She was stunned again, her hand holding the water glass was trembling, and her expression became increasingly complicated.
This time I didn't speak in a hurry because I needed to give her some buffer time.
About thirty seconds later, she finally said: "Do you know Liao Changfu?"
"Well, and I know some things between you."
"Isn't he... dead?" Shen Ting looked at me in shock.
I was also stunned for a moment. It seemed that she didn't know anything about Liao Changfu. It was probably Li Liyang who kept it secret from her.
After being stunned for a moment, I said: "He is not dead, and is alive and well. It was he who asked me to come to you."
"He...where is he?" she asked urgently.
"Before answering your question, I wonder if you would like to see him now?"
"Just tell me where he is, and why should I believe you?"
"You don't have to believe me, but you should remember this."
With that said, I took out the token that Liao Changfu had given me before.
After seeing this letter, Shen Ting couldn't sit still. She almost grabbed it from my hand, and then read it carefully.
Her hands were trembling, her eyes were staring at the letter unblinkingly, and her voice was trembling: "This... this is the letter I wrote to him... Is he really... still alive?"
"Yes, he is still alive, he is not dead."
"Where is he? Tell me."
"Mrs. Shen, it's not that I won't tell you, but I promised him not to tell you where he is unless you go to see him."
She suddenly fell into silence, as if she was thinking about it, and I was not in a hurry to talk to her.
After I took a sip of water, she spoke to me again: "Are you sure you didn't lie to me?"
I smiled and said, "Mrs. Shen, you don't have to believe me, but you should remember this letter, right? It's impossible for me to forge it, right?"
After a slight pause, I added: "Besides, I know what happened between you. These were all told to me by Liao Changfu."
After another period of hesitation, she finally raised her head and said with a longing look in her eyes: "Go, I want to see him."
"Okay, when is it convenient for you?"
"Now," she almost blurted out, but then paused and said, "No, please wait for me, I have to go home."
"It doesn't matter, I'll always be here waiting for you."
"Give me your mobile phone number."
I nodded and gave her my cell phone number.
She didn't hesitate anymore, put away the letter, stood up and said to me: "Then wait for me, I'll go back and get something."
"Well, I'll wait for you."
She nodded, turned around and prepared to leave.
"By the way, Mrs. Shen, you'd better not tell anyone about this, including your husband."
"I know."
After she left, I breathed a sigh of relief.
A few minutes later, I received a WeChat message from Xiao Siya. She asked me: "How's it going?"
"You can come up now."
After a while, Xiao Siya came to the room.
As soon as she came in, she asked me, "What's going on? Where is she?"
"gone back."
Xiao Siya frowned: "That doesn't make sense?"
"It makes sense. She is willing to take a trip with me, saying she is going back to get something."
"What's going on? Where are you taking her?"
I breathed a long sigh of relief, then pointed to the sofa and motioned for her to sit down first, and then said to her: "These things are a bit complicated, and we have to start talking about them more than 20 years ago..."
After a pause, I continued: "At that time, Li Liyang worked in a factory with a man named Liao Changfu. Liao Changfu offended a director in the factory, and Li Liyang helped out and had a fight with the director... and they resigned. After that, they started a speculative business together, and it was at that time that they met Shen Ting.
Shen Ting was originally Liao Changfu's girlfriend. They had a very good relationship. It should be said that the relationship between the three of them was very good, whether it was friendship or love... In the 1990s, they made a million, and they watched the days go by day by day. They got better, but Li Liyang still hated the gangster who bullied them in the past, so he found some people from society to kill the gangster.
However, in the end, it was Liao Changfu who stepped forward to take the blame. Liao Changfu was sentenced to life imprisonment, and his sentence was later commuted... During his time in prison, Li Liyang married Shen Ting. Later, after Liao Changfu was released from prison, he went to see Li Liyang, but Li Liyang was Send him away, or even tell him never to show up...that's what it is."
Of course I didn't tell the whole story, but I gave the general outline of the matter.
Xiao Siya also understood. She was stunned for a long time before saying: "It turns out to be so twists and turns! Doesn't Shen Ting know that Liao Changfu has been released from prison?"
I smiled bitterly and said, "I just learned from my chat with her that not only did she not know that Liao Changfu was released from prison, she even thought that Liao Changfu was dead."
"Oh, then I understand. Are you taking her to see the man named Liao Changfu?"
"Yes, Liao Changfu promised me that as long as I can bring Shen Ting to see him, he will be able to help me deal with Li Liyang."
"sure?"
"There is no need to confirm this. The person who knows Li Liyang best is Shen Ting, and the person Shen Ting cares about most may not be Li Liyang... It can be seen from Shen Ting's performance just now that she misses Liao Changfu."
"I understand, now I understand everything. No wonder you are so confident."
"Don't go out and say it!"
Xiao Siya rolled her eyes at me and said, "This shows that you don't trust me. Is it good for me to go out and tell you?"
After Xiao Siya finished speaking, she sighed again: "This Li Liyang is really the scum of scum! My brother took the blame for him and spent more than 20 years in prison. After he was released, he told me to never show up again. What do you think? Yes!"
"Obviously he is afraid that Shen Ting will find out."
"That's true. Li Liyang loves Shen Ting very much. Even though he is so rich, he never looks for women. Even his secretary is a man... It can be said that Li Liyang is recognized as a good husband."
"What a pity! Shen Ting doesn't love him."
Xiao Siya took another breath and said with some confusion: "That's not right! Everyone around Li Liyang knows that they have a very good relationship. They can be said to be a model couple. Shen Ting usually feels very good to Li Liyang. Yes!"
"Perhaps, she always thought that Liao Changfu was dead before she and Li Liyang died together... After all, besides Liao Changfu, Li Liyang was the person she knew best and one of the people they had the best relationship with at the beginning."
Xiao Siya snorted and said, "I won't do it anyway. If the person I like really dies, I would rather not marry for the rest of my life."
"Everyone has different ideas, not to mention we don't know the real situation. Maybe it's more complicated than we think?"
Xiao Siya was silent for a while and said: "According to Li Liyang's urinary nature, he will probably find someone to imitate Liao Changfu's notes, and then write a letter to Shen Ting under his name, asking Shen Ting to stop waiting for him and let her marry Li Liyang."
I didn't expect Xiao Siya to think like this, but it's not impossible.
After waiting for about an hour, Shen Ting finally called me.