eurekapd Chapter 329 He won the bet
Chapter 329 He won the bet
Liancheng's Adam's apple moved, but he was unable to take a step forward. His feet seemed to be nailed to the ground, unable to move.
Xiao Tingshan turned around and signaled the guards to put the coffin on the ground.
After a while, the heavy door was pushed open with a heavy sound.
Liancheng's whole body was stiff, but he couldn't control himself and walked slowly towards the coffin.
What I saw was a slender girl lying in the coffin. She had a pretty face, but it was now grayish.
Lian Cheng subconsciously looked at the birthmark at the corner of her eye. A half-pink peach-shaped birthmark hung at the corner of her eye. What was even more difficult to ignore was that a large area of burns and ulcers covered half of the birthmark, and half of her face was also burned and blurred.
Lian Cheng had no other way to confirm Lian Qiao's identity, so he just stared at the birthmark...
This is Lian Qiao's most prominent feature, and also his greatest reliance in finding his daughter.
But now, the birthmark was mostly destroyed.
While Liancheng was looking at Huang Ying, Xiao Tingshan's heart was uncontrollably lifted.
He stood more than a meter behind Liancheng. Although he seemed to be looking at Huang Ying, he was actually carefully observing Liancheng's expression, trying to find some clues from his face.
Time seemed to stand still at this moment. The frost and snow blown by the cold wind quickly covered the girl's body with a thin layer of crystal clear snow.
No one in the group said anything until a long time later, when Liancheng stepped forward and gently brushed away the hair that was hanging on the girl's cheek due to the wind.
The wound on his cheek was obviously new and hadn't even completely scabbed over yet.
He stared at the peach blossom-shaped birthmark for a long time. After a while, he stretched out his rough fingers and gently touched a petal of the peach blossom.
"This injury... is a new one..."
Lian Cheng spoke softly, and as he finished his words, Xiao Tingshan's heart gradually settled down a little.
"It's a new injury. To be honest, it's because I, Song, am incompetent. A few days ago, I brought Miss Lian Qiao to the capital. Because I couldn't confirm her identity, I didn't rush to bring her to meet you."
"But I didn't expect that this news would be known to my enemies. In order to prevent me from being rescued by you, they... killed Miss Lian Qiao..."
Shen Shuyi sat aside, looking at Xiao Tingshan coldly.
If I didn't know his face, I would have been deceived by his ashamed, unwilling and angry look.
"That day, Miss Lianqiao was strolling on the street with her servants, but she was attacked unexpectedly. The attacker probably wanted to destroy the birthmark, so in the chaos, Miss Lianqiao's face fell on a pot of charcoal fire..."
Xiao Tingshan slowly lowered his eyes, seeming to be deeply distressed by this.
Before he finished speaking, he said in a deep voice: "This matter is my fault. I have no face to come and see you again, but I thought that you miss your daughter very much, maybe... this matter should be resolved after all!"
Having said too much, Xiao Tingshan started coughing heavily again.
The next moment, Liancheng suddenly changed his behavior. He was no longer as calm as before, but more like an angry lion.
He grabbed Xiao Tingshan's collar, his eyes red, and said angrily: "If that's the case! Why didn't you come to see me immediately after you brought her to the capital!"
When their eyes met, Xiao Tingshan could see the pain and struggle in Liancheng's eyes.
It was also at this moment that his heart completely calmed down.
He knew he won the bet.
Although the birthmark had been blurred by the burns, its general outline could still be seen, and a few intact petals could also be seen.
There are very few cases of birthmarks so similar in this world.
He didn't know how long he had been searching before he found this person.
What’s even more rare is that the yellow warbler is about the same age as the forsythia. It must be God’s mercy that gave him this opportunity!
"It's my fault. I only know that the birthmark at the corner of her eye is the same as your daughter's, but I can't be sure that she is Miss Lian Qiao, so I'm still sending people to verify her identity..."
"I thought everything would go well, and I would bring her to see you, sir. I didn't expect this to happen. These people hated Song and wanted to kill me, but I didn't expect this to affect Miss Lian Qiao. I am so ashamed!"
Hearing what Xiao Tingshan said, there was a hint of sarcasm in Shen Shuyi's eyes.
He said this in a high-sounding manner, but she could even see the pride and excitement in his eyes.
Apparently, he thought he had won the bet.
He thought his worthless life was finally saved.
Hearing this, Liancheng slowly loosened his grip, leaving a wrinkle on Xiao Tingshan's collar.
Lian Cheng took two steps back, as if regaining some rationality, and shook his head and said, "No, she is not Lian Qiao... She is not my Lian Qiao!"
These words made Xiao Tingshan's mind tense again.
"gentlemen……"
Lian Cheng's eyes were bloodshot, he looked at him and said slowly: "What did you find out later? How can you prove that she is my Lian Qiao!"
His voice started out slow, then gradually rose, and by the end it became a little hysterical.
"Speak up! How can you prove it! How can you prove that she is Lian Qiao!!!"
Obviously, Xiao Tingshan had expected Liancheng to ask this question, so he said, "Songren."
Song Ren stepped forward, presented a map, and said seriously: "This is the map that you have checked. When the girl was separated from you, she was deceived by a trafficker and later sold to a wealthy family as a maid. Later, the girl made a mistake and was sold again. She escaped on the way..."
"After that, I walked along this route with the refugees. Many people at that time could testify..."
"Besides that, Miss Huang Ying's age and place of origin do match those of Miss Lian Qiao. As for the rest, we really don't know how to verify it."
Xiao Tingshan responded, "At the moment, we can only find witnesses from two places. I wanted to bring her to you after everything was safe, but I didn't expect... I was a step too late."
"Mr. Liancheng, this matter is truly my fault!"
Xiao Tingshan spoke sincerely, lifted up his clothes, knelt down, and kowtowed heavily to Liancheng in the wind and snow.
Liancheng was silent for a long time, not knowing what to say.
Not to mention the evidence Xiao Tingshan produced, even if it was him, he couldn't produce anything other than the birthmark to prove Lian Qiao's identity.
All these years, he didn't know what he was looking for.
Apart from the red bean bead tied around her neck that year, it seemed that the only thing left was the birthmark at the corner of her eye.
But after so many years of bumpy ride, how can we guarantee that the things the child was wearing are still there?
"How...did she go?" After a while, Liancheng spoke again.
Xiao Tingshan smiled bitterly and said, "It must be that Song has too many enemies, and some of them can't bear to see Song live longer, so they sent assassins to the mansion to attack Miss Lianqiao."
"Although I arranged guards, they were no match for me in the end. That's why I was one step too late."
Xiao Tingshan did not want to say more. Songbai, who was standing beside him, said, "Miss Lianqiao was stabbed in the back by an assassin when she was escaping from her room. She fell down the stairs and died."
Liancheng's vision was blurry, and he could almost recall the tragedy of that time.
"Did she leave any words?" Lian Cheng choked.