pertwk Chapter 88 The Foreigner's Mystery
Chapter 88 The Foreigner's Mystery
Chapter 88 The Foreigner's Mystery
Chen Mansion, No. 30 Changfu Street.
The two Chen residences are adjacent, sharing a courtyard and gate. The total land area is over 3000 square meters, with a courtyard area of nearly 1000 square meters. The main buildings are two Western-style buildings side by side.
Shen Yi drove to the mansion and got out of the car. Looking at the huge mansion, he felt that his own Qixia mansion was pitifully small.
He stepped forward and rang the doorbell, and a servant immediately came over.
Sun Luqing had already instructed his servants. After Shen Yi explained his purpose, he was invited inside and followed the servants to a building on the east side, which was Chen Lifu's mansion.
Upon entering the living room, Shen Yi saw Sun Luqing chatting with two young women on the sofa.
Seeing this, Shen Yi was puzzled. How could there be two women?
A servant went over and said, "Madam, Mr. Shen has arrived."
Shen Yi quickly went over as well, "Madam, it's been a long time."
"I didn't know what you liked, so I just bought some random things on the way. Please don't mind."
Sun Luqing looked at Shen Yi, who was carrying things, and stood up and said with a smile, "Oh, it's enough that you're here, why did you bring anything?"
"Xiao Li, hurry up and take the things. Shen Yi, come and sit down."
As she spoke, she waved to Shen Yi, while the two women on the sofa looked at Shen Yi with curiosity.
Shen Yi handed the items to the servant and sat down next to Sun Luqing.
Seeing that Shen Yi was sitting a bit far away, Sun Luqing moved a little closer to him without any hesitation and introduced him to the two women opposite him: "This is Shen Yi, whom I just mentioned. He is the leader's wife's student."
As she spoke, she introduced the two women opposite Shen Yi: one was Kong Lingyi, the eldest daughter of the Kong family, and the other was Gu Wanyi, Kong Lingyi's good friend, who was the daughter of a wealthy businessman.
Shen Yi instantly realized who his blind date was. The Kong family was one of the four major families in the Republic of China, and he was definitely not a good match for them. So it could only be Gu Wanyi.
After introducing themselves, Sun Luqing said she had to leave, knowing that her presence would make the younger generation uncomfortable.
Both women are quite pretty and have similar personalities; they are both gentle and mild-mannered, so it's not surprising that they became good friends.
Gu Wanyi was even somewhat introverted; she lowered her head shyly after seeing Shen Yi.
Kong Lingyi was used to it; she knew her good friend was just like that, which was why she came over.
"I heard from Aunt Sun that you're from Shanghai. Which school did you graduate from?" Kong Lingyi asked.
"I graduated from the medical school of St. John's University," Shen Yi said.
Kong Lingyi and Gu Wanyi looked at Shen Yi with some surprise upon hearing this. Both of them had studied at Shanghai Hujiang University, but had now transferred to the College of Arts and Sciences of Jinling Women's University. They had naturally heard of the reputation of St. John's University before.
As a private church school, St. John's University has very few places, and its entrance exams are extremely rigorous, lasting up to 6 months.
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At the same time, the school has its own independent management system and decision-making mechanism, and is not subject to direct interference from government officials. Even powerful people cannot easily put people in.
Both women knew the basic situation of the school and naturally knew that Shen Yi had been admitted through the real exam. For a moment, they both admired Shen Yi.
The three then chatted about school matters, but Shen Yi and Kong Lingyi did most of the talking, while Gu Wanyi spoke very little and her face remained flushed.
Although Shen Yi had never been on a blind date before, he knew a thing or two about flirting with girls, and he quickly became familiar with the two women.
However, since it was a blind date, it was impossible to stay at home all the time, so Kong Lingyi suggested going out for some fun, and the destination was the International Friendship Club located on Zhongshan North Road.
She had heard that the place had just opened recently, that there were many fun things to do there, and that there were many foreigners there. Her younger sister had mentioned it to her several times, so she decided to go and check it out today.
Although a death recently occurred at the club, it was established by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, so the matter has been suppressed, security has been strengthened, and dances have been held for several days in a row to attract customers.
Shen Yi naturally did not refuse; he also wanted to go there to see what was going on regarding the murder case.
The three then left Chen's mansion and headed to the International Friendship Club. Shen Yi drove, while the two women sat in the back.
When the three arrived, they saw that there were many cars parked in front of the club, and there was no indication that the customer flow was bad.
After getting out of the car, Shen Yi very gentlemanly opened the car door for the two women.
Kong Lingyi naturally didn't forget the main characters of this blind date, so she let Gu Wanyi and Shen Yi walk together, while she took Gu Wanyi's hand and walked into the club.
This club was built for the entertainment of foreigners, so naturally most of the people inside were foreigners. When Shen Yi entered, he only saw a few Asian faces.
He spotted Xia Guang chatting with a woman at a glance; Shen Yi knew the kid had studied English.
Xia Guang naturally saw Shen Yi as well, and he was about to go over to greet him, but he stopped when he saw Shen Yi raise his hand.
"There seems to be a theatrical performance on the second floor today, let's go check it out," Kong Lingyi suggested.
Gu Wanyi had no objection, but she first looked at Shen Yi to seek his opinion.
"Okay," Shen Yi said with a smile.
The three then went to a large hall on the second floor, where there were already quite a few people. As a traditional Chinese culture, drama is quite popular among foreigners.
After the three found empty seats, they sat down and began to listen to the opera. After a while, Shen Yi excused himself to go to the restroom and left the hall.
After Shen Yi left, the two women began to whisper among themselves.
"What do you think of Shen Yi?" Kong Lingyi asked.
"It's...it's good." Gu Wanyi said, her face slightly flushed.
"Just 'pretty good'? You were practically glued to him the whole time."
"No way, don't talk nonsense~"
"Then let me ask you, what was that person on stage singing just now?"
"..." Gu Wanyi didn't know how to answer when she heard this, because she really hadn't heard it.
While the two were chatting, Shen Yi had already arrived on the first floor and found Xia Guang.
"Team leader."
Shen Yi nodded. "How's the investigation going?"
"We've found out. The deceased was an Englishman who died four days ago. His name was Wilson. He had only recently arrived in Nanjing. I heard from others that he was here on business and was staying in a guest room at the club," Xia Guang said.
Xia Guang then explained the entire course of events.
Since the club has only recently opened, security is currently being handled directly by the police station to ensure safety.
Four days ago, a glass of water suddenly broke out in a private room. The waiter rushed over to check and found Wilson barely alive.
The waiter immediately called for the police in charge of security, but by the time the police arrived, Wilson had already fainted and his pulse was extremely weak, so they quickly tried to take him to the hospital.
But Wilson died as soon as he was carried out of the club.
Shen Yi frowned upon hearing this and asked, "If she wasn't breathing, why was she later taken to the hospital?"
Xia Guang was somewhat surprised that Shen Yi knew about Wilson being sent to the hospital before he even mentioned it.
"It was a Korean man who claimed to be Wilson's good friend who insisted on taking him to the hospital," Xia Guang said.
"The Korean man seemed to disbelieve Wilson was dead, which was very touching, so the police agreed, but one officer still accompanied him."
A British man's good friend in Korea?
(The Provisional Government of Korea was established in 1919.)