In 1921, Zhang Daofan toasted to the woman who fell in love at first sight with a heart that resisted the surging beat: "In this way, I have to call you a second sister-in-law!" Seeing the other party's polite bow, Zhang Daofan raised his head and drank the wine, but in his heart he was fantasizing about living with the "second sister-in-law".
Zhang Daofan first met this "second sister-in-law" at a reception held by the Chinese Embassy in Germany. At that time, Zhang Daofan was studying in the Fine Arts Department of University College London, where he studied painting techniques.
Hearing that Xu Beihong would attend the reception, Zhang Daofan hurriedly put down other matters at hand and hurried to the reception, eager to get to know this new star who was squeezing all directions.
But the moment he saw Jiang Biwei, all his emotions were thrown out of his mind, and only a glance of love for ten thousand years remained.
"You stand on that red carpet, slim and graceful, how graceful and luxurious you look, ah! ”
But before Zhang Daofan's love began, it was destroyed by reality, because Jiang Biwei's hand was holding Xu Beihong's arm, and she was already Xu Beihong's wife.
Jiang Biwei eloped with Xu Beihong at the age of 18, and the two have supported each other until now. Seeing the deep love between the two, Zhang Daofan could only leave the scene gloomily with a heart, but Jiang Biwei's figure kept appearing in his mind, and Zhang Daofan couldn't help but want to get close to her.
So, after finishing his studies in London, he couldn't wait to go to Paris and joined the "Tengu Club" where Jiang Biwei and his wife worked.
In order of age, Xu Beihong is the second oldest in the meeting, and Zhang Daofan is the third. Zhang Daofan called Jiang Biwei the "second sister-in-law", and Jiang Biwei called him the "third brother." ”
At that time, Xu Beihong was devoted to art, and Jiang Biwei was neglected. Although Zhang Daofan could sense her loss, he didn't dare to act because of his identity.
It wasn't until Xu Beihong went to Singapore to raise money and separated from Jiang Biwei that Zhang Daofan mustered up the courage and often asked Jiang Biwei to party and watch movies to relieve Jiang Biwei's emptiness and depression.
Jiang Biwei didn't fail to see his strange thoughts from Zhang Daofan's diligence, but she had to abide by women's morals, and only regarded herself as an ostrich and didn't dare to pierce that layer of paper.
But Zhang Daofan fell deeper and deeper, and finally was tormented by unrequited love and couldn't sleep all night, and finally wrote a love letter to Jiang Biwei to reveal his love.
After Jiang Biwei saw it, although her heart was fluctuating, she still wanted to protect her marriage, and she chose Xu Beihong. She politely sent a letter back to Zhang Daofan, thanking him for his care and concern, but politely declined his affection.
This letter extinguished the fire in Zhang Daofan's heart, and he was disheartened to marry Susan, a French girl.
On the day of the wedding, Zhang Daofan was very drunk, and he sang and danced against the gentle and elegant image, which made his father-in-law very annoyed. Only Jiang Biwei and Zhang Daofan knew that he was not happy to marry his beloved, but indulged in the despair of love and indulged in alcohol.
After getting married, Zhang Daofan and his wife returned to China. His unrequited love seems to have come to an end, but his heart can't accept the mercy of wisdom.
Zhang Daofan is still paying attention to Jiang Biwei.
After Jiang Biwei became pregnant, the couple ended their days of wandering abroad and returned to China to settle down. Xu Beihong is teaching at Nanjing Central School, and Jiang Biwei is also there to teach her husband and children, seeing that their days are about to come to an end, Xu Beihong deserted and fell in love with the student Sun Duoci.
Hearing that Jiang Biwei went to school to make a fuss, Zhang Daofan was distressed, this dignified and beautiful woman was hurt beyond recognition by marriage, such a woman, he didn't have time to take care of it, and was hurt so much by Xu Beihong.
Later, Xu Beihong went to Guilin alone, and Jiang Biwei stayed in Nanjing with her two children.
At this time, the Japanese army threatened an imminent air raid on Nanjing. Zhang Daofan hurriedly invited all the brothers of the "Tengu Society" to move to the basement of his house, and Jiang Biwei and two children were also on the list.
At this time, Zhang Daofan is no longer the hairy boy he was 16 years ago, he turned around gorgeously and became a successful person who has emerged in the political arena.
For Jiang Biwei, who is in an embarrassed situation, Zhang Daofan is like a hero who stepped on colorful auspicious clouds to rescue her. What's even more rare is that he still knows her, cares for her, and even loves her as before.
Compared with Xu Beihong's indifference and ruthlessness, Jiang Biwei, who was already tired and hopeless about marriage, was finally pried open by Zhang Daofan.
The two of them poured their love on paper, and wrote more than 2,000 love letters and letters totaling 150,000 words under the names of "Zhenzong" and "Xue".
Later, after Xu Beihong broke off the relationship with Jiang Biwei in the newspaper, Jiang Biwei decisively asked him to pay one million yuan and one hundred paintings as alimony, and then turned around and willingly became Zhang Daofan's underground lover.
is no longer the pungent image of guarding marriage with teeth and claws in the past, Jiang Biwei, who is with Zhang Daofan, reins in her temper, is gentle and considerate to Zhang Daofan, and is obedient.
In order to be able to be with Jiang Biwei unscrupulously, Zhang Daofan sent his wife and adopted daughter to Australia to recuperate. Then, he took Jiang Biwei to Taiwan together, in and out of the pair, like a couple.
Zhang Daofan has paid half a lifetime of friendship for Jiang Biwei, thinking that his unrequited love has finally achieved a positive result, and he will affectionately cling to her hand.
didn't want the story to take a big turn, Zhang Daofan made a surprising decision in his later years.
In 1958, Zhang Daofan suddenly decided to return to his family. He ruthlessly proposed to Jiang Biwei to take his wife Susan and adopted daughter back. and proposed to Jiang Biwei that he was not allowed to publish memoirs while he was alive, and did not want to make the relationship between the two public before his death, and took away the love letters of the two together.
Perhaps, this relationship that begins with appearance, while Jiang Biwei is aging, Zhang Daofan's love is slowly extinguishing; maybe, Jiang Biwei's bedroom is always hanging with the paintings given to her by Xu Beihong, so that Zhang Daofan's enthusiasm is slowly extinguished, and he also lets go because of his cold heart; It is also possible that Zhang Daofan is tired and tired, and suddenly finds that Susan's long-term forbearance is his final destination.
Why Zhang Daofan made such a decision, no one knows.
But Jiang Biwei's behavior was unexpected, this woman who dared to love and hate, who had been Zhang Daofan's nominal mistress for so many years, had no resentment towards Zhang Daofan at the moment of separation.
Not only did she take the initiative to quit, but she gave both sides decency. After Zhang Daofan's death, she published a memoir about him, which was full of praise and appreciation, believing that he was considerate, steady, and noble.
Maybe, it was because she was grateful and grateful to Zhang Daofan for stepping forward in times of crisis. She once thought that if there was no Zhang Daofan, maybe she would have been working with Xu Beihong in the end, making trouble and drowning herself in a life of pain, contradictions, and sorrow.
It was Zhang Daofan who gave her new feelings and life. It also healed her and allowed her to come out of a failed marriage.
Therefore, even if he is abandoned, she can be considerate of him and willingly turn around.
She had received his sincere love. She saw this as a reward from fate, and she was content.
Some of the sources in this article are: "Love Is So Short, Forgetting Is So Long: The Biography of Jiang Biwei" (China Overseas Chinese Publishing House), Baidu Encyclopedia - Jiang Biwei, Baidu Encyclopedia - Zhang Daofan