He Seems to Know Everything

It was the Spring Festival. Though there were not many people at Wang Residence, it was no less lively.

Early in the morning, after Wang Yan finished his martial arts practice and breakfast, he began writing couplets at home. They were needed not only at Wang Residence, but also at the various factories and schools. He had been writing them for several days already.

Yu Manli, who had no home of her own, naturally came over to help, assisting Wang Yan as he wielded the wok. Of all the women in Shanghai Bund who had dealings with Wang Yan, she was the only one who had entered his home and could spend the New Year with him. Though she did not live permanently at Wang Residence and instead stayed alone in an apartment outside, her status was beyond question.

Of course, there were also those who looked down on her. After all, calls for women's liberation had already begun, and she moved among progressive intellectual youths. Some people still held her behavior in great contempt. But thanks to her attachment to Wang Yan, she had now become the person in charge of more than ten schools, with people naturally gathering around her.

The backgrounds of these people were equally complicated. Some had originally belonged to the Red Party; Yu Manli herself was with the Military Statistics Bureau; Wang Yan stood behind her as well; and there was no shortage of people from the Nationalist Party. There were even sinister Japanese agents planted among them to watch in secret.

Fortunately, Yu Manli had not lost her head. She had received professional training, never voiced any opinions, and kept her contact with others highly discreet. Otherwise, this woman would have been arrested long ago. After all, she was one of the women