Rebirth: Splendid Marriage in the 80s

Chapter 2422: Chapter 2358: Where Is the Token of Breaking Off the Engagement?

”So, did Lu Shuangshuang return the token to you back then?”

Ah Liu frowned slightly and said, ”The person who delivered the message told me the token was indeed given to me. They said that at the time, Lu Shuangshuang was very angry about the broken engagement, and after an outburst, she threw the token at him.”

”Where is the token then?”

”That’s where the problem lies.”

Upon hearing this, Chiang Xiao felt a surge in her heart, knowing something unexpected must have happened.

”The person who delivered the message for me back then was named Xiao Fu. Xiao Fu’s parents used to help my grandfather’s family with their affairs. Xiao Fu was a few years older than me, sent to the Jiang Family at the age of six. At that time, there was a term for it—’study companion.’ Xiao Fu was my study companion and could be considered a playmate. Later on, whenever I had errands, I would call on him. This engagement-breaking letter was important, and I couldn’t trust anyone else, so I naturally sent him to Pingzhou with both the letter and the token.”

Xiao Fu.

Chiang Xiao instinctively searched her memory for this person.

But she felt it was in vain.

In her previous life, she had no interaction with her father, let alone the people around him.

”And then?”

”After delivering the letter, Xiao Fu was supposed to return. On the way, he reportedly encountered a neighbor who told him his parents were ill. It was closer to directly return home from where he was, so he wrote a letter on the spot, entrusting the neighbor to bring it to me. The letter explained the situation, saying that the engagement letter had been handed to Lu Shuangshuang, and she had given him the token too. But he needed to take leave to go home for a few days; he first wrote to inform me, planning to hand over the token personally once he visited his parents.”

”Did he never return after that?”

Chiang Xiao immediately continued.

It’s imaginable; something must have happened to Xiao Fu, hence the current situation.

Ah Liu sighed lightly, ”Yes. I received the letter Xiao Fu entrusted to someone, but he never sent further word. I had someone inquire at his home, but they said Xiao Fu had only returned for a day before heading to D State, and since then, there’s been no news. Shortly after, I had my own troubles; my grandfather and the family were all focused on me, probably nobody went looking for Xiao Fu again.”

Chiang Xiao unconsciously bit her lip.

To think such a thing happened back then.

Ah Liu continued, ”Originally, I planned to get the token and then tell grandfather and the family about breaking the engagement. But once Xiao Fu met with trouble, the token never reached me...”

Consequently, the matter of breaking the engagement was never brought up again at the time.

Shortly after, when he encountered misfortune, this matter remained unknown within the Jiang Family.

During these past days, he observed the Jiang Family’s attitude towards Lu Shuangshuang and noted their words, realizing they really were unaware of the situation back then.

And Lu Shuangshuang herself never mentioned a word about it.

Tonight, when he brought up the topic with her, her reaction surprisingly didn’t seem staged.

If Xiao Fu’s letter was the problem, then she is acting.

”Was Xiao Fu’s letter written in his handwriting?” Chiang Xiao asked.

She had thought of this question too.

According to Xiao Fu’s letter, Ah Liu and Lu Shuangshuang should have already successfully broken off their engagement back then. Yet, for the past twenty years, Lu Shuangshuang has been portraying herself as loyal and devoted, claiming she’s remained unmarried, waiting painfully for Ah Liu’s return. Isn’t this too shameless?

If this is true, she would be furious enough to commit murder.

If Lu Shuangshuang really used her father to build such an image and is now even contemplating forcing a marriage, she won’t let Lu Shuangshuang get away with it.