A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

When Marshal Sha heard that all the Ji family's properties in Shanghai had been transferred to the Marshal's Mansion, he smiled and nodded, saying, "Okay, you are all tired, take a rest, we will go back first."

Everyone stood up to see the Marshal and the Young Master off.

The Marshal walked to the door and turned back to Sha Yanxiao and said, "You also need to take care of He Mulin, the commander of Songhu, right?"

Sha Yanxiao said, "I've already taken care of it. I gave them ten small yellow croakers."

The Marshal nodded approvingly and said, "Then go back and ask the accountant to pay the money. It's not good for you to pay for public affairs yourself." After a pause, he said, "Who is guarding the acquired properties now?"

"Some of those properties had their deeds taken from my father-in-law and other uncles, and some had been taken away and then snatched back. They all have complete paperwork and deeds. I've already had someone seal the door, and I'll send people over to check on them from time to time. There shouldn't be any major problems."

The Marshal nodded in satisfaction and said to Sha Yanxiao, "Write a list and hand over the deeds to the accounting office for collection."

Sha Yanxiao nodded and said, "Yes."

Ji Yiru suddenly said, "Father, this is my family's property."

The Marshal and the others looked at him for a moment. Sha Yanxiao pulled her arm, signaling her to be silent, but Ji Yiru broke free and said with a smile, "Father, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to put the title deed of my mother's family's property in our accounting office, right?"

Marshal Sha's face looked a little bad, but he still forced a smile and said, "Daughter-in-law, you are being too polite. Our family's property is managed by a unified authority. Besides, as a girl, how can you manage these houses?"

Ji Yiru was speechless for a moment, but still looked reluctant.

Marshal Sha looked at Sha Yanxiao and said, "Try to comfort your wife." Then he turned around and left without looking back.

Ji Yiru wanted to follow but was stopped by Sha Yanxiao.

After Sha Dashuai and Sha Yanyao left, Ji Yiru shouted, "Why? I, a woman, can't handle it, so you should take care of it. Why should I hand it over to your father's accountant?"

Sha Yanxiao sighed, walked over and hugged Ji Yiru as they walked up to the second floor, saying, "Okay, okay, you must be tired from the journey, take a rest first."

Gui'er had been standing by and watching. She suddenly realized that Ji Yiru might never be so powerful again because her backing had collapsed.

Sha Yanxiao did a good job in helping to take care of Ji Zhongqing's funeral and recover the property, but Marshal Sha asked Sha Yanxiao to hand over the house deeds. No matter how you look at it, it seems that he wants to take over Ji Yiru's property.

Although Ji Yiru always bullied her, Guier felt very emotional about the current situation. However, she changed her mind and felt that this matter was actually beneficial to her. Now that Ji Yiru had lost her mother's family, she should be more cautious in the future.

Unexpectedly, the next day after returning from Shanghai, Ji Yiru went out to party, play mahjong and listen to opera.

When Sha Yanxiao came back and found out, he didn't say anything, just shook his head.

Not long after, Tian Guier came back from school and was doing homework at the table in the hall. Ji Yiru came back from outside angrily, and then paced back and forth in the hall in a bad mood.

Seeing that something was wrong, Gui'er quickly and quietly packed up her homework and went back to her room.

After a long while, Dingxiang came up and asked Guier to go downstairs to eat, saying that the young master had returned and it was time to prepare dinner. Only then did Guier come downstairs.

At the dinner table, Ji Yiru complained, "How dare a lady from Jiangcheng's upper class society mock my family's decline? This is outrageous. Yan Xiao, you need to think of a solution."

Without even looking up, Sha Yanxiao picked up a piece of pork ribs and handed it to Gui'er before saying, "What should I do?"

Ji Yiru said anxiously: "Teach them a lesson for me."

Sha Yanxiao rolled his eyes and said, "Should I arrest him and execute him? Besides, he's telling the truth."

After hearing this, Ji Yiru was stunned for a few seconds, and suddenly threw the chopsticks to the middle of the table, making a tinkling sound. Gui'er was digging the steamed egg with a spoon at this time, and the chopsticks hit her fingers, which gave her a big shock.

Sha Yanxiao quickly checked Gui'er's hand, and seeing that it was fine, he turned to Ji Yiru and said, "What's wrong with you again?"

Ji Yiru raised her hand, pointed at Sha Yanxiao and then at Gui'er, and looked around the room. The servants standing beside her lowered their heads in fear, not daring to look at her.

Ji Yiru gnashed her teeth and said, "I knew that you guys would look down on me because of the incident in my family. I tell you, don't even think about it."

Sha Yanxiao said with a cold face, "No matter in the past or now, I have always told you not to do this. No one is looking down on you. It is you who is being inappropriate. Do you look like the young lady of the Marshal's Mansion?"

When Ji Yiru heard this, her face flushed crimson. She picked up the bowl in front of her and was about to smash it. Sha Yanxiao quickly snatched it away and said to her personal maid standing behind her, "The young lady is too excited. Help her up and let her rest."

The two maids tried to come forward to help Ji Yiru, but she slapped them twice, one on the face. They were so scared that they stepped aside and dared not move. Sha Yanxiao sighed, put down his chopsticks and said, "Someone come."

Two of Ji Yiru's servants came in from outside. Sha Yanxiao said, "Help the young lady go upstairs to rest."

The two servants looked at each other, a little hesitant. Ji Yiru sneered and said, "How dare you? You are the people I brought from my mother's family."

Sha Yanxiao said, "It was indeed brought from your mother's family, but you squandered it recklessly. Starting last month, I've been the one paying these people's wages." Then he turned to the servants and maids and said, "What are you still standing there for?"

Ji Yiru suddenly fell silent, then went upstairs without a word, followed by the servant and the maid. After he entered the room, the maid followed him in and stayed for a while before coming down. After she came down, she came to Sha Yanxiao and said respectfully, "Young Marshal, the Madam is not so excited anymore. She just went to bed."

Sha Yanxiao nodded and said to them, "Okay, you can go down."

After the group left, Sha Yanxiao smiled and said to Gui'er, "Are you not scared? Let's continue eating."

Guier glanced at the second floor. She had a feeling that Ji Yiru would not be so arrogant in the future.

Sure enough, Ji Yiru went out less frequently after that, sometimes staying in the house all day. Although she still gave people the cold shoulder, she beat, scolded and scared people less and less frequently.

Gui'er still kept her distance. When she returned to the house and saw her, she called her sister-in-law and then went back to her room to do her homework. When she was not around, she would do her homework at the table in the hall while waiting for Sha Yanxiao.