu River."
Before entering the battlefield of Zhaoxian, I took it off my military cap. Morgan, help me pass it on to Jack or Black. Tell them that this is the only support I can give them.
My country has just gone through a difficult period, and now I want to focus all my energy on building our own country. As a friend, I am sorry that I cannot help you at this time."
Speaking of this, Chen Qi's indifferent tone gained a lot of strength and sincerity, "If there is a chance in the future, I hope you can come to China again. I hope that by then you will have won the civil rights you want, and I hope that by then we will
Our motherland has been built, and I will use the best things to entertain you friends when the time comes."
"There will be a day"
Morgan took the cap badge and made a promise with a smile, "Chen, how about the next ten years? If we have achieved our wishes by then, we will write a letter to each other, and then we will come
You are here as a guest.
And next time we’re going to bring Krall, we’re going to bring that bastard Howard, and we’re going to bring Jack and Black.”
"Remember to ask Howard to bring my pen."
Although there was still not much smile on Chen Qi's face, his eyes were full of determination, "In the next ten years, we will compete to see whether we have built the motherland better, or you."
The country has become more equal."
"to be honest"
Brendon spread his hands and said extremely pessimistically, "During the term of President Kennedy, we have no chance of winning this bet. I just hope that when we meet again, we won't become enemies again because of that bastard."
"If I have to say so, I hope he is dead when we meet next time." Morgan also complained, and then brought the topic back, "Chen, let's take some photos."
"Where to shoot?" Although Chen Qi said so, he was already standing at the edge of the bench.
"Of course it's here." Morgan and Brendan gave the same answer in unison, and then put their arms on Chen Qi's shoulders.
Upon seeing this, Wei Ran quickly ran over, circled the three of them with his camera, and decisively pressed the shutter button.
After the crisp sound of the shutter, the white light did not appear. Morgan even used fluent Chinese to signal Wei Ran to take more pictures.
Seeing this, Wei Ran naturally had no objection and happily pressed the shutter again and again until the entire roll of film was used up.
"Chen, tell Mr. Photographer to give me the film."
Morgan let out a circle of smoke again and said, "I will take it to Peking. After it is washed out, I will send you a copy before leaving, and then we will go back to the United States directly."
"Do you need me to see you off?" Chen Qi asked after letting the other party help him light the cigarette.
"No no no"
Brendan quickly refused, "Chen, we have been very happy during the ten years we have lived in China, so don't make us sad at the end."
“Brendan is right”
Morgan smiled happily, "Back then, Brendan and I mustered up a lot of courage to choose to stay and see this magical country. Now we have also mustered up a lot of courage to choose to return to our own country. So Chen, you
Just don’t come to see us off.”
"Then... okay then" Chen Qi nodded, looked at Wei Ran and said, "Comrade, give them the film."
"good"
Upon hearing this, Wei Ran immediately took off the film from the camera and said in Chinese while handing it to Morgan, "Chen Qi, if you still can't let it go, go and meet Zhao Shengli."
Seeing the look of astonishment on Chen Qi's face, before Wei Ran could say anything else, his vision was filled with white light again.
