Chapter 129 Chapter 129
This unique piece of gold-sprayed red paper was just a treat. Ling Shu said coldly, took out five cents from his pocket and put them on the newspaper, folded the newspaper and stuffed it into the arms of the beggar on the side of the road.
"There is no airtight wall in the world." Yue Ding Tang Danding said, "From the moment when Yanzi was in contact with you, you should have expected this result. Although the Yuan family servants were restricted from entering and leaving, they needed to eat and drink every day and had to contact the outside world. There were so many police officers who had missed a piece of information. It was not uncommon for anyone to miss a piece of news to make some pocket money."
Ling Shu sighed. When people sit at home, disaster comes from heaven. This is the best portrayal of his present moment.
If the murderer is not found in one day, the gum will be put on his neck like an invisible rope, which may be tightened at any time and anywhere, and put him to death.
The person who helped Du Yunning write a list of property may have an ambiguous relationship with Du Yunning, and may even instigate her to elope and eventually kill someone to silence her, like a non-existent ghost of the dead, always wandering around, but can't find any trace.
If Ling Shu hadn't seen the list of property with his own eyes, he would have even doubted whether such a person really existed.
Ling Shu felt that it was not wrong to follow Du Yunning's trajectory during his lifetime to find clues, but it was like being led by someone. The opponent hidden in the dark knew what he would do next, and could easily grasp his whereabouts and take the initiative.
So, what about a different idea?
If even the personal servant of the Yuan family has never seen this person-
So, how should Du Yunning meet the other party while avoiding the Yuan family?
The gods sent ghosts to send a ghost, Ling Shu flashed with a flash of spiritual light!
“Crescent Cafe?!”
"Where have Du Yunning asked you out several times before?"
Yue Dingtang and him spoke almost at the same time.
The two said differently, but their ideas were the same in the final analysis.
They thought of going together.
Yue Dingtang: "Are they all Crescent Cafes?"
Ling Shu: "Yes, she made an appointment with me three times and they were all there."
Yue Dingtang: "Then have you seen her communicate with anyone in the cafe?"
Ling Shu thought for a moment and shook her head and said, "I don't think she has acquainted with the boss of the Crescent Cafe. When we met there the second time, she introduced me to the boss who was helping wash cups."
Yue Dingtang: "How much do you know about that boss? Does he have a wife?"
Ling Shu: "Do you suspect Du Yunning may have an affair with him? It's impossible."
Yue Dingtang's driver was waiting at the intersection. When he saw them coming, he quickly came out and opened the door.
After the two of them got into their seats and the car started, Ling Shu spoke.
"You will know when you see that boss. He is a little old and not very sensible. It is unlikely that Du Yunning has any deep connection with this person."
Yue Dingtang thought for a moment, "Then go to the Crescent Cafe to have a look."
From here, you can get to the Crescent Cafe, which is only a fifteen-minute drive without traffic jams.
Yue Dingtang and the others got off at the entrance of the street. After walking a few steps, they saw the signboard hanging outside the cafe from afar.
Crescent Cafe looks a bit old.
The newly painted exterior walls, several half-new windows, struggle to maintain green plants in the cold winter, and waiters in dresses, all the details can show the boss's intentions for this cafe.
Just opening a cafe in China will inevitably bring traces of China. Just like the records that are now heard from the cafe, it is not playing foreign music, but "Jasmine Flower" that is familiar to the people of our country.
Ling Yue and the others did not rush to enter the cafe. They walked around the shop near the cafe, chatted with the shopkeeper and bought something, and accidentally asked about the situation of the Crescent Cafe.
This cafe has been in some years and has been operating here a few years ago, but it has changed to two bosses. The former one was surnamed Han. It is said that the business went bankrupt and he packed up his things and returned to his hometown in the countryside. Now the one named Li is a friend of Boss Han. When he heard that he was in a hurry to use money, he bought the cafe and renovated it.
The cafe business is pretty good, and the boss is also very good. He has helped several of his friends in the store. Even if there is any inconvenience between the neighbors, Boss Li can do whatever he wants.
"Boss Li is very kind-hearted. Unfortunately, good people in this world are hard to do, and only evil people can stand up!"
Ling Shu walked from across the street and entered the tea shop. He heard Boss Tang say this to Yue Dingtang.
"What do you mean?" Ling Shu asked casually.
"Who is this?" The owner of the tea shop, Tang, looked at Ling Shu.
Yue Dingtang: "His surname is Yang, and he is my colleague. He came out with me to do social investigation."
Boss Tang smiled and said, "It turns out that Professor Yang, please sit down! Xiaodong, pour tea!"
Intellectuals are particularly respected these days, especially professors like Yue Dingtang. In the former Qing Dynasty, they were Hanlin masters and could enter the palace at any time. In the eyes of the young people, they felt a sense of distance and a sense of having to look up.
Yue Dingtang talked with the other party in the name of social investigation and bought two taels of tea, so he naturally received a particularly warm reception.
"Speaking of this, it is not easy for Boss Li to buy this cafe. He thought it was to help his friend, and he was eager to be righteous and helped him. Who would have thought that after less than a month of buying this cafe, someone came to the door and said that Boss Han had married a daughter and the second daughter, and sold the cafe to him. At this time, Boss Han also took the money and disappeared. The two sides filed a lawsuit. As a last resort, Boss Li had to pay another sum of money to the other party before taking the place down."
The owner of this tea shop is diagonally opposite the cafe. He looked up and saw him. When talking about the origin of the cafe, he was very knowledgeable and seemed to be familiar with both generations of owners.
"So, Boss Li is indeed a very righteous person?" Yue Dingtang asked.
Boss Tang nodded: "Yes, it was raining heavily in Shanghai this summer, and many places were flooded. My precious tea leaves are the least likely to be touched by water. Thanks to Boss Li lent me a few big jars and packed them in and then sealed them. He was really not affected at all. As a result, half of his own coffee beans were affected. Ask me, nine out of ten households on the street and they had to give him a thumbs up when they mentioned him!"
Ling Shu: "I don't see that there are too many customers in the cafe. If he always helps others like this, won't he lose money?"
Boss Tang smiled and said, "I heard that he is an overseas Chinese who has returned from overseas. His family has an industry in Nanyang. He said that he wanted to come back to retire. His son still stayed in Nanyang to do business and sent him living expenses every month. He was very filial. In my opinion, even if the cafe is losing money, his son wrote many letters to call him back. Boss Li said that he is good at work and can do things now, and he doesn't want to go abroad for the time being."
Ling Shu: "Are all these he said?"
Boss Tang: "Yes, I have seen photos sent by his son. Boss Li's grandson, Bai Pang and smart, will call him grandpa."
Yue Dingtang: "After you said that, we think the direction of the investigation this time is right. We can do an article about the return of Nanyang merchants."
Boss Tang is looking forward to: "I wonder if my shop has the honor to show your face in your article?"
Yue Ding Tang smiled and said, "Of course, there are, I have recorded all the Tangji Tea Shop."
After saying that, he showed the notebook in his hand to the other party, and Boss Tang was even more happy.
Ling Shu inserted in at the right time: "By the way, Lao Yue, have you read today's newspaper? Speaking of which, it has something to do with our social investigation this time."
Yue Dingtang: "I haven't seen it yet, what's wrong?"
Ling Shu: "Shanghai celebrity Du Yunning died. The cause of death is unknown now. It is suspected that it is a murder. Doesn't our social investigation include public security? We just need to go to the police station to ask later."
The owner of the tea shop next to him gasped, which attracted Ling Yue and the others to look at him together.
"You are talking about Du Yunning? Mrs. Yuan? She is dead?"
Ling Shu: "It is Du Yunning, the Mrs. Yuan Mansion. Why do you know each other?"
The owner of the tea shop: "I don't know her. She is so famous. The shop doesn't have the honor to make friends with her. She just saw her having coffee at the cafe opposite her a few times before... What a pity, Mrs. Yuan has many elegant beauties, how could she die if she dies!"
Ling Shu and Yue Dingtang looked at each other.
"Did she come to have coffee alone? Didn't she make an appointment with anyone else?"
The boss hesitated for a moment: "Yes, but I can't remember it."
Ling Shu: "Is it a man or a woman?"
"Male," the boss slapped his thigh, "I remembered it! They were two! She only made one appointment at a time, but it seemed like two came and went. One of them, hey, not to mention, it was a bit like yours! The other one, shorter than you, was about half a head, but she often wore a dark red dress!"
Ling Shu: "Are you sure?"
Boss: "Of course, that gentleman went to the foreign goods store next door to buy silky cream. I happened to catch him. He looked pretty and gentle, and wore a pair of glasses. He looked like you two, and he was a cultured person."
When Ling Shu and Yue Dingtang walked into the cafe, when he said goodbye to the tea shop, the sky had become deep and blue, as if it would be poured on the ink of an ink, it would turn dark at any time.
The cold wind simultaneously with the coldness and ruthlessness of winter, hovering over the neon lights of Shanghai, and then passing through the alleys and alleys, tossing the unclogged beggar outside and curling up and hugging his body tightly, and finally being blocked by the heavy door of the cafe.
When you enter, there is a warm feeling and a faint fragrance comes.
He seemed to see two old mothers coaxing the child untiringly.
The problem is that "old mothers" are not old and "children" are not young anymore.
The third sister Yue Chunxiao he knew was not as patient as someone.
Perhaps the two brothers and one younger brother in the family were all independent and had their own careers. She didn't have to worry about her since she was a child. So when she saw Ling Shu, who was fair and beautiful, her mother's love and sister's pity suddenly rose and became a disaster.
In short, look at the face.
Chapter completed!