Siheyuan: The Ambition of Sanzang

Chapter 114 70. King Lear

Sanzang strolled on the campus of Royal Holloway, University of London, and was amazed at the green gardens and the ancient Gothic red brick building (Founder's Building). It is worthy of being one of the ten most beautiful campuses in Britain.

It took less than two hours for Sanzang and his bodyguard Lu Yuanfang to fly from Frankfurt to Heathrow International Airport.

Then I took a taxi to come here. It is only seven miles away from the airport. No wonder it is favored by international students. It is really convenient.

Sanzang came here to visit Jiahui, and it's pitiful to say that he has had four women so far, and it seems that he hasn't had a serious relationship yet.

Now that he came to see Jiahui, he seemed to have found some love.

"Hello, classmate! May I ask how to get to the School of Communication and Art?"

Sanzang stopped a passing Caucasian girl.

"Are you from the Eastern Japanese?"

"No, no, no! I'm from China!"

Sanzang is also very helpless. At this time, the total GDP of Dongwa has surpassed that of Lu country.
Second only to the United States, it is well-deserved as the world's second economic power.

Its strong limelight forced the United States three years later to have to play tricks on it.

"Oh! And you are?"

"I have a friend who is studying abroad at the School of Media and Art, I'll come and see her!"

"Then come with me! I'm also going to see a friend, and I heard that they are rehearsing the play "King Lear" today."

"Oh! Then I have to go and see!"

Sanzang followed the Caucasian girl to the auditorium, the show had already started, and the seats in the front row were already full.

The three of them walked forward quietly and found a seat in the back row to sit down. At first, Sanzang looked around for Jiahui's figure, but he couldn't find it after searching around.

Sanzang put this thought to rest for a while, feeling that the performance was not bad, so he enjoyed it with gusto.

"King Lear" is one of Shakespeare's four tragedies. The story mainly tells about Lear, the ancient British king who is old and faint.
Coaxed by the sweet words of the eldest daughter and the second daughter, he divided the land between them equally.

He also expelled the third daughter who told the truth, and married her into the kingdom of Buddhism (France).

After Lear abdicated, he was driven to the wilderness by his elder daughter and second daughter together.
The third daughter who became the queen of the Buddhist kingdom led an army to save her father after hearing the news,
In the end, he died on the battlefield, and he died sadly beside his third daughter.

Sanzang had already passed the age of crying easily, and his level was indeed very high. He quietly took out his handkerchief and gently wiped his moist eyes.

After the performance, there was warm applause, and Sanzang followed suit.

"It's raining?" Lu Yuanfang, who was sitting next to him, woke up from his sleep.
He came in and sat down and fell asleep, "Oh! The show is over?"

"Ok!"

After all the actors on the stage had left the stage, some invited audience also went out one after another.

Just now, Sanzang heard from a white girl that this was a program rehearsed by the School of Media and Art, so he thought that Jiahui should be there.

When the audience was almost gone, Sanzang walked forward and searched, but he still didn't see anyone.

After asking a few people who were like her classmates, they said they didn't know, and then he remembered that she might have used an English name for her studies.

Sanzang was dumbfounded. He didn't know Jiahui's English name, so he resorted to a trick and shouted in Chinese, "Jiahui!"

Then the teachers and classmates at the scene turned their heads to look at him,
Then two white boys came running over and warned him not to make any noise.

At this time, Jiahui was removing her makeup backstage, and she seemed to hear someone calling her name in Chinese.

I quickly asked the person next to me, but the other person shook his head to show that he didn't hear.

She thought to herself that even if she heard it, she wouldn't understand it. It felt like a hallucination. She shook her head, maybe she had been thinking too much recently.

Then I heard two more "Jiahui! Jiahui!"

Now she heard clearly, it was uncle's voice.

He hurriedly stood up excitedly, without taking off his makeup, he lifted the skirt with both hands and ran out.

At this time, Sanzang was also in trouble, and two white boys ran over, thinking that he was here to make trouble deliberately.

Fortunately, there was a majestic-looking bodyguard standing behind him, and the four of them didn't dare to make a mistake.

Sanzang kept explaining to them, but they didn't listen, since they are all students, it's not easy to ask Lu Yuanfang to teach them a lesson.

"Uncle?! It's really you!"

"You are Jiahui?!"

Sanzang looked at her attire and couldn't believe it.

"Ok!"

Jiahui rushed over and hugged him tightly.

Sanzang stretched out his arms slightly to encircle her, hugged her tightly, and gently stroked her back with his palms.

"No wonder I couldn't find you just now, so you were also performing on the stage just now!"

"How was my performance just now?"

"Who did you play just now?"

"Guess! There will be a prize for guessing right!"

"Could it be the youngest daughter Cordelia!"

"Woo! You're so smart! I'll reward you! Tell me, how did I do just now?"

"Pretty good! I'm in tears!"

"really?"

"Look at my eyes, they are all red!"

"It seems true! A tough uncle like you will cry too! Hee hee!"

"It means you're doing well!"

"I really didn't expect you to come to see me today! I'm so happy! Mu!"

"Okay! Jiahui! Look at so many people here, go and take off your makeup!

By the way, please take a leave of absence, let's go have a good meal!
You take me around your school again! "

"Okay! Just wait a moment!"

Looking at Jiahui's cheerful figure, Sanzang was very pleased.

It is right to send her here to study abroad, she has really improved a lot, and she will no longer be a beautiful vase.

"Yuanfang! Here is five hundred pounds. I will give you half a day off in the afternoon, so you don't have to follow me.

You can play at this school, or go to the nearby town of Eiger to play!
Just now we took a taxi and passed by there! "

After coming out of the airport just now, Sanzang exchanged all the eighteen thousand marks on him into British pounds at the nearby HSBC bank, and took some money by the way.

"Ah! President! I can't speak foreign languages!"

"It's okay! If you want to buy something, just pay for it!
It’s hard to come to Britain, and it’s good to bring some gadgets for the family to see! "

"Well! Thank you, President! Then when will we meet!"

"In the evening! Meet at the gate of this auditorium in the evening.

Rest at the hotel for one night, and we will return to Hong Kong City tomorrow morning! "

"understand!"

Lu Yuanfang took the money and left. What Sanzang didn't expect was that he didn't go far, and followed him after a circle.

Cheng Wushang had given him a death order, and he couldn't let Sanzang out of his sight.

Fortunately, Sanzang just came to see Jiahui and didn't want to do anything bad, so he left a good impression on his subordinates.

"Okay! Uncle! Let's go!
Huh? !Where is the big guy? "

"Oh! I'm giving him a break! Just the two of us!"

"Hmm! That's great!"

"Let's go!"

Jiahui took Sanzang's arm and happily walked out.

After Sanzang and Jiahui had a very British-style lunch, Jiahui became a tour guide,
Take him on a detailed tour of Founder's
Building, this noble, elegant and magnificent building.

The two held hands and went to the nearby Windsor Park to play. When they were tired, they rented a boat and paddled gently in the Thames River.

When the boat reached the middle of the river, the two stopped, Jiahui half lying in the arms of her sweetheart,
Sanzang gently embraced the beauty in his arms, smelling the fragrance of her hair,

Not talking, enjoying the scenery on both sides of the Thames under the sunset.

Sanzang couldn't help thinking of Bai Juyi's poem, "A setting sun spreads across the water, half of the river is rustling and half of the river is red."

(End of this chapter)