After cooking and eating a bowl of noodles, I went to the inn. Before I could even sit down, Peach called out to me, "A man just left a letter. He couldn't say his name, but I think it's you because the person he drew on the paper looks a lot like you..."
I now understand that the person who left this letter is probably that guy from last night, because I told him that I own this inn. He must have had an epiphany, which is why he left me this letter.
I took it from Taozi's hand and looked at it. The hand-drawn portrait on the back of the letter did look about 80-90% like me. This guy must have studied art.
I sat down in a sunny spot, took a deep breath, and then opened the letter…
"Brother, I really want to see you again, but I still feel a bit uneasy, so I'll definitely tell you a lot of things I resent about the world. You won't want to hear that, because from our conversation yesterday, you seem like a very optimistic and cheerful person, so this would be a kind of pollution for you… But I'm already very grateful to you, because you've really helped me understand a lot of things. I guess I'm a man who's experienced a lot of ups and downs… My dad used to be an official, but he was arrested and imprisoned for corruption… That was the first time in my life I truly understood the meaning of suffering… When I faced the ridicule and criticism around me, I thought about giving up, but my mom didn't give up on me. She took me to Nanjing and we started a new life. I gradually emerged from that shadow and adapted to the life of an ordinary person… I once thought that this ordinariness was a gift from heaven, because I no longer had to listen to those rumors and could live peacefully… But after experiencing this, I realized that this wasn't a gift, it was a much bigger one." The punishment I received cost me the woman I loved most in my life… You ask, does fate truly exist in this world? I believe in fate, but from the moment I left Dali, I decided to defy it… I'm not doing this for anything; I simply cherish those I haven't lost yet. Like you said, if I had really died in Erhai Lake, my mother would have suffered even more than I do now! As a son, I can't be so selfish, because she has already lost her husband, so she can't lose her son! …I think this letter will reach you. Besides thanking you, I also want to tell you that I saw the sunrise over Erhai Lake; it was so vibrant and powerful… A few years later, I will definitely come back to Dali, not to retrace my steps, but just to see you, my brother… and to let you see a new me… I really love the name of your inn, so I hope I am the one being waited for… I will definitely come back! …Finally, I wish you and the inn all the best!
After reading it, I couldn't put the letter down for a long time. I thought of a possibility... Could he be the man Ye Zhi was waiting for? Because some of the words in the letter matched the information Ye Zhi had told me...
But is there really such a magical coincidence in this world? Moreover, he said that he and that woman had been together for 8 years, which does not seem to match the time Ye Zhi mentioned, because Ye Zhi and the man she was waiting for had probably lost contact for 8 years.
This is a huge mystery... but I still need to tell Ye Zhi because she knows the truth better, so she will have a more accurate judgment on this matter than I do...
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