A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

Sha Yanxiao received Chen Wenqi's invitation and said with a smile, "Ms. Chen, I am very grateful for your kindness. I am looking forward to the next trip."

Afterwards, the two exchanged phone numbers. Just as Chen Wenqi was about to turn and go in, Sha Yanxiao suddenly asked, "What was the name of the classmate who just invited you to the party? Is it okay if you don't go?"

Chen Wenqi smiled and said, "His name is Xu Wenjie. It's okay. It's just an ordinary gathering."

Sha Yanxiao smiled and said, "Then I'm relieved. Let's contact each other later."

As soon as we got back to the car, Dali teased with a smirk on his face, "It's good to be handsome. Now you've caught another rich girl."

Sha Yanxiao snorted and said, "Go check Miss Chen's background. There are so many white gangs in Shanghai. Who knows if she's real or fake?"

Dali thought for a moment and said, "I'm not familiar with Shanghai and don't have many connections. Why don't we call Wu Mingqiang over? He's a local boss here and might know more people than we do."

Sha Yanxiao nodded in tacit agreement.

Gui'er looked listless. She had originally wanted to get closer to Miss Shen today so that she would take her to her home and then look for a chance to find the map. However, the course of events was so unexpected that she couldn't do anything.

Seeing her bored, Sha Yanxiao touched her face and said, "What's wrong? Are you unhappy? Are you unhappy watching the rehearsal?"

Gui'er pouted and said, "No, I just feel like these are activities for adults, not suitable for children."

Sha Yanxiao looked at Gui'er and said with a smile, "Okay, now I'll take you home to read the comic books."

When they arrived at the villa, Taohua was walking in the garden with the young master and their nanny. Guier said something to Sha Yanxiao and ran to play with her.

Taohua was very happy to see Gui'er coming over, and said to the nanny, "Madam Huang, it's windy outside, you should take the young master back first."

The nanny nodded, picked up Sanmei's son and walked into the house. Gui'er felt that Taohua was actually trying to get rid of the nanny, so she asked quickly, "What's wrong?"

Taohua said: "When we were walking in the yard with the child in our arms in the afternoon, a beggar came over to beg. I felt sorry for him and gave him two copper coins through the iron gate. As I was handing over the copper coins, he handed me a note and whispered to me, "Please give it to Guier." As he said that, he took out a note from his pocket.

Gui'er asked, "What kind of person is he? Does the Third Concubine know him?" She thought it might be someone sent by Song Xichen, but she was afraid that there was something fishy going on.

Taohua pointed to a person hiding under a wall outside the iron gate and said, "That person is still there."

Gui'er was shocked. That place was an inconspicuous corner. The person was wearing tattered clothes. The color of his clothes was almost exactly the same as the color of the wall. When they came back, they didn't even notice that there was a person squatting there.

Gui'er took two steps forward and carefully identified the man. She didn't dare ask the housekeeper to open the door. After watching for a while, the man suddenly stood up, looked at her, turned around and staggered away, looking exactly like a person who was hungry and had no strength to walk.

But Gui'er recognized him immediately. He was Dagang, one of Song Xichen's men. Gui'er glanced around to make sure no one had noticed, then asked Taohua, "Does the Third Concubine know about this? The nanny should know, right?"

Taohua said, "Don't worry, the Third Concubine is out. When I went over to give alms, the nanny didn't pay attention. She slipped it to me quietly."

Gui'er finally felt relieved and said to Taohua, "This is Dagang, the young master of the Song family's subordinate. Don't you recognize him?"

Taohua suddenly realized and said, "No wonder I thought he looked familiar, but why did Young Master Song come to see you in such a secretive way?"

Gui'er said, "What else can I do? I'm the daughter of the Marshal's Mansion now. I can't be seen with the eldest young master of the Song family. Even if the Marshal or my second brother find out, it won't be good either. We can only keep in touch secretly."

Taohua said a little dejectedly: "Master Song is still good. He still cares about you after you came out. I'm afraid my young lady has forgotten me a long time ago."

Gui'er said to her, "We left the Song family out of necessity. Young Master Song is a good person. He was worried that we wouldn't be doing well in the Marshal's Mansion, so he would check on us from time to time. It was thoughtful of him."

She originally wanted to tell Taohua what Song Xichen was doing and how she planned to help him, but after thinking about it, she decided not to. In this era, sometimes knowing too much is unsafe.

Gui'er then told Tao Taohua to keep it a secret before returning to her room.

As soon as I entered the room and sat down, Dingxiang came over with a glass of milk and a plate of shaqima and said, "Miss, this is what the young master asked me to prepare. It's fresh out of the pot. Try it."

Gui'er looked at the steaming, fragrant shaqi ma, picked up one and took a bite. It was indeed delicious. At this time, Sha Yanxiao also came in. Seeing Gui'er eating happily, he smiled and said, "Are you finally happy?"

Gui'er nodded a little embarrassedly, and her gloomy mood disappeared. Of course, it was not only for the delicious snacks, but more because there was finally news from Song Xichen.

After eating, Sha Yanxiao sat and chatted with Guier for a while before leaving.

Gui'er went to the bedroom under the pretext of changing clothes, closed the door, and took out the note Dagang had passed her. She opened it and saw a few small words written on it: "Tomorrow, at 2 pm, see you at Dahuchun."

After reading it, Guier quickly found a match and burned the note.

The next day, after lunch, around 1:30 pm, Gui'er and Sha Yanxiao were sitting in the living room listening to the radio. Gui'er pretended to suddenly remember something, walked into the room, then walked out again, looking a little restless. Then she said to Sha Yanxiao, "Brother, I need to go to Sincere Department Store now."

Sha Yanxiao also noticed her actions and asked, "What's wrong?"

Gui'er said awkwardly, "I'm going to buy something..."

Sha Yanxiao said, "Is it something you need urgently? How about asking Dali to run a run for you?"

Gui'er pretended to be shy and said, "I forgot to bring my toiletry supplies. It's almost time to use them."

When Sha Yanxiao heard this, he quickly said, "Then I'll ask Dali to take you there right away. Are you ready now? Or do you want to borrow some from other sisters?"

Gui'er said quickly, "How can I borrow this thing from someone else? I'll go buy it now. I should be able to catch it in time."

Sha Yanxiao nodded repeatedly and immediately pulled her downstairs to call Dali. Sha Yanxiao wanted to go with him, but Guier quickly stopped him and said, "Brother Yanxiao, it would be so embarrassing if the whole family knew about my little thing. I can go by myself."