Chapter Forty-Six: Weitling
"Ms. Angela, I heard you were born in Chicago, Illinois?" Before dinner, Angela, who was out, returned to the residence with a few other Americans, looking at the newly dressed Americans, Zhuo Fei, who was smiling slightly, called Angela. "I know Chicago, and I know Al? Capone. "Zhuo Fei's original intention was just to get close to Angela, but he didn't want him to mention Al? Capone's name, Angela immediately rolled her eyes.
"Boss, I want to say you shouldn't have mentioned Al just now? Capone's. Vivian, who had blonde hair, lowered her voice and complained to Zhuo Fei. Al? Mr. Capone has an older brother named Frank, and Angela is Mr. Frank's youngest daughter. During the Cicero City election in '24, Mr. Frank was shot dead by the police, and Angela was 12 years old when Mr. Frank died. Angela always thought that if Mr. Frank wasn't from the Capone family, he wouldn't have died so early, so she changed her family name. ”
Vivian's words made Zhuo Fei feel his scalp tighten for a while, dare to love Han Sen, this is to find himself a direct family member of a mafia family, and he is also a famous Al? Capone's niece. Xu saw the different color in Zhuo Fei's expression, Vivian pouted and smiled, "Boss, Al?" Capone would have been in prison a long time ago, and if it weren't for that, Angela wouldn't have been forced to join the army and then be forced to retire from the army, and the three of us wouldn't have come to China. ”
Glancing at Angela's back from a distance, Zhuo Fei secretly sighed that everyone has a difficult scripture, but when you count Angela's age, this woman with a strong personality is only 25 years old this year. "Miss Vivien, go and get Angela down, I have some things to ask her, but I promise I won't mention Chicago and Al? Mr. Capone's name, I promise. Under Zhuo Fei's repeated assurances, Vivian, who was very reluctant, went upstairs and called Angela down.
"Miss Angela, I apologize to you for my recklessness just now, and I have no intention of inquiring about your family." Seeing that Vivian also followed Angela and kicked downstairs, Zhuo Fei immediately beckoned the two to sit down and talk. "That's right, Ms. Weitling of Jinling Women's University is also an American, and she happened to be born in Illinois like Angela. I have so much respect for Ms. Weitling that I want to visit her, and I want you to go with me Angela, and maybe you two Americans who were born in Illinois can find something to talk about. ”
Zhuo Fei's words caused Vivian to laugh, Angela first glared at Vivian, and then explained to Zhuo Fei with some hesitation, "When Mr. Hansen recruited us, most of the things I said were fake, I only lived in Chicago for a while, and I was not actually born in Illinois. Angela's explanation did not discourage Zhuo Fei's plan, and among the 11 people recruited by Hansen, only Angela's eloquence was not bad.
"Okay, that's it, let's go to Jinling Women's University tomorrow, and I'll let Mr. Hansen make an appointment with Ms. Weitling in advance." Ignoring Angela's prevarication, Zhuo Fei got up and left under the pretext of going out to run errands, and Angela, who was helpless, could only accept her fate, who made Zhuo Fei the boss.
The full name of Ms. Weitling, whom Zhuo Fei is going to meet the next day, is Minnie? Weitling, whose Chinese name is Hua Qun, is a member of the American Church. Born on September 27, 1886 in the small town of West Cole, Illinois, USA, his family was not wealthy since he was a child, and he developed a hard-working, hard-working and courageous personality since childhood. In 1917, Weitling graduated from the University of Illinois with a teacher's degree and began teaching at a middle school in Illinois. In 1912, when she first arrived in Anhui, China, she saw that many women were illiterate, so she was determined to promote women's education in China, and founded Hefei Sanqing Girls' Middle School early, and later joined Jinling Women's University.
Like the German Rabe, Ms. Weitling was known to the world after the Battle of Nanjing, and when she came to Nanjing, the only two people Zhuo Fei wanted to see were Rabe and the other was Ms. Weitling. If according to Zhuo Fei's original intention, he would prefer to meet Ms. Wei Tling alone, but Jinling Women's University is a girls' school, and taking Angela to meet Ms. Wei Tling is Zhuo Fei's helpless decision.
The next day, Zhuo Fei took the somewhat reluctant Angela to drive there according to the work time of Jinling Women's University, the old janitor of Jinling Women's University didn't care what kind of car Zhuo Fei drove, he just didn't let him in, fortunately Zhuo Fei brought Angela, otherwise I was afraid that I wouldn't see Weitling at all. Maybe it was because of Angela's appearance as a foreigner similar to Ms. Weitling, or maybe the cigarette that Zhuo Fei gave him had an effect, and after a period of hard soaking, Zhuo Fei and Angela were able to enter the campus of Jinling Women's University.
"Ms. Weitling, if you don't mind, can you have your student take my assistant, Miss Angela, around your campus?" It took a lot of twists and turns for Zhuo Fei to see Weitling, but Weitling didn't understand why the young man in front of him had to see him. Breaking aside all the girls who were in the way, Zhuo Fei and Weitling sat on a bench on campus and talked.
"Ms. Weitling, my name is Zhuo Fei, excellent Zhuo, flying flying, I am a Chinese." Zhuo Fei's self-introduction made Weitling laugh, especially the last sentence I am a Chinese. "I know that you are a devout member of the Church, and I know that you have always been committed to promoting women's education, and that you are a woman of noble character, and I am sure that many people will agree with me."
Zhuo Fei was very frustrated, first touting and praising him, but Wei Tling was not confused by Zhuo Fei's words, he just looked at Zhuo Fei with wise eyes and smiled, "Young man, let's talk about your intentions today, and I am not as great as you say." In your country, there are many women with higher character than me, such as your mother, and if it weren't for your mother, maybe we wouldn't be meeting today. ”
Zhuo Fei had no choice but to laugh dryly, and after easing the atmosphere a little, he planned to go straight to the point, "Ms. Weitling, what do you think about the war that took place between China and Japan?" The Japanese army has already occupied Beiping and Tianjin, and is still fighting in Shanghai, as far as I know, the situation in North China has indeed begun to deteriorate, the Japanese army occupying Beiping and Tianjin has planned to move south, Nanjing is the national capital, do you think the Japanese army will attack Nanjing next? ”
Wei Tling looked at Zhuo Fei in surprise, although the young man in front of him said that his tone when he spoke sounded old and sophisticated, but his face was not very big, why did he open his mouth to the current situation, and what he said was like that. "Young man, I'm just a teacher, and I don't know much about war. I'm afraid I can't answer your question, maybe you should find someone who understands military affairs to answer this question. ”
Wei Tling got up and was about to leave, but was stopped by Zhuo Fei, and before Wei Tling could speak, Zhuo Fei had already said in a hurry, "Ms. Wei Tling, you are a girls' school, there are hundreds of girls in the school, if the Japanese army attacks Nanjing and crushes the national army defending the city, what should these female students in your school do?" You are an adult who has seen the world, you should know how the Japanese army will treat them after breaking the city, and the Japanese soldiers did many tragic things in the Northeast back then. ”
"Who the hell are you? Why are you telling me this? Wei Tling was stunned by Zhuo Fei's words, these female students in the school were her life, and they were more important than her own life, and she must not allow anyone to defile the school and these female students in the school.
"Look, Miss Weitling, you've been worrying about this happening, haven't you?" Zhuo Fei was not frightened by Wei Tling's angry eyes, but Shi Shiran sat down again. "Ms. Weitling, as I said just now, I am a Chinese. I have come to see you for one thing, once there is a problem in Nanjing's city defense or the situation has changed irreversibly, I hope that you can evacuate Nanjing with these female students in your school. ”
"That's all? You're really just coming to me for this? Zhuo Fei's simple request made Wei Tling even more suspicious, she had already begun to doubt the identity of the young man in front of her, but from beginning to end, she couldn't see anything suspicious from Zhuo Fei's expression and eyes.
"If I may, Ms. Weitling, I can swear to your God that I promise that I really came to you for this purpose." Zhuo Fei smiled, he had already seen Wei Tling's suspicious look. "Ms. Weitling, I'll give you a phone number and address here, I'm staying here in Nanjing, you can find someone to confirm. Anyway, I hope you believe me, just as these schoolgirls believe in you. ”
Seeing that Wei Tling was silent and full of contemplation, Zhuo Fei took the initiative to say goodbye and leave, leaving Wei Tling still sitting on the bench secretly remembering what Zhuo Fei had just said. "Boss, what did you just say to Ms. Weitling, and I'm a little upset that I see her like this?" Angela, who didn't know what was going on, opened her mouth to ask Zhuo Fei, who was driving.
"Don't ask so much, it's just a small chat between me and Ms. Weitling, maybe she thought of something unpleasant before." Zhuo Fei prevaricated casually, but once again got Angela's eyes, Angela who could cross the ocean to China to beg for a life was not Zhuo Yan, so naturally he would not easily believe Zhuo Fei's far-fetched explanation.