A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

In the next few days, Miss Ji still came to the Marshal's Mansion every day, but Sha Yanxiao was busy preparing to go back, and the same was true for the others, so they were not as enthusiastic about her as before.

Miss Ji usually looks down on Gui'er, but at this time she actually took the initiative to play with Gui'er.

Honestly, Gui'er had mixed feelings about Miss Ji Yiru. On the one hand, she admired her courage in pursuing her love. Her fiancé hadn't even married yet, and yet he was taking three concubines—something most people couldn't accept. On the other hand, Gui'er harbored resentment over her family's plot to murder Miss Rong. If she could harm others like that, she might be able to do the same to her in the future. So, she simply nodded politely and said nothing more.

But at this critical juncture, Gui'er didn't want to take sides, so she couldn't go to play with the three Zhang sisters. Fortunately, Sha Lili had returned, so she and Sha Lili hung out together all day long.

Sha Lili privately said to Gui'er, "Look at our father and brothers. To gain a few small advantages, they only marry ugly women into our family. I'm afraid the next generation of the Sha family will be even more grotesque than the monsters in Journey to the West."

Gui'er wanted to laugh but didn't dare to. Indeed, whether it was Miss Ji or Marshal Zhang's three daughters, they couldn't be considered iconic, perhaps because they looked like their father. Miss Ji still looked a bit masculine with the help of makeup, and her eyes looked like her uncle Ji Zhongqing, a gangster boss, with puffy eyes. When she wasn't smiling, there was a fierceness in her eyes.

The three Miss Zhangs were not much better, with square faces, high cheekbones, thin lips, and flat noses. They had no habit of wearing makeup, so no matter how luxurious their clothes were, they still looked earthy. Gui'er went to Sincerely and bought some duck egg powder for them so that they could put on makeup. Miss Zhang Si was eager to try, but Miss Zhang Er said that only restless women would think about dressing up all day long. So the other two Miss Zhangs didn't dare to move. Gui'er was really troubled and embarrassed, feeling that they were like walking living fossils.

On the other hand, although the Marshal was not very good-looking, his children were all handsome men and beautiful women. During the New Year, the Marshal specially called a photo studio to take pictures, and the photographer sighed that all the young men and women in the family could become movie stars. Later, when he learned that the Sha family was a warlord, he was scared and sweating, and apologized repeatedly.

Seeing that the Song Mansion next door was empty and Tong Yujun had also gone back, Guier was a little puzzled. Why hadn't the Sha Mansion set off yet?

Sha Lili said, "Why else could it be? Of course it's about Second Brother taking a concubine. Miss Ji keeps pestering me all the time because she's afraid that Second Brother will go back and take the three Miss Zhangs in without her knowing."

Gui'er suddenly realized that Miss Ji came over every day not to have a relationship with Sha Yanxiao, but to prevent him from taking a concubine.

Sha Lili said, "My future second sister-in-law doesn't allow my second brother to take a concubine. She didn't want to in the first place, but then the three Miss Zhangs told my father that if she wanted to be his concubine, she would die. Then my father didn't dare to force her to take him. So, it couldn't happen no matter what."

After hearing this, Gui'er didn't know what to do.

Several days later, one day, the Marshal and Sha Yanxiao came back from outside in their best clothes, both with relieved expressions on their faces. As soon as they entered the door, the Marshal ordered them to pack up quickly and set off the day after tomorrow.

Everyone was in a flurry of activity again. Gui'er asked Sha Yanxiao, "Brother Yanxiao, what's going on?"

Sha Yanxiao said calmly, "Father went to persuade Ji Zhongqing to let me marry three Miss Zhangs."

Gui'er couldn't see any joy on Sha Yanxiao's face and didn't know what to say for a moment.

Instead, Sha Yanxiao touched Gui'er's head and said, "We'll be going back the day after tomorrow. I'll take you to Qiansi Department Store tomorrow to see if there's anything you want to buy."

Gui'er wanted to say, "No, she's already bought it, but seeing how exhausted Sha Yanxiao looks, maybe it would be a good idea to go to Sincere Department Store."

The next day, when Guier was about to go out, she suddenly felt as if someone was looking at her from behind. She turned her head and saw three Miss Zhangs standing neatly on the second-floor balcony, with longing in their eyes.

Gui'er gently pulled Sha Yanxiao's sleeve and said, "Brother Yanxiao, have the three Miss Zhangs received the news?"

Sha Yanxiao followed Gui'er's gaze and saw the three Miss Zhangs on the platform. Feeling a little helpless, he sighed softly and said to the people above with a smile, "I'm going back tomorrow. Do you want to go out with me to buy some things?"

Gui'er thought that even if they wanted to go, they would be refused on the grounds that it was not appropriate for women to go out. Unexpectedly, the three of them looked at each other for a few seconds, nodded, and came down from the second floor. They wore their best clothes and shoes, as if they had known they were going out.

Miss Zhang Si said to Gui Er playfully, "We heard the young marshal tell you yesterday that he was going out today, hehe."

As soon as he finished speaking, he was glanced at by Miss Zhang Er and Miss Zhang San, so he had to lower his head and keep silent.

Sha Yanxiao smiled and said, "It's good to go out for a walk. Staying indoors all the time will keep you from seeing the world."

When they arrived at Qianshi Department Store, Sha Yanxiao had just gotten out of the passenger seat when Miss Zhang Er and Miss Zhang San hurriedly opened the car door and got out. They both had bound feet, so their walking posture was different from others. When people on the roadside saw two gorgeously dressed women walking like this, they immediately attracted a lot of attention.

Miss Zhang Er and Miss Zhang San walked to Sha Yanxiao's left and right, wanting to hold his hand, but Sha Yanxiao cleverly dodged them, pretending not to see them, and called out to the back: "Guier." Then he turned around, took two steps, took Guier's hand, and said to the three Miss Zhangs: "Let's go." Then he walked inside.

The two Miss Zhangs were slightly embarrassed for two seconds, then smiled and followed him into the mall.

Sha Yanxiao bought Gui'er some thin spring clothes, and lipstick, rouge, and powder for the three Miss Zhangs. Gui'er thought the three Miss Zhangs were going to refuse again, but unexpectedly, Miss Zhang II thought for two seconds with a slightly embarrassed look before smiling and saying, "Thank you, Young Marshal."

Gui'er could see that Miss Zhang Er and Miss Zhang San were particularly concerned about Sha Yanxiao, but the youngest Miss Zhang Si didn't care much. If that was the case, why did the three of them have to move in unison and marry the same man as concubines? However, since she came to this world, too many things had happened that overturned her cognition, and she was too lazy to think about it.

After shopping, Sha Yanxiao took the girls to the restaurant on the top floor for French food. The three Miss Zhangs, who were from famous families, had never eaten Western steak before, but they were not in a hurry. They looked at their neighbors and Sha Yanxiao, and learned how Gui'er ate it. The two Miss Zhangs with bound feet also seemed calm and composed when faced with other people's curious eyes about their walking posture and feet.

After dinner, they came out of the mall and were about to get in the car to go home when suddenly a car came speeding and almost hit their car. Sha Yanxiao frowned, protected Gui'er with his hands and pushed her behind him.

As soon as the car stopped, several men wearing black coats and top hats, looking like gangsters, got out. After getting out, they opened the door and said respectfully, "Miss, we're here."

A figure wearing a mink coat got out of the car. It was Miss Ji. She got out of the car with a sullen face, walked up to Sha Yanxiao and said, "Young Marshal, why didn't you call me when you went out to play?" As she said that, she gave the three Zhang sisters a sinister look.

Sha Yanxiao smiled calmly and said, "We're not here to play. We're going back tomorrow, so we have to buy some souvenirs today."

Miss Ji said, "I see. I'll go in and buy some too. I'll go back with you tomorrow."

Sha Yanxiao's eyes widened and he said, "Yiru, stop acting like a child."

Miss Ji took Sha Yanxiao's arm and walked in, saying, "I'm not kidding you. I've already told the elders at home. Let's go."

Sha Yanxiao frowned and helplessly let her hold his hand and walked into the mall again. However, he looked back at Gui'er and the three Miss Jiangs from time to time, and signaled Miss Zhang Er to hold Gui'er's hand to prevent her from getting lost.

Not surprisingly, Gui'er also received a roll of the eyes from Miss Ji.