In Lanyi Club, Yuan Ziyuan went to talk to Huang Yanning whenever she had nothing to do, and often asked him to go out for dinner alone. This was an open secret in Lanyi Club.
Everyone knew that Yuan Ziyuan was pursuing Huang Yanning, and they were all curious and jealous. They really couldn't understand why Yuan Ziyuan fell in love with Huang Yanning.
There are many officers in the Lanyi Club who have a higher official position than Huang Yanning, and who are more handsome than him.
Huang Yanning was just a section chief of the Blue Clothes Club. He did not have a prominent family background. However, he had just been promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel. Yuan Ziyuan was backed by Sheng's industry.
Amid the heated discussions in Lanyi Club, everyone said that Yuan Ziyuan was recruiting a consort.
However, the strange thing is that Huang Yanning's pursuit of Yuan Ziyuan is always aloof, deliberately keeping a distance.
Everyone laughed at him for being too pedantic. He didn't take it quickly when he had such a good opportunity. What were he waiting for? He didn't look at his own worth.
No one knows the pain in Huang Yanning's heart. Only he understands that the more Yuan Ziyuan pursues him, the further away he will be from Sheng Sheng Muyi. Sheng Muyi was originally unattainable, but now she has completely become a white moonlight.
But there was only Sheng Muyi in his heart, which was the most terrible thing.
If it weren't for Sheng Muyi, he would never have come to such a gathering. For him, such gatherings were both happy and painful.
Sheng Muyi was right next to her, sitting so close to her, but their hearts were far apart.
Happiness and pain intertwined in his chest. Thinking that he was destined to miss Sheng Muyi in this life, it felt like a needle was stuck in his heart.
Huang Yanning did not dare to explicitly reject Yuan Ziyuan. He knew the relationship between Sheng Muyi and Yuan Ziyuan. If he rejected Yuan Ziyuan, he would lose even the chance to see Sheng Muyi once a week.
The person who pulled him into this small circle was not Lu Ming, but Yuan Ziyuan.
Huang Yanning is not lacking in self-awareness. He knows that he is not worthy of Yuan Ziyuan, so he also wonders, what does Yuan Ziyuan see in him?
Facing Yuan Ziyuan's pursuit, he felt low self-esteem, entanglement and pain, but when facing Sheng Muyi, he had no such thoughts. He was like a moth, bravely trying to pounce into the flames, because the flames were too
It was so beautiful that he forgot everything else.
Huang Yanning envied Lu Ming very much, not that he was rich, but that he never had to worry about such things.
Lu Ming and Yuan Mingzhu were like a match made in heaven. They were tied by a strong red thread by Yue Lao since they were born.
"Master Lu, how many years of peace do you think we can have?" Huang Yanning asked.
He was changing the topic to prevent Yuan Ziyuan from staring at him.
"Ten years at most." Lu Ming replied seriously.
This peace period is not just nonsense by Lu Ming, but calculated by Sheng Youde through precise calculations. If Japan wants its economy to fully recover, it must wait until the European and American markets fully recover.
After economic recovery, there will be a period of development. Only with some accumulation can we be able to launch an all-out war against China.
"After this incident, my father has recalculated. From now on, there may only be five years of peace. It may be longer, but it is very limited. There will be no ten years." Sheng Muyi interjected.
Lu Ming watched Sheng Muyi stop talking, but his mind was racing. Maybe it was only five years? How did Sheng Youde calculate it?
Lu Ming has always suspected that the economic crisis was carefully designed by the super rich, and that the pace of economic recovery is also under their control. Of course, there is no evidence for this, it is just a strong intuition.
"Father said that the crisis of war in Europe is greater than ours now, and Japan will follow the pace of Europe." Sheng Muyi only knew how to repeat it, and did not know the profound meaning of this sentence.
"Will there still be a war in Shanghai in five or ten years?" Cai Lian lost her voice.
"It doesn't have to be Shanghai, there should be Peking, Hebei, and Shandong, but Shanghai won't be peaceful at that time either." Lu Ming sighed.
Lu Ming did not believe that Shanghai would fall or fall into the hands of the Japanese. In his worst estimate, even if Nanjing fell, Shanghai could be classified as an undefended city and then be managed by international co-administration.
Lu Ming is not very pessimistic about the prospect of war between China and Japan. It can be seen from the Shanghai incident that even if it lacks a modern navy and air force, the Chinese army can completely compete with the Japanese army on the ground.
Of course, this must be elite units such as the Nanjing Teaching Corps, the 87th Division, the 88th Division and the 19th Route Army.
If we can seize the golden development period of these ten years and establish an army of 100 divisions with all modern equipment, we may really be able to avoid an all-out war with Japan and force Japan to turn to attack the Soviet Union.
In the final analysis, Japan and China are not enemies of life and death. Japan and the Soviet Union are old enemies. There is no way to resolve them. They can only meet in life and death.
It’s not that the hatred between Japan and the Soviet Union is really that great. There is no eternal hatred or eternal friendship between countries, only eternal interests.
The Soviet Union could forget the shame of the Russo-Japanese War, but their strategic goal was to seize Northeast China, which conflicted with Japan's interests and would inevitably be resolved through a major war.
Siberia has oil, natural gas and various rich mineral resources that Japan urgently needs. Once Japan gets it, it will be able to get rid of the chain of the United States.
The December 8 Songhu Anti-Japanese War greatly inspired the Chinese people's anti-Japanese enthusiasm, but it also laid a major hidden danger.
The Kuomintang underestimated the Japanese army in its military strategy in some areas, which resulted in the tragedy of the Songhu Battle in the future.
"Let's get married in the second half of the year." Cai Lian said to Zhang Ziyang.
"That's great, wife." Zhang Ziyang hugged Cai Lian and said excitedly.
Zhang Ziyang always wanted to marry Cai Lian, but Cai Lian refused to let go and would rather maintain a cohabitation relationship with Zhang Ziyang.
Lu Ming had tried to persuade them many times, but Cai Lian always felt that life after marriage was not secure and refused to get married. This made Zhang Ziyang anxious, fearing that Cai Lian would dump him one day.
"Muyi, why have you never wanted to find someone? Is there no suitable one?" Ziyuan turned to ask Muyi.
"Yes, there are many men in this world, but I only see one who is suitable for me, and he is already married." Sheng Muyi smiled lightly.
"What are you afraid of when a famous flower has an owner? Just start and snatch him away." Yuan Ziyuan said without caring.
"You just know how to rob. If you like someone in the future, just grab it." Sheng Muyi said with a smile.
"Didn't I mean you? It's enough for me to have Xiao Huang. Isn't that right, Xiao Huang?" Yuan Ziyuan turned to Huang Yanning and said softly.
"I called him Xiao Huang again. People who didn't know better thought he was a puppy." Lu Ming held his forehead with one hand and whispered.
Huang Yanning just took a sip of wine and spit it out all at once. Fortunately, he turned his head quickly and sprayed it on the ground, otherwise the whole table of food and wine would have been ruined.
"You, please change your temper. You are a girl. You should be reserved and don't be so tough. You might scare Adjutant Huang." Sheng Muyi said with a bitter smile.
"Sister!" Yuan Mingzhu couldn't stand it anymore and shouted.
Everyone laughed for a while, and then Lu Ming smiled and said: "Adjutant Huang, should I congratulate you or sympathize with you?"
"Master Lu, please don't make fun of me. Miss Yuan is just teasing me. I don't deserve it." Huang Yanning came to his senses and said with a wry smile.
"You can't say that. If I say you are worthy, then you are worthy." Yuan Ziyuan said proudly.
"Okay, okay, let Adjutant Huang take a breath," Sheng Muyi said.
So everyone started to congratulate Zhang Ziyang and Cai Lian again. They are an old couple. They have been in love and living together for several years. They are almost an old couple before they get married. Of course they are the ones who should get married.
Zhang Ziyang accepted everyone's congratulations with high spirits, and Cai Lian also thanked him profusely, but there was still a hint of sadness in his brows and eyes.
Probably no one except Lu Ming noticed this. Lu Ming was able to notice it because he was so familiar with Cai Lian that he could tell what she was thinking just by looking at her and looking at her expression.
After the meal, Lu Ming drove Du Juan back, and she still lived in the same place.
The two of them were silent along the way until they arrived at the entrance of the alley where Du Juan lived. Lu Ming stopped the car and asked, "Du Juan, how are you doing these days? You've lost a lot of weight, haven't you?
What's the difficulty?"
"I'm living a good life. Miss Sheng takes good care of me. My salary has been increased to 200 yuan a month, and I can't spend it all." Du Juan said hurriedly, seeming to be dodging something.
"What happened? Can't you tell me?" Lu Ming asked with a smile.