Villains Act Shamelessly: The Heiress was the Great National Master!

Chapter 524: Afternoon Tea

In the middle of the night, after watching a little yellow video, I had to stay strong and get up early to investigate clues.

The clues hadn’t arrived yet, but early in the morning, an invitation from Mrs. Seymour did.

"I heard from Mr. Sutton that Thea Shaw, you’re still in Fenmore?" Mrs. Seymour’s voice carried a certain hint of mirth: "I’m having a small afternoon tea party this afternoon. Would you be interested in coming?"

Thea Shaw wasn’t really interested in afternoon tea and the like, but Mrs. Seymour wouldn’t invite her without reason, so Thea tentatively asked, "Is it because of your daughter’s situation?"

"Yes." Mrs. Seymour replied, "Mrs. Quinn is coming too."

Thea Shaw GOT the information, her spirits lifted: "Okay, I’ll be there on time this afternoon!"

It seemed that Mrs. Seymour knew Thea Shaw was making a great effort to investigate Mrs. Quinn’s matters, and this was her creating an opportunity.

However, her husband had only been dead a few days, and Mrs. Seymour was already announcing her daughter. Even if others were unaware, they would understand some truths.

No wonder Lucas Sawyer was in prison calling for heaven and earth, but to no avail.

Yesterday’s incident caused quite a stir, and Thea Shaw felt this wasn’t an ordinary murder case. Just the stench that wafted ten miles away would surely cause a commotion.

She went on Weibo, and sure enough, there was a trending topic.

"A strange odor in Fenmore XX District suspected to be chemical leak"

The comments below were varied.

[Is this even a chemical leak, it’s basically a biochemical weapon leak, as a local yesterday, I almost passed out from the stench]

[No exaggeration, yesterday XX District was literally hell]

[According to unreliable sources, it was caused by the impact of two dead bodies, but what kind of bodies, I don’t know...]

[There indeed was a homicide case in XX District, unclear if it’s related to the smell, but the smell doesn’t seem like corpse odor, corpse odor isn’t this powerful...]

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No one dared to approach closely yesterday; even the police wore protective suits to enter the house and move the bodies.

Media couldn’t get close either, so no one knew the source of the decay.

Most thought something had leaked, although some residents talked about it, since the decay didn’t smell like corpse odor, few believed it was related to the homicide.

So what was the odor really about, and what was its purpose?

Puzzling clues piled up, thinking here wouldn’t solve anything, she had to investigate.

After breakfast, she went to observe around the church.

Strangely, the odor that swept through dozens of streets yesterday was completely gone, possibly because the bodies had been moved and dealt with.

Even near the church, the smell was no longer detectable.

Normally, such a large-scale odor would leave a residual mark, but Thea wasn’t affected yesterday, and with just one night, it vanished completely, which was also strange.

But there were police patrolling near the church.

Looks like Apple Hale did disclose something yesterday, at least she couldn’t explain the odor clearly, surely informing police of its possible origin. Frequent contact with the church would be identified by the police, even if she didn’t say so.

With police around, Thea didn’t go in recklessly.

Thinking about attending Mrs. Seymour’s tea party in the afternoon, she bought a gift for Mrs. Seymour’s daughter.

You can’t give something shabby to people of this caliber, so Thea, gritting her teeth against the expense, bought a luxury bracelet worth tens of thousands.

Even Landon had never received such an expensive gift from her!