A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

Gui'er said to Sha Yanyao, "Brother, go find my sister-in-law quickly. I think she has gone back to her parents' home."

Sha Yanyao stood up, but still felt unsteady. It was probably because he drank too much during lunch. Guier quickly called the servants to help him go to Mrs. Shen.

Gui'er guessed that even if Miss Shen was not physically injured, she would still have a great psychological trauma. In fact, at this time, a female elder should go over to comfort her, actually the madam. But looking at the madam's expression, she knew that she was definitely unwilling to go. She had just been slapped in the face and was too lazy to remind her.

Not long after, Sha Yanyao came back with the help of the servants, saying that Mrs. Shen had scolded them and refused to let them see each other.

The lady said angrily, "If you don't want to see her, then don't see her. Let her come back on her own when the time comes. You are so shameless."

Gui'er didn't want to care about it anymore, so she went upstairs and returned to her room. Dingxiang walked in and said, "Miss, Ah Cheng asked me to come over to check on you. Is your face okay? The same goes for Madam. How could she hit you so hard?"

Gui'er looked at her face in the mirror and saw a clear slap mark. Dingxiang said, "Wait a minute, it should swell up. I'll get you a wet towel to apply."

Gui'er sat there and carefully thought about what happened. She found that the driver should have come to find her at first, but she did not open the door, so she groped her way up to the third floor. Miss Shen was on the third floor and might be inside. The door of the room was not locked, so the driver took advantage of it and broke in.

It is hard to say whether the man did it on purpose or was just drunk.

What Gui'er is worried about now is whether Director Wang will take revenge on her later. Judging from Sha Yanyao's attitude, he has tolerated him for a long time and doesn't want to tolerate him anymore. However, because it was Gui'er who started this matter, she doesn't know whether he will put the blame on Gui'er when the time comes.

After Sha Yanyao was driven back by Mrs. Shen, he was helped to his room by a servant to rest. The lady was furious in the hall and then returned to her room.

When the incident happened, Yulan followed Director Wang out of the room to take a look. She didn't even go downstairs and is still in the room.

Gui'er was extremely nervous and tired before. She didn't want to think about anything anymore. She closed and locked the door, loaded her pocket pistol with bullets and loaded it, and placed it on the dressing table beside the bed. Then she lay down on the bed tiredly and fell asleep.

It was not until the evening that Dingxiang knocked on the door. Guier put away her pocket pistol and opened the door to let her in.

After Dingxiang came in, she said to Guier with some joy: "Miss, the servants are all praising you now, saying that you are worthy of being the daughter of the Marshal, a tiger girl."

Gui'er was a little amused and helpless. The direction of public opinion changed too quickly.

After combing her hair, she went to the restaurant on the first floor to prepare to eat. Yulan also came down. Seeing her, she was very respectful and even a little cautious. She smiled and said, "Sister Guier, you are coming down too?"

Guier smiled and nodded without saying anything.

The lady did not come down, so her maid went up to call her, saying that she was not feeling well.

Gui'er knew that she was just being capricious and throwing a tantrum. Whoever came to the door would be in trouble. However, she had to go and pay her respects, so she took a deep breath, got up and went to the third floor. Fortunately, when she reached the stairs, she ran into Sha Yanyao coming out of his room.

Seeing her, Sha Yanyao asked in surprise: "Why is my sister here?"

Gui'er quickly said, "The servant said mother is not feeling well. I came up to see her."

After hearing this, Sha Yanyao turned around and walked towards his wife's room. Gui'er followed him, thinking that she would just show up, say a few polite words and then slip away.

He walked into the room, passed through the living room, and came to the bedroom. The lady was lying on the bed, groaning softly, but Guier saw that her face was quite rosy.

Sha Yanyao stepped forward and said, "Mom, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell? I'll take you to the hospital."

The lady turned around, took Sha Yanyao's hand and said, "It's just a little heartache. Go and call your wife back. She's been a little wronged, but for the sake of our family, there's nothing we can do. Let's have her and this damned girl go to Director Wang's house together to apologize. Do you think that's okay?"

Gui'er was speechless upon hearing this. So that was the reason for this. It was hard to say whether Miss Shen would be willing to go, or what would happen if she did. But if she really went, Director Wang would definitely not let her off easy. So, she looked at Sha Yanyao nervously.

Sha Yanyao also realized that his wife was feigning illness, so he said to her, "Mother, please get up first and eat first. I'm afraid Fengshu will be in trouble. She wants to divorce me."

The lady was stunned when she heard this. After a few seconds, she said hysterically, "How could she do that? Does she know how much we spent to marry her? Director Shen is dead, and the property you inherited is not much at all. You said the Shen family was so rich, but it's just an empty shell. All the antiques in the betrothal gifts we gave him are gone, and he hasn't even got a single antique of his own. This shameless mother and daughter, I'm going to give them a good scolding right now, and I'm going to make sure they can't survive in Nanjing."

Gui'er was shocked. Although she had seen the vicious side of many ladies recently, this was the first time she had seen someone so unmannered and hysterical like a shrew. She was shocked and inadvertently took half a step back.

This attracted the attention of the lady. When she saw Gui'er, she seemed to have found an outlet for her anger. She rushed towards Gui'er like a madman, cursing: "It's all because of you, the troublemaker, who did all these things. You only know how to eat and drink all day long and don't do any work at all."

Gui'er was so scared that she hid behind Sha Yanyao. Sha Yanyao quickly protected her and stood in front of his wife, saying, "Mother, don't be like this. Fengshu and I haven't gotten along for a long time. There's no point in getting together."

The lady never caught Guier and finally had to stop panting.

Sha Yanyao winked at Gui'er, and Gui'er quickly said to his wife, "Mother, you should have a good rest. I'm going out first."

She turned around and tried to run away, but just then Yulan came in. She was about to say something, but before she could say anything, the lady yelled in frustration, "Get out, all of you, get out."

Sha Yanyao also made a gesture to Yulan, and the three of them retreated together.

After they left the house, Yulan said, "The servants said the second young master is here."

When Gui'er heard this, she quickly ran to the railing of the corridor on the third floor and looked down. Sha Yanxiao, wearing a military uniform, was sitting on the sofa in the main hall with a heroic look. He looked up and saw Gui'er sticking out her little head and smiling at her.