Chapter 22

Song Ye looked at the girl in front of him and was about to burst into tears. He didn't stop for more than half an hour, with tears streaming down his originally fair face.

At first, he could remain calm, but as time went on, he couldn't stand it any longer. He looked around uncomfortably, and finally dug something out of his broken bag and handed it to Lin Wei.

Lin Wei took it without looking and used it to blow her nose.

When she had cried enough, she realized that what the other party gave her was a glove, which looked familiar.

Lin Wei sobbed and said: "Why are you here?"

Song Ye still had a dead look on his face and said slowly: "The things you left behind when you watched the movie last time. All the things I packed were thrown out by the teacher, and this is the only thing left. It works."

He packed a big package, but Fang Lianxin was so frightened that he threw everything away, leaving only a few pieces of clothing.

Lin Wei looked at him in shock and twitched inertly: "What do you mean my dad dug out my gloves in your bag?"

Song Ye remained silent.

Lin Wei was saddened by this. What the hell was going on? She remembered that during the meal, these people were plotting against her.

"Dong dong -"

Before the two of them could say anything else, they heard someone knocking on the door. The other person said through the door: "Get ready, we will enter the port in a moment." After a reminder, the person left.

When Lin Wei heard this, she immediately wiped her face and sat up on her knees. She stopped crying, just sobbed habitually, and seriously began to pack and check her luggage.

Song Ye was also stunned for a moment by the speed of his movement and facial expression.

Lin Wei breathed a sigh of relief when she found the small camphor wood box in her bag. The lock was unlocked and the keys and receipts were inside.

In this way, they will not be too strapped for money when they arrive in the port city.

Song Ye reminded from the side: "There will be marine police inspections before entering the port."

Lin Wei nodded, indicating that she knew, and began to check the contents of the camphor box.

"Do you know who owns this ship?" she asked.

"...It seems to be the Huo family."

Lin Wei paused as she hung the key around her neck.

"You know?" Song Ye had nothing to deal with and noticed Lin Wei's reaction.

It should be the Huo family she knew. The Huo family had material exchanges with the mainland during the period of aid to Korea. This offended the British Hong Kong government and often resulted in water and electricity cuts.

After Lin Wei finished packing, she turned around and found that Song Ye had opened a large wooden box. She was stunned, what was she doing?

Half an hour later, she finally figured out what this thing was for.

When Lin Wei got out of the box, she felt like dried pickles. She was covered in sweat and was extremely embarrassed.

The person who picked them up took them to the Star Ferry Terminal and bought them tickets: "After getting off the boat, you will be on Hong Kong Island. Someone will pick you up there to apply for street papers."

The two got on the ferry, because they were suffocating in the box. Not light, they chose a position to the side to get some air.

Finally, they sat down safely. The two of them were very quiet for a while. In their eyes, they saw the beautiful Victoria Harbor, the wide waters, and the rolling sea water. From time to time, the whistle sounded in their ears. As far as the eye could see, they saw the scenery offshore and the buildings in the distance. , giving people an unreal sense of trance.

Lin Wei knew that this was not the first time she had experienced this, but she could not remember it at all. The memory before the age of thirty-two was like a blank that had been erased. Except for the things in the diary, she was actually not familiar with this place.

Some may just have a vague sense of familiarity.

Today's Xiangjiang is also very different from that of later generations.

It seemed like nothing had changed for her again. Her parents could be hurt at any time. They were so close, but they couldn't see each other for so long.

She came here alone, going through the same bad life again as she did in her previous life.

What's the point?

Would it have been different if it had been discovered earlier?

She rarely felt so depressed, and her emotions came and went quickly, but this time it was different. The sudden change and being separated from her parents without preparation really made her feel uneasy.

Lin Wei's heart was filled with resentment, grievance and frustration. Whenever she thought of her family, she felt breathless, so sad and aggrieved that she wanted to cry.

Her thoughts were interrupted by the noise. A British man came from the opposite aisle and kept cursing in a loud voice. He was followed by a Chinese man who kept apologizing. He was humble and humble. posture.

The British man was wearing a suit, dressed like a gentleman, and holding a handkerchief in his hand. He looked disgusted when he walked over. Especially when he saw Lin Wei and Song Ye, his brows furrowed even more tightly.

"This is not charity..."

He seemed to be scolding his subordinates for pricing things cheaply and that they were not doing charity.

When he reached Lin Wei and the others, he actually stopped. "Because of your incompetence," he pointed at Lin Wei and the others with his white-gloved hand, "Only such people can afford first-class tickets!"

Song Ye Looking at the other person, he couldn't understand English. He studied Russian as a foreign language in college, but even so, he knew that what this person said was not good.

But Lin Wei on the side understood.

Most of the people on the boat were Chinese. Compared with others, she and Song Ye did look a little shabby, but she was shocked to be scolded like this for no reason after spending money.

He worked hard to get here to be a lower class person?

The man behind him wiped his sweat, nodded and explained: "There was too much opposition from the public before, so we put it on hold. Councilman Zhang meant to slow down a little longer."

But this explanation obviously couldn't extinguish the British man's anger, and he cursed loudly, One moment told him to shut up, the other moment he scolded the Chinese as trash begging for food and just wanted to take advantage.

Whether they understood or not, the Chinese around them did not dare to speak out. They moved their bodies to the side, trying their best to reduce their presence, and did not dare to meet the British man's eyes.

Some people simply got up and left, avoiding this place of right and wrong, since they were about to arrive in Hong Kong anyway.

Except Lin Wei.

She looked at the British man, never moving her eyes away from the beginning to the end, listening to his every word, looking at him without blinking.

Harder Bernal didn't think that this down-and-out Chinese woman understood what he said, but those eyes made him very uncomfortable. The black eyes were cold, straightforward and without fear, and also contained a kind of contempt and ridicule.

He has been in Xiangjiang for so many years, and no Chinese dares to look at him like this. No matter what the other person's status is, the British here have the highest honor, and even if they are unhappy, they don't dare to offend him easily.

"What are you watching?" He angrily scolded Lin Wei.

His subordinate was about to translate to Lin Wei, but Lin Wei spoke first, "I have never seen such..." She looked at the other person and said word by word, "an uncivilized white pig." She also deliberately added the accent at the end. .

Before Bernal could react, his subordinate's eyes suddenly widened. This was the first time he saw someone dare to scold the British white-skinned pig in front of his face.

He never expected that the down-and-out girl in front of him could actually speak English.

Obviously Bernal didn't expect that he was so shocked by the girl's completely provocative gesture that he couldn't react for a moment.

Lin Wei reacted quickly. Almost as soon as she finished speaking, she stood up and grabbed Song Ye, who was confused, and walked quickly out of the boat.

It only takes 15 minutes to take the ferry from Tsim Sha Tsui to Central. This British man was rushing to get off the boat when he met them. Lin Wei naturally scolded them and left. Do they want to wait and be troubled here?

"Freeze! (Stop)" the British man finally reacted.

But what sounded at the same time was the whistle of the arriving ferry.

"Sorry, give way." Lin Wei pulled Song Ye and squeezed through the crowd in front.

"Come on, the ghost guy has sent people to chase him."

They made a lot of noise, and many people saw it. Although they didn't know the reason, they knew that the girl had offended the ghost guy (foreign devil), and they all took the initiative to help.

"Thank you."

Lin Wei thanked her while pushing forward.

There was also a foreign woman who took the initiative to move aside and let Lin Wei and the others pass.

This made Lin Wei, who had just finished scolding the white-skinned pig, feel a little embarrassed. She just picked the most enjoyable words that could hit the other person's pain point, and didn't take anything else into consideration.

If Wu Ming were here, he would definitely say that she had fallen into her old habits.

Lin Wei is sometimes very impulsive. After the impulse passes, she will immediately reflect and remediate decisively. However, after reflecting, she will commit the crime again and will not change despite repeated admonitions.

At this moment, she was holding the bag in one hand and holding Song Ye in the other. Listening to the shouts behind her, she directly used the bag to wave away the staff on the shore who tried to stop them.

When the two of them landed on the shore, they ran as fast as they could without looking back. They just ran forward as hard as they could.

Anyway, I’ve finished scolding you, and there’s no point regretting it now.

People were coming and going at the Central Pier, and the two of them went straight into the crowd.

As Lin Wei ran, she gasped and said to Song Ye: "Leave me alone, go find the person who will take care of you, and we will meet at the city hall."

As a result, as soon as she finished speaking, a car suddenly stopped in front of the two of them.

Lin Wei cursed his grandfather in his heart, immediately let go, and planned to run away.

"Is this Miss Lin?" A man in his thirties came out of the car.

Lin Wei paused as she ran away and looked behind her, not at the person speaking, but to see if anyone was following her.

She was relieved when she was sure no one was chasing her.

Lin Wei was panting violently, and her heart seemed to be about to jump out. She looked at Song Ye, who was also looking at her. He held his legs while panting, looking as if he was shocked by her powerful operation.

Lin Wei couldn't help but laugh, and the depression in her heart was inexplicably dissipated.

She will not follow the same path in her life, she wants a completely different life.

Run adventurously and boldly.

"What are you—" The man couldn't help but ask as he looked at the embarrassed appearance of the two people.

Lin Wei dragged her bag over and gasped: "It's okay."

She didn't know that the person who was originally chasing her was tripped up by a British woman.

"Ye Jing'en! What on earth do you want to do?" Bernal was furious. He called the other party's Chinese name.

In order to facilitate their rule, most British people here will give themselves a Chinese name, which makes it easier for people to remember and adds a sense of intimacy.

For example, Bernal's Chinese name is Tang Huaiming, which is very Chinese, but makes no sense.

Ms. Ye held up her wide-brimmed hat: "I just lost my necklace and asked them to help me find it. Why are you so angry?"

Bernal naturally didn't believe it and asked her: "Why do you always have to help me find it?" These despicable people?"

Ms. Ye looked at him with disapproval: "What are you talking about? Bernal, you should be ashamed. The British are making money in this land and oppressing the people here. , the officials are corrupt, the police colluded with the gangs to accept bribes, and made this place a mess. It is really despicable for you to say that."

Bernal held his gold-plated cane with uncontrollable anger on his brows. Interested, he looked at Ye Jing'en and sneered: "I have to admit that Brad's choice to divorce you was the only right thing he did in his stupid life. You are absolutely useless. What you are best at is causing trouble for men."

Ye Jing'en's His eyes turned cold, he looked at him, and after a while, he said: "An angry man likes to use a woman's marriage to attack her. You have to admit that you are not a gentleman, even if you dress like one."

Bernal's face was livid . , grabbing the cane and wanting to swing it out.

At this time, no one dared to step forward to persuade.

Ye Jing'en bowed and left. After taking a few steps, she turned back and said: "Bernar, you have to understand that I am not causing trouble for anyone, I just don't want people here to live in trouble." In this unfair situation, you should be lucky that you did not cause any harm to the Chinese girl, otherwise I would expose your bad behavior in international newspapers."

Bernal was furious, yelling "Bitch", and waited for Ye Jingen to leave. , his cane fell on his Chinese subordinate.

As the other party screamed in pain, he said with a sullen face: "Resubmit the price increase proposal. I want to see the results in a month."

Seeing his expression, his subordinates naturally did not dare to say anything.

I just feel like I'm extremely unlucky today.

When they arrived at the city hall, Lin Wei took her bag and was about to get out of the car.

"It's better to put your things in the car. People from the city hall might check them. Those moths won't miss every opportunity to make money." The person who picked them up reminded them.

The man's name was Li He. He introduced them to them on the way and said that he would send them to Professor Sun, a friend of his father's, after completing their travel papers.

Seeing Lin Wei's hesitation, he added: "Don't worry, the driver is here, the car is safe."

Lin Wei subconsciously grabbed the key necklace she was asked to put in her chest, and put down her bag without much hesitation. We got out of the car together.

After they entered the city hall, the driver of the car turned around, picked up their bags, got out of the car, and walked toward another black car not far away.

"Sir--" The driver opened the car door respectfully and handed the bag in.

...

Sure enough, as the man said, people from the city hall extorted a sum of money from them.

The person who handled the business was very surprised to know that they were handling street paper. He was still coming out of the mainland at this time, so he probably had some background.

But when he saw the appearance of Lin Wei and Song Ye, he gave up this idea. He was probably just lucky. They looked like poor people at first glance.

The other party happily issued a travel pass for them: "Come back in half a year to get the official identity certificate."

Half a year?

Without official ID cards, they couldn't do anything in the past six months.

"I'm sorry, my two children have to go to school. Can you please see if I can get this ID card sooner?" Li He interceded.

"This is a rule, not what you want-" His words ended when he saw the hundred Hong Kong dollars handed over by the other party.

Lin Wei watched the other party accept the money with a smile, but she didn't know the current prices and exchange rates. If it were the current mainland, one hundred yuan would definitely be a huge sum of money.

She pinched her pocket. There was a money order from the Bank of China, which she kept with her in case of emergencies, but she hadn't taken it yet, so she could only owe the other party a favor.

There was also a cashier's check with the largest amount in the bag - 100,000 pounds from Fu Sheng Matheson.

This is her main reason for coming to Hong Kong City. With this money, she can realize her ambitions in Hong Kong City. If she starts from scratch, she will lose many opportunities.

Snap—

a finger with sharp joints flicked on the yellowed paper.

The man looked at the 100,000 pound cashier's check in his hand and said with a smile: "I'm afraid some people are going to be upset."

The man looked like a middle-aged man in his forties. A black coat of high quality made him very elegant and well-maintained. Very good, with a well-proportioned figure. Time has not taken away his handsome appearance when he was young, but has accumulated some of the charm of a mature man.

Beside him, Lin Wei and Song Ye's bags had been opened, and even the locked box had been pried open.

There were only a few clothes in Song Ye's bag, and it could be seen that they were newly purchased. With a pair of gloves and a hat, there was not much left.

The focus is on Lin Wei's package and the receipt in the small camphor wood box.

The gentlemen looked through them one by one, but unfortunately, there was nothing he needed.

Only the £100,000 promissory note piqued his interest.

He found it interesting to think of some people's faces when the promissory note was redeemed.

"Do you think Fusheng will not honor the offer?" asked the "driver" beside him.

100,000 pounds is indeed a lot of money to others, but it is nothing to Fu Sheng, the leader of the four major foreign banks in Hong Kong.

The man glanced at him, "You think it's less? It's an old debt from decades ago. It's better not to pay it if you can." The man put the cashier's check in his hand back and said with a smile, "The important thing is that they have this money." Who was it supposed to be paid to in the first place? "

It's fine if someone else takes it but pays it back, but it's not exactly the same if it's Lin.

The "driver" looked puzzled: "That means -"

The man waved his hand: "Send it back."

The "driver" took the box and asked, "Isn't there what you want in it?"

There were so many bills. None of it works?

The man shook his head slightly. There was a lot of money, but most of it was legal currency that had become waste paper. The registered ones could not be taken out, and the unnamed ones were not much, not to mention that what he was looking for was not money.

"I'm afraid they won't be here anymore, but it would be nice to watch a good show."

After accepting the "bribe", the people from the city hall directly issued official ID cards to them.

It doesn’t take six months, not even six days, and there is no need for temporary street papers. You can get the certificate in one step. What kind of place is this?

Lin Wei said she would pay Li He back the money in a few days, but the other party said no.

"But if you need any help in the future, you can contact me." Li He wrote her an address.

Lin Wei thought this was a very enthusiastic person until she returned to the car and saw her bag.

"What's wrong?" Song Ye noticed her strangeness and asked.

Lin Wei subconsciously glanced at the driver in front of her, shook her head and said, "It's nothing, maybe it's a little... low blood sugar."

Her bag had been tampered with, and the driver had also been replaced. Although she was wearing a hat and her figure looked about the same, but The difference can still be seen in the profile of the profile.

The most important thing is that the zipper of the bag is in the wrong position. She deliberately left three teeth unzipped, but now there are two.

Lin Wei didn't say anything, nor did she check the package immediately. She was quickly calculating how to deal with it.

But in the end, she discovered that even if she knew her bag had been tampered with, she couldn't seem to do anything.

The two of them are alone. It doesn't matter if they yell at someone and run away, but there is no advantage at all if they directly go up and fight with someone.

She didn't even know who the other party was. The person who stole the bag was no longer there, so everything she did was in vain.

The person who can send them here must have a certain status and have financial resources and power that ordinary people cannot match.

But the behavior of rummaging through bags cannot be explained. Why is this done?

What are they looking for? That cashier's check for £100,000?

If the driver hadn't been replaced, she might still be able to blame the incident on the driver's personal character and quality, but if the driver was replaced, the nature would be different.

Who are you coming for?

I don't know what she "thrown", but the package in her hand has now become Schrödinger's bag, and I can only look at it after I stop.

If it was really the cashier's check of 100,000 pounds, then she would really go crazy.

Starting from scratch is not something people do.

"She doesn't seem to notice?" the "driver" said as he watched the car in front of him drive slowly.

They deliberately sold a "flaw" and the other party didn't seem to notice. But this is normal. Who would pay attention to a driver when nothing happens?

The man smiled: "Maybe he noticed it and kept it secret."

"No way, how could she have such a palace at her age? She looks younger than the second child." There was a young man beside the man, his eyebrows They are somewhat similar to these gentlemen. "The person who just stared at them also said that the two of them had a conflict with the ghost guy on the ferry. It is said that he is the director of Kowloon Airlines. It is not good to mess with anyone. Go and mess with the British." "How stupid?"

"Aren't all young people like this?" The middle-aged man said with a smile, "Have you forgotten about the fight between you and Harrison?"

The young man's face tightened and he said, "That's different... I have you. Support her, she is the first—" He suddenly stopped mid-sentence. How could his father compare himself with this country girl?

"After all, he is also a descendant of Lin Heying. Let's keep a closer look." After the man finished speaking, he raised his hand to signal the driver to drive.

Even so, I didn't have any expectations in my heart.

At least this "descendant"'s series of performances when he came ashore can't help but make people feel disappointed, without any scheming.

If Lim Hye Young is a carnivorous wolf, then this one is not even a sheep.

The car drove for about twenty minutes, and Lin Wei and the others arrived at a tenement building area.

As soon as I got off the car, I felt a sense of era that spanned time and space.

This sense of impact comes from the "popularity" here, the kind of market atmosphere that often appears in movies.

At the entrance of an alley, you can see shops of all sizes, grocery stores, leather goods stores, clothing stores, herbal tea shops...

It feels like you have walked into a movie theater.

"Which building does Professor Sun live in?" Li He asked the owner of a herbal tea shop for directions.

The boss glanced at him, turned sideways and pointed forward: "Go forward to the second building, the leather goods store, and go up to the fourth floor and it's the one on the right."

"Thank you." Li He left him a dollar tip. .

The boss took it away, but asked him: "Are you a friend of Mr. Sun? Then you persuade him to go back to work. How can anyone find a job with less than 2,000 yuan? It is not easy to find food. How can he, a teacher, have a hard time..."

Lin Wei was listening to her boss's thoughts, and suddenly remembered what she had read in the diary. When she first came to Hong Kong City in her previous life, she was full of uneasiness, so she would definitely record her own experience.

It's just that the current situation is very different from the diary.

They are now in Wan Chai on Hong Kong Island, but in their last life they went to Sha Tin in the New Territories. The two places are very far apart.

The reason for this difference is due to Sun Boran's work scheduling.

Because they arrived a year early, Sun Boran is still teaching at the University of Hong Kong, but in his last life he had transferred to the Chinese University.

Lin Wei thought, maybe it wasn't that things hadn't changed at all, but the trajectory of fate had quietly changed.

When they arrived here in the previous life, Sun Boran was not at home, and it was their aunt who received them.

At that time, she and Song Ye were even more embarrassed than they are now. Faced with two poor "relatives" who had fled to Hong Kong, one can imagine the expressions on each other's faces.

Uncle Sun was a generous and loyal man, which was why his father entrusted them to him. However, people are two-faced. If they are generous to others, they will be insufficient internally.

Sun Boran likes to help students very much. He is much more serious about this than Fang Lianxin, and he will give away most of his salary.

Two "debt collectors" suddenly came to the house. Aunt Sun looked scary. She couldn't vent her anger to Lin Wei and Song Ye, so she beat the child in front of them.

The clothes hanger said to his daughter: "You know how to eat, why are you so greedy? Grab your brother's food and eat it."

The daughter who was getting slippers for the guests was inexplicably beaten.

"If you don't know how to study well, follow your father's example. He recruits poor relatives into your home all day long, and you don't know anything about the family's situation?"

"What good can be left behind? It's not like repaying kindness with enmity, and you can't even lift your head when you go out."

"What's the point of begging for food ? People are being recruited from home. It’s hard to get through this day. It’s really ruining my head.”

Aunt Sun’s ancestral home is Fujian and she often curses people in Hokkien.

Naturally, Lin Wei in her previous life couldn't bear such embarrassment. She cried in the middle of the night and wrote in her diary. She wrote down every sentence that hurt her, thinking that one day she would find her place again.

The place they lived in was very small, so she and her sister shared one room. In Song Ye's sleeping room, her youngest son and Professor Sun slept side by side.

She actually knew that she had caused inconvenience to others, but if she left, she didn't know where to go.

Until later, Aunt Sun said that she had lost her gold necklace...

Finally... she and Song Ye left the Sun family.

This period of living under the shelter of others in the diary is finally over.

Snap -

Lin Wei suddenly felt a pain in her forehead, her thoughts turned around, as if she was bounced by something, then she put down her hand, and a rubber band fell on her hand.

"Sun Mu'an!"

Opposite him was a fat man holding a colorful plastic gun. He looked about six or seven years old and had a naughty look that people would hate.

"What did you say the child did? He didn't mean it."

Lin Wei looked at the woman who was protecting the child behind her. This time it was indeed different. Sun Boran was at home. What remained the same was that Yuan Yujun's face was still ugly.

She ignored the argument between the two, took the water from her sister, and took a swig. She had had a thrilling day, and her throat was so dry that she was about to smoke.

I have never been in such a miserable state in my memory. When I was almost bankrupt and was being chased for debts, they were easy to talk to and negotiate with, for fear that she would make some mistake and not pay back the money.

Sun Boran couldn't help but said angrily, "Go and cook, the children are hungry." Then he turned to the two of them and said, "Eat some fruit first, and your aunt will prepare something delicious for you later.

In the living room The space is quite good, clean and tidy, and there are two large potted plants placed by the window for decoration. It doesn't feel like a dwelling in the diary. The hostess

Sun Boran is also very enthusiastic and asks them a lot about the situation in the mainland. , sighing and sighing from time to time.

Lin Wei was talking to Sun Boran here. After chatting for a while, she found that Song Ye had not spoken. Then she glanced aside and found that Song Ye was peeling off the rotten scars on the apple with a fruit knife.

"Do you want to eat it?" Song Ye handed it to her blankly, "It will be a waste if you don't eat it."

Lin Wei took a look and shook her head.

The conditions in the mainland are difficult and it is impossible to eat such rotten fruits. It is normal for Song Ye to like them.

Sun Boran looked at the two children and said, "After you finish eating and take a shower, you should have a good rest first."

"Where is there room at home?" Yuan Yujun happened to come out of the kitchen with a bad expression on his face.

Sun Boran frowned: "Isn't there a study room? Clean it out, Tangtang and A Yin will sleep together, Xiao Ye and Mu An will sleep together, what's wrong with it?"

Compared with the two bedrooms and one living room in Shatin District in the previous life, they live now. The house has three rooms.

"How can you clean up the study? Don't you know how many books you have? You usually don't let Mu An go, but now you are being generous. Aren't you afraid that he will tear up the books?"

These words made Sun Boran feel very embarrassed, and his face immediately darkened. Come down: "You forgot who sponsored us to come to Hong Kong City, why are you so snobbish?"

"What do you call me snobbish? They also called you a runaway at first, but you forgot quickly." Yuan Yujun also stood up, No concessions.

Sun Boran was so angry that his face was livid, and the two were about to have a big fight.

Lin Wei looked at this scene, trying to match the contents of the diary and retrieve some of her own memories, but found that there was no sign at all. They were completely unfamiliar to her.

Song Ye stood up suddenly. He wiped the juice from the corner of his mouth with his sleeves, took out a crumpled letter from his arms and handed it to Sun Boran: "I just forgot, the teacher asked me to give it to you."

Sun Boran took a deep breath. , suppressed his anger, and when he took the envelope, his fingers were trembling, which showed his anger.

In addition to a letter of paper, a money order from Citibank was also brought out.

Yuan Yujun also glanced at the side and saw a string of zeros. She counted it twice, twenty thousand! Dollar!