A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

Soon the day arrived, and indeed a sumptuous meal was prepared. Director Wang smiled and said, "Xiao Sha, you are too polite. I just came here for a simple meal."

Sha Yanyao smiled and said, "Director Wang, it is an honor for our family that you come to our house. My mother personally arranged for the chef to prepare all of this."

Guier noticed that although it was lunch time, they drank a lot of wine, both white and red. She felt strange in her heart, wondering if they didn’t have to work in the afternoon?

As a result, after the meal, Director Wang's steps became unsteady and he looked drunk, so everyone naturally helped Director Wang into Yulan's room.

Gui'er's room was on the same floor as Yulan's, so she didn't dare go back to her room. She just sat in the living room and read the newspaper.

It wasn't until late in the evening that Director Wang came down from upstairs. After he came down, he put his arm around Sha Yanyao's arm and said, "I was too drunk at noon. I'm sorry to have caused you trouble."

Sha Yanyao smiled and said, "I invited the Director back for dinner, so naturally I have to take care of him."

The lady also came forward warmly and said, "Director, please have dinner before leaving."

Director Wang waved his hand and said politely, "No, I have official business to attend to. I'll be leaving now."

As soon as Director Wang left, Yulan came down from the stairs. His wife hurried over and said lovingly, "Are you tired? Rest a little while longer. I'll ask the kitchen to stew some bird's nest for you. Drink some, it'll nourish you."

Yulan smiled and said, "It's nothing. I don't want to do anything to repay my mother and elder brother."

After that, Director Wang came to eat every few days, and his wife entertained him warmly every time. As time went by, Director Wang became familiar with everyone and was no longer shy. He even specifically asked his wife to find him deer penis, deer blood, and other aphrodisiacs.

Gradually, Guier discovered that something was wrong. The servants looked at her as if they were looking at Yulan.

One day Dingxiang's eyes came up with redness, and Guier asked her what was wrong?

Dingxiang sobbed softly and said, "I just had a quarrel with them upstairs. They said that when you grow up, Madam will arrange for you to be treated like Yulan. I couldn't stand it, so I scolded them back. Miss, we really shouldn't have come here. You used to be so precious in the mansion."

Gui'er remained silent. She was indeed a little worried that things would develop into this. In the past, she thought that the lady was a hypocrite, but now it seemed that she would do anything to achieve her goals.

She told Acheng about the situation and asked Acheng to notify Wu Mingqiang, and asked Wu Mingqiang to tell Sha Yanxiao, and it would be best if Sha Yanxiao could find a way to get her back to Jiangcheng.

Then he tried his best to avoid staying at home when Director Wang came. Every time he knew that Director Wang was coming, he would find ways to get Miss Shen to take him out. Although he still had to eat at home, the two of them would go out shopping after dinner. At least he could clear some suspicion and not let others think that he was a substitute.

When she heard that Director Wang was coming again at noon, Gui Er quickly said to Miss Shen, "Sister-in-law, I saw in the newspaper that the movie 'Sisters' is showing at the cinema today. It's very good. Can you take me to see it?"

Miss Shen also became interested and said, "Okay, let's go to the movies this afternoon."

The lady frowned and said, "You two just play all day long and don't even bother to help take care of the guests."

Miss Shen said, "Mother, since we've already found someone as kind as Sister Yulan to take care of things, there's no need for us to help, right? We're not good at this either."

The lady was speechless and her face turned black. Gui'er was a little worried that she would get angry at herself. Sha Yanyao smiled and said, "How can they help? If you want to go to the movies, go ahead."

After Director Wang arrived, he continued to eat and drink. After the meal, Miss Shen winked at Guier, then stood up and left.

Gui'er also understood what she meant, and she stood up from her seat quietly. When no one was paying attention, she slipped out quietly. Dingxiang had already prepared a small handbag for her in the room and handed it to her at the door.

Just as the two were about to get in the car and drive away, Sha Yanyao suddenly came out and said to Miss Shen, "Fengshu, Mother didn't mean that. Don't overthink it. She's just upset because we've put so much effort into Director Wang's work, but there's still no progress."

Then he took out three silver dollars and gave them to Guier, saying, "Guier, you've been so well behaved since you came here. You study at home all day. It's time for you to go out and play. Use this money to buy something you like."

Guier took it and said sweetly, "Thank you, brother."

Miss Shen looked at him with mixed emotions, then nodded and got into the car with Guier without saying anything.

After watching the movie, the two of them went to a restaurant and ordered two desserts. Gui'er looked around and wanted to find an opportunity to call Song Xichen.

Suddenly, Miss Shen stared straight ahead. Gui'er was a little puzzled and followed her gaze. It turned out to be Xu Wenjie.

Gui'er was also shocked. In order to prevent the two of them from meeting, she had chosen not to contact Xu Wenjie, but she didn't expect to meet him like this.

Xu Wenjie turned around and saw them. He froze in his tracks. After a while, he walked over and said, "I heard about your family returning a long time ago, but I didn't expect to see you until now. How have you been these past few years?"

All these words were said to Miss Shen. Guier felt that Xu Wenjie only had Miss Shen in his eyes now, and everyone else was invisible.

Guier greeted him and said, "Mr. Xu, long time no see."

Xu Wenjie finally realized what was happening and said to Gui'er with a smile, "It's Gui'er. You've grown taller again."

The three of them sat in the dessert shop for the entire afternoon, with Xu Wenjie and Miss Shen basically chatting about things that happened in the past two years, and they didn't do anything inappropriate.

At around five o'clock, Guier saw that it was getting late and said to Miss Shen, "Sister-in-law, we should go back too."

Miss Shen lowered her head, looking a little sad. After a few seconds, she looked up and smiled at Xu Wenjie, saying, "Wenjie, I'm glad to see you again. Seeing you living so positively now, I feel so ashamed of myself. I hope we can meet again in the future. Let's go back first."

Xu Wenjie opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated. In the end, he didn't say anything. He just smiled and said, "Okay, be careful on your way back."

Gui'er breathed a sigh of relief after leaving the dessert shop. She was a little surprised that Miss Shen didn't tell her that Madam and Sha Yanyao had found a prostitute to seduce Shangguan.

I asked tentatively: "Sister-in-law, why didn't you tell Xu Wenjie about Yulan's matter?"