In Xiao Hong's life, there were several men who had a great influence on her, and among these men, the person who really accompanied Xiao Hong through the last years was Luo Binji. Why Xiao Hong only lived for 31 years, I believe that for this, Luo Binji also has the most say. Luo Binji once published a "Xiao Hong Biography", in which he mentioned that Xiao Hong died of tracheal dilation caused by long cough and lung disease, but later Luo Binji revealed the real cause of Xiao Hong's death in a letter to a friend.
Xiao Hong
"Xiao Hong's Biography" This is the only biography about Xiao Hong, and this book is not from Xiao Hong's own hand, its author is Luo Binji, a man six years younger than Xiao Hong, but has deep feelings for her.
Xiao Hong's Biography was completed in the winter of 1946. In the forty-four days before Xiao Hong's death due to illness, Luo Binji accompanied Xiao Hong, who witnessed the fall of Xiao Hong's life, and he did not abandon Xiao Hong to complete the last time of his life.
Xiao Hong, Duanmu Hongliang
It is said that Luo Binji stayed behind to help take care of Xiao Hong because Duanmu Hongliang asked him, but this was no longer important. Although Luo Binji had just had a three-sided relationship with Xiao Hong when he was taking care of Xiao Hong in the hospital, it was enough for them to have special feelings for each other. It is said that Xiao Hong said such a thing before she died, saying that if she could live in the future, she might choose to be with Luo Binji. How much of this is gratitude, and how much of the truth, we have no way of knowing.
Luo Bingji
However, Luo Binji took it seriously, he never forgot the moment when Xiao Hong died in his arms, and he missed Xiao Hong all his life. Xiao Hong's life was miserable, and the trickery of fate made her sick for a long time, and Luo Binji mentioned in "Xiao Hong's Biography", he said that Xiao Hong's death was due to "tracheal expansion and long cough".
It was not until 1982 that Luo Binji mentioned Xiao Hong's death again in a letter to Chen Xiejun. He also said that Xiao Hong actually died of being stimulated, sputum gushing into the throat cavity, gambling on the trachea and suffocation. It just so happened that Luo Binji was not by Xiao Hong's side that night, and the medical station did not have a doctor on duty, if someone had helped Xiao Hong to clear the phlegm in the throat tube, Xiao Hong would not have died like this.