"She ran away from home, and I have no idea where she went, but she's probably at some relative or friend's place."
"Still not telling the truth, huh? Looks like you haven't been beaten enough?"
"What I'm saying is the truth." Zhu Jianguo removed his hand from his face, closed his eyes, and showed Sang Qian his battered face as if ready to face death. "Even if you beat me to death, I wouldn't know."
Sang Qian stared at Zhu Jianguo for a few seconds before turning to Zhu's mother. "Is he telling the truth?"
Zhu's mother nodded hastily, "It's true, we've just been calling around trying to find her."
After a moment of contemplation, Sang Qian released Zhu Jianguo. "You'd better be telling the truth, because if I find out you're lying, you won't get off lightly," she said, then turned and left.
After seeing Sang Qian and the others leave, Zhu's mother sat down on the shabby sofa and started crying, "You damned man, it's all your fault. You gambled away our daughter..."
