Three middle-aged men in casual clothes and elegant temperament were stunned when they looked at the Nanwu Library, which was decorated in the past.

"Okazaki-kun, your letter to me said that the Nanwu Library has been blown into ruins by artillery fire, but what's going on?"

Kuroki pointed to the sign at the entrance of the library, with four big words "Nanwu Library" written on it, and turned to look at his friend Kazushi Okazaki.

After so long, Kuroki Yueichi's face became thinner and thinner, and there was a lot more white hair on his head.

Okazaki Kazushi was his long-term friend, and he was also a scholar who came to China at the same time as Kuroki Goichi. During the war, these scholars left Shanghai with the evacuation team and returned to Japan.

However, after the war, many scholars returned to Shanghai, but Kuroki Yuichi delayed his trip due to the death of his old mother at home. Later, he received letters from friends and knew that he had also been bombed into ruins in the Nanwu Library in Shanghai. The Nanwu Library was his savings for many years, and it was built with the help of his friends, but it was eventually destroyed by the war. This made him heartbroken. In addition, his mother's death was discouraged. He lived in seclusion in the temple in Nagoya for a while. It was not until some time ago that he set off and returned to Shanghai under the urging of his friends.

After arriving in Shanghai, accompanied by two friends, he wanted to see the old place. After all, it was his own hard work. Even if it was a ruin, he could not help but worry. But what he saw was that Nanwu Library stood in front of him safely.

Okazaki Kazushi couldn't believe his eyes. After the war, he came to check the situation of Nanwu Library. At that time, the broken bricks and rubble had been razed to the ground. Then he wrote a letter to tell Kuroki Goichi. He had never been here since, and the current situation surprised him.

His lips moved and he said in confusion: "This, this, Kuroki Jun, I, I don't know what's going on! I clearly saw it carefully at that time, but now..."

Another friend behind him, Hiroki Ito, came to his senses for a while and murmured: "I came here to check it out at that time, and it was indeed ruins. At that time, this was the main battlefield. All the surrounding buildings were blown to flat ground, and none of them survived. What is this?"

When Kuroki Yue heard the words of his two friends, he looked around in confusion. After the war, Shanghai was rebuilt. The north bank of Suzhou River was located on the main road, which was the focus of reconstruction. Now new buildings have been built, but all the buildings have changed. Only his Nanwu Library is exactly the same as before. Not only the overall architectural style, but even the six-sided glazed lamps at the door, the fence style of the gate, the decorative patterns on the eaves of the walls, etc. are all the same, as if there was no change at all. No, if there is really a change, it is a newer cluster than before, as if it was redecorated on the original basis.

The business of this Nanwu Library is very good. There are many people coming and going to buy books and read books, some of whom are alone, and some are in groups of three or five.

At this time, a young man holding two books came out of the Nanwu Library. Hiroki Ito reached out to stop him and asked softly: "Is it that you often come here to read books? Do you know which curator here is?"

The young man looked at the clothes and temperament of the three people in front of him, and knew that he was not an ordinary person. He quickly replied respectfully: "I have been reading books frequently during this period. The reading environment here is quiet and comfortable, and the books are very complete. I like it very much. As for the director? I heard from the manager that he is Mr. Kuroki, a famous scholar in China. But I have never seen it before. For specific situations, you still need to ask the manager."

Hearing these words, the three of them looked at each other, Hiroki Ito nodded and thanked the young man. Then the young man returned a greeting and left quickly.

"Let's go in and take a look!" Kuroki Yueyi said in a deep voice. He was most excited at this moment. His library was intact after the war. Although he believed in his two friends' words, everything in front of him made him unable to explain his doubts. He was eager to know what was going on.

After saying that, he walked towards the library, and the other two people followed closely.

When you walk into the inner hall of the library, the layout and decoration inside have not changed at all. The difference is that many brand new bookcases are installed in the book area, which are filled with various books. Obviously, the supplementary books are far greater than the previous scale.

Although there are many people reading and buying books, the whole hall is very quiet, and everyone is bowing their heads to do their own things, and they do not notice the arrival of these three people.

Okazaki Kazushi and Ito Hiroki used to come to Nanwu Library, and were very familiar with the library. They watched everything as usual, and were even more confused.

At this time, Kuroki's eyes looked at a pair of decorated bottles on the front wall of the hall, and couldn't help but be surprised.

He chose the bottles by himself. He liked the peony pattern on it very much, so he bought them from an antique shop in Shanghai and arranged them here. However, when he was evacuated, the bottles were brought back to Japan by him. They are still placed at his home in Japan, but now they appear here. All of this makes him feel like he is in a dream.

Kurokiki walked closer a few steps, preparing to carefully check the authenticity of the two bottles. At this moment, a staff member came up and he obviously saw something wrong. Since the three people entered the hall, they attracted his attention, and later they looked around. If it weren't for the fact that the three people's clothes and temperaments were not like evil people, the staff would have come forward to stop them.

"Sir, this pair of peony bottles is the director's collection. They are valuable and are fragile. Please do not observe them nearby. Please forgive me!" The staff said very politely.

Kuroki looked up at the staff member. He didn't know him and let out a sigh of relief. Everything here was exactly the same as before. Fortunately, the staff member was not an old employee, otherwise he would have thought that time was just a dream.

In fact, as for Kuroki Yuichi himself, the impression that Nanwu Library gave him was like this. After all, when he left, the library was intact and the news that the library was destroyed was only learned from the letters of a friend. He had no specific impression in his mind. When he came back again, the library still stood here without any change, so he did not think it was difficult to accept this matter.

On the contrary, his two friends knew clearly how the library was destroyed, so when they entered the library, they looked around curiously, which was quite difficult to adapt.

Kuroki Yueyi smiled bitterly and shook his head. Just as he was about to speak, a voice suddenly came from behind him.

"Courtess? Mr.?"

The voice was very familiar. Kuroki Yuki quickly turned around and saw that it was Fukui Yuma, his former employee. He was opening his mouth wide and looking at him in surprise.

This also shocked Kuroki Yuma. He pointed at Fukui Yuma, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Fukui, what's going on?"

"It's really sir!" Fukui Yuma shouted loudly. He just looked familiar from the side just now, and now he finally confirmed that it was indeed the director who was back.

He hurried forward and bowed deeply to salute: "Sir, you are finally back after a long time of separation!"

After saying that, he suddenly remembered something and quickly turned around and ran towards the second floor, which made Kuroki Yue stunned.

Yuma Fukui ran to Ning Zhiheng's office door and knocked on the door frame quickly.

Ning Zhiheng's ears were amazing. Just as Fukui Yushi stepped up to the second floor, he heard the sound. He immediately signaled He Siming not to make a sound. When the knock on the door sounded, he responded with a voice: "Come in."

Fukui Yuma pushed open the door and said anxiously to Ning Zhiheng: "President, Mr. Kuroki is back!"

"What are you talking about?" Ning Zhiheng was shocked and asked quickly.

"It's the director who is back, right in the lobby downstairs!" Fukui Yuma confirmed again.

When Ning Zhiheng heard this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed. He and Kuroki Yui and two had only been together for a month. However, since they met, Kuroki Yui has taken good care of him. When he was like his son and nephew, he not only specially introduced Major General Junpei Uehara to himself as his backer. When he was about to leave, he also gave him a gift of gold. Ning Zhiheng has always been sincerely grateful to Kuroki Yui.

After the establishment of Nanwu Library, he specially sent someone to Japan to find the whereabouts of Kuroki Yuichi, but he never found it. Unexpectedly, it suddenly appeared now.

Ning Zhiheng did not delay for a moment, he immediately stood up and said to He Siming at the same time: "Follow me to welcome Mr. Heimu, just introduce it to you!"

He Siming nodded quickly, followed Ning Zhiheng, quickly walked out of the room, and came to the lobby on the first floor.

When Kuroki saw Yuma Fukui suddenly ran up the second floor, he soon saw a familiar figure descending the stairs and walking towards him quickly.

"Fujiwara-kun?"

Kuroki Goichi was extremely surprised. He never expected that his friend Fujiwara Tomohito was also here.

"gentlemen!"

Ning Zhiheng stepped forward and grabbed Kuroki Yueyi's hands and shouted cordially.

The war was about to begin when the two of them parted. After they parted, they went their separate ways and met again in troubled times. They both seemed to be a different world, and were filled with emotion.

"Kun Fujiwara, I got the news from my friend that the Nanwu Library has been destroyed by the war, but it is still as new now? If you left Shanghai, how could you appear here? What's going on?" Kuroki Yue was confused and asked a series of questions as soon as he spoke. There were too many surprises to him today, which made him unable to explain his doubts for a while.
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