A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

After hearing what Tong Yujun said, Gui'er could no longer sit still. She asked for leave from her teacher, ran to the school gate, hired a rickshaw and went to the hospital.

When I arrived at the hospital, I saw several familiar faces as I entered the lobby. They were all policemen I had seen at the police station. They were all covered in bruises and bandages, injured here and there, which showed that yesterday's gun battle was very fierce.

Gui'er quickly stepped forward and asked, "Uncle, where is my young master?"

With the guidance of others, I finally found Song Xichen's ward. When I walked into the room, I saw Song Xichen lying on the hospital bed. His upper clothes had been taken off, revealing his strong wheat-colored skin, well-proportioned bones and muscles, six-pack abdominal muscles, a circle of gauze wrapped around his waist, and many abrasions on his face. It can be seen that he was seriously injured. He was closing his eyes to rest.

When Song Xichen heard a noise at the door, he quickly took out a pistol from under his pillow, loaded it, and pointed it at the door. When he looked closely, he saw that it was his personal maid. He relaxed instantly and waved to her.

Gui'er walked up to Song Xichen in small steps. Song Xichen pinched her little face and asked, "Now that you're here, don't you have to go to school?"

Guier said cautiously, "I heard my classmates talking about the gunfight last night. I was worried you were seriously injured, so I asked for leave to come here."

Song Xichen pulled Gui'er up with one hand and sat her on the edge of the bed, saying, "I'm fine. I've treated my wounds. The bandit leader hasn't been caught. You should be careful when you don't go out for the next two days, for fear that the bandit leader will come to our house for revenge."

Guier nodded obediently and said, "Okay."

Song Xichen called Dagang and asked him to take Guier back to school and asked him to pick her up after school. Guier was very touched. She knew that this went beyond the master's concern for his servants.

After school, Dagang went to pick up Guier from school as promised. Guier asked Dagang, "When will the young master be discharged from the hospital?"

Dagang said: "The bullet has been removed, but it won't heal quickly. I don't want it to take months. The doctor said I can be discharged after a period of observation, but I need to rest."

The car was slowly moving forward when it suddenly saw thick smoke billowing from the direction of the Song Mansion. Dagang immediately became alert, stopped the car, got out and asked someone running towards him, "What happened up ahead?"

The man said, "The Song family was attacked by bandits."

When Dagang heard this, he turned around and said to Guier, "Stay in the car and don't run around. I'll go back and take a look." Then he ran towards the Song Mansion.

Gui'er looked at the black smoke rising into the sky in the distance, and lay in the car waiting for Dagang to come back in fear and anxiety.

Suddenly, someone opened the car door and got in. Gui'er looked over in surprise. The man was 1.8 meters tall, well-proportioned, and dressed in a shirt and suit, looking like a rich young master. Looking closely, he had deep facial features, and his eyebrows and eyes looked a bit like Song Xichen. It was actually the man who had been in the school storage room that day. He also recognized Gui'er and said with a smile, "So you're here. Are you from the Song family?"

Gui'er quickly shook his head to deny it. After a while, two of his men came out from nowhere, carrying two sacks filled with something that kept squirming and making a humming sound. Gui'er felt that it should be a person.

The man started the car and tried to drive away, but Guier quickly said, "I want to get out."

The man looked at Gui'er, reached out and pinched her cheek, smiled with curved eyebrows and said, "Don't worry, little girl, come to my house and play."

Then Guier felt a slap on the back of her head and she knew nothing.

When she woke up again, she found herself lying on the bed in an unfamiliar room, with Taohua and the Second Miss sitting beside her crying.

Guier understood that the people in the sacks were the Second Young Lady and Taohua. She quickly comforted the Second Young Lady and said, "Miss, don't worry. The Young Master and the Master's wife will definitely come to rescue us."

As she spoke, Gui'er observed the surrounding environment. This was a very ordinary tile-roofed house. The furniture in the house was the same as that of an ordinary poor family. There was a bed made of a long bench and a large wooden board, a square wooden table with two long benches placed around it. There was nothing special about it. Apart from that, there was nothing else.

Gui'er quietly approached the door and looked out through the crack. She saw that the houses around were similar to theirs, except for a more imposing two-story building in the distance. There seemed to be quite a few men patrolling around the house, holding sticks, sickles, hoes, and some with guns on their waists. This should be Qingfeng Village.

After Guier finished her observation and told the second lady Song Tingting, she cried even more sadly.

Soon, the door opened and an old woman in homespun clothes came in, carrying a food box. Guier noticed that although the old woman's clothes were not new, she was wearing silver earrings. So she stepped forward, bowed, and said respectfully, "Greetings, Madam. I would like to ask where your treasure land is?"

The old woman glanced at Gui'er and said, "After all, you are from the wealthy Song family, so you are different. If a young lady from an ordinary family, she would have been scared to tears. Don't worry, you are still our guests of honor now, and we will provide you with good food and clothes. But if your family doesn't come to redeem you in a few days, you won't be treated so well. This young lady is very beautiful, and maybe she will stay and become your wife." After that, she left.

Song Tingting cried even harder after hearing this. Gui'er and Taohua tried to comfort her again, saying, "Young lady, you are the apple of the Master and his wife's eye. They will definitely not ignore you."

After much trouble, she finally persuaded him. Gui'er walked over and opened the lunch box, and found a big bowl of porridge and a few steamed buns. Gui'er sighed. She and Taohua had suffered hardships before, so they didn't think it was a big deal. But this young lady had been living a life of luxury since she was a child, so how could she afford to eat such things?

Sure enough, Song Tingting said she had no appetite after just one look and asked them to eat by themselves. Gui'er then called Taohua over to eat. Taohua had a good relationship with the young lady now, and seeing that the young lady was in pain, she also said she had no appetite.

Gui Er had no choice but to say, "If you don't eat, you'll have even less strength. You should serve the young lady, so you'd better eat something."

Taohua came over and ate a small bowl of porridge and steamed buns.

Just when Gui'er was about to confirm with the young lady whether she had eaten anything, the door of the room was suddenly kicked open with a loud bang.

A man with a broad waist, big arms, a big belly and a full beard came in. He looked to be in his 40s and was accompanied by two subordinates. Guier saw that he was wearing a satin jacket and had a gun on his waist, so she knew that he must be a small leader.

Song Tingting and Taohua had already huddled together in fear. The little leader stepped forward, took a look at them, pointed at Song Tingting and said, "This is the eldest daughter of the Song family. Isn't she pretty?" As he said that, he was about to step forward and touch her.

Gui'er and Taohua quickly stood in front of Song Tingting. However, the other three people looked at her and instead of getting angry, they laughed out loud and said, "It's interesting. Two little kids actually dared to confront our Tiger Master."

As he said that, one of his men picked up Taohualing and threw her out like a chicken. Taohua was thrown 1 meter away and her head hit the ground hard, starting to bleed.

Another subordinate was about to come over and pick up Guier.

"stop."

A familiar voice came in, and then several people walked into the room. Guier looked closely and saw that it was the man from the school storage room. He was accompanied by four or five men, each with a gun on his waist.

He said to the bearded man, "Uncle Tiger, what do you want to do?"

The bearded man curled his lips in an arrogant manner without saying anything. One of his men hurriedly said, "In reply to the Young Master, Master Tiger wanted to come and see what the eldest daughter of the Song family looks like."

The man known as the Young Village Chief smiled and said, "Now that we've finished our tour, can we go now?"

Tiger Lord snorted coldly and said, "My brother, Dragon Lord, died at the hands of her eldest brother. What's wrong with me teasing her?"

The young leader said, "We're after money now. As long as they're willing to pay 1000 yuan, there's no woman they can't find. If you make a move first, even if the Song family redeems her, they'll probably bring their army to attack Qingfeng Village. Why bother looking for trouble? Let's go."

The man called Tiger Master was finally persuaded to leave by the young leader. The three people in the house immediately breathed a sigh of relief. Gui'er quickly took out a handkerchief to help Taohua cover the wound. Fortunately, the injury was not too serious, just a minor abrasion.

Gui'er couldn't help but ask Song Tingting worriedly: "Miss, can our Song family come up with 1000 yuan?"