"The captain is Chen Weiliang!" the man in red blurted out.
Ning Xue opened her mouth, and a look of surprise flashed across her beautiful eyes.
"I see." I recovered immediately from my surprise, licked my lips, and chuckled, "It's pretty much what I expected. Now, everything has its answers!"
Now that the boatman's identity is known, it's clear he's Chen Weiliang. However, he appears as a boatman, and as an unfamiliar old man in the ancient town. This is sufficient to prove that Chen Weiliang has many "faces" and is indeed a participant in the "Ancient Town Shadow Play." Lü Tingfen said that Chen Weiliang went out to borrow money that day and never returned. Perhaps even she herself was unaware that Chen Weiliang appeared before her every day in various identities, but he changed his face each time, so Lü Tingfen didn't recognize him.
That's the first point. Secondly, Chen Weiliang left home, claiming to borrow money and never returning. No one knows what he was up to or planning, but one thing is certain: it had something to do with "face masks" and "face skin." Then, when Ning Xue asked the boatman about Chen Weiliang, he only said he'd met him once and only took him to the Seventh Master Temple. He even specifically stated that "Chen Weiliang had already left this ancient town." Clearly, he was trying to create a mystery, making us believe Chen Weiliang had already left Xitang.
However, the truth is, Chen Weiliang is still staying in the ancient town of Xitang, plotting a terrifying plan.
All the doubts seem to have surfaced, but in fact they are getting deeper and deeper.
I told them my guess. Ning Xue is a smart woman. Although she can be confused sometimes, especially when she is around me...but at this moment, she has already understood what I meant and smiled without saying a word.
I think what she was thinking was similar to what I was thinking, but my guess might not be entirely complete, because Hongyi continued, "Master, you're amazing! Your analysis is completely correct. Chen Weiliang, disguised as a boatman, just went to Lv Tingfen's house and spent a lot of money to buy all the local specialties sold in Lv Tingfen's shop. He also secretly left some money behind, probably for Zhuangzhuang's funeral expenses. However, Lv Tingfen didn't notice at the time because she was grieving the loss of her beloved son."
I was stunned. Did Chen Weiliang buy up all the local specialties from Lv Tingfen's shop? If that were true, it was a bit puzzling. Imagine, a man who ran away from home under the pretext of borrowing money and never returned would spend so much money on a bunch of food he couldn't finish at his wife's shop. Isn't that just a waste of time?
Su Xiaoniu suddenly said with a look of dismay, "What's wrong with your brain again? You're overthinking something so obvious. You don't need to overthink it. Chen Weiliang obviously hasn't given up on his wife. He knows it's hard for her to support the family alone, and he can't reveal his identity, so he's resorting to this desperate measure to help her. Since you want to get to the bottom of 'Ancient Town Shadow Play', then don't go to the withered forest to look for the flower demon for now. Go back to Lu Tingfen's house and ask her first, and you'll find out."
Oh my god, is it really because my head is made of elm wood? Damn, Su Xiaoniu made me feel a little mentally retarded!
I curled my lips, said goodbye to Ning Xue, and returned to Lv Tingfen's house. Lv Tingfen was sitting alone in the house, sobbing, probably because she was upset about Zhuangzhuang's matter. Ning Xue and I went in to comfort her, and then told her that we had found Chen Weiliang's whereabouts.
Lv Tingfen soon stopped sobbing, looked up at us, and asked, "Do you know the whereabouts of my husband?"
I nodded and said, "Not only do we know that he is still in Xitang, but he also often comes to your house to visit you."
"What?" Lv Tingfen was surprised. "He...came to visit me?"
"Yes, do you remember those people who came to your house to buy things recently? They bought a lot of things, almost everything you could buy in your house." I reminded her. I've made it so clear, if she still can't remember, then I'm really screwed.
Fortunately, she didn't let me down. Lu Tingfen hesitated for only two or three seconds, and soon a trace of shock gradually appeared on her haggard face: "The guy who always comes here to buy a lot of food... is my husband?"
Ning Xue and I both nodded. Lu Tingfen sat down on the sofa weakly, unable to utter a word.
I wanted to continue talking, but Ning Xue pulled me aside, glared at me, and said, "You don't understand women at all. You should let her calm down at this time. I bet she'll ask us soon!"
I said to myself, "Fuck it!" I'm not a woman, how can I know what you women are thinking? Then I heard Su Xiaoniu's gloating laughter like a silver bell, which made me roll my eyes even more. Let's not talk about it.
Just as Ning Xue expected, within two minutes, Lu Tingfen suddenly stood up and asked, "Where is he? Why didn't he come to see me? Did he run away with another woman, leaving us mother and son behind? Is that right? Is that right?"
She peppered me with questions, and I was at a loss for words. And the first thing she asked was, "Did you run off with another woman?" Oh my god, is that the only reason women believe a man doesn't come home? I didn't agree, but I didn't completely deny it either. After all, nothing is absolute.
I walked over and asked her to calm down first, then slowly said, "Aunt Lu, don't overthink it. In my opinion, there must be some reason why Chen Weiliang didn't come home to see you, and it's definitely not because he fell in love with another woman. As long as we find him and ask him clearly, the truth will be revealed."
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