Gu Cheng and Xie Ye
In 1993, on an island in New Zealand, a woman collapsed in a pool of blood, looking shocking.
Not far away, in a tree, a man hung from a branch, as if he had lost his breath. The couple who were both "martyred" were Gu Cheng and his wife Xie Ye.
They walked through the vigorous love time together, but finally looked at each other and hated each other. In the most cruel way, Gu Cheng has overcome the love-hate entanglement between the two people for many years.
Meet around the corner, life joins hands
In 1979, Gu Cheng released a poem called "A Generation" that became famous in one fell swoop. "The night gave me black eyes, but I used them to find the light", how to be patient, and how self-reliant.
Through a few short lines, people saw the genius teenager in his 20s, who never feared the hardships of life, but bravely raised his head in the face of difficulties from the perspective of a child. At that time, no one thought that Gu Cheng's childlike innocent perspective would become a disaster that bound his life.
In July 1979, Gu Cheng followed his father to Shanghai, but due to the shyness of his pockets, they could only live in the guest house temporarily. One day when he was out playing, Gu Cheng forgot to bring the key and could only wait outside the door.
In July, the sun was like fire in Shanghai, and Gu Cheng was very tired, and his heart gradually became anxious. Coupled with the difficulty of life, he gambled to come to the railway station and planned to return to Beijing.
After getting on the bus, Gu Cheng arranged his luggage and sat down on his seat, and as soon as he looked up, a beautiful-looking girl came into view.
That girl was Xie Ye, a young literary and artistic woman. Knowing that the person in front of him was the famous Gu Cheng, Xie Ye's heart unconsciously approached.
As the saying goes, "Talent is affectionate", and Gu Cheng, who is talented in eight buckets and is famous in the literary world, is no exception. Before meeting Xie Ye, Gu Cheng was like a piaoping, and he spent his whole life looking for a soul mate.
At the first sight of Xie Ye, Gu Cheng had already determined that the girl in front of him was his "Venus".
Gu Cheng launched a crazy pursuit of Xie Ye, and he expressed his admiration through letters, which also deeply touched Xie Ye. In this way, Xie Ye and Gu Cheng fell in love, and the two walked into the palace of marriage hand in hand.
After marriage, they are like glue, and they are the golden children and jade girls in the eyes of everyone. As insiders said, Gu Cheng and Xie Ye in love are like conjoined babies.
When the great trouble comes, they part ways
Gu Cheng and Xie Ye's relationship could have gone smoothly, they would have become the model partner that everyone envied, and became the most important inseparable person in each other's lives, unfortunately, the appearance of the third person made the lives of the two people unrecognizable.
In the third year after marriage, Gu Cheng was invited to attend a poetry seminar, where he met a girl named Li Ying, who was affectionately called Ying'er.
At that time, Gu Cheng was already a well-known talent, and the first time he saw him, college student Ying'er fell in love involuntarily. In his work "Ying'er", Gu Cheng recorded the whole process of his love affair with Ying'er.
Ying Er, who is about to leave the university, is extremely simple and maintains a great passion for literature, just like Xie Ye at that time. Because of this, like Gu Cheng, Xie Ye also had a great preference for Ying'er.
After marriage, Xie Ye's relationship with Gu Cheng was like glue, she was full of hope for life, and in her opinion, her and Gu Cheng's soul fit was unique.
Xie Ye tirelessly told others about the unshakable feelings of the husband and wife, and under the influence of this, Gu Cheng also regarded the marriage of the two people as the highest spiritual union.
Subtly, Gu Cheng regards Xie Ye as a little girl who worships herself, and also takes her efforts for granted.
Since becoming acquainted with Gu Cheng, Ying Er has frequently entered and exited Xie Ye and Gu Cheng's home, and over time, others have seen Ying Er's unusual feelings for Gu Cheng.
However, Xie Ye is Gu Cheng's nominal wife and lover, and Ying Er does not know in what capacity to intervene in the feelings of the two people. Yes, she silently endured, never saying her feelings.
In 1988, Gu Cheng accepted an offer from a New Zealand university and gladly went to teach. Before leaving China, Gu Cheng and Xie Ye went to Ying'er's home to say goodbye to her.
To everyone's surprise, in the face of separation, Ying Er actually ignored it, frankly expressed her feelings for Gu Cheng, and left Xie Ye's things behind.
Ying Er gushed out her admiration, but Xie Ye did not have any reaction after listening to it, but picked up a magazine and read it through the dim lighting, with a natural and leisurely look.
"How could she be in the mood to read a magazine at that time?" Later, recalling the scene of that year, Ying Er still could not understand the reason for Xie Ye's incomparable composure.
It is undeniable that Ying'er was hot, bold, and rebellious at that time, shocking everyone, including Xie Ye and Gu Cheng. Later, Xie Ye and Gu Cheng went to New Zealand to settle down as agreed.
Gucheng found that 20 kilometers away from downtown New Zealand, there is a small island that is inaccessible. Having been in the downtown for many years, Gu Cheng could not resist the surprises brought by the no-man's land, so he consulted with Xie Ye and planned to live in seclusion here.
Xie Ye, who was obedient to Gu Cheng's order, agreed, and the couple quit their jobs, bought a piece of land on the island, and lived in seclusion.
Gu Cheng decided to become a New Zealand citizen and named the island "Riptide Island" to pin his expectations for a better life.
Since living in seclusion in New Zealand, Gu Cheng's life has changed dramatically. This remote island in the South Pacific Ocean is inaccessible, the environment is quiet, away from the hustle and bustle, for Gu Cheng, this is the most ideal creative environment.
Gu Cheng and Xie Ye opened up fields and hunted on Riptide Island, and everything was self-sufficient. In this completely closed situation, the couple does not have to communicate with the outside world.
With the passage of time, Gu Cheng began to show his "giant baby" side, he could not take care of his daily life, and pushed all the housework to Xie Ye alone.
At that time, Xie Ye still regarded Gu Cheng as a life, and naturally took all the pressure naturally and took care of her husband meticulously.
At this time, Gu Cheng enjoyed the company of his wife, but he also missed Ying'er, who confessed to himself. Two people often correspond, and the ambiguity in their words gradually transcends the boundaries of ordinary friends.
Gu Cheng has mentioned many times that he hopes to take Ying Er to Riptide Island and live with them. As a wife, Xie Ye also has her own dignity, and at first she did not agree.
However, in the endless labor and trivial matters that followed, Xie Ye was already physically and mentally exhausted, and he quarreled with Gu Cheng many times.
She was afraid that Gu Cheng would leave her, and in order to preserve the last bit of affection between the husband and wife, Xie Ye agreed to Gu Cheng's suggestion to take Ying Er to New Zealand.
The ridiculous three people coexist feelings, and Ying Er is a chicken flying dog jumping as soon as she goes. Unlike Xie Ye, Ying'er expresses her feelings forever hot and intense. In her place, Gu Cheng realized his dignity as a man, and also felt a relaxation that he had never felt before.
Over time, Gu Cheng was deeply involved in this deformed relationship, Ying Er was an emotional partner, and Xie Ye, who had been with him for many years, became a nanny who took care of the lives of the two people.
In this relationship, Xie Ye suffered all the grievances, and everyone complained for her, but what she got was still Xie Ye's indifferent expression.
Some people say that Xie Ye is too holy, how proud she was once, she was unwilling to ask anyone for help, let alone expose her scars in the sun. Whenever someone dissuaded him, Xie Ye always said, "Gu Cheng, he is that ghost..."
Later, Xie Ye was over thirty years old, perhaps in order to have a basis for her future life, or perhaps to maintain this broken relationship, she pleaded bitterly and gave birth to Xiao Mu'er, a son with Gu Cheng.
Xie Ye did not expect that the child he was looking forward to day and night would actually make the relationship between the two people more tense.
Someone once described Gu Cheng as a giant baby, and this is indeed the case. Gu Cheng is immersed in his own dashing world, he does not want his son to become a burden on his emotions, and after the birth of Xiao Mu'er, he has never fulfilled his responsibilities.
Gu Cheng said frankly: "This child will drive me crazy." ”
An uninhabited island, a love triangle, three terminally ill people, the end is already doomed. After living on the island for a while, Ying Er gradually tired of the poor and boring life, and the young girl longed for the bustle and the pursuit of excitement, so she has been planning to escape.
Eventually, Ying Er became acquainted with the British immigrant John. Taking advantage of the gap between Gu Cheng and Xie Ye's outing, Ying Er took all the valuable things and eloped with her lover.
Turning against each other, life and death
Involved in Xie Ye's marriage with Gu Cheng, Ying Er had no remorse. In order to make ends meet, she even poses as a victim.
After leaving Riptide Island, Ying Er wrote the work "Soul Breaking Rapids Island", in which she described Xie Ye as a hypocritical poisonous woman and Gu Cheng as a brutal and unreasonable bully.
Ying Er claims to have love in her heart, but is raped by Gu Cheng. At the same time, Gu Cheng also joined forces with Xie Ye to mentally destroy her.
Gu Cheng, who is in New Zealand, and Xie Ye whip are out of reach, and a third party who intervenes in the feelings of others uses means to guide the wind direction of public opinion, and everyone is convinced of this.
In the face of gossip, Xie Ye had no intention of arguing, and her broken feelings and life with Gu Cheng had already made her take care of herself. After learning that he was betrayed by Ying'er, Gu Cheng also fell into an anxious mood.
He couldn't control his emotions and seemed really close to the brink of "madness." He vented his emotions by beating and scolding his wife and children. In desperation, Xie Ye could only foster the small fungus in a local family in New Zealand.
What is the source of all the unreasonable emotions in Gu Cheng? People found the answer in his correspondence with friends: "If Ying Er does not love me and leaves, it is nothing, and what makes me most sad and heartbroken is that the beloved girl will be touched by others." ”
Gu Cheng has a strong possessiveness for everything, which is also the fundamental reason why he cannot get out of his failed relationship with Ying'er. After finding the root of the problem, Xie Ye gave Gu Cheng a suggestion: write down his feelings with Ying'er, and then completely break with the past.
Yes, Xie Ye cooperated with Gu Cheng to publish a new novel "Ying'er". Perhaps neither of them expected that this novel would be the ultimate home of the burial of love. Gu Cheng missed Ying'er and poured his feelings into the pen like when the flash flood broke out.
As a wife who loves her husband deeply, watching him full of thoughts about another woman, Xie Ye's heart has risen with frustration, and she has endured for a long time, and is preparing a plan to leave.
In 1986, Xie Ye and Xie Ye had a strong relationship. She accompanied Gu Cheng to meet with her friend Xiao Quan. At that time, Gu Cheng and Xie Ye had a close relationship, and the group went to play in the woods.
Xie Ye sat under a tree, slightly tilting his head, while Gu Cheng stood opposite Xie Ye and stared down at her, quite a sense of calmness in the years. Xiao Quan lamented that the two people had a very good relationship, so he pressed the camera shutter, leaving the memories of the two people.
In the eyes of everyone, Xie Ye and Gu Cheng, from life to soul, have always been in a state of complete synchronization, and they are a pair of Lang Cai's female appearance. However, the truth of the matter is that the two people who strive for the freedom of the soul have long sown the seeds of paranoia and separation.
In 1992, Xiao Quan met with Gu Cheng and Xie Ye again. However, at this time, the feelings of the two people have long been very different from before.
Xie Ye was still as beautiful and moving as before, but the whole person was very haggard, looking weak and couldn't help the wind. As for Gu Cheng, he wears the iconic straight-leg hat, and there seems to be no light in his eyes anymore.
Xie Ye and Xiao Quan said that in the past few years, she and Gu Cheng have been living in seclusion on New Zealand's Riptide Island. It has always been rumored that Gu Cheng and Xie Ye have a broken relationship and are discussing divorce.
At the same time, they each have new feelings, Gu Cheng finds a new soul mate Yingzi, and Xie Ye also walks with a man named Dayu.
Xiao Quan did not know about this matter, nor did he take the initiative to mention it, several people quietly ate a meal, and Xiao Quan did not find any abnormalities during the meal.
On the occasion of parting, Xiao Quan finally asked Gu Cheng impatiently, "Are you okay?" ”
Gu Cheng, who had always been lazy and morbid, was actually fierce and said coldly, "Sooner or later, I will kill Xie Ye." ”
At first, Xiao Quan didn't care, only gu cheng casually joked. Xie Ye, who was standing on the side, opened his mouth, and the same joking tone: "With Gu Cheng, I am very tired of living." ”
Suddenly, the atmosphere fell into embarrassment. At this time, the boss learned that Gu Cheng was eating in the store, took the guestbook, and asked Gu Cheng for an inscription.
Gu Cheng thought for a moment, drew a white depiction with a fountain pen, and then wrote "Eating Wood Ear is Also Drunk", which is the name of Gu Cheng and Xie Ye's son "Wood Ear". Seeing this scene, friends can't help but feel relieved, and they are even more convinced of the feelings of the two people.
It's just that the rift in love is never easy to repair. "At that time, whenever someone said he loved me, I would fall in love with him." Xie Ye said.
Yes, as Xiao Quan had heard, the man appeared. Xie Ye and Gu Cheng's common friends have witnessed Xie Ye's pain over the years.
He felt sympathy and confessed to Xie Ye his admiration for many years. In desperation, Xie Ye seemed to grasp the straw of life and decided to be with the suitor.
Later, Xie Ye and Gu Cheng confessed their hearts and announced the news that he was about to leave Riptide Island. Xie Ye negotiated with Gu Cheng: he was about to take his son Mu Er away and live a new life.
Upon learning of this, Gu Cheng was overwhelmed for a moment. In Gu Cheng's heart, Xie Ye has always been tolerant, no matter how he deviates from the principle, his wife will always wait for the same place.
However, this time, Xie Ye was unwilling to waver any longer. Looking back at his emotional experience, Gu Cheng suddenly realized his absurdity, and he found Xie Ye and repented with tears in his eyes. Xie Ye said "It's really too late", officially ending the bond between the two people.
"Giant Baby" Gu Cheng realized that after his wife Xie Ye left, he would lose everything. He tried everything he could to keep her, but in vain. The paranoid Gu Cheng had a terrible idea: only the "dead" will never leave.
On October 8, 1993, Xie Ye returned to Waihei Island, packed his luggage, and made a final farewell to Gu Cheng. Gu Cheng pleaded bitterly and did not allow Xie Ye to leave, and the two wrestled together, insulting and arguing with each other.
Gu Cheng, who was in a rage, suddenly stopped, he left briefly, and when he reappeared, he was holding an axe in his hand. Gu Cheng raised his hand to Xie Ye with red eyes, and before Xie Ye could react, he collapsed in a pool of blood.
At this time, Gu Cheng did not panic, and after leaving a suicide note, he took the rope to the tree in front of his home and hung himself here.
Gu Cheng and Xie Ye, once a white-headed couple, are now lying in a pool of blood and the other hanging from a tree, how tragic.
In 1993, Xiao Quan received a phone call from Mr. Xiong Bingming, and only then did he learn that a few days ago on The Rapids Island in New Zealand, Gu Cheng personally killed Xie Ye and then committed suicide.
Xiao Quan was unsure, and after asking questions many times in succession, the answer he got was yes. Only then did he realize that all the confrontational words he had spoken before Gu Cheng had met were by no means a joke. Gu Cheng really wanted to put Xie Ye to death.
Gu Cheng and Xie Ye left, leaving the most painful third person: Mu Er. Before leaving, Gu Cheng once left a letter for Mu Er.
The letter said, "Fungus, you will read these words in the future, and it was your father who wrote them to you last."
I wanted to write a book about why I was afraid of you, left you, and loved you.
Your mom was going to leave with someone else, he demolished the house, and when your dad repented, she followed someone else. ”
To this day, Gu Cheng has no chance, and he has ever truly repented?
At the end of the letter, Gu Cheng wrote: "Miki, I only have to die. May you not be too much like me. A sentence of "Don't be too like me" makes people wonder what Gu Cheng wants to express?
Don't be too mercurial like me? Don't take it too seriously like me? Or, don't be a giant baby like me? All kinds of mysteries, along with the deaths of Xie Ye and Gu Cheng, have forever become secrets.
In 1993, the fungus was still a child, and there was no in-depth understanding of the love-hate entanglement of the parents. Later, he was taken in by local well-wishers, grew up with his family on overseas islands, got rid of Gu Cheng's and Xie Ye's children, and lived a new life.
A sadistic love, countless victims, Xie Ye and Gu Cheng are growing, unfortunately, the price paid for this growth is too heavy...
Resources
[1] Literary Circles, April 2008, Reflections on the Tragedy of Gucheng Xie Ye
[2] Contemporary Writers Review, No. 6, 2005, The Death of Gu Cheng