A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

After that, Chen Wenqi often asked Sha Yanxiao out, and Sha Yanxiao gladly accepted the invitations. The Marshal and his wife soon found out about it. The Marshal praised Sha Yanxiao: "You are worthy of being my son. You have a good-looking face. Even if he is popular, it is because of his mother's blessing."

These words were said at the dinner table. Everyone was stunned at the time. This was the first time that the Marshal mentioned the information about Sha Yanxiao's biological mother. The lady's face immediately turned dark.

The Marshal realized that he had said the wrong thing and quickly changed his words: "I mean, I'm really, really fucking blessed, haha." It was obvious that he was concerned about his wife. Gui'er couldn't help but become interested in his wife's background.

Back in the room, Gui'er curiously asked Dingxiang, "Dingxiang, you grew up in this mansion, right? Have you ever seen your mother's family? Why haven't I seen them around in all the years I've been here? The third concubine, on the other hand, often visits her parents' home."

Ding Xiang said mysteriously, "Well, I haven't seen this either, but I've heard rumors that Madam's father followed the Chairman in his early years and was sworn brothers with the leader of the Green Gang. He had a wide social circle, many students and old friends, and was well-connected in both the black and white worlds. But he died young, and as the saying goes, when a person is gone, the tea gets cold, so there's not much of an impact on him. However, there are still one or two people who are nostalgic and willing to visit, such as Mrs. Shen, who was Madam's former sworn sister."

Gui'er suddenly realized what was going on. She was also quite surprised that Dingxiang was willing to tell her these things. She said, "You have been raised in the mansion since you were young. The lady should have been very kind to you, right?"

Ding Xiang sighed and said, "There are so many servants who grew up in the mansion. It's just like that. Everyone is just afraid of the lady."

Gui'er nodded. She felt that Dingxiang might have noticed that she had been distancing herself from her recently, so she came to make her position clear: everyone in the mansion was under the Madam's jurisdiction, and they could only do as she said.

Although she had no choice, it was unlikely that she would treat Dingxiang as her confidant.

A few nights later, Gui'er and Sha Yanxiao were listening to the radio in the study when the phone suddenly rang. Sha Yanxiao picked it up and listened for a while, then nodded and said, "I understand." Then he hung up.

Seeing that he looked unhappy, Guier asked, "Brother, what's wrong?"

Sha Yanxiao said: "Wu Mingqiang found out that Chen Wenqi's identity is real, but she is not Mrs. Chen's biological daughter, but the daughter of a concubine outside."

Guier said, "Does that make a big difference?"

Sha Yanxiao frowned and said, "I don't know yet. It depends on whether Minister Chen likes this daughter?" Then he stood up and walked out.

Gui'er was puzzled: "It's so late now, are you still going to see Miss Chen?"

Sha Yanxiao said: "No, Wu Mingqiang found out that Xu Wenjie is the son of the Vice Premier of the Executive Yuan. I want to tell my father." Then he walked out.

The next day, Sha Lili and the Fourth Concubine returned to have dinner with the Marshal. Perhaps the Fourth Concubine had learned about Chen Wenqi and Xu Wenjie from the Marshal, so Sha Lili came over to ask Gui'er what was going on with Xu Wenjie and how they knew each other.

Gui'er said honestly, "It's not like we know each other, we just met once. Didn't we go to visit Miss Shen's troupe? Xu Wenjie is a member of the troupe. My second brother saw that he was wearing an unusual outfit, an 18k gold Rolex watch, so he asked someone to check and found out."

Upon hearing this, Sha Lili immediately became interested and asked, "How old is this Xu Wenjie? What does he look like? Is he well-spoken?"

Seeing her asking so many questions at once, Guier smiled and said, "Why? Lily, are you interested in him?"

Sha Lili said anxiously: "Hey, don't worry about it, just answer me first."

Gui'er tried hard to recall what happened at that time and said, "Actually, Xu Wenjie didn't say a word to us from beginning to end. He was quite tall, about the same age as my second brother, and had a decent appearance. I don't know how he spoke, but his attitude was a bit arrogant."

After hearing this, Sha Lili's eyes rolled, and she urged Guier to call Miss Shen, saying that she wanted to go to the troupe to watch the rehearsal again.

Gui'er guessed what she was thinking and admired her initiative from the bottom of her heart, but she didn't want to be used as a tool by her, so she said, "My second brother and I already went to see it once last time. They were rehearsing the same content. How can I say I want to go again? You should make the call yourself."

Sha Lili begged Gui Er again and again, but Gui Er remained unmoved. Sha Lili had no choice but to say, "Okay, I'll do it myself, but you have to come with me."

Of course Guier agreed to this, and she was eager to have the opportunity to get close to Miss Shen.

Later, when Sha Lili was about to return to her uncle's house, she came to tell Guier that she had made an appointment with Miss Shen to watch her troupe rehearsal tomorrow, and her uncle's family would send a car to pick her up and pick up Guier.

Gui'er was very happy because this way Dali would not follow her and she might have a chance to go into Shen's house and investigate.

The next day, Sha Lili really came in the car sent by her uncle. After saying something to Gui'er and Sha Yanxiao, they got in the car and prepared to leave for St. John's University.

The car just turned around and was about to drive away when suddenly a car came head-on and passed by their car and drove into the villa of the Marshal's Mansion. Sha Lili and Gui'er were very curious about who was coming at this time. Sha Lili quickly said to the driver, "Wait a minute."

The two of them looked through the rear window and found that it was the eighth concubine. The people from the Marshal's Mansion had been in Shanghai for so long, and she finally came to see the Marshal.

Sha Lili turned to the driver and said, "Okay."

Then he said to Gui'er, "This Eighth Concubine is really spoiled. She came just now, probably because she wants to show off."

Gui'er smiled but said nothing, because she had heard Tong Yujun talk about the Eighth Concubine and her classmates. Gui'er was even a little worried that the Eighth Concubine might have come back to confront the Marshal. If so, it would be very dangerous.

The car arrived at the entrance of St. John's University. Gui'er saw a public telephone booth at the school gate and quickly said to Sha Lili, "Should we go back for lunch? Or should I call my second brother and talk to him?" In fact, she wanted to call Tong Yujun to talk to her about it. What was the Eighth Concubine going back for? If she was going back to confront her, it would be very dangerous.

Sha Lili said, "No need, it's not certain now. It's not too late to fight at noon." She pulled Gui'er and walked inside.

Since Gui'er had been there once, the two of them went directly to the troupe's practice room.

When I opened the door, Miss Shen hadn't arrived yet. Chen Wenqi had arrived, and she greeted Gui'er warmly, saying, "You're here. Come in quickly. Isn't your brother here today?"

Just as Gui'er was about to speak, Sha Lili said with a smile, "You are Miss Chen, right? My name is Sha Lili. My brother will probably come over later and pick you up directly to go to dinner. Today, I was curious, so I asked Miss Shen if I could come and watch your rehearsal."

Chen Wenqi said shyly and happily, "So that's how it is. Then you can just sit and watch."

After sitting down, Sha Lili quietly asked Gui'er, "Which one is Xu Wenjie?"

Guier looked around and said to her, "I don't see anyone. I guess he hasn't arrived yet."