usatvline Chapter 388: People Haunted by the Past
Chapter 388: People Haunted by the Past
Fujiwara Shizuka hurriedly squatted down and picked up the broken dishes and chopsticks on the ground.
Knowing that Chen Yang was coming, Fujiwara Shizuka went to the kitchen to make a bowl of ramen. However, she suddenly heard the news that her father was coming to China, which made her very upset.
"Let me do it." Chen Yang squatted down and helped Fujiwara Shizuka pick up the fragments on the ground.
"Sorry, I'll go make another bowl." Fujiwara Shizuka picked up the tray and hurried to the kitchen.
"Aunt, what happened to her?" Chen Yang was a little surprised.
"What? Shizuka never told you about her family?" Li Xianshu frowned, as if she remembered something, and sighed deeply.
"Family? No." Chen Yang suddenly came back to his senses. Yes, the two have been together for so long, but Fujiwara Shizuka seems to have never talked about herself.
"So, you don't know her father, Fujiwara Naoio?" Li Xianshu asked curiously.
"I do know a little about this person. He is a genius in code-breaking technology and has a very deep background in both the military and political circles."
"I just know that he has a very high status in the local area."
Li Xianshu sighed as if she remembered something, and said with some sadness: "Even now, she still hasn't told you anything. It seems that she still can't forget Ryosuke."
After the voice fell, Li Xianshu stood up and said: "Yes, Shizuka's father is a good friend of Prime Minister Konoe, and the Fujiwara family has a very high status in Japan. In terms of family reputation, it is only higher than the Yamamoto family of the Black Dragon Society."
"She and Ryosuke were originally a perfect match. Strictly speaking, we are marrying above our station."
"But later, because Ryosuke got sick, eh..."
"After Ryosuke died, she insisted on helping him take care of me as his widow. I tried to persuade her to give up several times, but she still refused."
"I had no choice but to try another approach. I recognized her as my daughter and found a suitable man for her."
"Until I met you..."
Only then did Chen Yang realize why this aunt brought Fujiwara Shizuka to see him the next day after she met him for the first time. It turned out that she wanted Fujiwara Shizuka to get rid of her past.
Although Fujiwara Shizuka is beautiful and has a good family background, she has actually been living in the past. Simply put, she is a person who is entangled in the past.
As an expert in psychology, Li Xianshu naturally knows the impact of living in the past on people.
Moreover, it stands to reason that in Japan, even if you are a royal princess, you have to change your surname to your husband's when you marry.
Fujiwara Shizuka could only be called Mrs. Yamamoto, but she always used Fujiwara's surname. It turned out that the two were not officially married.
After a pause, Li Xianshu said slowly: "I originally wanted to entrust her to you, but she insisted that she is much older than you, and you have Haili."
"She just wants you to help her have a child. Hey, at first I thought that with your appearance, her feelings for Ryosuke would slowly fade away over time."
"Besides, according to Chinese rules, you can still marry her even if you marry Hailey, but this time I seem to have underestimated Shizuka's obsession."
Chen Yang frowned. Fujiwara Shizuka told him that the relationship between them was just a deal.
It's been so long, and Chen Yang still thought he could talk about feelings. It seems that Fujiwara Shizuka still treats their relationship as a transaction.
After a while, Chen Yang sighed: "Aunt, maybe I didn't do well enough to help Jingxiang get over the past."
"No, Chen Yang, you are the only chance and the only antidote for Shizuka." Li Xianshu held Chen Yang's hand and said earnestly: "You must not give up on Shizuka. I think what she needs now is a child."
"As long as she can give birth to the child, she can completely say goodbye to the past."
"I believe that for her, only a child can completely transfer her love for Ryosuke."
Chen Yang was stunned for a moment, and after a while, he changed the subject and asked, "Aunt, why did Shizuka's father come to China?"
"He's not coming to see me, is he?"
Li Xianshu smiled faintly and said, "Why? Are you scared now?"
Chen Yang shrank his neck and said stubbornly: "Why should I be afraid of him..."
Li Xianshu was silent for a while, then stretched out her hand to let Chen Yang sit down and said, "With your current status, you will know about this matter sooner or later."
"Headquarters wants to terminate the Army Department's plan to move north."
"After data analysis and war simulation, the General Staff considered the strength of the Kwantung Army and the Soviet-Mongolian Allied Forces and concluded that the plan to march north might not succeed."
"Of course, the Army Department cannot accept the current simulation results. They still believe that they need to increase troops and continue to put pressure on the Soviet Union."
“But some people don’t think so.”
"They believe that the Empire's navy already has sufficient strength to open up new tracks and make up for the shortcomings of the army's offense."
"Moreover, this proposal has also received support from the Mitsubishi Group and the Sumitomo Group."
Chen Yang frowned and said, "Of course they will support it. These two consortiums are now cooperating with the warship department. Not only are they vigorously casting warships, they are also mass-producing Zero fighters."
"If the navy is reduced to a transport fleet for the army, what is the point of having so many battleships and planes?"
"After all, it's all for your own benefit."
Li Xianshu did not refute Chen Yang's point of view. In fact, she also thought so.
The Navy, the Army, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and various agencies will constantly belittle each other's achievements in order to seize power.
However, the army's performance in the past year has been very poor, and Karafuto Island cannot be taken solely by the army.
Even if the results on the Far East battlefield were not as good as expected, the Navy was fully capable of transporting three to four divisions to occupy Karafuto Island.
All the Navy needs is for the Army to fight harder on the battlefields of the Far East.
Only in this way can they have the capital to negotiate with the Soviet Union.
The two were silent for a while, and Chen Yang slowly said: "So, the destination of Shizuka's father's trip is the Soviet Union?"
"Is the headquarters preparing to fight and negotiate at the same time?"
Li Xianshu nodded and said, "The Soviet intelligence personnel obtained top-secret information. The Soviet Military Committee decided to launch a military operation against Finland on September 1st."
"So, before September 1st, they will definitely solve the problems in the Far East and avoid fighting on two fronts."
"Shizuka's father is an important contact person in mainland China, reporting the Soviet Union's reaction to mainland China at any time."
Chen Yang nodded and said hesitantly: "Aunt, do you think I should meet Jingxiang's father?"
Li Xianshu was stunned for a moment and laughed: "Your expression? Are you scared?"
Chen Yang's face turned red, and he stiffened his neck and said, "How is it possible? He is already old, how can he hit me?"