A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

When Ji Yiru said this, Sha Yanxiao and Gui'er were stunned.

Sha Yanxiao yelled, "What the hell are you talking about?"

Ji Yiru said nonchalantly, "Don't believe me? Just wait and see."

Gui'er was angry and embarrassed, and didn't know what to say for a moment.

Sha Yanxiao walked up to Gui'er and said to her, "Guier, ignore her. She's crazy. You have to go to school tomorrow. Go to bed first."

Guier nodded, squeezed out two tears, and went into the room with a look of grievance on her face.

After entering the room, she pressed herself against the door, listening carefully to the noise outside. Gui'er felt that if she didn't fight back against Ji Yiru's bullying, when would it end? She had just pretended to be pitiful in order to win Sha Yanxiao's sympathy and let him help her.

Guier walked to the dressing table beside the bed and saw a cute and lively girl reflected in the mirror. She fell into deep thought.

Ji Yiru's words were meant to insult her, and she was very clear about that. But then again, she and Taohua were not the Shuai Mansion's biological daughters after all, and it was hard to say what their situation would be like when they grew up.

However, although Ji Yiru was stubborn, she still went to the mourning hall to burn incense. When the best man handed her the black veil, although she was very resistant, she still put it on in public. However, she only went there once and then claimed to be sick. Sha Yanxiao had to tell everyone that because Ji Yiru and the third young master's wife had a very good relationship, she was too sad, so she was sick and could not attend.

Starting from the second day, the Marshal's Mansion received many guests one after another, including celebrities, business tycoons, and some were even old friends of Marshal Zhang who came all the way from Fengcheng. Marshal Sha asked someone to pick up Marshal Zhang from the hospital and sit him in front of the mourning hall. When the people from Fengcheng saw Marshal Zhang's sick and haggard face and the youthful face of Miss Zhang Si in the photo in front of the mourning hall, they all felt sorry for him and comforted him to mourn. Marshal Zhang had no expression on his face and looked frail.

Gui'er said to Sha Yanxiao with emotion, "I didn't expect that even though Marshal Zhang's management of the city lockdown was so poor, there would still be people who remembered his kindness and came to attend her daughter's funeral."

Sha Yanxiao smiled and said, "If you mean those people from Fengcheng, I don't think they're all here for Marshal Zhang. Marshal Zhang is basically a thing of the past, but we still have to save face, so we're giving him a grand ceremony. The people from Dongcheng said they were here to pay their respects to Marshal Zhang's daughter, but it's more like they're taking the opportunity to get close to our family."

Gui'er suddenly realized that she really had no potential to play politics.

The funeral lasted for 49 days. The day of the funeral was considered a major event in Jiangcheng. The funeral procession stretched for several kilometers, with many roadside memorial tents along the way. Fortunately, Miss Zhang was only the third wife of the Sha family, and her status was not high. Her family members only had to follow behind in a car, and the filial sons and grandsons in front were all played by servants in the house.

During the funeral, Guier took three days off and went to school normally for the rest of the time. Guier asked Sha Yanxiao, "Will this give us away?"

Sha Yanxiao said: "It's okay, Third Young Madam is not an elder."

As soon as Guier returned to school, the principal came to her enthusiastically and asked if she needed help with her lessons.

Unfortunately, Gui'er spent the past three days doing her homework in Sha Yanyao's courtyard. Not only did she not fall behind, Sha Yanyao even helped her preview the content she had not learned yet based on her textbooks.

Guier smiled and said to the principal, "Thank you, principal, but my older brother has prepared for me."

The principal was a little disappointed when he heard this and said, "Oh, so it's the eldest son who teaches it himself. That must be very good. That's great."

Gui'er suddenly remembered that she hadn't seen Wu Mingqiang for several days, so she went to ask Sha Yanxiao.

Sha Yanxiao sighed and said, "His injury has healed, but Ji Yiru felt he was a traitor and didn't want him anymore, so I had no choice but to assign him to work at the village."

Gui'er thought this arrangement was actually okay, but Dingxiang looked reluctant and even urged Gui'er to find out which village Wu Mingqiang had gone to. Gui'er was a little puzzled, and when she saw Dingxiang was a little shy, she suddenly wondered if she was interested in Wu Mingqiang.

Wu Mingqiang and Dingxiang were both fifteen or sixteen years old, a servant and a maid, and their statuses were quite compatible. Gui'er was about to ask, but suddenly remembered that she was only eleven years old. Besides, even if she wanted to bring them together, Ji Yiru would definitely interfere, so she decided to pretend not to know for now.

As soon as the Third Young Lady's funeral was over, the Fourth Concubine started looking for a marriage partner for him. Gui'er heard from Sha Lili that the targets were mainly wealthy business ladies from Shanghai. Gui'er could guess that they definitely hoped to get financial support from the other party, but given Sha Yanwen's condition, there was nothing else she could do.

After that, the relationship between Sha Yanxiao and Ji Yiru did not get better. Ji Yiru still went out every day to play mahjong and listen to music with the ladies. The news of her supporting the actors spread in Jiangcheng, but Sha Yanxiao did not care. He told outsiders: "Modern women must have their own lives and hobbies." This made some noble ladies from famous families praise Sha Yanxiao.

Gui'er continued to review her lessons with Sha Yanyao every day, learning the arts of music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, and reciting the Tangtou Song. After a while, Sha Yanyao praised her for her great progress, and even his wife said, "I didn't expect Gui'er to be the most promising daughter in our family."

Gui'er felt that studying medicine might be a way out, and she became more and more interested. Sha Yanyao encouraged her interest in this area, saying that it was better than the average rich girl who was only interested in eating, drinking and having fun. He also wanted to arrange for Gui'er to study in the hospital.

But Sha Yanxiao refused on the grounds that Gui'er was still young.

That day Taohua asked Guier to help him deliver the embroidery piece again. Guier happily agreed, thinking that she could ask Manager Zhang whether Song Xichen's hand was completely healed, and also told Sha Yanxiao.

After school that day, Guier asked Dali to drive the car to the entrance of the alley where Zhenxiufang was located and parked not far away. She got out of the car and walked over.

Not far into the alley, she saw a very familiar figure in front of her. It was Song Xichen. He was actually walking towards the needlework shop. Gui'er was very happy and was thinking of quickening her pace to call him.

Suddenly I discovered that Song Xichen was traveling with someone, a tall man wearing an ordinary long gown, carrying a suitcase, and wearing a top hat with the brim pulled down very low.

What's strange is that there was a distance between them, each walking at different ends of the road. At first glance, they looked like two unrelated people, but Guier noticed that they exchanged glances from time to time, and then she confirmed that they were actually traveling together.

Gui'er felt something was a little strange and decided to follow Song Xichen from a distance and not disturb them.