Rebirth: Splendid Marriage in the 80s Chapter 2422 - 2358: Where Is the Token of Breaking Off the Engagement?

Previously on Rebirth: Splendid Marriage in the 80s...

Chiang Xiao shares her unease from a phone call with Lu Shuangshuang, who offered to arrange her courtyard and act solicitously, seeming to assume a stepmother's role. Ah Liu explains he stepped away during the call to ease tensions and reveals that Old Master Jiang tasked Lu with the arrangement due to her attention to detail, though he intends to handle it himself to match his daughter's tastes. He clarifies that he never planned to marry Lu, having long ago sent a letter calling off their engagement, which was confirmed delivered years before the incident.

"So, did Lu Shuangshuang give back the token to you at that time?"

Ah Liu furrowed his brow a bit and replied, "The messenger informed me that the token had been handed over to me for sure. He mentioned that Lu Shuangshuang was furious over the canceled engagement back then, and in a fit of rage, she hurled the token right at him."

"Then where did the token end up?"

"That's the tricky part."

At these words, Chiang Xiao's heart pounded harder, sensing that some unforeseen twist had surely occurred.

"The one who carried the message for me in those days was called Xiao Fu. His parents had long assisted my grandfather's household with various tasks. Xiao Fu, being a bit older than I was, had been brought to the Jiang Family when he was just six. Back then, they called it a 'study companion.' He served as my study companion and could almost pass as a childhood friend. In the years that followed, I'd summon him for any chores I needed done. Since the engagement termination letter carried so much weight, and I trusted no one else, I obviously dispatched him to Pingzhou carrying both the letter and the token."

Xiao Fu.

Chiang Xiao automatically rummaged through her recollections for any trace of this individual.

Yet she sensed it was pointless.

In her last life, she'd shared zero contact with her father, much less with those close to him.

"What happened next?"

"Xiao Fu was meant to come straight back after passing on the letter. But along the route, he apparently ran into a neighbor who broke the news that his parents had fallen sick. Since heading home from there was the shorter path, he scribbled a note right away and asked the neighbor to deliver it to me. In that note, he described what happened, noting that he'd given the engagement letter to Lu Shuangshuang, and she'd tossed the token his way as well. However, he had to request time off to rush home for a short while; he was letting me know first via this letter, intending to deliver the token in person after seeing to his parents."

"He never came back after that?"

Chiang Xiao pressed on without pause.

It was easy to picture; clearly, some mishap had befallen Xiao Fu, leading to this mess now.

Ah Liu let out a soft sigh, "That's right. The letter from Xiao Fu arrived through that intermediary, but no more messages came from him. I sent folks to check at his place, only to learn he'd shown up for just one day before vanishing off to D State, and nothing's been heard since. Not long after, my own crisis hit; Grandfather and everyone in the family fixated on my issues, so likely no one bothered chasing after Xiao Fu anymore."

Chiang Xiao bit down on her lower lip without realizing it.

To imagine an event like that unfolding in the past.

Ah Liu went on, "I had intended to retrieve the token first and then inform Grandfather and the family about ending the engagement. But with Xiao Fu running into problems, the token never made it to my hands..."

As a result, the engagement cancellation issue got shelved and never resurfaced back then.

Soon afterward, as his own disaster struck, the whole affair stayed hidden from the Jiang Family.

Over these recent days, he'd watched how the Jiang Family treated Lu Shuangshuang and listened to their comments, concluding they truly had no clue about what went down before.

Lu Shuangshuang herself had kept completely silent on the matter.

This evening, as he raised the subject with her, her response oddly didn't appear contrived.

Should Xiao Fu's letter hold the key issue, then she's putting on a show.

"Did Xiao Fu write that letter in his own hand?" Chiang Xiao inquired.

She'd pondered this very question herself.

Based on Xiao Fu's letter, Ah Liu and Lu Shuangshuang ought to have ended their engagement successfully long ago. However, over the last two decades, Lu Shuangshuang had painted herself as steadfast and true, insisting she stayed single in agonizing wait for Ah Liu's comeback. Wasn't that utterly brazen?

If it turned out to be the case, her rage would boil over to the point of wanting blood.

Should Lu Shuangshuang have truly exploited her father to craft that facade and now even scheme toward a forced union, she absolutely wouldn't allow Lu Shuangshuang to escape unscathed.