Chapter 553 Tragic Past
"What did he say?" Shang Ruoting became more and more angry as she listened.
Shang Lifeng said, "He said that as long as I handed over the 'Li's Imperial Meal', he would let me go, help me get a Hong Kong City household registration, and also give me a large sum of money to settle down in Hong Kong."
"You didn't agree?" Shang Ruoting clearly had some intention of asking knowingly. If Shang Lifeng had obediently handed over "Li's Imperial Cuisine", the situation wouldn't be like this now.
As she expected, Shang Lifeng did not satisfy the other party.
"When we arrived in Hong Kong, we lived in the hotel dormitory. In order to prevent the "Li's Imperial Cuisine" from being discovered, I secretly buried it in the basement of the dormitory. No one except me knew where the secret book was.
Seeing that I did not accept his conditions, Liu Dingbing found a few thugs to torture me all day long. The scar on my face is evidence of this.
I was locked in a dark basement for three years. If I hadn't been thinking about you and your grandmother, I would have committed suicide long ago.
While they were torturing me, the restaurant's business was getting worse day by day because they no longer had the dishes I cooked.
During this period, the boss passed away and the business was handed over to Liu Dingbing. In order to revive the business, Liu Dingbing negotiated a condition with me. As long as I continued to be the head chef for his restaurant, he would not torture me anymore.
I thought, I don't even have the right to die anyway, instead of being tortured in the dark basement all day, I might as well go out and do something, and find a chance to destroy "Li's Imperial Cuisine". No matter how secretly I hide it, I can't guarantee that it won't be found. Rather than letting it fall into the hands of others, I might as well destroy it myself before they find it.
But I didn't expect that after I was released, he would send people to watch me all day long, and would bring that dirty woman in front of me from time to time to disgust me.
Fortunately, after I was released, I still lived in the same dormitory. I wanted to escape, but I didn't dare take "Li's Imperial Banquet" with me, for fear that I would be caught by those people and lose "Li's Imperial Banquet" to others.
So, I made up my mind and burned "Li's Imperial Cuisine". After that, I kept trying to find ways to escape, but I failed every time.
Shang Ruoting asked, "Is this passenger ship Liu Dingbing's?"
Shang Lifeng nodded: "Now his business is growing bigger and bigger, and this passenger ship is just one of his ways to make money."
Shang Ruoting still had many questions to ask, but she knew that this place was not as safe as it seemed. If someone found out that Shang Lifeng came here alone to contact her, and the passenger ship was floating on the sea, she would not be able to take Shang Lifeng away immediately, and she was afraid that he would be in danger.
However, Shang Ruoting still asked the question she wanted to know most at the moment: "Where is she?"
It goes without saying that this person is the original owner's mother, Chen Shurong.
Shang Lifeng looked up at the silent night sky and said in a deep voice, "She is now Liu Dingbing's wife, and they have two children together."
Just when Shang Ruoting wanted to ask something, a faint sound of hurried footsteps came from the other end of the deck.
Shang Lifeng's expression changed drastically. He quickly pushed Shang Ruoting and pointed to an empty space, saying, "Tingting, they're here. Hide first."
Shang Ruoting also knew that if someone saw Shang Lifeng and herself here at this time, it would probably be very troublesome, so she obediently hid in the place he said.
Shang Lifeng sat calmly on the deck, staring blankly at the sea, looking as if nothing had happened.
Two bodyguards ran over and yelled, "You bastard, are you looking for death?"
Shang Lifeng turned his head calmly and looked at the two of them: "I just came here to get some fresh air."
One of the bodyguards raised his fist and was about to attack, but was stopped by another bodyguard.
"Stop beating him. There are many customers this time. If you beat him up so hard that he can't get up, then no one will be able to make delicious food."
The bodyguard who had raised his fist angrily lowered his hand, walked over and dragged Shang Lifeng away, "Get back here, you idiot!"
Shang Lifeng did not resist at all and followed the two men away obediently.
Seeing this scene, Shang Ruoting's heart couldn't help but ache. Her adoptive father was a man of strong character, otherwise, any ordinary person would not be able to survive in such a dark life.
In fact, she didn't know that Shang Lifeng had a belief in his heart, the belief of wanting to see his old mother and daughter, otherwise he would have collapsed long ago.
After meeting Shang Ruoting today and learning that his mother was doing well, he felt relieved and only wanted to wait for his daughter to return to Pengcheng and get off the boat before he committed suicide.
It’s a pity that there are still many things that have not been explained. I hope I can find a chance to see my daughter again.
Shang Ruoting, Tan Chen and others walked out cautiously after seeing the bodyguards walk away.
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