A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

After a few days, Director Wang came more frequently, and he began to bring other people with him. According to him, these people were all his colleagues. At first, these people were polite and well-mannered, but over time, they gradually became as frivolous as Director Huang.

Gui'er and Miss Shen were very wary and had a tacit understanding. As soon as they came, they would find an excuse to watch a movie, go shopping, etc. and hide away together.

Mrs. Shen found out and came to visit. She worriedly told the wife and Sha Yanyao, "It's good to be proactive, but you also have to be restrained. If you go too far, it will become a scandal if it gets out. I only have this one daughter, and if anything happens to her, I'll fight for her."

The lady curled her lips and didn't take it seriously. Sha Yanyao quickly smiled and said to Mrs. Shen: "Mother-in-law, you are too kind. As a husband, I will definitely protect Feng Shu."

That day, Gui'er and Miss Shen slipped out again because the mansion was entertaining several high-ranking officials. After watching all the new movies, they wandered aimlessly on the streets. Fortunately, Nanjing is the capital after all, and the security is better than Shanghai and Jiangcheng.

As they walked, they came to a bookstore. Gui'er and Miss Shen both liked books, so they walked in at the same time. Miss Shen read essays and literature, while Gui'er read comic books.

Just as she was enjoying the show, Guier suddenly heard a familiar voice. She turned around and saw it was Xu Wenjie.

Xu Wenjie was also very surprised to see them. He smiled and said, "Why are you here?" while staring at Gui'er.

Guier guessed that he thought she had something to hand over to him, so she quickly said, "We were shopping and saw a bookstore here, so we came in. We didn't realize it was Mr. Xu's bookstore."

Ms. Shen said with emotion: "You once said that you wanted to open a bookstore and immerse yourself in the ocean of books every day. I didn't expect that you actually did it."

Xu Wenjie lowered his head and smiled, saying, "If you two want to read any books, just come to my place and get them. I'll use it as a free library for you." As he said that, he made a cup of coffee for Miss Shen and a cup of milk tea for Gui'er.

Gui'er felt that Xu Wenjie seemed to have become much more mature and stable. Looking at the way he interacted with people in the store, he had some of the shadow of Manager Liu.

Xu Wenjie chatted with Miss Shen for a while. Just then, a customer came in, so he went to deal with it. After sending the customer away, he walked around to Gui'er and whispered, "Is there really nothing going on here?"

Gui'er wondered whether she should tell him what happened at the Sha Mansion, but seeing that Miss Shen hadn't said anything, perhaps because she didn't want him to know, she shook her head and said, "No, I really just happened to pass by. How's Brother Xichen doing? I haven't even had a chance to call him."

Xu Wenjie said to her, "He just asked me to take care of you. To ensure your safety, we don't keep in touch much."

Afterwards, Miss Shen and Guier each bought a few books and took them home.

That night, Yulan went to find Guier again. Guier was shocked when she saw her. She saw that she had dark circles under her eyes and looked very haggard. She asked quickly, "Yulan, what's wrong with you?"

Yulan smiled sadly, and said hesitantly: "The friends brought by Director Wang like to make trouble for people. Forget it, you are a child and don't understand these things." Then she turned around and walked away slowly.

Gui'er was not really a child. She probably knew that one of Director Wang's friends had a violent tendency and had tortured her severely.

After much thought, Gui'er decided to come up with a plan herself. She told Ah Cheng that she wanted to meet Wu Mingqiang. Ah Cheng immediately went to inform him and came back to tell Gui'er, "Miss, tomorrow, Brother Qiang will dress up as a peddler selling small items. He will pass by our house in the morning. When you hear the sound of the rattle, it will be Brother Qiang."

Guier nodded and said, "I understand."

The next day, Gui'er was sitting in the living room early in the morning. In order not to appear out of place, she was reading a newspaper. At about 11 o'clock, she heard the sound of a rattle coming from far away. Gui'er pretended to be curious and went to the gate of the yard to look out.

I saw an old man with a small mustache wearing an old felt hat, a coarse cloth gown, a dark blue cloth belt around his waist, and a pair of old cloth shoes with thousand-layer soles whose color could no longer be distinguished. He was carrying two large wooden boxes. The wooden boxes were quite old, and inside them were placed various items, including silk threads, embroidery, needle tops, combs, mirrors and other women's work supplies, as well as clay figurines, rattles and other toys, and snacks such as sesame candies and fruit candies.

Before he even reached the door of Sha Mansion, a large group of adults and children from the neighborhood surrounded him. The peddler simply put down his carrying pole and did some business. Gui'er watched the shoppers gradually disperse before she walked forward.

She deliberately looked through the goods slowly and took a look at the peddler. Except for his eyes, she could hardly recognize that the rest of his body was Wu Mingqiang.

Wu Mingqiang said to Guier, "Miss, you have been wronged these days. How do you think we should teach those beasts a lesson?" while pretending to sell toys to her.

Gui Er said as she flipped through the documents, "We can't take direct action against those people, or it will affect the Marshal's Mansion. But I think Director Wang is getting more and more aggressive. You should check his network and see if he has any weaknesses. It would be best if you could find out if he's genuinely trying to help Big Brother find a job, or if he's just playing a trick on Big Brother."

Wu Mingqiang said, "Okay, I get it. There are ways to deal with lustful people."

Gui'er said, "Be careful and tread carefully. He's a high-ranking government official. It would be best if we could find his mortal enemy and something to hold against him."

Wu Mingqiang took out a toy and pretended to sell it to Guier, saying, "Don't worry, Miss. This is our specialty."

Guier finally chose a small clay figurine of the Seven Fairies, paid the money, and then returned to the yard.

As soon as she entered the yard, she saw Sha Yanyao standing at the gate. He smiled and said to her, "Are you shopping?"

Gui'er was startled, but she pretended to be calm, shook the clay figurine in her hand towards him, and said with a smile, "Well, I bought a little toy."

Sha Yanyao saw the clay figurine in her hand and said with a smile: "You are a lady, you should bring a servant with you when you go out. These peddlers walking around the streets may also be bad people."

Guier smiled and nodded, saying, "Okay, I thought it was right at the doorstep, so it wouldn't be a big deal. I'll be more careful next time."

A few days later, there was still no news from Wu Mingqiang, but Director Huang came to visit again. This time he did not bring any friends with him, but he brought his driver to the table. Sha Yanyao and his wife were obviously stunned for a moment, because servants usually would not sit at the table, but for Director Huang's sake, everyone still entertained him warmly.