That year
He had never needed to drink alcohol to give himself courage before, but Bing Jie's first glass of wine today was indeed to give himself courage. What he wanted to ask next was nothing else but Qi Jixin's experience abroad four years ago.
If he was not 100% sure what to get from Yan Jia before, then the fact that Yan Jia took the initiative to contact him actually meant that he would tell him.
Both of them knew this very well.
"I just want to ask one question," Yan Jia looked at him scrutinizingly, as if he wanted to stare a hole through him. Bing Jie was just waiting for him to ask a question, and no matter what it was, he would answer truthfully.
"Do you want her to recover her past memories now?"
As if he didn't expect that he would ask this question, Bing Jie looked at the floor-to-ceiling window in front of him. Although the whole building has only three floors, the super high floor height allows this three-story building to overlook the scenery of the surrounding fifth and sixth floors.
In front of him, there were crisscrossing roads and cars rushing back and forth. Fortunately, the building was very soundproofed and the noise outside could not be heard in the house at all. Bing Jie's eyes were out of focus. He thought that this might be what she had experienced when she fell into the water and was on the verge of death. The hustle and bustle was right in front of her, but she could not participate in it.
Bing Jie spoke in a low voice as he slowly explained his psychological transformation. "At first, I really wanted her to return to normal and love me like she did before. I would also do my best to make it up to her and prevent her from getting hurt again."
"Later, I felt that I was too selfish. Letting her go through the pain she had gone through before, just to love me like she did before?"
"The reason I insisted on filming this TV show was because I wanted to understand what she had gone through," he sighed, letting down his guard. "I'll bear the guilt for it my whole life, but at least I should know where I went wrong and why I should repent, right?"
He had said similar words to Xuan Jiazhuo once, and last time he said a few words to Yan Jia in a hurry on the balcony of Qi Jixin's house. This time he told Yan Jia everything in detail. Bing Jie had been aloof and arrogant all his life, and for him to be able to speak such words to others with sincerity, he had indeed completely let go of his attitude.
Yan Jia didn't know that much about Bing Jie, so naturally he didn't have as strong a prejudice against him as Xuan Jiazhuo, but in the final analysis, he still hated him before. After he got there first, he hurt Qi Jixin like that. Even if Yan Jia didn't stand from the perspective of a childhood sweetheart who liked Qi Jixin, even if he was just an ordinary friend of hers, he should be angry about it.
After hearing his more profound words, Yan Jia felt relieved. He took a sip of wine and said, "A few days ago, Sister Zhuo told me that Ji Xin said a few years ago that she didn't hate you. I immediately refuted her, and Sister Zhuo said that she thought so at the time, but now that we've been together, she has indeed changed her mind about you."
Bing Jie didn't say anything about this. He didn't do anything to seek forgiveness from the people around Qi Jixin. He just waited silently for Yan Jia to continue.
"She was able to fall in love with you again after losing her memory. I think she really likes you very much. As her relatives, Sister Zhuo and I only hope that she can be happy, so I hope you won't let her down again."
Bing Jie nodded and promised that he would. Only then did Yan Jia drink the glass of wine with peace of mind and asked him what he wanted to ask him.
"How did she live during those two years abroad?"
For Bing Jie, those two years were two years of his complete absence. Even now he has no way to find out. He wants to know what kind of torment she went through during that period.
Now it was Yan Jia's turn to sigh, but he didn't feel so sad when he remembered that those things were in the past after all and had been completely turned over.
"She ran away to find Sister Zhuo, but no matter how many times she moved around in China, someone was always following them. Sister Zhuo had no choice but to take her abroad. I've been settled abroad for a long time, so she came to me for help."
That period should have been a journey of healing and redemption for Qi Jixin, but Qi Jixin had an accident while on a chartered boat trip.
"We got good news and bad news. The good news is that she has forgotten you and the painful memory that should have healed. The bad news is that she almost drowned in the sea, which left a deep shadow on her." Yan Jia smiled bitterly and shook his head, turning to look at Bing Jie: "At that time, I was joking with Sister Zhuo, trying to make fun of the situation. I don't know which one was more painful for her."
Bing Jie was also filled with mixed emotions. Who could have imagined that God would play such mischief on her one after another?
"But shouldn't you have been following her closely? Why did you let her go out to sea alone?"
Bing Jie not only wanted to know what happened before, he also wanted to investigate everything that was wrong, whether it was Hua Shaoshi, the obvious target of the attack, or his parents who seemed to have nothing to do with it, he wanted to investigate thoroughly.
It was on the first night of Qi Jixin's business trip that he found a witness. The woman told him clearly that she had seen Hua Shaoshi visit Qi Jixin more than once, just in the days before she was about to give birth.
But none of the people he sent to protect Qi Jixin reported this to him. They all said that only their parents had visited her two or three times, and that was all.
It was only after Qi Jixin passed away that year that Bing Jie suddenly realized that his parents might have been behind the scenes. Now, when he heard the nanny in the delivery room next door say this, his scalp almost tingled instantly.
According to the clues he has collected over the years, it is very likely that his parents are not satisfied with Qi Jixin at all, but they never say it out loud. They just secretly support Hua Shaoshi behind the scenes. In this way, everything makes sense.
The reason why he did not find anything unusual and did not receive any news about Hua Shaoshi's whereabouts could only mean that his people had long been instigated by his parents who had been to the hospital.
At that time, he had never doubted his parents, so naturally he didn't think there was any danger in his parents visiting Qi Jixin. In other words, at that time, he was still someone who occasionally relied on his parents. Even if he noticed something, he couldn't resist his parents...
It was after he came to his senses that Bing Jie began a long and decisive division of interests. Now, the apparent decision makers for their family's industries, big and small, are his parents, and he is not listed in any company. The only background that can be traced about him is that of the jewelry company.
Apart from this company, he only holds a considerable share of shares in other companies. Two years ago, his parents' health became worse and worse. The three of them had a deep talk, and his parents almost begged him to come back as a director. Bing Jie only temporarily became the person in charge behind the scenes and still did not want to have anything to do with the family business.
Half a month after the compromise, Qi Jixin returned to the entertainment circle and appeared in front of him again.
As expected, his parents stopped pretending and clearly ordered him not to have anything to do with Qi Jixin anymore. Bing Jie had cut off his independence just for this moment, and this time, he won.
Yan Jia had a puzzled look on his face, and it wasn't that he was trying to pass the buck, but he and Sister Zhuo were both reviewing the situation afterwards, and they both felt that everything was too coincidental.
"The three of us were traveling to an island group. We were indeed traveling together that day, but as soon as we got off the car, the hotel we booked called me to say something had gone wrong. I was there to sort it out, and Sister Zhuo was with her. But then Sister Zhuo had her bag snatched away by a local motorcycle gang. She screamed and chased after them, but when she turned back, they were gone."
At that time, Qi Jixin was just occasionally absent-minded and didn't like to talk at all, but she wasn't the kind of person who would disappear in the blink of an eye. Sister Zhuo and Yan Jia searched for her nearby for a long time, thinking that she had gone to visit something nearby or something.
How could the two people have imagined at that time that she would contract a small boat and take a boat to travel overseas for sightseeing. The next time they heard news about her, it was a boatman who hurried back to call the police and said that his passenger fell into the water.
Bing Jie frowned, listening to this clearly amiss incident and asking why they didn't sue the boatman. Yan Jia shook his head helplessly, "Of course we sued him, but he said he was diving to help the customer pick up the bracelet at her request. The most important thing is, he filmed it on video, and he does have video evidence."
As he spoke, Yan Jia took out his mobile phone and showed Bing Jie the video he had prepared long ago. The camera fixed on the narrow bow of the boat could only capture the boatman, but only when he turned around and bent down could he capture Qi Jixin in the back seat.
The boatman rowed in silence. After all, this one-piece boat carved out of a thick tree trunk had no engine installed and was moved forward by the boatman rowing. Therefore, the surrounding noise was extremely small. Apart from the sound of the oars breaking through the waves, there was no other sound.
After a while, a "bang" sound of something falling into the water was heard, and the video also captured a ripple not far away. The boatman looked in the direction of the sound and asked Qi Jixin if her things had fallen. She smiled and nodded, looking at the place in a daze.
Bing Jie's heart tightened. He knew what fell into the water. It was the safety bracelet he had given to Qi Jixin. In fact, the bracelet flew in the air for a very short time, but the moment something on it sparkled in the sunlight, he was sure that it was definitely the safety bracelet.
What made him even more sad was that the distance showed that Qi Jixin had thrown it on purpose, rather than it falling accidentally.
At this moment, the curly-haired black man in the camera spoke English with a heavy accent and asked if he could help her pick it up. She asked absentmindedly, "Is that okay?" The man patted his chest and told her it was no problem. He then retracted the oar and dived into the water.
But not long after he left, Qi Jixin suddenly covered her head with her hands in pain, as if the world was spinning around her and she couldn't sit still. As the boat was hit by several huge waves, she closed her eyes and fell into the water.
Or perhaps it was really fate, the wind and waves in the camera suddenly increased, and even the sky became gloomy, as if foreshadowing the tragedy that was to come.
When the uncle returned to the boat, he was holding the peace bracelet made of enamel beads and various gems. There was also a small peace pendant the size of a soybean hanging on it. Bing Jie just saw the flash of the peace pendant and confirmed that it was the bracelet.
The boatman frantically looked for someone on the spot, but seeing that the wind and waves were getting stronger, he had no choice but to go back and call the police.
"It's time to return it to its rightful owner." Yan Jia placed the bracelet on the table and pushed it towards Bing Jie. "Once we find Ji Xin and she regains consciousness, she won't recognize this bracelet anymore. So, it's best to return it to you."
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