Volume 1: The Battleship Yitian Changes into the Sino-Japanese War of 1894 Chapter 2 The Beautiful Miss of the Ma Family
He looked back and saw an old man sitting in a carriage looking at him with a smile.
He looked at the old man in a strange way. Judging from the old man's attire, he should be a coachman. What did he mean by laughing at him? Did he see that he was going to jump into the sea? When he thought of this, his face turned slightly red and he turned to walk towards the old man.
"Old man, I..." He just opened his mouth, but the old man interrupted him with a smile and said, "I have been waiting here for half a day. My young lady said that if you jump, I will not care about it. If you don't jump, let me take you back in the car."
"What do you mean?" Sun Gang didn't react for a moment and looked at him suspiciously, with a look of embarrassment on his face.
"Get in the car." The old man saw his embarrassment and said with a smile.
Sun Gang thought about it and got on the car. Who cares? He was cold, hungry, and tired. He was in the dark. He wouldn't be abducted by an old man, would he? He was at least 1.8 meters tall. It would be too shameless to let someone sell him... Wait, what did the old man say just now? Their daughter? I don't think I'm ugly. Could it be that a beautiful woman has favored me? Thinking of this, Sun Gang's heart suddenly brightened. I don't have a girlfriend yet. This is really too good, haha.
The car swayed as it moved, and Sun Gang finally came back to reality from his possible sexual fantasies in the future. He began to chat with the old man, "Old man, what year is this year?" He was now eager to know what era he was living in.
"The 20th year of the Guangxu reign? You who studied abroad, you wouldn't have forgotten even this, right?" The old man looked at him in surprise and answered.
The 20th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu! Sun Gang's heart skipped a beat. The year 1894 in the Gregorian calendar was really the year of Jiawu!
A year that the Chinese will never forget!
In that year, the damned neighbor in the East extended its bloody bayonet here, interrupting the "Westernization Movement" that had been going on for 30 years. All efforts made by China to move towards modernization were ruined, as well as countless lives and wealth! What followed was endless disasters, tears, blood and shame!
"It's already February, and you're wearing so little, is that okay?" The old man asked with concern as he saw his body trembling slightly.
He tried to calm himself down and said, "It's okay." Sun Gang looked at the old man and asked, "What's your name?"
"Your surname is Ma. Haha, I have worked in the Ma family for twelve years. I have watched the young lady grow up. She has studied abroad like you." The old man said with a smile, "You foreign students are really strange. The young lady came back the same year as you did. She asked me what year it is now."
"Really?" Looking at the amiable old man in front of him, he, who had no relatives, thought about what would happen in the future. For no reason, he felt a little melancholy in his heart. What would happen to his future fate and the fate of this old man in the face of the upcoming war?
"Where is this?" Sun Gang asked, looking at the city appearing not far away.
"Lushunkou." the old man replied.
Sun Gang couldn't remember how he came to this room. When he heard the word "Lushun", his head was buzzing. Lushun! On November 22, 1894, the Japanese army captured Lushun and then carried out a bloody massacre that lasted for four days. There were tens of thousands of victims and only 36 survivors! He actually traveled here, was it just to witness all this?
He let out a roar in his heart that only he could hear!
No! Never!
He punched the Huanghuali table so hard that the teacup on the table jumped up high and the tea in it almost spilled out.
"You don't have to be so angry just because I didn't treat you well, do you?" A sweet and pleasant voice came from outside the door, pulling him back from his "angry youth" state. Damn it, am I dreaming? This voice, this tone, why does it sound so familiar?
"Send it in." The other party said again, and a girl who looked like a maid came in, put a suit on the bed, and went out with her head down.
"The bathtub will be brought over in a while. Go wash first and change your clothes quickly. I'll be back in a while." The man then said to the maid, "Go down."
After Sun Gang washed and changed his clothes, he felt as if he was back in the bank when he put on this set of clothes. A few days ago, he was wearing similar clothes and working at the front desk like a worker ant, busying around for those pitiful wages. Now he was back in the Qing Dynasty. Haha, it was really messy.
It was already getting late, and he sat there fiddling with his phone out of boredom. There was definitely no signal at all, but the other functions were still available. He was pointing the phone's camera at the cup on the table to take a picture when the door opened and a beautiful girl walked in.
When he saw him, his eyes widened in surprise and he didn't know what to say.
Instead of the expected wide skirt, she was wearing clothes similar to those of his era, somewhat like American women's dresses, but with a more homely atmosphere. Especially appearing here, it gave him a feeling of time and space confusion.
What surprised him even more was her herself.
What he didn't expect was that he could actually see her here!
"Ma Yue? Why are you here?" He stared at the pretty goose face that seemed to be looking at him with a smile, and stood there for a long while before saying, "Why are you here?"
Ma Yue, his college classmate, was one of the school beauties of Shenhua University and was from the International Trade Class. She first appeared in front of him as his fellow villager’s girlfriend, and he was astounded and obsessed with her. However, due to the face of his fellow villager and friend, he could not do the thing of "stealing her away". He could only look at her from a distance and sigh at his miserable fate. Later, everyone graduated and went their separate ways, and they lost contact. Unexpectedly, they met here again today. This scene made him sigh, and at the same time, he felt an incomparable sense of intimacy.
Indeed, being able to meet his old friend's ex- girlfriend , hehe, it seemed like God was giving him a chance to make up for his regrets. His thoughts immediately began to become "complicated" again.
"Seeing you look like someone deserves your respect, I feel so accomplished." Ma Yue sat down opposite him, smiling happily, "I also want to ask you, why are you here? Old classmate?"
"I went out for a trip and fell into the sea due to a storm. When I got to the shore, I found that everything was different." Sun Gang sighed and said, looking at her, "What about you ? How did you get here?"
She smiled and fiddled with his phone, saying, "Nothing. I was on a business trip and took a nap on a plane. When I woke up, I found myself on a ship. Later I found out that I am now the eldest daughter of Ma Wenlong, a famous doctor who studied in France. I am Ma Yue." She smiled bitterly and said, "Except for the addition of the character Wang in my name, everything else has changed." She saw his surprised look and smiled, "I have been here for five years. You didn't expect it, did you?"
"I can see that you are doing better than me." Sun Gang smiled, "I just lost my job over there, and was sent here."
"Tell me about what's going on over there." Ma Yue looked at him, and a strange look appeared in her beautiful big eyes. Indeed, being able to meet people of her generation here made her feel like she had some kind of support in her heart. That indescribable feeling was really wonderful.
