A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

Xu Wenjie nodded and said, "That's a good idea. Uncle, can you please check if there are any losses?"

When Director Shen first heard Gui'er say this, he immediately glared at her. However, when he heard Xu Wenjie agree, he immediately changed his expression and said with a smile, "It's not a loss, because she didn't notice me coming in. However, people like her must not stay in my house. I'll have her family come and take her away soon. You guys go back and have some tea first."

Guier realized that Director Shen probably wanted to get them out of the way so that he could deal with the servant.

So when Miss Shen, Xu Wenjie and she retreated to the reception room, he smiled and said to Miss Shen, "It's getting late, and I should go back. I had a great time here today. Next time you have time, come and borrow Lu Xun's books from Miss Shen, okay?"

When Miss Shen heard this, she ran happily to her study and took out a collection of Lu Xun's works for her. Gui'er took the book and left immediately.

After getting into Dali's car, Gui'er had been thinking about how to tell Song Xichen the news. Suddenly, she remembered that there seemed to be a public telephone on the roadside on the way back to the Marshal's villa. However, she was worried that since she could make a call back at the villa, making a call from a roadside phone booth would arouse suspicion. While she was hesitating, she saw a phone booth in front of her.

Gui'er didn't care about that and quickly said to Dali, "Brother Dali, stop the car. I'm going to call Tong Yujun."

Sure enough, Dali muttered, "Can't we go back and fight? Why do we have to do it now?"

Gui'er had no choice but to say with a smile: "Miss Shen just lent me a good book, and I was anxious to share it with her." Then she ran out of the car, went straight to the phone booth and dialed Song Xichen's number. She was worried that Song Xichen was not at home, or that someone else answered the call. Fortunately, it was Song Xichen who answered the call.

Gui Er told him what happened at the Shen residence and said, "I don't know if this person was sent by you or by Brother Yan Xiao. The only thing I can be sure of is that Director Shen will definitely not let her off easily. Why don't you quickly investigate and rescue her?"

Song Xichen listened and said, "I see. Are you okay? Did you arouse their suspicion? Are you safe now?"

Gui'er quickly said, "I'm fine. I'm rushing back to the Marshal's villa. I'll tell Brother Yanxiao about this when I get back."

Song Xichen said: "Okay, be sure to pay attention to safety."

After finishing the call, Gui'er was thinking about how to tell Sha Yanxiao about this without being abrupt.

Just as I was thinking about it, Dali suddenly said, "What's wrong? You looked a little off when you came out after the phone call."

Gui Er suddenly had an idea and said, "No, I just remembered that just now at the Shen family, when I was about to say goodbye, there was a commotion in their house. Director Shen caught a servant and said that the man had gone into his study to rummage through the cabinets and steal things. I said that he should be sent to the police station, but he was not happy about it. It was so strange."

When Dali heard this, he became serious and said, "Could that be the person we sent over?"

Gui Er pretended to have just remembered and said, "Yes, I heard that Brother Wu sent someone over, but I thought that person was stupid and didn't think that was the case."

Dali stopped talking, stepped on the accelerator and drove towards the Marshal's villa.

As soon as they returned to the villa, Dali followed Guier to the floor where Sha Yanxiao and Guier lived.

Sha Yanxiao and Chen Wenqi were there, and Guier was very surprised that they had developed very quickly this time and brought them all home.

When Sha Yanxiao saw Dali, he knew something unusual had happened, so he smiled and said to Chen Wenqi, "I'll pick you up tomorrow morning to go to the movies."

Chen Wenqi nodded sweetly, and Sha Yanxiao gentlemanly walked her downstairs.

Then he came back quickly and asked Dali if anything had happened.

Dali nodded at Gui'er, and Gui'er told her what happened at the Shen family again. Sha Yanxiao's face was stern, and he said to Gui'er, "Dali and I are going out for a while."

Then he left in a hurry. That day was the day to have dinner with the Marshal, but Sha Yanxiao didn't come back in the end. After dinner, Gui'er went back to her room to listen to the radio.

Before she had listened for long, Sha Yanyao suddenly came to find her. Gui'er was very surprised and quickly asked him to sit down. She also asked Dingxiang to make tea and prepare snacks.

Sha Yanyao smiled and said, "Sister, don't be busy. Haven't you gone out to play these past two days?"

Gui'er couldn't figure out what Sha Yanyao's purpose was, but she told the truth: "Yes, I went out. Lily and I went to watch Miss Shen's troupe rehearsal for two days, and then we went to her house to play for a while. Miss Shen also lent me a book to read." As she said that, she took out the collection of Lu Xun's essays.

Sha Yanyao smiled, but Guier always felt that his smile was a bit forced.

Gui'er changed the subject and asked, "Brother, where have you been playing these past two days?"

Sha Yanyao smiled and said, "I'm going to visit some old friends with my mother."

Then the atmosphere became awkward. To avoid embarrassment, Gui'er said to Sha Yanyao, "Brother, let's play chess. It's been a while."

Sha Yanyao readily agreed. They played two games, each with its own winners and losers. The third game was a close one, and Gui'er narrowly won. Sha Yanyao patted Gui'er's head and said, "It's only been a while since I last played chess with you, and yet your chess skills have improved again. Did you secretly find someone to practice with?"

Gui Er smiled and said, "No, I haven't played in a long time. However, when I was at Miss Shen's house, I played a game with Mr. Xu. It was just like this game. It was very close, but he won in the end. He was very proud."

Sha Yanyao said, "Mr. Xu? I think I heard Lily mention him. He's the son of a high-ranking official she recently befriended."

Gui'er couldn't help but admire the fourth concubine's social skills. On the surface, she should be a strong competitor of the lady, but as time went on, she found that the two families had a decent relationship in private. Sha Yanyao even knew that Sha Lili wanted to build a relationship with Xu Wenjie.

So Gui'er said, "Yes, but Mr. Xu is very arrogant. Maybe it's because his father is a high-ranking official. I saw that Director Shen was very polite to him at the Shen family."

Sha Yanyao suddenly asked Gui'er, "Are Mr. Xu and Miss Shen close?"

Gui'er was stunned for a moment, and quickly said: "Mr. Xu is very polite to Miss Shen. I feel that Director Shen seems to be trying to curry favor with Mr. Xu." She carefully considered every word, fearing that if she said something wrong, it would bring disaster to Miss Shen. After all, the cause of Miss Shen's accident last time has not been found out yet.

After Sha Yanyao left, Gui'er said to Dingxiang, "I used to think the relationship between the first wife and the fourth concubine was not very good, but it seems that is not the case."

Ding Xiang smiled and said, "Miss, what are you thinking about? The Fourth Concubine's family has connections in the government, and the Third Young Master will not inherit the position of Marshal. There is no conflict between the Madam and the Fourth Concubine. It can be said that they have a good relationship and sometimes even help each other."