One summer day in 1980, the frail Zheng Xiu was lying on the hospital bed with cloudy eyes, still muttering: "Jiabao, Jiabao..."
She only had one regret before she died, that is, she never saw Jiabao again, no Let's talk to him again when I get the chance.
Jiabao is the real name of the famous playwright Cao Yu, and he is also the ex-husband who Zheng Xiu loved with all his heart.
In the autumn of 1932, Zheng Xiu was admitted to the Law Department of Tsinghua University from Beijing Beiman Middle School. She had a beautiful appearance and dignified temperament, and she soon became famous in Tsinghua, a "monk temple" with many monks and few flesh.
Cao Yu, a junior student studying Western literature at Tsinghua University, also silently paid attention to this outstanding woman.
The following year, the breath of early spring came quietly. Tsinghua Drama Club was rehearsing the play "Crime" by British playwright Galsworthy. It happened that the role of the heroine was vacant. Cao Yu, who played the hero in the play, suddenly had a whim, why Why not let Jung Soo play the female lead?
As the saying goes, those who are near the water get the moon first. He couldn't help but feel happy when he imagined that the two people fell in love due to drama and their relationship quickly heated up.
After much thought, Cao Yu finally asked a friend to come forward and invite Zheng Xiulai to play the heroine in the play.
Cao Yu
However, things did not develop as Cao Yu expected.
Faced with this sudden invitation, Zheng Xiu directly rejected it. She was a law student and had no understanding of drama at all. Acting in a drama was not a joke. How could this be done?
The rejection of his sweetheart made Cao Yu very sad, but he still did not give up.
From often sending letters full of artistic passion to Zheng Xiu to impress her, to standing outside the girls’ dormitory and looking at the window of Zheng Xiu’s room infatuatedly, even mumbling Zheng Xiu’s words even when she was not sleeping at night. name.
His classmates in the same dormitory couldn't stand his dejected look, so they helped to lobby Zheng Xiu.
A virtuous woman is also afraid of stalking a man.
Zheng Xiu was finally defeated by Cao Yu's persistence and the enthusiastic persuasion of her classmates. She agreed to play the heroine of the drama, which also gave Cao Yu a chance to get in touch with her.
When she came into contact with drama for the first time, she knew nothing about this art form, so Cao Yu took advantage of the situation and became Zheng Xiu's one-on-one instructor.
In order for Zheng Xiu to quickly understand the plot and the relationship between all the characters, Cao Yu played all the roles by himself, making the characters of different genders, ages, social backgrounds, and personality colors vivid.
Even the heroine’s role was played just right by Cao Yu.
Cao Yu
Zheng Xiu looked at the man in front of him who was radiating light from head to toe on the stage. A feeling of admiration arose spontaneously. He couldn't help but praise: "You play the heroine, you are not cheesy at all, very cute, sincere, and you can pronounce your lines well." "It's very nice."
In fact, this is not the first time she has met Cao Yu. She had seen Cao Yu's play "Nora" in the Tsinghua Auditorium two years ago when he was still pretending to be a woman. horn.
He is short, has a round face, and wears black-rimmed glasses. The unremarkable Cao Yu gradually merges with the sparkling Cao Yu on the stage, leaving a deep impression on Zheng Xiu.
During breaks in rehearsals, Cao Yu often told her stories from ancient and modern Chinese and foreign books. His eloquent talk and unique insights into art all moved her heart, and the two immediately fell in love.
During the summer vacation of this year, when Zheng Xiuzheng was planning to return to his hometown in Nanjing, Cao Yu begged her not to leave. He was writing a play that he had conceived for a long time and hoped that she could stay with him.
"Without you by my side, I will accomplish nothing." Cao Yu said affectionately, holding her hand.
These words made her heart soften, and she thought to herself that she must be by her lover's side when he needs him most.
Cao Yu's work "Thunderstorm"
During the hot summer vacation, the two of them sat face to face in the Tsinghua library reading room during the day. Cao Yu was passionately writing his debut novel "Thunderstorm", while Zheng Xiu was reviewing his homework or helping him. Transcribe manuscripts.
When he was tired, he raised his head to look at each other and smiled at each other. Zheng Xiu's silent encouragement supported Cao Yu's creation.
Every evening, when the sun sets, the two of them would hold hands and roam in the summer breeze. Cao Yu would always excitedly tell her the story's ideas and the character and destiny of each character in it.
Zheng Xiu listened with a smile and became the first loyal reader of this work.
They chatted from dusk to night, from the lotus pond to the rocky mountain, from literature to life and family. When
talked about creation, her eyes showed passionate admiration. When she talked about Cao Yu's experience of losing his mother at a young age, her eyes showed deep distress.
Cao Yu showed his erudition and profundity in front of her without hesitation, and held his fiery heart in front of her without any reservation.
"You brought back my youth that died young and allowed me to taste the mellowest wine in life. I feel the happiest when I am with you!"
The next year, this masterpiece "Thunderstorm", a joint effort between the two, was released. Published, on the cover of the hardcover, Cao Yu specially wrote the two people's nicknames - to Yingru, Jiabao.
Zheng Xiu and Cao Yu
Perhaps love inspired creativity. After falling in love, Cao Yu continued to create two masterpieces, "Sunrise" and "The Wilderness". He became so famous that he was invited to work in a drama school.
After three years of vigorous love, on November 26, 1936, the two held a grand engagement ceremony in Nanjing.
On that day, she wore a well-tailored, elegant and beautiful cheongsam, affectionately hugged her future husband, and happily accepted everyone's blessings.
This is the happiest day in her life.
At that time, she thought they would be in love until the end of their lives, but things went against their wishes. Soon after their marriage, their marriage became full of conflicts and a red light came on.
After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the two moved with the drama school to Changsha and Chongqing, and finally arrived in Jiang'an, a small town in southern Sichuan in 1939.
Cao Yu
In order to be with Cao Yu, Zheng Xiu gave up the opportunity to study abroad when she graduated, gave up her job, and was willing to focus on taking care of the family for him, becoming the woman behind the great playwright.
's life in Jiang'an was very monotonous. Cao Yu's career was on the rise and he had no time to take care of her. She had to play cards to pass the time and sit at the mahjong table all day long.
Cao Yu didn't understand why Zheng Xiu seemed to be a different person after marriage. He was confused, unmotivated, and even wanted to drag himself to play cards with her.
But Cao Yu didn't like to be clean. Zheng Xiu couldn't stand him not washing his feet at night, so he always took care of him and urged him, but Cao Yu just did it perfunctorily.
As soon as the two came and went, there was a rift in the relationship between the two.
Fang Rui
As time goes by, the couple speak less and less in common, and their discord becomes wider and wider, until the appearance of another woman gives their seven-year relationship a heavy blow.
On a hot and humid evening in the summer of 1940, Deng Wansheng, a student at the drama school, entrusted Cao Yu to help her sister Deng Yisheng tutor English.
This Deng translator was later Cao Yu’s second wife Fang Rui.
Cao Yu met Fang Rui for the first time. She was dressed plainly, and her every move and smile revealed a gentle and quiet temperament. He found that although Fang Rui had been self-study at home since childhood and had never gone to college, she had a high level of cultural literacy. , the two unexpectedly clicked together.
Ever since he met Fang Rui, Cao Yu always felt that Fang Rui was his ideal wife every time he went home and saw Zheng Xiu playing cards.
The relationship between the two quickly heated up. The day and night interaction with Fang Rui inspired Cao Yu. He used Fang Rui as the prototype to create " Beijingers ", a masterpiece of Sufang.
In addition, the two often went out as a couple blatantly, and this extramarital affair has become an open secret.
Cao Yu and Fang Rui
When the news reached Zheng Xiu's ears, she felt like she was struck by lightning, but she still didn't believe that her family treasure would betray her.
Until one day, Mrs. Yang from the teahouse came to the house and winked at Cao Yu, and he followed him out immediately.
Zheng Xiu suddenly became suspicious, so he followed him out and followed him all the way to the teahouse.
Sure enough, she saw a letter and snatched it away in anger. The letter was torn in half in their hands.
Juanxiu's font immediately reminded her of the rumor.
Seeing this, Cao Yu immediately crumpled up half of the letter in his hand and swallowed it.
Cao Yu's actions were nothing more than "there is no three hundred taels of silver here", which confirmed the so-called rumor.
Her husband came home less and less often. She originally thought it was just because he was busy with work, but she didn't expect that he actually had someone else outside.
Zheng Xiu was born into a wealthy family with a silver spoon in her mouth. Her father was a justice of the Supreme Court of the Nationalist Government. She could have lived a lifetime of prosperity and wealth, with no worries about food and clothing, but she gave up the opportunity to study abroad for Cao Yu, and now she followed him to this place. A small town in the southwest thousands of miles away from home.
The wedding of the two in Changsha was also very simple. She originally thought of having a grand wedding later, but she didn't expect that this happened after only four years of marriage.
She loved him wholeheartedly, and her two daughters were still so young. How could he betray her?
Zheng Xiu and his daughters Wan Dai and Wan Zhao
Thinking about the past moments between the two of them, so sweet, how could he change his heart? He must have been temporarily confused.
She burst into tears and asked about the rumors between him and Fang Rui, but he did not deny it.
The questioning gradually turned into crying. Cao Yu gradually became impatient and blurted out the word "divorce".
Zheng Xiu was stunned. Her heart seemed to be tightly grasped by a pair of hands and then torn into pieces.
I didn't expect that he actually wanted to divorce her. How could she agree? She loved him so much and was even willing to wait for him to change his mind.
After this fight, the two often quarreled, and news of the couple's discord spread throughout the small town.
But when her husband proposed divorce several times, she still firmly refused. It seemed that as long as there was no divorce, she and her children would still have a home, and her family treasures would one day come back.
Cao Yu, Zheng Xiu and their daughter
In the dead of night, she would reflect on herself, is she too strict with the family treasures?
She would remind Cao Yu to rest early when he was working late into the night, and would urge him to take a shower, as if she was being aggressive the more times he did it.
Jiabao doesn't like others to disturb him all the time. It must be because she cares too much and is too annoying, Zheng Xiu thought.
But these are just excuses she made for Cao Yu. If you don’t love him, you don’t love him.
Cao Yu (second from left)
At the beginning of 1942, Cao Yu resigned and came to Chongqing from Jiang'an, officially beginning his separation from Zheng Xiu.
Later, in order not to disturb Cao Yu's creation, Zheng Xiu also took his two daughters back to live with his parents in Nanjing.
Even though the marriage between the two exists in name only, and even though she often hears news that her husband is in love with another woman, Zheng Xiu still loves Cao Yu without hesitation, always talking about the family treasure, and believing that one day he will change his mind.
In the winter of 1948, the Kuomintang army collapsed. As a senior Kuomintang official, Zheng Lie planned to transport his family, old and young, to Taiwan on a special plane.
Seeing that his daughter was reluctant to board the plane, he urged, "Yingru, what are you still looking at?"
Zheng Xiu had been looking anxiously at the entrance of the airport, expecting a figure to appear, "Father, why hasn't Jiabao arrived yet?" Come?"
Zheng Lie could only speak vaguely and persuade his daughter to leave with him. In fact, he had no contact with Cao Yu at all, and Cao Yu would not leave the mainland with them.
Zheng Xiu vaguely guessed the reason, but still couldn't leave because she knew that if she stepped on this plane, it would be even more impossible for her and Cao Yu in the future.
She can't leave, she has to stay here, stay here and wait for her family treasure to come back, so that their family of four can be reunited.
She raised her hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes, held her two daughters in her hands, and said to her father painfully: "My daughter is unfilial and cannot leave with you!"
After saying that, she turned around and walked towards the exit step by step without looking back. She dared to look back because she knew that she could not face her father's disappointment and that she was sorry for her parents.
One summer day in 1980, the frail Zheng Xiu was lying on the hospital bed with cloudy eyes, still muttering: "Jiabao, Jiabao..."
She only had one regret before she died, that is, she never saw Jiabao again, no Let's talk to him again when I get the chance.
Jiabao is the real name of the famous playwright Cao Yu, and he is also the ex-husband who Zheng Xiu loved with all his heart.
In the autumn of 1932, Zheng Xiu was admitted to the Law Department of Tsinghua University from Beijing Beiman Middle School. She had a beautiful appearance and dignified temperament, and she soon became famous in Tsinghua, a "monk temple" with many monks and few flesh.
Cao Yu, a junior student studying Western literature at Tsinghua University, also silently paid attention to this outstanding woman.
The following year, the breath of early spring came quietly. Tsinghua Drama Club was rehearsing the play "Crime" by British playwright Galsworthy. It happened that the role of the heroine was vacant. Cao Yu, who played the hero in the play, suddenly had a whim, why Why not let Jung Soo play the female lead?
As the saying goes, those who are near the water get the moon first. He couldn't help but feel happy when he imagined that the two people fell in love due to drama and their relationship quickly heated up.
After much thought, Cao Yu finally asked a friend to come forward and invite Zheng Xiulai to play the heroine in the play.
Cao Yu
However, things did not develop as Cao Yu expected.
Faced with this sudden invitation, Zheng Xiu directly rejected it. She was a law student and had no understanding of drama at all. Acting in a drama was not a joke. How could this be done?
The rejection of his sweetheart made Cao Yu very sad, but he still did not give up.
From often sending letters full of artistic passion to Zheng Xiu to impress her, to standing outside the girls’ dormitory and looking at the window of Zheng Xiu’s room infatuatedly, even mumbling Zheng Xiu’s words even when she was not sleeping at night. name.
His classmates in the same dormitory couldn't stand his dejected look, so they helped to lobby Zheng Xiu.
A virtuous woman is also afraid of stalking a man.
Zheng Xiu was finally defeated by Cao Yu's persistence and the enthusiastic persuasion of her classmates. She agreed to play the heroine of the drama, which also gave Cao Yu a chance to get in touch with her.
When she came into contact with drama for the first time, she knew nothing about this art form, so Cao Yu took advantage of the situation and became Zheng Xiu's one-on-one instructor.
In order for Zheng Xiu to quickly understand the plot and the relationship between all the characters, Cao Yu played all the roles by himself, making the characters of different genders, ages, social backgrounds, and personality colors vivid.
Even the heroine’s role was played just right by Cao Yu.
Cao Yu
Zheng Xiu looked at the man in front of him who was radiating light from head to toe on the stage. A feeling of admiration arose spontaneously. He couldn't help but praise: "You play the heroine, you are not cheesy at all, very cute, sincere, and you can pronounce your lines well." "It's very nice."
In fact, this is not the first time she has met Cao Yu. She had seen Cao Yu's play "Nora" in the Tsinghua Auditorium two years ago when he was still pretending to be a woman. horn.
He is short, has a round face, and wears black-rimmed glasses. The unremarkable Cao Yu gradually merges with the sparkling Cao Yu on the stage, leaving a deep impression on Zheng Xiu.
During breaks in rehearsals, Cao Yu often told her stories from ancient and modern Chinese and foreign books. His eloquent talk and unique insights into art all moved her heart, and the two immediately fell in love.
During the summer vacation of this year, when Zheng Xiuzheng was planning to return to his hometown in Nanjing, Cao Yu begged her not to leave. He was writing a play that he had conceived for a long time and hoped that she could stay with him.
"Without you by my side, I will accomplish nothing." Cao Yu said affectionately, holding her hand.
These words made her heart soften, and she thought to herself that she must be by her lover's side when he needs him most.
Cao Yu's work "Thunderstorm"
During the hot summer vacation, the two of them sat face to face in the Tsinghua library reading room during the day. Cao Yu was passionately writing his debut novel "Thunderstorm", while Zheng Xiu was reviewing his homework or helping him. Transcribe manuscripts.
When he was tired, he raised his head to look at each other and smiled at each other. Zheng Xiu's silent encouragement supported Cao Yu's creation.
Every evening, when the sun sets, the two of them would hold hands and roam in the summer breeze. Cao Yu would always excitedly tell her the story's ideas and the character and destiny of each character in it.
Zheng Xiu listened with a smile and became the first loyal reader of this work.
They chatted from dusk to night, from the lotus pond to the rocky mountain, from literature to life and family. When
talked about creation, her eyes showed passionate admiration. When she talked about Cao Yu's experience of losing his mother at a young age, her eyes showed deep distress.
Cao Yu showed his erudition and profundity in front of her without hesitation, and held his fiery heart in front of her without any reservation.
"You brought back my youth that died young and allowed me to taste the mellowest wine in life. I feel the happiest when I am with you!"
The next year, this masterpiece "Thunderstorm", a joint effort between the two, was released. Published, on the cover of the hardcover, Cao Yu specially wrote the two people's nicknames - to Yingru, Jiabao.
Zheng Xiu and Cao Yu
Perhaps love inspired creativity. After falling in love, Cao Yu continued to create two masterpieces, "Sunrise" and "The Wilderness". He became so famous that he was invited to work in a drama school.
After three years of vigorous love, on November 26, 1936, the two held a grand engagement ceremony in Nanjing.
On that day, she wore a well-tailored, elegant and beautiful cheongsam, affectionately hugged her future husband, and happily accepted everyone's blessings.
This is the happiest day in her life.
At that time, she thought they would be in love until the end of their lives, but things went against their wishes. Soon after their marriage, their marriage became full of conflicts and a red light came on.
After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the two moved with the drama school to Changsha and Chongqing, and finally arrived in Jiang'an, a small town in southern Sichuan in 1939.
Cao Yu
In order to be with Cao Yu, Zheng Xiu gave up the opportunity to study abroad when she graduated, gave up her job, and was willing to focus on taking care of the family for him, becoming the woman behind the great playwright.
's life in Jiang'an was very monotonous. Cao Yu's career was on the rise and he had no time to take care of her. She had to play cards to pass the time and sit at the mahjong table all day long.
Cao Yu didn't understand why Zheng Xiu seemed to be a different person after marriage. He was confused, unmotivated, and even wanted to drag himself to play cards with her.
But Cao Yu didn't like to be clean. Zheng Xiu couldn't stand him not washing his feet at night, so he always took care of him and urged him, but Cao Yu just did it perfunctorily.
As soon as the two came and went, there was a rift in the relationship between the two.
Fang Rui
As time goes by, the couple speak less and less in common, and their discord becomes wider and wider, until the appearance of another woman gives their seven-year relationship a heavy blow.
On a hot and humid evening in the summer of 1940, Deng Wansheng, a student at the drama school, entrusted Cao Yu to help her sister Deng Yisheng tutor English.
This Deng translator was later Cao Yu’s second wife Fang Rui.
Cao Yu met Fang Rui for the first time. She was dressed plainly, and her every move and smile revealed a gentle and quiet temperament. He found that although Fang Rui had been self-study at home since childhood and had never gone to college, she had a high level of cultural literacy. , the two unexpectedly clicked together.
Ever since he met Fang Rui, Cao Yu always felt that Fang Rui was his ideal wife every time he went home and saw Zheng Xiu playing cards.
The relationship between the two quickly heated up. The day and night interaction with Fang Rui inspired Cao Yu. He used Fang Rui as the prototype to create " Beijingers ", a masterpiece of Sufang.
In addition, the two often went out as a couple blatantly, and this extramarital affair has become an open secret.
Cao Yu and Fang Rui
When the news reached Zheng Xiu's ears, she felt like she was struck by lightning, but she still didn't believe that her family treasure would betray her.
Until one day, Mrs. Yang from the teahouse came to the house and winked at Cao Yu, and he followed him out immediately.
Zheng Xiu suddenly became suspicious, so he followed him out and followed him all the way to the teahouse.
Sure enough, she saw a letter and snatched it away in anger. The letter was torn in half in their hands.
Juanxiu's font immediately reminded her of the rumor.
Seeing this, Cao Yu immediately crumpled up half of the letter in his hand and swallowed it.
Cao Yu's actions were nothing more than "there is no three hundred taels of silver here", which confirmed the so-called rumor.
Her husband came home less and less often. She originally thought it was just because he was busy with work, but she didn't expect that he actually had someone else outside.
Zheng Xiu was born into a wealthy family with a silver spoon in her mouth. Her father was a justice of the Supreme Court of the Nationalist Government. She could have lived a lifetime of prosperity and wealth, with no worries about food and clothing, but she gave up the opportunity to study abroad for Cao Yu, and now she followed him to this place. A small town in the southwest thousands of miles away from home.
The wedding of the two in Changsha was also very simple. She originally thought of having a grand wedding later, but she didn't expect that this happened after only four years of marriage.
She loved him wholeheartedly, and her two daughters were still so young. How could he betray her?
Zheng Xiu and his daughters Wan Dai and Wan Zhao
Thinking about the past moments between the two of them, so sweet, how could he change his heart? He must have been temporarily confused.
She burst into tears and asked about the rumors between him and Fang Rui, but he did not deny it.
The questioning gradually turned into crying. Cao Yu gradually became impatient and blurted out the word "divorce".
Zheng Xiu was stunned. Her heart seemed to be tightly grasped by a pair of hands and then torn into pieces.
I didn't expect that he actually wanted to divorce her. How could she agree? She loved him so much and was even willing to wait for him to change his mind.
After this fight, the two often quarreled, and news of the couple's discord spread throughout the small town.
But when her husband proposed divorce several times, she still firmly refused. It seemed that as long as there was no divorce, she and her children would still have a home, and her family treasures would one day come back.
Cao Yu, Zheng Xiu and their daughter
In the dead of night, she would reflect on herself, is she too strict with the family treasures?
She would remind Cao Yu to rest early when he was working late into the night, and would urge him to take a shower, as if she was being aggressive the more times he did it.
Jiabao doesn't like others to disturb him all the time. It must be because she cares too much and is too annoying, Zheng Xiu thought.
But these are just excuses she made for Cao Yu. If you don’t love him, you don’t love him.
Cao Yu (second from left)
At the beginning of 1942, Cao Yu resigned and came to Chongqing from Jiang'an, officially beginning his separation from Zheng Xiu.
Later, in order not to disturb Cao Yu's creation, Zheng Xiu also took his two daughters back to live with his parents in Nanjing.
Even though the marriage between the two exists in name only, and even though she often hears news that her husband is in love with another woman, Zheng Xiu still loves Cao Yu without hesitation, always talking about the family treasure, and believing that one day he will change his mind.
In the winter of 1948, the Kuomintang army collapsed. As a senior Kuomintang official, Zheng Lie planned to transport his family, old and young, to Taiwan on a special plane.
Seeing that his daughter was reluctant to board the plane, he urged, "Yingru, what are you still looking at?"
Zheng Xiu had been looking anxiously at the entrance of the airport, expecting a figure to appear, "Father, why hasn't Jiabao arrived yet?" Come?"
Zheng Lie could only speak vaguely and persuade his daughter to leave with him. In fact, he had no contact with Cao Yu at all, and Cao Yu would not leave the mainland with them.
Zheng Xiu vaguely guessed the reason, but still couldn't leave because she knew that if she stepped on this plane, it would be even more impossible for her and Cao Yu in the future.
She can't leave, she has to stay here, stay here and wait for her family treasure to come back, so that their family of four can be reunited.
She raised her hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes, held her two daughters in her hands, and said to her father painfully: "My daughter is unfilial and cannot leave with you!"
After saying that, she turned around and walked towards the exit step by step without looking back. She dared to look back because she knew that she could not face her father's disappointment and that she was sorry for her parents.
Her father's hoarse voice echoed behind her. Zheng Xiu could only close her eyes and let her tears fall freely.
After that, Zheng Xiu lived alone with his two children and educated them.
Sometimes her daughter would suddenly ask her: "Will daddy come back?"
Zheng Xiu felt sour in her heart, but she still replied firmly: "Yes, don't worry." It seemed as if she was answering her daughter and comforting herself.
Cao Yu, Fang Rui and their daughter
But her confidence dwindled as time went by, and she became increasingly uncertain.
During this period, New China had just been established, and illegal cohabitation was being thoroughly investigated. Cao Yu and Fang Rui's illegal cohabitation was very detrimental to him.
Therefore, people often come to persuade Zheng Xiu to divorce and make Cao Yu and Fang Rui happy.
At first, her attitude was still firm. She wanted to talk to Cao Yu face to face, but Cao Yu didn't come at all.
More and more people came to lobby, and she gradually wavered.
They said that because of the country's policy on illegal cohabitation, Cao Yu is in a very bad situation now and may have to be punished, which is not conducive to creation.
"He hasn't produced a good work for a long time. You can't bear to see him ruined like this!"
Zheng Xiu, who was placed on the moral high ground, was very painful. She didn't want to terminate this last connection with Cao Yu, but she didn't want to. I would like to influence his creation.
Cao Yu, Fang Rui and their two daughters
In 1951, Zheng Xiu compromised at Cao Yu's insistence and agreed to divorce. On the day when
signed the divorce agreement, she finally saw Cao Yu again, and her mind couldn't help but remember the promise he made to her never to separate when they were in love. She had mixed feelings and burst into tears.
"I married Cao Yu out of love; now it is also for love, so that Cao Yu can write better and create more works, and I agree to divorce."
Until this moment, Zheng Xiu still loves Cao Yu deeply. Faced with this She still sincerely wishes the man who left her bruised.
Thinking of the years they spent together and looking at Zheng Xiu's painful tears, it was he who failed and hurt her after all!
Even if he didn't love her, Cao Yu couldn't remain indifferent and covered his face and cried.
The witnesses on both sides had sore eyes and felt sorry for the relationship that ended in nothing.
Zheng Xiu (right)
In the long years that followed, Zheng Xiu became strong and independent, regained her job, and raised her two daughters alone.
Some people advised her to let go of the past, but deep down in her heart she still retained the hot feelings of her youth, until death, her heart was filled to the brim and could no longer accommodate another lover.
On weekdays, Zheng Xiu still silently paid attention to Cao Yu and his artistic creation.
At that time, some people said that Cao Yu had exhausted his talents and his subsequent works were not outstanding. Zheng Xiu often said to his two daughters regretfully: "Your father is a genius in writing plays. He should be able to write good things again. What a pity for him!"
Cao Yu, Fang Rui and their two daughters
During those turbulent and difficult years, Zheng Xiu was also implicated by Cao Yu, but in the face of huge pressure, she never said or did a word or thing that was detrimental to Cao Yu.
In order to protect Cao Yu, she reluctantly burned all the more than 100 letters between the two of them.
She has been carefully collecting this box of letters and has never left her side. It is the only thought he left for her, and it has been her spiritual support for so many years.
But compared with Cao Yu's safety, these letters are not worth mentioning.
When Cao Yu was imprisoned in the cowshed and cleaning the door for Renyi every morning, Zheng Xiu would always pass by there before going to work, standing quietly across the road, looking at him from a distance for a long, long time...
In 1974, Cao Yu His second wife Fang Rui died of an overdose of sleeping pills , and Cao Yu also fell ill from sadness.
Zheng Xiu (middle)
Zheng Xiu felt sorry for Cao Yu's health, so he asked his daughter to take more care of him.
At the same time, a glimmer of hope of getting back together ignited in her heart. Both of them were already in their sixties, and Cao Yu could not take care of herself alone.
At this time, Zheng Xiu and Cao Yu had been divorced for 24 years and separated for more than 30 years.
Cao Yu has no love for her for a long time, but she has always had fantasies in her heart.
The eldest daughter Wan Dai had already seen clearly her father's intentions and directly told her mother that there was no hope of getting back together.
Cao Yu and Li Yuru
As expected, five years later, the 69-year-old Cao Yu and his friend Peking Opera Li Yuru, a female actor whom he met thirty years ago, obtained a marriage certificate. Their love was unusual and enviable.
In 1989, seventy-seven-year-old Zheng Xiu was terminally ill. On her deathbed, she recalled that unforgettable love, the lover who was deep in her heart.
If she could see Cao Yu again, she would have no regrets.
She kept calling "Jia Bao" in the hospital bed, but she still couldn't wait to see Cao Yu.
It is still possible to describe the arrogance of a gentleman; it is indescribable to say that a woman is arrogant.
The charming girl from Tsinghua University could have had a splendid life, but instead she was in love all her life and devoted all her thoughts to someone who didn't love her.
Zheng Xiu (right)
Zheng Xiu has been waiting for this empty shell of love all her life. This love lit up her youth and made the rest of her life miserable and entangled.
Cao Yu was hospitalized due to illness and did not attend Zheng Xiu's funeral. He only sent a flower basket. Although it was placed in the most eye-catching position, Zheng Xiu could never see it again.
At this time, Zheng Xiu and Cao Yu had been divorced for 24 years and separated for more than 30 years.
Cao Yu has no love for her for a long time, but she has always had fantasies in her heart.
The eldest daughter Wan Dai had already seen clearly her father's intentions and directly told her mother that there was no hope of getting back together.
Cao Yu and Li Yuru
As expected, five years later, the 69-year-old Cao Yu and his friend Peking Opera Li Yuru, a female actor whom he met thirty years ago, obtained a marriage certificate. Their love was unusual and enviable.
In 1989, seventy-seven-year-old Zheng Xiu was terminally ill. On her deathbed, she recalled that unforgettable love, the lover who was deep in her heart.
If she could see Cao Yu again, she would have no regrets.
She kept calling "Jia Bao" in the hospital bed, but she still couldn't wait to see Cao Yu.
It is still possible to describe the arrogance of a gentleman; it is indescribable to say that a woman is arrogant.
The charming girl from Tsinghua University could have had a splendid life, but instead she was in love all her life and devoted all her thoughts to someone who didn't love her.
Zheng Xiu (right)
Zheng Xiu has been waiting for this empty shell of love all her life. This love lit up her youth and made the rest of her life miserable and entangled.
Cao Yu was hospitalized due to illness and did not attend Zheng Xiu's funeral. He only sent a flower basket. Although it was placed in the most eye-catching position, Zheng Xiu could never see it again.
