It was a young man's voice on the phone.
In that second, countless possibilities flashed through Xia Yitong's mind, and each thought lasted no longer than one thousandth of a second. The chaotic thoughts made her temples throb, and she even felt a faint pain.
Is that Lu Yinbing? Why is the voice wrong? Did you use a voice changer? Are voice changers so advanced? No, no, all wrong.
Fang Wei looked towards Xia Yitong, because her expression suddenly became very serious.
Xia Yitong moved the phone away a little, took a deep breath, and tried to make her voice sound calmer.
"Yes, who are you?"
"I'm from xx Express Company. I have a package for you. May I ask where you are now?" The courier boy muttered vaguely, "Why does this voice sound so familiar?"
Xia Yitong: "... I haven't bought anything online recently."
She slumped back and sat on the chair. It was just a courier. Her brows furrowed immediately. No, why did this courier know the note Lu Yinbing gave her
The delivery guy said: "This is not an online shopping item. It was sent to you by someone who specifically requested it."
"What's the sender's name?" Xia Yitong's heart was in his throat.
"Let me see." After two seconds, the courier boy said, "It's called San Kuanmen, which is a strange name. He/she chose our company's VIP service. It shows that the express delivery time was packed in July 2019, and it must be delivered to you on time on New Year's Day. The delivery address is in Beijing. Are you in Beijing now? If so, I will deliver it to you on time tomorrow."
Xia Yitong said: "Wait a moment, I'll go ask for the address."
Xia Yitong anxiously asked Fang Hui for the address, but Fang Hui didn't know the exact address and told her to go out and ask someone else. Xia Yitong couldn't wait and ran away with the phone in her hand. She asked several people before she got the answer. She asked word by word and repeated it to the person on the other end of the phone, fearing that if she made a mistake, she would not receive the things Lu Yinbing sent to her.
Lu Yinbing had something to give her, and it was prepared five months ago. What could it be? Given Lu Yinbing's personality, why would she be so mysterious? Did she expect that they would be separated temporarily one day? Or was it because of something else
She was lost in thoughts all night long. She took two showers in one night but thought she only took one. She stared with her eyes wide open until midnight. Finally, she succumbed to the sleepiness and fell into a deep sleep.
The other party gave her an order number. Xia Yitong checked the logistics information every two minutes. When she woke up in the morning, it showed that she had boarded a flight early yesterday morning. According to common sense, she should have arrived in Hainan now.
The crew had not started filming yet, and Xia Yitong was still undergoing special training to learn the craft of carving. On this day, Xia Yitong was cut by a carving knife because he was distracted frequently. The wound was not small, and his fingers were covered in blood. Fang Wei forcibly took him over to treat it, and asked the director for half a day off. Xia Yitong thought that he really didn't have the heart to work, so he didn't say anything.
Not only did the director not blame her, he came over in person to express his condolences, which made Xia Yitong very embarrassed, and she kept clasping her hands together to apologize.
At 11:00 a.m., when the half-day was almost over, the courier finally arrived. Another call came in, saying that the courier could not enter the studio, but Xia Yitong had to sign for it in person. Xia Yitong comforted herself many times in her heart before she didn't run out, but almost everyone could see that she was in a hurry.
He went out empty-handed and came back with a parcel in his hand.
Xia Yitong returned to the lounge, closed the door, and asked Fang Wei to watch outside the door, not letting anyone in.
Xia Yitong first felt it through the file bag and found it was quite thick. He used a paper cutter to neatly cut the seal. There was another dark yellow sealed file bag inside. He opened another layer and shook out several contracts and documents with red government stamps.
The first one is the land acquisition document.
The second one is the document about setting up the candy factory, as well as the quality inspection report, and a series of certificates issued by the Industrial and Commercial Bureau, etc.
The third one is the labor contract.
The fourth, fifth...
These documents are arranged in sequence, with signing dates ranging from December 2016 to June 2019.
Xia Yitong didn't understand what all these things were at first. Whether they were separated or connected, they were confusing. Why did Lu Yinbing suddenly think of buying land to open a candy factory? Was he trying to develop a sideline business? But what was so profitable about making candy
After all the documents, there is a letter.
Xia Yitong unfolded the letter paper, and Lu Yinbing's powerful and familiar handwriting suddenly appeared in front of her eyes, and her eyes couldn't help but well up.
Teacher Xia:
Happy New Year.
I don’t know whether you are filming, at home, or out and about. I guess you definitely didn’t expect that I would prepare a New Year’s gift for you, and you definitely wouldn’t understand what it is even if you received it.
Xia Yitong laughed and wiped the corners of her eyes with her fingers.
…
Lu Yinbing wasted several sheets of paper, throwing them away and rewriting them if she made a mistake. She rested the pen on her chin, staring at the rice paper in front of her, then at the contract document next to her, narrowing her eyes slightly, and continued writing:
To put it simply, I bought you a candy factory, along with the land and workers in the factory, which specializes in producing the kind of candy you like to eat. You never have to worry about it disappearing one day. Is that clear enough? It seems a bit like showing off, but I don't mean to show off. I often don't know what I can do for you. You rarely show your love for things other than me. This colorful candy (the name I gave to the current boss of the candy factory) is one of them. Since it is a dead thing, I only feel a little jealous, which can be ignored.
I hope that a little bit of my gratitude can make you feel good in the new year.
I wanted to give it to you on your birthday last year, but I never got through the formalities. It's only now that I have it ready. Next year's birthday is too far away, so I'll just give it to you as a New Year's gift. If you want to go on a field trip, I can take you there. I asked someone to plant a lot of green plants and flowers next to the candy factory. When I went there last year, the flowers were all in bloom. It was very beautiful. I'll build a small building and take our baby there for vacation in the future.
Then swung the veranda and beat the orchid bodhisattva, and the bed was bright and brilliant. The second time, the orchid was leaning on the green nome, and the nome was waking up.
Should I write "Best regards" at the end? I decided not to, because it would make the composition look more like a serious letter.
What did I write? You can take a look at it casually. Remember to burn the letter after reading it. And never mention it again, otherwise I will get angry, the kind that no matter what you do, I won’t be able to appease you.
Best regards!
I finally wrote it, it would not be complete if I didn't.
Yours, whoever you love
Lu Yinbing lost his life
…
Xia Yitong picked up the pile of documents again and read them word by word. The words that were originally awkward and difficult to pronounce now took on a completely new look. Lu Yinbing with bright eyes, Lu Yinbing who was unkind outside, Lu Yinbing who occasionally showed the manner of a little girl at home, and Lu Yinbing who wore a baseball cap and carried a backpack to inspect the factory, her eyebrows that were sometimes irritable and sometimes relaxed when she wrote a letter under the lamp, were all rare and exquisite and beautiful.
When she first saw the letter, she couldn't help but shed tears of joy, but after reading it, her heart was filled with peace. That kind of peace is not the kind of peace that is like stagnant water without ripples, but the kind of peace that comes from the warm wind blowing on the river surface, the ice melting, and the undercurrent surging under the water.
She folded the candy factory documents that Lu Yinbing had given her in the order in which they had been taken out, put them back as they were, and leaned back on the sofa in the lounge, looking completely ungraceful.
She needed to clear her mind and stop thinking about Lu Yinbing. When the ice completely thawed, she didn't know if she would lose control of herself and buy a plane ticket to fly abroad.
On this day, she suddenly wanted to see Lu Yinbing very much. It was the third month since she left.
Xia Yitong clenched her hands that hung at her sides.
…
On the other side of the ocean, Lu Yinbing received an email stating: Your package has been successfully delivered.
She stared at the email in a daze. Liu Xinmin pressed her shoulder and said, "The doctor called us."
Lu Yinbing put away his phone, nodded, and followed Liu Xinmin in.
The news is neither good nor bad. The doctor said that it is impossible for her memory to be completely restored to its previous state, but he has an idea that may be of some help. He cannot guarantee it and it depends on the later results.
Lu Yinbing temporarily bid farewell to his life of traveling around and settled down near the sea.
She likes to hear the sound of waves before going to bed at night. She can pick up conchs on the beach in the evening, put the big ones in the room and arrange them in a circle at the head of the bed, and string the small ones together and hang them under the eaves. When the wind blows, they will sway gently with the wind, making a sound like a hum.
Liang Shuyao is ready to retire and go home to inherit the family business. At the beginning of 2020, she officially announced her farewell to the catwalk, but she has not returned home yet. She gave herself a year-long vacation and traveled around with her girlfriend. The first stop was where Lu Yinbing lives now. She was like a nail in Liang Shuyao's girlfriend's heart, and Liang Shuyao also wanted to pull it out, so Lu Yinbing finally revealed her girlfriend's true face.
The real person looks even younger than the photo, and has a distinctive appearance. If it weren't for her height, you would have no doubt that she is a junior high school student just by looking at her face. Lu Yinbing chased Liang Shuyao and called her a beast for a whole day. Liang Shuyao's girlfriend was still very well-educated and well-mannered. Lu Yinbing had a good impression of her. After a few days of getting along, she no longer had any hostility towards Lu Yinbing. Sometimes the two would sit together, eating melon seeds and complaining about Liang Shuyao.
Liang Shuyao felt sore in the waist and weak in the legs, so she could only go to Liu Xinmin for comfort.
One month passed in a flash, and the outside of Lu Yinbing's house was full of shells and conchs that he had picked up. From a distance, it looked like a work of art. Lu Yinbing stood barefoot at the door of his house, took a photo of the sea, sighed, and sent it to WeChat.
After finishing work and returning to the hotel, Xia Yitong looked at the landscape pictures sent by a reporter named Ni Siding on WeChat: "???"