In the autumn of 1991, the famous painter Ye Qianyu, who had entered his prime, returned to his hometown full of deep friendship - the beautiful Tonglu. On this warm and sunny day, he walked alone in the green grass surrounded by jungle, looking out at the distant skyline, searching for a place known as a treasure of feng shui.
In the end, his gaze stayed on a lawn where the morning sun was just falling, and Ye Qianyu narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he saw the figure of his beloved wife Wang Renmei shining in the sun.
Yes, in retrospect, the unique, energetic and enthusiastic "Wildcat" Wang Renmei has been away from us for 4 years. When Ye Qianyu learned that his wife fell into a deep coma due to a cerebral hemorrhage caused by an accidental fall on April 12, 1987, his heart seemed to be dug away by force, and the pain was unspeakable.
As a husband, during the difficult years when Wang Renmei fell into a coma, the only thing Ye Qianyu could do was to stick to his wife's bedside, looking forward to her reopening those bright eyes and regaining her former style.
He even specially entrusted his daughter Ye Mingming, born to his ex-wife, to take care of Wang Renmei, Ye Mingming affectionately called Wang Renmei "mother" and took care of her life carefully and thoughtfully.
However, fate is so cruel, and the 73-year-old Wang Renmei has left us forever. Ye Qianyu was lying on a hospital bed because of a sudden myocardial infarction, and he couldn't see off his dearest partner for the last time, which made him feel extremely remorse and self-blame.
He wrote these words in his diary: "As I lay on the sickbed, my thoughts filled with thoughts of this companion with whom I had spent more than thirty years of trials and hardships, and I could not help but feel endless sorrow in my heart, and I could only silently pray that her soul would be truly at rest."
Facing Wang Renmei, who was about to pass away, Ye Qianyu's heart was full of complex emotions.
At the last moment of his life, Ye Qianyu always accompanied Wang Renmei and tried his best to take care of his wife, who was suffering from illness.
Due to the deterioration of his own health, he had to entrust his daughter Ye Mingming, born to his ex-wife Luo Caiyun, to take care of Wang Renmei, although Ye Mingming has no blood relationship with Wang Renmei, she still affectionately calls Wang Renmei "mother" and takes care of her life carefully and thoughtfully.
In fact, before Wang Renmei unfortunately left this world, Ye Qianyu had carefully planned a text in his heart, hoping to express it sincerely and affectionately to his wife.
As the other half of his married life, he is full of endless respect and deep love for Wang Renmei.
Perhaps it is precisely because of Ye Qianyu's ingenious artistic temperament that he seems a little sluggish and wooden in the emotional world. However, after decades of ups and downs, he finally realized how lucky and precious it is to be able to support each other until the end of his life!
Compared with Ye Qianyu, Wang Renmei's first husband Jin Yan confessed his love to her more directly and warmly. Since she met Wang Renmei in the crew, Jin Yan always finds time to visit her after her busy work.
He once sighed affectionately: "Wang Renmei and I established a deep relationship in the process of filming the movie "Wild Rose" together. I greatly admired her frank and honest personality, she was both pure and simple, but also brave and fearless, and always brought laughter to the people around her.
The two of us had a heart-to-heart and quickly came together. ”
This text sincerely reveals Jin Yan's deep admiration and fiery love for Wang Renmei. They seem to be a couple made in heaven, destined to support each other and spend their lives together.
From that precious group photo, it is not difficult to see that the two of them do have a very high husband and wife appearance: the same thick eyebrows, bright eyes, bright smiles, and white teeth, all show their youthful and energetic demeanor.
However, good times are always short-lived, and the marriage between Wang Renmei and Jin Yan only lasted for 11 years before it ended. Soon after the marriage, Jin Yan's child was born but unfortunately died, and Wang Renmei felt deeply guilty about this and decided to devote herself to taking care of her husband.
However, Jin Yan could not understand his wife's new pursuit of life, and he insisted that women should serve their husbands wholeheartedly. The conflict between the husband and wife gradually intensified, and finally chose to break up after being separated during the Anti-Japanese War and embarked on the road of divorce.
In 1945, Jin Yan and Wang Renmei officially dissolved their marriage, and the marriage of the "actor" and "little wildcat" came to an end. It is really amazing that 11 years of companionship have disappeared so easily.
After going through ups and downs, Wang Renmei finally conceived the long-awaited son of Jin Yan shortly after marriage, which should have been a great joy! However, unfortunately, because Wang Renmei was still young and lacked parenting experience, she still went her own way during pregnancy and was keen on all kinds of sports, which eventually led to the unfortunate premature birth of this child and her untimely death.
Faced with such a cruel reality, Wang Renmei felt deeply guilty and decided to devote herself wholeheartedly to her husband Jin Yan's life, ignoring her career and personal development.
However, Jin Yan can't understand his wife's new pursuit and desire for life. He stubbornly believes that men should work hard outside the home and shoulder the financial burden of the family, while women should take care of their husbands at home, respect and accept their husbands' every decision, and only in this way can they build the ideal perfect husband and wife relationship.
As a result, the differences and conflicts between husband and wife intensified.
In 1937, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression broke out, and the Japanese army captured the bustling city. In order to escape the harassment of the Japanese invaders, Jin Yan fled Shanghai with his wife and began an eight-year life of exile.
This period of displacement has undoubtedly further deepened the estrangement between the husband and wife. In the end, after living in Chengdu and Kunming respectively, Jin Yan filed for divorce from Wang Renmei.
After the divorce, Wang Renmei spent a long and lonely 10 years in Shanghai. At one point, she had a nervous breakdown and had to be admitted to a psychiatric hospital. This painful experience hit her hard.
It wasn't until 1955 that 47-year-old Wang Renmei and cartoonist Ye Qianyu, who had two marriages, got together. Their union is not born of fiery love, but more of a search for solace in the soul.
Ye Qianyu's first wife, Luo Caiyun, was the product of an arranged marriage, and the two had a son and a daughter after marriage. However, Ye Qianyu had an affair with the female painter Liang Baibo for three years, which eventually led to the breakdown of this marriage.
And his second wife Dai Ailian betrayed this marriage, fell in love with the young man, and filed for divorce from Ye Qianyu.
Wang Renmei and Ye Qianyu's married life is also full of ups and downs. Ye Qianyu knows nothing except painting, and all the affairs at home need to be handled by Wang Renmei himself.
What's even more remarkable is that before the marriage contract was full, Ye Qianyu fell into financial difficulties because of the luxurious dinner held in a hurry, and finally all the expenses fell on Wang Renmei's shoulders.
In her memoirs in her later years, Wang Renmei made the following evaluation of Ye Qianyu: "Although he is an outstanding artist, he is not a qualified husband.
He knew almost nothing about the rest of his life, and I was responsible for all the affairs of the family...... Looking back on our former family, it's a mess" She even discussed in depth with Ye Qianyu in a letter about the many troubles in their married life: "Although we have entered the palace of marriage, what you really love is Dai Ailian, and what I love is Jin Yan, which is also the main cause of my repeated illness."
Just when the marriage relationship between Wang Renmei and Jin Yan was on the verge of collapse, in 1937, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression broke out. The Japanese army invaded brutally and captured the prosperous Shanghai.
The Japanese invaders tried to lure Jin Yan into making a propaganda video for him, but Jin Yan firmly refused, preferring to leave his homeland rather than join the puppet regime.
In order to avoid the entanglement of the Japanese, Jin Yan and his wife Wang Renmei fled Shanghai and began an eight-year bumpy career. In the end, Jin Yan decided to join the Chinese Drama Art Society and stationed in Chengdu, while Wang Renmei went to Kunming and joined the Dapeng Drama Society.
Due to the long-term separation of the husband and wife, the relationship gradually faded.
At this critical moment, Wang Renmei ushered in an important turning point in her life. The Dapeng Drama Club announced its disbandment, and she had to look for new career opportunities after being unemployed.
Fortunately, Wang Renmei successfully passed the exam and became an English typist at the base of the U.S. Army Headquarters Supply Office in Kunming.
However, Jin Yan was extremely upset and angry that his wife worked for the "Kuomintang reactionaries". After a fierce dispute, he could no longer stand his wife's behavior and finally filed for divorce from Wang Renmei.
In the extremely difficult era of the Anti-Japanese War, Jin Yan and Wang Renmei spent those bitter years of life and death together, facing the wars in front of them and watching the people displaced, their lives seemed to be on the verge of collapse.
Fortunately, this period of turbulent history also inspired a change in the depths of Wang Renmei's heart. She could no longer tolerate the comfortable status quo and become a "pet" bound to her home, and she longed to contribute her part to the cause of the country's liberation.
However, unfortunately, Jin Yan did not fully understand his wife's brand-new thoughts and pursuits. He still firmly believes that as a husband, he should shoulder the responsibility of the family, and the duty of a wife is to quietly wait for her husband to return and take care of his life.
Due to the huge difference in concepts between the two, coupled with the practical factors of long-term separation, the once loving couple finally went to the road of drifting apart.