In a relatively closed space, people can easily get closer.

This is true for Lin Zixuan and Lu Xiaoman.

Most of his impression of Lu Xiaoman came from later reports. He knew that this woman had a lot of entanglement with many men, liked to play, dance, watch plays, spend money randomly, and spend too much money.

Of course, they also have talent, writing poetry, acting and painting.

According to later generations, this is a socialite woman.

However, Lu Xiaoman was just nineteen years old at this time, and had not graduated from school. She had just come into contact with society and was not well experienced.

Her father, Lu Zifu, was a former Qing juren, graduated from Waseda University in Japan, served in the Ministry of Finance in China, served as director, counselor, tax director, etc., and was also the main founder of China Savings Bank.

Her family is well-off, so she naturally doesn't care about spending money, and she often brings the spoiledness of a lady from the family.

Lin Zixuan and Lu Xiaoman talked and discussed the plot together, and gradually became familiar with each other.

However, I found that this woman has a true nature. Perhaps she has been exposed to Western education since childhood. Lu Xiaoman is bold and lively, and also has the vanity and scruples of women.

Among the women he came into contact with, only Yin Mingzhu and Lu Xiaoman were similar, both of whom liked freshness and playfulness.

But there are differences between the two. Yin Mingzhu is a modern girl who likes fashion, but she is affectionate and righteous, while Lu Xiaoman is relatively gentle, but her mind is more lively.

Feng Chengcheng pursues progress and has independent thoughts. Meng Xiaodong is more thoughtful, soft on the outside and hard on the inside.

These women from the Republic of China era are no different from those in later generations. They are also vivid and tender, hot and passionate.

"Gone with the Wind" became their common topic, and Lu Xiaoman participated in it, and she felt that this was their common creation.

As the plot develops, in that chaotic world, Scarlett gradually becomes mature and strong, and the cruelty of war gradually emerges. People are struggling constantly for the sake of life.

Of course there are ugliness and betrayals.

"Why do you have to write so cruelly?" Lu Xiaoman asked.

Most of the past she read superficial love novels. Although there have been wars in China, she has never experienced wars.

"I want to write about a special woman. Although this woman has vanity and willfulness, she also has a strong and brave side." Lin Zixuan explained, "Only in the midst of war can Scarlett's character be revealed. Women are as strong as men in the face of war."

“I want to write a spiritual history book for women so that they can know how great they are,” he continued. “The background of this story may cause criticism in the country, so I use the American Civil War and Scarlett to complete this idea.”

Of course, he is talking nonsense. He is just copying books seriously. What's the point?

But it seems different to Lu Xiaoman. She saw this story flowing out of Lin Zixuan's writing with her own eyes. She really believed that Lin Zixuan wanted to write a book for Chinese women.

After saying this, she felt that her translation work became noble in an instant and her enthusiasm increased a lot.

At the same time, Lin Zixuan's image in her mind is even taller.

At first, Lu Xiaoman thought Lin Zixuan was a versatile person. The Lin family was a big family in Shanghai. They were in the same social class and there were no obstacles to communication.

She is a vanity girl with a high vision and most of her contacts are descendants of dignitaries or talented young talents.

Lin Zixuan can be said to have both.

Have a family background, have your own career, can write poetry, write novels, and make movies...

She just learned that Lin Zixuan could write songs. Songs such as "Night Comes to the Fragrance" popular in Peking were written by Lin Zixuan, which is a must-play song at the dance party.

Is there anything he can't do?

Now that Lu Xiaoman heard Lin Zixuan’s original intention of writing this story, he was quite moved.

Young girls are always easily moved by themselves. She puts all kinds of halos on Lin Zixuan and thinks Lin Zixuan is so perfect. She regards herself as Scarlett in the story, and Lin Zixuan is Ruide Bai.

I wish I could meet before I got married!

She and Wang Geng are already engaged and will get married when they return to China. Why don’t I meet you earlier?

This is just an idea that Lu Xiaoman occasionally flashed through when translating "Gone with the Wind".

Sometimes when you are too committed to doing something, you will put yourself in it.

She felt that Lin Zixuan wrote Scarlett according to her personality, and Rhett Bai's elegant demeanor and humor are exactly the portrayal of Lin Zixuan herself.

The two met in America in 1861 and met and fell in love during the war. What a romantic thing.

This is a scene in Lu Xiaoman's dream. The more she translates this novel, the more she will have this dream at night.

In the closed space of the cruise ship, she focused on her work and devoted herself to the world of novels. She couldn't tell whether she was Lu Xiaoman or Scarlett, and occasionally she would recite the words and sentences in the novel.

This situation is called obsession or madness.

Sometimes, when we see a book or TV series, we will always forget it afterwards, and this is the state.

Lu Xiaoman's condition will not cause trouble to others, but he is closer to Lin Zixuan and more distant to Wang Geng.

Lin Zixuan also noticed that when the two were talking, they looked at each other, and there was an indescribable feeling floating in the air.

They seemed to want to do something further, and there seemed to be something blocking them in the middle, making them afraid to try.

This kind of blocking is the secular power of this era and the moral power in their hearts. Wang Geng may be outside the cabin. This feeling makes them moved and timid.

This is an extremely subtle and exciting feeling.

The cruise ship is getting closer and closer to the United States. Once the environment changes, the vague feelings between the two will gradually disappear, leaving only a faint memory.

Or many years later, when they think of this trip, they will smile gently and recall that youthful time.

On this day, Lu Xiaoman got the manuscript he had just written from Lin Zixuan as usual and returned to the cabin to take a closer look.

After reading the story, she found a poem attached to the story.

The farthest distance in the world is not the distance between life and death, but I am standing in front of you, but you don’t know that I love you.

The farthest distance in the world is not that I stand in front of you but you don’t know that I love you, but that I know that I love each other but cannot be together.

The farthest distance in the world is not that you can’t be together even though you know that you love each other, but that you can’t resist this longing, but you still have to deliberately pretend not to keep you in your heart at all.

The farthest distance in the world is the distance between birds and fish, one soars in the sky, the other dives deep into the sea.
Chapter completed!