A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

In less than a moment, voices were heard, accompanied by crisp laughter, and Miss Shen walked in, followed by Xu Wenjie.

Gui'er and Sha Lili quickly stood up to greet them. Miss Shen smiled and said, "You're here. There's nothing to do. Just sit there and watch."

Then she started rehearsing with Xu Wenjie and other students. Xu Wenjie stood out among the group of students who were dressed simply. He was not only the male lead, but also one of the screenwriters. Guier saw that Sha Lili's eyes lit up when she saw him.

After rehearsing for the entire morning, at lunchtime, the teacher said, "It's time to take a break. Come back this afternoon."

People they knew went out in twos and threes. Miss Shen said to Gui'er and Sha Lili, "Then let's go eat too."

Sha Lili glanced at Xu Wenjie's hesitation, then smiled unwillingly and said, "Okay."

Who knew that when they reached the door, Xu Wenjie actually came over and said, "Feng Shu, where are you going to eat? Let's go together."

Miss Shen hesitated, perhaps because Gui'er and Sha Lili weren't familiar with Xu Wenjie. Sha Lili quickly said, "It's okay. A meal with more people is more lively and delicious. Hello, my name is Sha Lili. What's your name, classmate?"

Xu Wenjie looked at Sha Lili and forced a smile. He said, "My name is Xu Wenjie. Are you two Marshal Sha's daughters?"

Sha Lili quickly said, "My eldest uncle works in the Material Supply Department, and my second uncle works in the Secretariat."

Xu Wenjie smiled, but it was more like a snort than a smile. Then he felt it was impolite and raised the corners of his mouth.

Guier felt a little embarrassed. Xu Wenjie's father was a high-ranking official in the central government. How could he take a small local official seriously?

But Sha Lili didn't seem to care, still smiling and said, "Then let's go eat."

Several people came to a small restaurant near the school and sat down. Sha Lili looked around. It was actually a small family-run restaurant with ordinary wooden tables and long benches. She shrugged her nose slightly, probably not very satisfied with the environment of this restaurant.

Xu Wenjie pointed at the menu hanging on the wall and said excitedly, "This shop makes good noodles, and the prices are good. I come here often to eat."

Guier glanced at the menu hanging on the wall. It was indeed full of various kinds of noodles, including thick mutton soup noodles, fish noodles, braised meat noodles, shredded chicken noodles, Yangchun noodles, mushroom noodles, etc. There were more than ten or twenty kinds in a row, and the prices were really favorable, usually 5 to 8 copper coins per bowl. You can also add toppings, and each addition costs one copper coin. Guier saw that the table next to her had added several ingredients, and a full bowl only cost ten copper coins.

So I got interested and ordered a bowl of noodles with soybean paste and asked for meat. The waiter asked, "Miss, do you want the fat or the lean, and do you want the green?"

Gui'er was stunned for a moment before she realized that the question was whether she wanted fat or lean meat, and that the question "minqing" was about whether she wanted green onions. She said, "I want lean meat, not green onions. I like green onions."

Others also ordered. Sha Lili frowned and ordered a bowl of vegetarian noodles.

After finishing their meal, Miss Shen said to Gui'er and Sha Lili, "I won't be attending rehearsal this afternoon because I need to prepare for my new job. Can I get you a car to take you back?"

Gui Er heard that Miss Shen was seeing someone off, so she quickly said, "Oh, it's okay, you don't have to worry about me, we drove here ourselves."

Miss Shen smiled, and Xu Wenjie stood up to pay the bill and prepare to leave when Sha Lili suddenly said, "Miss Shen, I really enjoyed watching you rehearse. Can you come over later?"

Miss Shen smiled and said, "Of course."

Gui Er took the opportunity to say to Miss Shen, "I've watched the rehearsal twice and visited all those shopping malls. It's boring. Can I come to your house to play with you?"

Miss Shen touched Gui'er's face and said, "Of course."

On the way back in the car, Sha Lili said to Gui'er, "That Xu Wenjie is really arrogant. What do you think of his impression of me?"

Gui Er didn't dare to speculate and said, "I don't know. It doesn't seem like there's anything special about it."

Sha Lili sighed dejectedly, and said unwillingly, "No, we still have to find a way."

Two days later, Guier called Miss Shen and asked to go to her house to play. That day happened to be Sunday, and Miss Shen happily agreed.

Gui'er came to the Shen residence in a powerful car. There was no banquet today, so it was much quieter. Gui'er saw several gardeners and maids cleaning the yard.

The gardeners were definitely not sent by Song Xichen, because they had no way of entering the house at all, so it could only be the maid.

Gui Er observed the maid carefully and regretted not asking who Song Xichen was in advance. Otherwise, she could have done something to help her get into the house.

Mr. Shen was away, so Mrs. Shen warmly entertained Gui'er. She asked the kitchen to bring some snacks and the servants to cut some fruit. She told Gui'er, "Don't be polite. Just treat yourself as if you were at home."

Gui'er thanked her quickly, and then Mrs. Shen also went out.

Guier suggested playing chess with Miss Shen, thinking that by chatting while playing chess, she could get some information.

After two games, Gui'er unexpectedly won both. Miss Shen couldn't help but look at Gui'er with a different eye. She smiled and said, "I didn't expect that Gui'er is such a good chess player."

Gui'er said, "These were all taught to me by my brother Yanyao."

Miss Shen was silent.

Gui'er was racking her brains to think of how to bring the topic to the layout of the Shen family's rooms when Xu Wenjie suddenly came.

He was surprised to see Gui'er there too. Miss Shen smiled and said, "We're playing chess. This little girl is quite good. She's already beaten me twice."

Xu Wenjie heard this and said with great interest, "So amazing? Then I'll play a game with you."

I have to say that Xu Wenjie is quite good at playing chess. Gui'er and he were evenly matched, but in the end he narrowly won.

Xu Wenjie wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a smile, "The daughter of a warlord is no better than this."

Gui'er and Miss Shen were both stunned for a moment. Gui'er realized that Xu Wenjie actually looked down on warlords in his heart, so now that he had won the game, he was so proud of himself that he blurted out the wrong thing.

Xu Wenjie looked at their expressions, realized he had said the wrong thing, and said with a smile: "What I meant was that you are also very good."

Gui'er knew that warlords were not good people, but she felt a little unhappy about being scolded for no reason, so she said, "Mr. Xu seems very dissatisfied with the warlords, but I think we should look at the situation. My father and brother have been operating Jiangcheng and Fengcheng with trepidation for more than ten years and have a good reputation. They have done a lot for the people. You can investigate these, there is solid evidence. Even if my father gave up the two cities now, it doesn't mean that the people who took over will do better than him."

Xu Wenjie was speechless for a moment. Gui'er was talking about the actual situation. In this era, even the areas under the jurisdiction of the central government were in chaos. In comparison, Jiangcheng and Fengcheng were relatively stable areas.