Hollywood Secret Garden

Forrest Gump's words are right: life is like chocolate, you never know what flavor you will get next.A short sentence explains the randomness of life, which is why life is so attractive.

Of course, there are good surprises and bad surprises, and no matter what the reason for Angela and Scarlett to have sex again—whether it was to release negative emotions, or tormented by longing for too long—they will have to face it the next day. For one person, Kayla, who came all the way from England.

"Hi..." This was Keira's first words after the meeting, and then fell silent.Her eyes were fixed on Scarlett, and her face became a little ugly.

Scarlett, who is sitting opposite Angela, is dressed very simply and without makeup, but Keira can still tell that she is not wearing a bra underneath—well, this is not the point, the point is the style hidden between her brows , and the embarrassment, embarrassment and anxiety after discovering Keira.

If it wasn't in the restaurant of the hotel, if it wasn't for the many people around who were having breakfast, Keira would have already asked questions, instead of standing at the dining table like a stake now.

"Kayla? I didn't expect you to come to see me in Shanghai. What a surprise." Angela's tone was justly surprised, just like those who haven't seen their friends for a long time, and then she pulled Kayla calmly. One: "When did you arrive? Last night or this morning? Sit down first, you look a little tired."

Keira sat down as she said, took two deep breaths secretly to make herself look normal, then looked at Scarlett and squeezed a smile: "Hi, Manny, I think this should be the first time we met Bar?"

"Yes, it's the first time." Scarlett's eyes flashed a complex look, and her white teeth brushed against her lips.

"Angela often talks about you to me, and she said you are one of her best friends." Keira's smile deepened, with a slight sarcasm, "Sometimes I can't help but think, what Sometimes you can have such good friends.”

Scarlett raised her eyebrows involuntarily, feeling a little angry. Her tolerance was not to let the other party get ahead.Just when she opened her mouth to fight back, Angela stepped in: "Hey, Keira, you haven't answered my question yet."

"I arrived in Shanghai at four o'clock in the morning this morning," Keira had to turn her attention to Angela. "Fortunately, I booked a room at the Hilton Hotel in advance, but I couldn't sleep in bed until it was bright. Get up. I planned to go to the restaurant to have breakfast before looking for you, but I didn't expect you to be here, and you saw me in such a mess."

In fact, Keira in front of her is not sloppy at all, but her eye bags are slightly swollen, and her sleepiness is obvious.

"Then go back to the room and rest. If you don't get enough sleep, it's only bad for your body." Angela said softly, reaching out to squeeze her face lovingly before Keira wanted to refute, "Be obedient!"

Keira was stunned, looking at the imperceptible blush flying across her face, but she still didn't plan to go back to rest: "But I want to go to the set to see, the media has mixed reviews for your new movie, I want to see it based on my own experience. to make a judgment.”

Even so, she still secretly glanced at Scarlett.Scarlett, who had been drooping her eyelids after being interrupted by Angela, suddenly put down the coffee cup in her hand and raised her head: "Angie, I think I should go back."

"Go back? America? Today?" Angela raised her eyebrows in surprise.

"Yes," Scarlett nodded, "Actually, I booked the plane ticket two days ago, but I didn't tell you. You know, I came with Ms. Meryl. Her part has finished filming and mine hasn't yet. "

"Okay," Angela nodded regretfully after thinking for a few seconds, "after all, work comes first."

Keira next to her couldn't help showing a hidden triumphant smile, but Angela's next sentence made her frown again: "What time is the plane, so I can take you to the airport."

"No need, you have work to do, don't you?" Scarlett shook her head and rejected her kindness, "Your condition is much better these days, and your progress has accelerated a lot, so you have to hurry up."

Keira's expression changed a few times after listening to the words. She wanted to interrupt to say a few words, but the corners of her mouth curled up when she thought of something, and finally stood up and stretched her body lazily: "I'll go back to my room to rest first, Angie."

Then he gave Scarlett a cold look, turned around and walked towards the door of the restaurant.Calm was restored at the dining table, but neither Angela nor Scarlett wanted to talk anymore. The two silently used up the remaining food, and then both left the restaurant.

"I'm going up to pack my things. You can go to the studio and don't need to see me off." Scarlett said this after the elevator arrived, seeing Angela nodded silently before entering the elevator.But she couldn't hold back in the end, and said softly when the elevator doors began to close: "She looks alike, really alike."

Angela's body trembled slightly, and she watched in a daze as the smooth elevator door closed in front of her, reflecting a somewhat distorted mirror image of herself, and then clenched her fists.

The day passed quickly, and Keira, who hurried back to the hotel room, turned on the light, put the bag in her hand on the coffee table and started to get busy. Angela just called to say that she was going back to the hotel soon, and she had to be quicker. just work.

After arranging the things, he rushed to the bathroom to dress up a bit, said something to himself in the mirror as if to cheer him up, and then the doorbell rang.

"You're here, Angie?" Kayla opened the door, her eyes crescent.

"Yeah, you came to see me on purpose, so I ended the shooting early and came back to accompany you." Angela smiled tiredly between her brows, and then leaned over and kissed her on the cheek.

"Come in, where's Lily?" Keira happily took her arm and pulled her into the room.

"I asked her to go back to her room. What, do you want her to watch?" Angela teased.

"Hey, I'm just asking," Kayla said reproachfully, and helped her take off her coat. "How's today going? The first time I called, it was Lily who answered again, and she said You were throwing a tantrum at the actor."

"It turns out that she slandered me like this, it's really hateful." Angela said half-truth, and waved her hand after sitting down on the sofa: "Don't worry, you know, I hardly lose my temper on the set, at most I use Severe words."

"Tell me." Keira sat next to her, "Tell me about the specific situation, just take it as a way to relieve my boredom."

"Okay, okay." Seeing her expectant expression, Angela nodded and started talking.

In fact, there is nothing else, similar to the previous times, but since Keira wants to hear, Angela doesn't mind spreading something for her.

"So, the documentary and the records in "Rabe's Diary" have conclusive evidence?" After Angela's narration came to an end, Keira asked seriously with a dignified look.

"Comprehensive evidence from all aspects, the reliability should be 80% to 90%." Angela nodded.

"It's shameful. Japan should have been a signatory to the international treaty at that time." Keira said angrily.

"For the Japanese..." Angela suddenly closed her mouth, shook her head and spread her hands: "Look, even you haven't heard of such a disaster, that's why I want to make it into a movie s reason."

Maybe it was because she almost slipped her tongue before or maybe it was because the topic was too heavy, she shifted her attention to other places, such as the things on the coffee table: "This... what?"

It was a small Chinese-style earthen jar, which looked rather charming in its antique style.

"Oh, I specially went out to sell this for you." Kayla, who was a little depressed because of the heavy topic, suddenly became excited, "I asked many people and ran several streets before I bought it at a famous restaurant. Yes, fortunately, the guide next to me is very good. What did the restaurant hear? Damn, I forgot the name of the soup, and the Chinese characters are really hard to remember. Anyway, they all said that this soup is very good for women Used to nourish the body."

"Really?" Angela dubiously looked at the two big characters "Xu Ji" on the crock soil, then opened the lid and smelled it, "It seems to smell like rice wine? I can't be sure... this is... silky chicken?!"

Angela's face suddenly became weird, and Keira next to her was still eagerly urging: "Try it-oh, it seems that there is no temperature, let the people in the hotel help you heat it up, I specially wrote down the temperature precautions."

She said she looked for it in her handbag, and Angela grabbed Keira's arm a little funny: "Okay, Keira, I am very touched by your kindness, but I don't want to drink soup now."

"Why?" Keira looked at her in surprise, and her face became a little uncomfortable.

"If I'm not mistaken, this should be the soup that women drink during 'confinement'." Angela explained with a smile, "Do you understand what 'confinement' is? It's a common saying that the Chinese use To specifically refer to the time a woman rests after giving birth."

Keira blinked her eyes, and opened her mouth wide to react after a while: "You mean this soup is specially for pregnant women?!"

"No, no, no," Angela shook her head with a grin. "It's for women who have given birth. To put it simply, it's a nutritional soup, so that women who have given birth can better supplement their nutrition."

"Oh, hell!" Keira suddenly showed annoyed expression, gnashing her teeth as if she had made a huge mistake, "Damn it, I also said that the guide was competent, but I didn't expect it to be like this..."

"Okay, Keira, it's not a big deal." Angela said reassuringly.

At this time, Keira hurriedly took out another small box from her handbag, handed it to Angela and looked at her expectantly: "I bought this one for you too, I don't think this one was cheated."

"The previous one is not a deception, because..." Angela was stunned after opening the box. She looked at the contents inside and asked after a while, "Is this... bought at the Town God's Temple?"

"Well... yes, the name of that place is pronounced this way." Keira nodded after recalling, and then showed a shy smile: "They said, this means...to be together forever."

Angela didn't speak anymore, just stared at the things in the box.It was a yellow and white concentric knot with a small emerald in the middle, and it was not badly made in terms of handwork alone.

A strong feeling of dizziness and trance suddenly came to her heart, and the repetition of many pictures made her feel like she couldn't breathe.Angela suddenly pushed the box away, pinched the bridge of her nose and turned her head away: "It's better...forget it."

"Why?" Keira looked at Angela incomprehensibly, "Is it because it's not good-looking? Or did I make a mistake again?"

"No no no, Keira," Angela shook her head, "You've done a great job, I'm very touched, but...for some reason I...don't want to collect this gadget..."

"Some reason?" Keira murmured, her disappointed face turned anxious, "Can't you tell me? Can't you tell me at all? I... Am I not your girlfriend?!"

Before Angela could answer, she gritted her teeth and asked, "Is it because of Manny?"

"Wait, why did this involve Manny again?" Angela's expression also changed slightly.

"Then why can't you say it?" Keira asked a little irritably, "Other than that, I can't think of a reason for you not to say it!"

"I don't want to say it because I saw this thing when I came to China 7 or 8 years ago. At that time... Anyway, I don't want to mention this now, okay?!" Angela slightly raised her voice.

"Is that so? Is it really so?" Keira looked at Angela with a sneer, with disbelief on her face.

Angela also had an ashen face. After staring at Keira for a long time, she spread her hands: "If you want to ask something, just ask."

Kaila suddenly became short of breath, clutching the hem of her clothes with both hands sadly, biting her lips, not knowing what to say.In the end, she softened, hugged Angela and said with a choked voice: "I'm sorry, Angie, I'm sorry, I'm just afraid, I'm just afraid that I will lose you suddenly, I'm sorry..."

Angela immediately relaxed her body, and comforted Kaila with a wry smile: "I should be the one who said I'm sorry."

The two of them hugged each other so tightly for a long time before they separated, and then they looked at each other and smiled, carrying some inexplicable things.

"Let's do something else, such as asking the people in the hotel to heat up this can of soup, and the two of us will share it." Angela pointed at the small earthen pot that was still on the coffee table.

"Didn't you say that this is for women who have given birth?" Keira asked strangely.

"I didn't finish what I said. Even women who don't have children can drink it. Have you seen this? This is silky chicken. The Chinese believe that soup made from silky chicken is good for women." Angela smiled. explained.

"Is that so?" Keira rubbed her chin, "Well, I have to admit, you know a lot about these things in China."

Having said that, she rolled her eyes, and suddenly proposed excitedly: "How about calling Lily to share this can of soup together. We can tell her after she finishes drinking that this is for pregnant women—oh, it's raw Women who gave birth to children drink."

"Good idea, let's do it like this." Angela made a decision immediately.

The sudden turmoil seems to have just passed away. However, only the person involved will know whether it really passed away or was buried in a deeper place.

Dear head of state, this is the tenth time I am writing to you. I know that you may have many things to consider and you may not have time to write back to me, but I still want to tell you what I have seen and heard in the Far East.

The continuous massacre has been going on for a month. The Japanese are doing the same things as wild animals in this ancient city in the east. This beautiful city now only destroys and kills. I can’t believe that we are with this kind of people allied.

Although the safe zone we established in Nanjing helped some refugees, it was far from enough. The Japanese ignored international conventions and often broke into the safe zone to arrest people at will, and even often cut off various supplies in the safe zone.

Dear Führer, I once again beg you to help these poor people, and hope that the German ambassador can come forward to stop these cruel beasts from raging in this land.

Yours sincerely, John Rabe

Rabe looked anxiously out of the car window, his eyes under the glasses were bloodshot, and he had written dozens of letters to the Führer, but they were all like stones sunk in the sea without any waves turning up.The German embassy has stated that it can do nothing about it. They have received several protests from the Japanese, and even the SS came over to warn him.

why?Rabe asked himself over and over again in his heart, that loyalty had begun to gradually waver.

Jinling Women's University is already far away. What is different from the past is that a few Japanese soldiers with bayonets seem to want to break in at the door, while Minnie Vautrin, who was in charge of school affairs after the fall of Nanjing, blocked the door. Don't let them in.

"This group of damned fellows!" Rabe couldn't help cursing in a low voice. As soon as he finished his words, he saw the Japanese soldier standing in the front slap Vautrin's face and beat her up. staggering.

"Stop!" Rabe immediately stopped the driver, jumped out of the car and ran over a few steps, shouting loudly, "What's going on!"

Those strange Japanese soldiers gave him a look, and pushed Vautrin away without saying anything, and were about to rush in. Rabe took a few steps to block them, revealing his Nazi party member badge and raised his voice: "I'm John Rabe, Chairman of the Nanjing International Safety Zone! I want to see your immediate superior!"

The soldiers hesitated for a while, and then exchanged a few words with each other.It was probably because Rabe's status as a Nazi party member showed them some scruples, and after muttering a few words, they left unwillingly.

Seeing them walking away, Rabe breathed a sigh of relief, and turned to look at Vautrin: "Are you okay, Minnie?"

"Fortunately..." Vautrin replied briefly. She was much more haggard than Rabe, and she looked as if she might be blown to the ground by the wind at any moment.

"What are they trying to do? Does this happen often?" Rabe continued to ask.

"They want to come in and rape women, they often do this, forcibly entering or climbing over the fence," Vautrin said in a low voice but extremely angry, "I couldn't close my eyes for several days, even if I rested, I could only sleep for four hours, and Going to sleep fully clothed so I can get up for emergencies...I'm so tired, John."