Chapter 341 Hidden Truth
The woman turned slowly, looked at her, and reached out to pull the scarf off her face.
A thin and pale face, much thinner than when he was in Yunshan Village.
Who else could it be if not the escaped Wu Dongling?
Wu Dongling looked at Su Tong and suddenly knelt down in front of her.
"Wu Tong! Wu Tong! For the sake of the fact that we have been family for 19 years, please help me!"
Su Tong looked at her calmly and said:
"If you hadn't mentioned those nineteen years, I might have listened to you a few more times!"
"Don't mention it! Don't mention it!"
Wu Dongling panicked a little, stretched out her hand to grab Su Tong's trouser leg, and begged:
"Wu Tong...ah! No, no! Su Tong! I saw in the newspaper that you are very powerful now! Very capable! You, you help me! Help me! I really have no other choice!"
"Get to the point! Otherwise, I don't mind sending you to the police station right away. You're colluding with bandits and absconding from the crime. I think you'll get a heavy sentence!"
"Don't! Su Tong!"
Wu Dongling's tears immediately welled up, "I'm not afraid anymore! I won't hide anymore! I'm willing to go to jail! But Brother Shoucheng is innocent! If he is sentenced, he may be shot! He is innocent! Please help me! Help Brother Shoucheng! I really have no other choice!"
Su Tong's heart sank, and he said in a deep voice:
"Get up! Speak clearly! What's going on?"
Seeing that Su Tong was willing to listen, Wu Dongling wiped her tears, got up from the ground, and said:
"Not long after I escaped from Yunshan Village, I was deceived by a human trafficker. The trafficker said he would take me to a big city to see the world, but I didn't expect that he wanted to sell me into a straitjacket. When I was escaping, it was Brother Shoucheng who saved me!"
"I had nowhere to go, and Shoucheng felt sorry for me and helped me rent a house. I followed them to do odd jobs nearby. I fell in love with Shoucheng, but his fellow villager Zhang Liansheng said that Shoucheng had someone in his heart and said he was a toad wanting to eat swan meat! I didn't give up and insisted on bringing him meals and washing his clothes. Over time, he slowly accepted me!"
"Who is Zhang Shoucheng's heart filled with?" Su Tong asked.
Wu Dongling shook her head and said, "I don't know either. I asked him, but he wouldn't tell me. I asked Zhang Liansheng, but he wouldn't tell me either!"
"Tell me why Zhang Shoucheng was arrested!" Su Tong said.
Wu Dongling wiped her tears again and said:
"Brother Shoucheng went to work at the guesthouse as usual that day. I brought him lunch at noon. During the meal, he said that he wanted to send a letter to his mother and tell her that he wanted to marry me... He also said that he wanted to take me back... back to his hometown to have a wedding banquet..."
Wu Dongling's voice was choked with sobs and she was unable to continue speaking for a while.
Su Tong did not interrupt her. After she calmed down, he continued:
"In the afternoon, he suddenly came back in a hurry to call for help. His brothers usually worked odd jobs everywhere, and it took him a while to gather a few people. He said he would take them to find a big job. I was not at home at the time, and I heard about it from others after I came back."
"We waited until dark that day before they came back. I saw that he looked very unhappy, so I asked him about it. He just said that the deal was not concluded. I thought it was strange at the time, and he refused to say anything when I asked him again. As a result, on the third night, a group of police officers came and arrested them all!"
"I went around asking around, and the police said, he raped women! My mind exploded at that moment. I would have believed anything else, but I would never have believed that he raped women! How could someone rush so far to rape women while on the job? And then... and then..."
Wu Dongling hesitated for a moment, gritted her teeth and said:
"Besides, Shoucheng is willing to marry me, and we already... live together! There's no way he would do such a thing!"
Su Tong didn't say anything and just listened quietly.
"Before they were put in the detention center, I met Zhang Liansheng once. At that time, Zhang Liansheng told me excitedly that Shoucheng was a fool and a scapegoat. He also felt that Shoucheng would never do such a thing!"
"After that, I couldn't see them anymore! I went to the detention center again and again, but they always said that family members were not allowed to meet before the verdict. It wasn't until three months ago that they finally said that I could have a visit once a month. However, I went there with high hopes...but when Shoucheng heard that it was me, he didn't want to see me at all!"
"Later, when I went there for the second time, I saw you go to see Brother Shoucheng! I don't know how you knew him! But since you were able to go see him, can you please be a good person and save him!"
"They all said that the case has been decided and the verdict will be announced soon! Once it's announced, it's all over! I heard that the woman's family is rich and powerful, and they must sentence Brother Shoucheng to death!"
"The newspaper said you work at the People's Hospital, so I came here to watch yesterday! I don't know anyone here! But Zhang Shoucheng can't die in vain! I, I'm not afraid of you sending me to the Public Security Bureau, I just ask you to save Brother Shoucheng first! As long as he can survive! I can do anything..."
Wu Dongling collapsed to the ground again, wailing:
"I'm not afraid of going to jail, at least there's still hope of getting out. If a person dies, then everything is gone..."
Su Tong said, "Have you told the police about these things?"
Wu Dongling nodded repeatedly: "I have told you! I told the people in the Public Security Bureau, and I told the people in the detention center! I have told you many times! But they said they need evidence! Where can I get evidence? I have no evidence!"
"So, what's the point of you telling me? Zhang Shoucheng confessed his guilt from the beginning! Now you say he is not guilty, but you can't produce any evidence! You were not even there when Zhang Shoucheng left the house. Everything is just your inference! How can you expect the police to believe you?"
Wu Dongling's tears were about to burst out again. "But everything I said is true! This matter doesn't sound logical! I don't know why he would plead guilty!"
"Don't cry, get up first! Let me ask you a few questions."
"Has Zhang Shoucheng ever seen any women?"
Wu Dongling thought about it, shook her head and said:
"Since I met him, I have never seen him meet any woman. He is very well behaved and doesn't talk much. He rarely even talks to the waitresses at work."
"How is the relationship between Zhang Liansheng and Zhang Shoucheng?"
"They have a very good relationship! They can talk about anything! Among this group of people, they are the only two from the same hometown! Zhang Liansheng came to Beijing a few years ago, and Zhang Shoucheng was called to Beijing by Zhang Liansheng!"
"Then do you know why Zhang Liansheng asked Zhang Shoucheng to come to Beijing?"
Wu Dongling shook her head. "I don't know! I came later than them and never asked."
Su Tong pondered for a while and said to her:
"Alright! You go back first!"
Wu Dongling's eyes were full of earnestness, and she stammered:
"Then, then you..."
Su Tong said: "Go back and think about it carefully to see if there are any other clues. I will go to see Zhang Liansheng tomorrow!"
"Okay! Okay! I want to! I'll try to think hard when I get back! Sister! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you for helping Shoucheng!"
Wu Dongling bowed deeply to her.
Su Tong said: "Don't call me sister! I'm not trying to help you! If there is really something hidden in this case, I want to find out too!"
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