A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

After dinner, the fourth concubine left in a hurry with her two children, saying that there was a guest from her uncle's family who was quite important and she wanted to go back and get to know him.

Afterwards, Gui'er and Sha Yanxiao continued to read books, newspapers and listen to the radio as usual.

The next day, Sha Yanxiao told Gui'er not to go out and stay at home, and Gui'er had no choice but to do so.

Two days later, Gui'er suddenly discovered that the Eighth Concubine was missing. She was not seen at mealtimes, and she was not seen walking around at other times. Gui'er secretly paid attention and found that the maid she asked Zhou Bo to arrange for the Eighth Concubine had returned to the yard to sweep the floor and water the flowers.

Suddenly, he felt something was wrong and quietly asked Dingxiang, "Where is the Eighth Concubine?"

Ding Xiang hesitated to speak, and said cautiously: "Miss, please don't ask so many questions. You saw what happened a few days ago."

Guier knew what she was referring to. In fact, she had a premonition in her heart, but she didn't dare to believe it because she didn't hear any sound at all.

After thinking it over, Gui'er decided to call Tong Yujun, but she didn't dare to do so in the villa, so she called Miss Shen and said that she was too bored and wanted to go shopping with her and go to the art exhibition at Daxin Department Store to see if there were any new works.

Miss Shen agreed readily. Sha Yanxiao and Dali wanted to go out, so they sent a driver from the villa to take her there.

After meeting Miss Shen, Guier took her to the exhibition hall on the second floor of Daxin Department Store.

Gui Er looked around and found that no one was following her, and there were no suspicious people around, so she said to Miss Shen, "After we finish the exhibition, let's go to the nearby Café de Caesar for dessert."

Miss Shen said, "Okay."

Gui'er took the opportunity to say, "Then I'll go call and tell my second brother that I'll be back later. He always says things are not peaceful lately, so I don't want him to worry."

Miss Shen smiled and said, "I didn't expect the young marshal to be so thoughtful."

Guier went to the service desk on the second floor, gave a small tip, and said to the waiter on duty, "Please make a phone call."

The waiter said with a smile, "Please help yourself." He even walked a little further away.

After thanking her, Gui'er called Tong Yujun's home and told her the general situation. She said, "Your aunt hasn't been seen for a few days. I can't find her at home, and I don't dare to ask. You guys should think of a solution on your own, but don't tell them I told you."

There was silence on the other end of the phone for a long time, and then Tong Yujun's trembling voice came: "Will something happen to my aunt? What should I do now?"

Gui'er sighed. She knew Tong Yujun, a child, couldn't make up her mind, so she said to her, "Hurry up and discuss this with your parents. But I have one thing to remind you: Don't come to the Marshal's Mansion. The Marshal is furious right now. Do you understand? Don't come to the Marshal's Mansion, don't meet him. I'm afraid he'll take his anger out on you if he sees your family. You can ask your father to spend some money to find someone to help investigate."

Tong Yujun still seemed unable to accept it and kept mumbling to herself. Gui'er was afraid that if they talked for too long, Miss Shen would find out, so she said to Tong Yujun, "You should go and deal with it quickly. It's hard to say what's happening to your aunt right now. Hurry up, maybe she can still be saved. I also finally found an opportunity to call you outside, so let's leave it at that."

With that said, he hung up the phone.

Afterwards, I accompanied Miss Shen to an art exhibition, and then went to Kaisling to eat chestnut cake before returning to the Shuaifu Villa.

Two days later, the Marshal suddenly said to everyone during dinner: "Go back and pack your bags. We will go back tomorrow afternoon."

Everyone was stunned for a moment. The Ninth Concubine swayed her hips and walked over to the Marshal, saying coquettishly, "Marshal, didn't you say you were going to Shanghai for the New Year? Why are you suddenly going back? It's already the twelfth lunar month, why not leave after the New Year?"

The Marshal's face suddenly turned gloomy. He put the teacup in his hand heavily on the table and said, "Go back and pack up. We'll leave tomorrow." Then he went back to his room.

Gui Er felt puzzled and returned to the third floor. She asked Sha Yanxiao, "Brother, are we not celebrating the New Year in Shanghai this year?"

Sha Yanxiao nodded and said, "It's a bit troublesome. It seems that a big shot is trying to blackmail us, so we'd better get out of the spotlight. You should pack your things quickly, because he might leave at any time."

Gui'er realized that something was wrong, but now she couldn't find a chance to call Song Xichen, so she had to act according to circumstances.

Just in case, she put the pocket pistol and the hidden weapon pen in the small bag she carried with her, and packed up the money and jewelry she brought from Jiangcheng, as well as the gold bar given by the Marshal.

Let Dingxiang help her clean up the rest.

After that, she went to the study to find Sha Yanxiao. She knocked on the door and entered. She found Sha Yanxiao looking at her warily. After seeing that it was Gui'er, he relaxed and said to her, "Go to the door and help me watch. I need to call Wu Mingqiang."

Gui'er nodded, left the door ajar, and stood at the entrance. Sha Yanxiao called Wu Mingqiang and said to him, "I'm leaving Shanghai tomorrow at the latest. Get rid of the things I told you to sell before. It doesn't matter if the house is a little cheaper. Other things like calligraphy and paintings and antiques that can't be sold should be transferred to our house in the suburbs of Shanghai. Also, don't put the money you earn in the bank. Exchange it for gold bars and bring it back to me in Jiangcheng."

Sure enough, Sha Yanxiao guessed it right. At around six or seven o'clock the next morning, the housekeeper Zhou Bo suddenly knocked on the doors of each room and said that the Marshal had notified them to set off immediately.

Everyone was very surprised. They had originally said it would be in the afternoon, so it should have been at least noon. But when they saw Dashuai's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, they didn't say much and hurriedly carried the things to the car.

Gui'er then remembered that she had borrowed Miss Shen's book and hadn't returned it to her yet, so she said, "I'll give Miss Shen a call and let her know. I'll have the housekeeper arrange for someone to deliver it."

The Marshal heard this and suddenly interrupted, "It's just two books. No need to call. When we get back, we can ask Lao Zhou to deliver them directly."

Gui'er was very surprised that the Marshal even cared about this, but she didn't say anything. She packed the book and handed it to Zhou Bo.

It was almost time to set off. The Marshal looked around and walked up to Sha Yanxiao and said, "Where is your driver?" Only then did Guier realize that Dali had not returned.

Sha Yanxiao said, "I sent him out to take care of something the day before yesterday. He was originally supposed to be back this afternoon, but we changed our plans and couldn't call to let him know. I've already arranged for Lao Zhou to wait for him to come back and let him know. Let's arrange for someone else to drive first."

The Marshal said, "Okay."

Sha Yanxiao pulled Gui'er into the car. Gui'er looked and saw that the person sitting in the driver's seat was Ah Si, Ji Yiru's former servant. But when she thought about it, it made sense, as he was now Sha Yanxiao's man.