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"I rarely watch movies," Rokossovsky explains, a little embarrassed, "plus after the outbreak of the war, I barely had time to read newspapers, so I was not familiar with my friends in the film and television industry at all." ”

Serova tilted her head and asked, "As far as I know, there are quite a few actors among the people who have visited you in the past two days, don't you know any of them?" ”

"Yes, I don't know any of them." Rokossovsky replied stubbornly: "The comrades in the hospital would introduce me to the name and occupation of each visitor, but they came and went in a hurry, and there were so many people at a time that I did not leave any impression when they left. ”

"Where are you going?" Serova then asked.

Rokossovsky would not have told Serova that he was trying to avoid your visit, so he went down this hidden staircase, only to be caught by you. I could only say vaguely: "I want to go to the hospital cafeteria for a bite to eat." ”

Serova looked Rokossovsky up and down and said meaningfully: "My comrade general, as far as I know, according to your rank, every day someone will deliver your three meals to the ward on time, and there is no need for you to go to the dining room to eat them yourself. Also, I've already told the dean that I'm going to visit you in the ward, and seeing you like this, I guess I want to avoid me on purpose, right? ”

Seeing that his lie was exposed by Serova, Rokossovsky looked even more embarrassed, and hurriedly said: "Really... I really... It's the thought of... To the restaurant... Go. ”

"Okay, Comrade General, it's just the two of us here, don't talk nonsense." Serova waved her hand at Rokossovsky and said nonchalantly: "I understand your feelings, you don't want too many people to disturb your recuperation, so when you hear someone visiting, you want to find a place to hide." Okay, let's go back to your room and have a good chat. With that, she reached out and grabbed Rokossovsky's arm, ready to help him back to the ward.

Now that things had come to this point, Rokossovsky understood that it would be a bit impossible to escape any longer, so he pushed Serova to take her arm and walk back up the stairs.

As soon as the two of them reached the door of the ward, they saw the fat head nurse rushing out of the ward in a hurry, and almost bumped into Rokossovsky. After seeing Rokossovsky standing in the corridor, the fat head nurse asked with a crying voice: "My comrade general, where have you been?" The actors who have come to see you are coming soon. ”

"You're the head nurse." Serova, who was holding Rokossovsky, smiled and said to the head nurse: "Comrade General went to meet me at the staircase. ”

"You... You are... Serova? Compared with Rokossovsky, who never watched entertainment news or movies, the head nurse obviously knew Serova, and she said in surprise: "I really didn't expect that today you came to visit Comrade General." ”

After saying this, she suddenly remembered a key question, and hurriedly asked, "Why don't you take the elevator and take the stairs?" ”

Serova shrugged her shoulders and said helplessly: "When I got downstairs, it happened that a group of wounded people had arrived, and the hospital staff were using the elevator to take them upstairs, so I took the stairs. Unexpectedly, I actually met a general who came to greet me. She deliberately accentuated the word "specialized" while stealthily twisting it on Rokossovsky's arm.

Rokossovsky endured the pain in his arm, tried to keep a smile on his face, and helped Serova to fulfill his lie: "Yes, I heard footsteps coming from the direction of the stairwell, so I walked over to take a look, and I happened to meet the beautiful Serova. ”

After the head nurse left, the two walked into the ward. Serova smiled at Rokossovsky and said: "My comrade general, when you talk nonsense, you really don't even blush, if it weren't for the fact that I couldn't take the elevator, I should have taken the stairs temporarily, I guess I would have missed you." ”

"Alright, Comrade Serova, please don't mention this again." Rokossovsky's old face flushed, looked at the sexy woman with delicate features and charming posture in front of him, and said a little embarrassedly: "If I had known that it was such a beautiful woman like you who came to visit me, I would never have left the ward half a step." ”

Serova tilted her head to look at Rokossovsky and said playfully: "Comrade General, you mean that if I am ugly, even if I come to your ward, I will not welcome you." Is that right? ”

Rokossovsky didn't want to dwell on this issue anymore, so he quickly changed the topic: "By the way, Comrade Serova, tell me about you, what movies have you acted in?" ”

"Comrade General, don't you think that the honorific words 'you' are always used between us seem a little too foreign? Let's call you 'you'. Without waiting for Rokossovsky to speak, Serova continued: "As far as I know, your wife and friends call you Koschika, and I will call you the same in the future. All right? ”

Rokossovsky knew that according to Russian custom, when a woman offered to call you "you", it meant that she regarded you as a close friend, so he hurriedly replied: "Yes, yes! ”

In the ensuing conversation, Rokossovsky learned that Serova was from a family of theaters, and that her mother, Polovitskaya, was a well-known theater actress. At the age of 17, Serova was admitted to the drama school attached to the Young Workers Theater, and after graduation, she stayed in the theater as an actress. In 1939, he played the leading role in the film "Stubborn Girl" and became famous in one fell swoop. After becoming famous, she successively played the heroine in the films "Waiting for Me", "The Russian Question" and "Glinka", and became a smash hit actress in the Soviet Union.

Rokossovsky thought that Serova was as beautiful as a flower, and there must be countless suitors, so he asked tentatively: "Serova, are you married?" ”

"Yes, Koschika, I'm married." Serova nodded and said, "My husband's name is Anatoly Serov, and he is an Air Force fighter pilot. He once participated in the anti-fascist war to the court as a volunteer, shot down six enemy planes, and was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. But he died a heroic death during a test flight mission in May 1939. ”

Seeing Serova take out a handkerchief and wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes, Rokossovsky hurriedly reached out and grabbed her shoulders and said apologetically: "Serova, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have reminded you of your sad past." ”

"It's okay, Koschika." Serova raised her head and looked at Rokossovsky, and said with a smile: "It's all in the past, I have long since come out of the pain of the past, I just want to raise my children well." When she said this, she had no intention of breaking the other man's hand off her shoulder.

"Kid, you still have kids?" Hearing this, Rokossovsky couldn't help but ask in surprise.

"Yes, I have a son." Serova nodded and said: "I was born a month after Serov's death, and in honor of my husband who died, I named the child Anatoly. ”

"I heard that you now have a boyfriend named Simonov, a famous writer, poet and playwright." Rokossovsky suddenly remembered Serova's current boyfriend Simonov, and his heart couldn't help but feel a little sour: "You're about to get married, right?" ”

Serova pursed her lips and smiled, then said: "Even if you want to get married, you will have to wait until after the victory." Okay, don't talk about me anymore, you better tell me about what happened to you on the front! ”

In the small talk between the two, the time passed minute by minute, and if it weren't for the nurse who delivered dinner into the room, the two didn't know how long they would have talked.

Rokossovsky pointed to the food cart pushed by the nurse and politely said to Serova: "It's not early, why don't you eat something here?" ”

Serova looked at the limited food on the dining car, shook her head and said, "Thank you for your kindness, no need, I'll go back and eat." She got up and took two steps, suddenly stopped, turned to Rokossovsky and said: "I think you have been in the military hospital in Moscow for so long, you probably haven't gone out yet." Would you like to go out for a walk and let me treat you to a meal by the way? ”

"Comrade General," said the nurse who delivered the meal without waiting for Rokossovsky to speak, "according to the regulations, the wounded cannot leave the hospital casually. ”

"Comrade nurse," Serova said with a smile as she walked up to the nurse, "General Rokossovsky is not an ordinary person, he wants to go out and get some fresh air, I think it's okay, right?" ”

"But... However," said the nurse, "the wounded must be allowed to leave the hospital with the permission of the director and the commissar." ”

"I know your dean and commissar," Serova continued, smiling, "why don't you take me to the nurses' station now, and I'll call the two of them for instructions?" ”

"Okay, okay, Comrade Serova." When the nurse heard Serova say this, she was not stubborn, but said: "I'm going to find a set of civilian clothes for Comrade General, he can't go out on the street in a hospital gown." With that, he turned around and walked out of the ward.

Rokossovsky watched in amazement as Serova managed to deal with the difficult nurse in just a few words, gave her a thumbs up, and said approvingly: "You are so eloquent that you have been able to convince the nurse so easily." Otherwise, come to my troops, my military commissar is in dire need of eloquent political workers like you. ”

Hearing that Rokossovsky was joking with herself, Serova gently punched him twice in the shoulder, laughed and scolded: "Nasty! ”

After a while, the nurse brought a set of civilian clothes and handed it to Rokossovsky. Serova unfolded it and saw that it was an ordinary set of overalls, a little old, but cleanly washed. She hurriedly stuffed her clothes to Rokossovsky, and at the same time said: "You hurry up and change your clothes, I will wait for you at the nurse's station." ”

The outfit that the nurse found was a bit short for a big man like Rokossovsky, especially the trousers, which were worn as if they were wearing a pair of cropped pants. Serova, who was chatting with the nurses in the nurses' station, immediately smiled when she saw Rokossovsky's dress.

"It's time for us to go." Rokossovsky reminded Serova a little embarrassed.

Serova nodded at the nurse and said gratefully: "Thank you, comrade nurse, I will personally send you the signed photo you want another day." After that, he came over and grabbed Rokossovsky's arm and said to him, "Let's go!" ”

The nurse remembered something and shouted at Rokossovsky and Serova, who had already entered the nod, "You must come back before twelve o'clock, otherwise the door to the inpatient department will be closed, and you will not be able to enter." ”

The two took the elevator to the ground floor, and Rokossovsky remembered a key question: "How should we go, we can't go on foot, right?" ”

Serova sneered, then said, "Don't worry, I have a car." As he spoke, he walked over to a black sedan parked in the dean's room, took out the key from his satchel and opened the door. When she sat in the cab and was about to close the door, she saw Rokossovsky standing aside in a daze, so she urged: "What are you still doing in a daze, hurry up and get in the car!" ”

Rokossovsky hurriedly agreed, walked over quickly, went around from the rear to the other side of the car, opened the door on the co-pilot's side, sat in and closed the door casually, and asked, "Where are we going?" ”

"Go to the National Centre for the Performing Arts, there's going to be a movie there tonight!" After saying that, Serova started the car familiarly, and drove out of the parking lot of the hospital with ease.

"Is that the movie you're acting in?" Rokossovsky asked tentatively.

"No," Serova, who was driving, shook her head and replied, "It's Xia Boyang!" The film had just won the Stalin Prize in 1941, and we now need to promote such legendary heroes to inspire confidence in the nation's military and civilian victory over the fascist invaders. ”

The car drove along the street for some distance, and as soon as it entered Pushkin Street, it was stopped by the traffic police on duty at the intersection. Looking at the traffic police who came over, Rokossovsky asked puzzledly: "Why did the traffic police stop us?" ”

Serova rolled her eyes at him: "Don't you know that a few hundred meters further on, there will be Red Square and the Kremlin?" In order to prevent the enemy from wreaking, the security here will certainly be much stricter than in other places. ”

The traffic policeman walked to the side of the car, raised his hand to salute Serova, and said dryly: "Please show your pass!" ”

Serova took out a document with a coffee-colored cover from her satchel, handed it out the window, and handed it to the traffic policeman standing outside the car. The traffic policeman looked through it, returned the documents, took a step back, raised his hand to salute Serova, and then stretched out his hand to signal for release.