After the seventh adventure, Yingzi returned to the home of her cousin Moran in Luojia Town to recuperate for a while.

However, on a sunny autumn day, she suddenly received a courier from Dongzhou, who was playing a sweater on the balcony.

"Ah, he wrote it." Eiko's cheeks turned rose-colored. She pressed the letter tightly to her thumping chest, as if she was reluctant to open it immediately, and looked at the surface of the envelope over and over again.

Eventually, she gently kissed the sender's name before carefully unsealing it.

If it is really like the person, the handwriting of the letter is upright, dignified and imposing.

My little Yingzi:

Of the eight adventures we had discussed, this is now the last. I remember promising to help you find the missing golden jade pendant, and I was busy with it.

According to your description, the gold jade pendant on the woman's belt was a very intricately crafted antique handed down to you by your mother, an ornament inlaid with carnelian stones on a gold base, a very auspicious treasure that can bring happiness and luck to people. It was lost seven or eight years ago, but perhaps nine years ago, the exact date is unknown, and it is not even known where it was, whether it was lost or stolen. Although I don't believe in the idea that gemstones affect fate, you will be very excited to find the souvenir that your mother left you, so I decided to find it on the 5th of next month.

Why did I make December 5th a specific day? That's because it was the day I discussed with you, I wonder if you remember? When the two of us first met in that weird old town and saw the giant bell, didn't we also strike eight times? So, the two of us agreed to complete the eight adventures after March, that is, by 8 o'clock in the night of December 5th. However, today is the 30th of November, and there are not many days left before the day we have agreed. In this case, if I am alone, I am afraid that it will not be possible to complete this work before the predetermined time, and I must ask for your help.

I ask you to come to Tung Chau on December 5, the date agreed in advance, and then proceed according to my instructions. I may find it difficult to understand all of my instructions at the back, but these things are necessary, so please do what I have written.

First, choose a very fine corduroy as much as possible, put it together, and twist it into a whip that children play with. I have seen this kind of rush grass in your cousin's yard, and there are many of them, and you can ask her for a few.

Second, after arriving in Dongzhou, buy a long necklace made of polygonal black beads, then break it, pick out 75 beads of about the same size, and string them into a short necklace.

Thirdly, before putting on a winter coat, put on a sky blue sweater, a hat without a brim, which must be dark brown and have feathers inserted, a scarf made of feathers around the neck, no gloves, and no rings.

Fourthly, after dressing as I have said, take the afternoon carriage to the Catholic church on the left bank of the Dongjiang River, and enter the service at four o'clock sharp. An old woman dressed in black will say to you, "Please ...... with holy water," and you will hand her the necklace. Then the old woman will calculate the exact number of black beads on the necklace, whether it is 75, and then silently return the necklace to you.

Soon, she will quietly signal you to follow her out of the chapel. Don't worry, just follow her and she'll take you to an island in the middle of the Dongjiang River. Here you walk through an inaccessible street and come to the door of a house.

After that, don't be afraid, and walk into that house alone. There was a young man in this room, but he was very ugly. Then you take off your coat and say to him, "I have brought a golden jade pendant." ”

No matter how frightened he is, don't meddle with it. If he asks you something, you won't answer. All you have to do is say, "I have brought the gold jade pendant, because it belongs to me, I don't know who you are, I don't know your name, but I know that the gold jade pendant is in your hand, please give it back to me." ”

That man may be angry, or he may intimidate you, but you don't need to be afraid, you must pester him, and even if there is any danger, I will be there.

Clear? Yingzi. You should act according to these instructions, and do not make the slightest mistake.

Lang Xiaobai Yu Dongzhou

"That's weird......" Eiko muttered. Why do you have to do such a weird thing? A sky-blue blouse, a hat with feathers, these things might be a kind of mark. But what is the use of a whip made of rush grass and a necklace made of seventy-five black beads? It's incomprehensible...... There were also terrible-looking old women in black and ugly-looking men...... I'm going there alone, what if something goes wrong? Although Lang Xiaobai said that there is no need to worry, even if there is any danger, he will come to help me, but if it really comes to that time, it will still be too terrifying

In the end, her heart was still up and down, reading the letter written by Lang Xiaobai over and over again, and in such hesitation and hesitation, two or three days had passed inadvertently. However, on the morning of December 4th, she quickly realized that she had to go. Then she went to her cousin's yard and plucked three corduroys and twisted them into whips. In order to prevent her elderly cousin from being afraid to make the trip, she said lightly:

"Lang Xiaobai informed me to go to Dongzhou." Then, she boarded the train to Dongzhou. The train that parted at noon arrived in Dongzhou at nightfall, and the security guards and caretakers in the apartment were surprised to see Yingzi suddenly return.

"Do you have any letters or telegrams from me while you're away?"

"Nope."

The administrator shakes his head in the negative.

Yingzi lay on the bed that was a little unfamiliar, guessing about tomorrow's events, and couldn't sleep all night.

At first, she wanted to call Lang Xiaobai and tell him that she was coming, but in the end she endured it, because in the letter, Lang Xiaobai did not let her call. For Lang Xiaobai, who she loves, she has always been obedient.

The next day, December 5, she went to the bazaar to buy clothes, hats, and necklaces made of black beads, and then went to the park bench to change the long necklace into a short necklace of seventy-five beads, and drove to the Catholic church in a horse-drawn carriage, and entered the chapel at four o'clock. At this point, her heart was pounding.