A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

Gui'er returned to the eldest young master's courtyard. She felt that all the strength in her body had been drained away. The opening words made her feel very disappointed. What made her even more disappointed was that the young lady and the young master were silent beside her.

She is now more determined to leave the Song Mansion in the future.

When she was sitting at the small desk in her room thinking about these things, the door was pushed open silently, and Song Xichen walked in quietly with a cake. Gui'er heard the sound and looked back. Song Xichen smiled at her, put the cake on the table, bent down and half-knelt so that she could look at him at eye level.

He said cautiously, "This is the cake I bought for you."

Guier smiled calmly and said, "Thank you, Master."

Song Xichen hesitated and said awkwardly, "Did you really not suffer any harm in Qingfeng Village?"

Gui'er smiled inwardly: "You still don't trust me." She said calmly, "Master, every word I say is true."

"What's with the wound on Taohua's head?" Song Xichen asked.

"That was the guy called Tiger Lord. He wanted to bully the young lady, so Taohua and I tried to stop him. Taohua was thrown out by him and hit her head on the ground, getting injured." Guier said.

"What happened next?" Song Xichen became nervous.

"The young leader of Qingfeng Village stopped Master Hu." Guier said.

"Oh, so that's how it is." Song Xichen breathed a sigh of relief but also felt a little unhappy.

Gui Er suddenly remembered that she hadn't seen Tao Hua since she came back for dinner. When the Cao family came, they should have asked Tao Hua to come out. So she said to Song Xichen, "I want to share this cake with Tao Hua."

Song Xichen smiled and said, "Okay."

Guier came to the young lady's yard with a cake. This was her first time to visit the young lady. Usually Taohua would come to see her.

Song Tingting is worthy of being the daughter of the Song family. Her yard is decorated very exquisitely and beautifully. Unlike Song Xichen's yard which only has green trees, there are many flowers here, blooming in all their splendor. There is also a swing under a big tree.

As soon as Gui'er reached the gate of the young lady's courtyard, she was stopped. An old maid stood at the door and refused to let Gui'er in. Gui'er had no choice but to say with a smile, "Please tell Taohua that this is the cake our young master sent for the young lady. Ask her to come out and get it."

The old woman stretched out her hand to take the cake, saying, "Just give it to me."

Gui'er quickly stepped back and said, "This is the cake our young master gave to Miss. He specifically told me to personally hand it to Miss's personal maid, Taohua."

The old woman had no choice but to mutter and walk into the house reluctantly.

After a while, the old woman came running out and said in horror, "It's terrible! The young lady cut her wrists." Then she stood there at a loss, not knowing what to do.

Guier walked quickly into the house and said, "Where are the people?"

The old woman said, "In the bedroom."

Gui'er followed the old maid into the bedroom and saw Song Tingting leaning weakly on the edge of the bed with one hand hanging down and blood flowing from it. There was a knife on the floor and quilt, and on the dressing table next to her.

Gui'er turned to the old maid and said, "Go to the eldest young master's room, find him and ask him to come over. Be quiet and don't let anyone know. If this news gets out, it will be bad for the young lady."

The old woman was at a loss. After hearing what Gui'er said, she agreed and ran out.

Guier looked around but couldn't find a towel or rope, so she simply took a knife and cut the quilt into strips, which she used to make a tourniquet on the young lady's arm. She then used the quilt fabric to simply bandage the wound on her wrist.

After doing all this, she waited for Song Xichen to come and take the young lady to the hospital.

At this moment, the other servants in the young lady's courtyard heard the commotion and came over to peek in. They were all startled. One servant was about to shout, but Gui'er stopped him, walked out of the room and said to everyone, "This matter must not be made public. It will bring bad reputation to the young lady." Then she said to an older maid, "Go find Madam Zhou and tell her about this. Don't tell anyone else, and don't tell anyone else if they ask you."

Gui'er was originally worried that the servants in the young lady's courtyard would not listen to her. Fortunately, the servants in this courtyard seemed to have served the young lady since childhood. They were willing to consider the young lady and did as she said.

Only then did Gui'er realize that despite all the commotion, she hadn't seen Taohua. So she asked the other servants, "Where's Taohua?"

A maid said, "Taohua said she felt dizzy and is resting in the bedroom."

Gui'er felt something was wrong and hurried to the small room next to the young lady's bedroom. She pushed open the door and saw Taohua lying on the ground unconscious.

Everyone rushed to help Taohua up. Gui'er pinched her philtrum and called out desperately, "Taohua, Taohua."

After calling Taohua several times, she slowly opened her eyes and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

But Gui'er felt that Taohua still needed to go to the hospital. She ran back to the young lady's bedroom and checked the young lady's wound. Blood was still slowly oozing out. Just as she was getting anxious, Song Xichen arrived.

He was shocked when he saw the scene in front of him. He picked up Song Tingting and ran out. Gui'er quickly said, "Taohua also needs to go to the hospital."

Song Xichen looked back and asked Dagang, who came with him, to carry the peach blossoms and send them over together.

Gui'er wanted to follow, so she chased after him desperately. The servants in the young lady's courtyard asked, "What should we do then?"

Gui Er turned around and said to them, "Wait a moment until Madam Zhou comes over. Tell her what happened and have her report back to the Master and the Madam to see how we can explain it to the public."

Arriving at the hospital, the doctor helped Song Tingting stop the bleeding, and after taking a look at Taohua's condition, he said, "It's a concussion, plus the shock, which led to the fever and fainting."

Gui'er stayed by the bedside of the young lady and Taohua all night, taking turns to check on them. She didn't go back to rest until Nanny Zhou was sent from the back of the Song Mansion to take care of the young lady.

In the morning, Song Xichen came back from the hospital and asked her to get up and go to school. Gui'er was so tired that she couldn't open her eyes. But she thought that it was very difficult for her to go to school in this era. Only by going to school could she change her destiny and pave the way for her future independence, so she struggled.

In the car, Song Xichen asked Gui'er, "Were you the one who told them not to make it public last night?"

Gui'er nodded and said, "Yes, I was thinking that the young lady was about to be broken off from the engagement by the Cao family. If this matter were to be made public, others might think that the young lady was raped by the bandits because the Cao family knew about it, and that's why she couldn't get over it. That would be even worse."

Song Xichen patted her head approvingly, and Gui'er took the opportunity to say, "Master, I'm a servant, and there are some things I shouldn't say, but..."

Song Xichen said, "If you have anything to say, just say it."

Gui Er observed Song Xichen's expression and said, "I don't think the Cao family is a good match."

As expected, Song Xichen's expression changed immediately upon hearing this. After a long while, he sighed and said, "I know that, but now the whole city knows that my sister has been caught by bandits. If I cancel the engagement now, it will be difficult to find someone else in the future."

Gui Er said, "If that's the case, the Cao family shouldn't blame us for being unjust. We can find something to ruin Young Master Cao's reputation and then use that as a pretext to cancel the engagement. Wouldn't that be a logical conclusion?"

Song Xichen was stunned for a moment when he heard this. He looked at Gui'er intently and said, "Guier, I really feel like there's an adult's soul living inside you."