A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

The housekeeper nodded and hurried out. After a while, the young woman who had previously claimed to be the nanny came in with the young master.

All the guests in the room looked over curiously.

The woman had a pretty face and dignified manners, unlike some prostitutes like dancers.

She first pulled the child to the coffin and knelt down to kowtow. After knelt down, she pulled the child to Mrs. Shen and bowed to her herself. The little boy was confused and didn't know what was going on. He just looked around. She hurriedly held the little boy down and bowed to Mrs. Shen.

Mrs. Shen said with a dark face: "Now that the worship is over, you can go."

The woman was stunned for a moment, bit her lip and said, "Mr. Shen didn't leave much money, and now he can't afford the room fee at the Peace Hotel."

The wife said, "What does this have to do with me?"

The Marshal's wife quickly pulled her aside and said to the woman, "How about this? You leave your son here. He's Mr. Shen's own flesh and blood, and we'll raise him. You're still young, go find your own place. You can't stay here and let others support you before you even get married."

The woman felt a little hesitant after hearing this.

Mrs. Shen waved her hand and said, "Don't make rash decisions. There is no such bastard in my family."

The Marshal's wife was a little embarrassed when she heard this, but she still said patiently, "Sister, now that Old Shen is gone, you must go back to the countryside. You can't stay in Shanghai forever. If you don't have a son, who knows how those uncles in the countryside will bully and take away your family's things. After all, Old Shen revealed his identity to this child, so those people can't deny it."

Mrs. Shen suddenly said excitedly: "Then I won't go back to the countryside. I will live with my daughter. Why should I raise someone else's son? Get out of here." She pointed at the woman and said, several servants and maids helped the woman up and pushed her out.

The Marshal's wife's expression changed slightly when she heard her words, but she didn't say anything.

The woman hesitated for a moment, then turned around, wiped her tears, and pulled the little boy out. Everyone saw this and felt a little sad.

When they were almost at the gate, Sha Yanyao stopped her and said, "You should go back to the Peace Hotel first. I'll call you later and I'll put the bill on my shoulders. We can make other plans after we've dealt with everything else."

The woman nodded, bowed to Sha Yanyao, and took the little boy away.

Miss Shen walked forward and asked Sha Yanyao with a dark face: "What do you mean?"

Sha Yanyao said, "She's your father's biological son. If we don't care about her, people will gossip." Then he leaned over and whispered in her ear, "If we're not careful, your uncles might use her to blackmail and seize the family property. That would be very troublesome. It's better for us to find a place for her ourselves so they don't have any excuse."

After hearing this, Miss Shen stopped talking.

After the excitement was over, Sha Yanxiao pulled Guier into the car and left.

The car drove out of the Shen residence and drove forward for a long distance. The driver looked up at the rearview mirror and said with a smile: "Miss, are you okay?"

Gui Er then realized that the driver was Wu Mingqiang and said with a smile, "So it's Brother Wu."

Wu Mingqiang said, "As soon as I received your call that day, I quickly sent people to guard outside the Shen residence, fearing that something might happen again. Then I sent people to run to the Peace Hotel and yell to let Mrs. Shen and her daughter know that this time it was really dangerous. Even those of us hiding in the Shen residence didn't know that someone had planted explosives in the car. Fortunately, you are fine."

Gui'er was surprised: "So there's someone lurking in the Shen residence."

Sha Yanxiao: "He went undercover last time to investigate Director Shen's attempt to sell maps to the Japanese. Director Shen did have close ties with the Japanese, but for some reason, the map he gave them was fake. Perhaps he was trying to leave himself a way out, but because of this, he didn't win the favor of the Japanese. He was assassinated this time, and it's really hard to tell which side was responsible."

Gui'er thought about it. She had been worried that Director Shen would betray his country by defecting to the Japanese. Now that he was dead, it didn't matter who got rid of him.

She asked Sha Yanxiao: "Brother, are we going back to Fengcheng or Jiangcheng this time?"

Sha Yanxiao touched her head and said, "Aren't you going to middle school? I'll go to Jiangcheng to get you enrolled and then I'll go back to Fengcheng."

"Then where will you live when you return to the Marshal's Mansion? Our original courtyard has been occupied by someone else."

"I'm not staying at the Marshal's Mansion. I'm staying at the Yong'an Hotel for a few days."

Gui'er couldn't help but said with some worry, "Will it be dangerous for you to go back to Jiangcheng now?"

Sha Yanxiao smiled: "Probably not. They are not in Jiangcheng, what can they do?"

When the train arrived at Fengcheng, Dali led a group of soldiers to the train station to pick them up. Seeing Guier, he said happily, "Miss, long time no see."

It was the first time that Guier saw Dali wearing a military uniform. He looked like a majestic officer, so she smiled and said, "Brother Dali, you look like a general now." This made Dali a little embarrassed.

Sha Yanxiao said to Dali, "I'm going directly to Jiangcheng now. You stay in Fengcheng for two more days." It turned out that he left Dali in Fengcheng to take charge of military affairs.

After that, the car went straight to Jiangcheng. When they arrived in Jiangcheng, they sent Guier back to the big house. Sha Yanxiao arranged for Dingxiang and Acheng to pack Guier's luggage, and he took Guier to the restaurant on the second floor of Yong'an Department Store for a meal.

After dinner, he took Gui'er to the Paramount Ballroom and went straight to the suite that Sha Yanyao had brought Gui'er to last time.

The officers were very surprised to see Sha Yanxiao and quickly stood up to greet him. Captain Duan was so excited that he stood at attention and saluted. Sha Yanxiao walked into the room, chatted with them with a smile, and asked about the recent military affairs.

The officers reported to him respectfully that some of their family members, who were originally playing cards and mahjong in the suite, were all sent out. There were one or two who did not leave and sat quietly on the side.

Gui'er was very surprised and felt that Sha Yanxiao's prestige in the army seemed to be higher than Sha Yanyao's.

Afterwards, Sha Yanxiao sent Gui'er back to the Marshal's Mansion and said to her, "I'll come pick you up tomorrow to complete the enrollment procedures."

Gui'er returned to her room, also exhausted. Just as she was about to take a shower and go to bed, Dingxiang ran in and said that Sha Lili came to see her.

Gui'er was very surprised. Usually, she was the only one who went to find Sha Lili, but today she took the initiative to come to her, so she hurried to welcome her in.

Sha Lili looked Gui'er up and down, then glanced at Dingxiang, and said with a sigh, "Luckily my mother told us to stay away from Director Shen's family. Look, you guys were almost ruined, weren't you?"