A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

The next day, Gui'er took the large bag of money and handed it to Miss Shen. Miss Shen took it and said with a wry smile, "Thank you very much, Gui'er. I will definitely return the money to you later, but it may take a little longer."

Gui'er waved her hands and said, "How can this money be counted on you? I volunteered to save Boss Xu." In fact, Gui'er herself felt embarrassed. It was obviously she who wanted to save Xu Wenjie, but she couldn't come forward because she was a child. She originally wanted Miss Shen to come forward, but now it turned out that Miss Shen had to pay both money and effort.

Miss Shen said, "I'll go to the bank first and exchange this money for gold bars to see how much I need."

Gui'er said, "It's not safe for you to carry so much money on you. Ask Ah Cheng to go with you. He used to work for Second Sister-in-law and has some skills."

Miss Shen hesitated for a moment and agreed.

When it was time for the afternoon class, Miss Shen came to class. She glanced at Guier and nodded with a smile. Guier felt that things should go smoothly.

When I returned to the Sha Mansion in the evening, I heard the quarrel between my wife and Sha Yanyao as soon as I entered the door.

"Why are you helping this chick save her lover, even paying for it yourself? Aren't you afraid that people will think you're a cuckold?"

"Mother, please don't be so harsh. They are not in that kind of relationship, and the money I paid was originally the property that should have been given to Fengshu during the divorce."

"What property? How much money did her mother take from you? We don't owe her anything."

Only then did Guier realize that it was Sha Yanyao who paid the remaining insufficient money.

Since the money had already been given to Director Wang, all that was left was to wait. However, the lady was very angry and would curse whenever she thought of it all night. Every time she cursed, Sha Yanyao would go to comfort her. After finally calming her down, she would start making trouble again after an hour or two, either cursing or throwing things. All the servants didn't dare to come in, and they still hadn't eaten by eight or nine o'clock, and no one dared to suggest eating.

Later, Sha Yanyao came out and checked the time. He glanced at Gui'er again and said to the servant with a tired face, "Madam is feeling a little unwell. She won't eat for now. Let's eat first and bring the food up."

Then the servants brought the food. Gui'er and the others ate their meal nervously and went back to their rooms.

Until the next morning, the lady still looked indignant. Everyone in the family avoided her, fearing that she would catch them and scold them.

Gui'er finished her breakfast and prepared to go to school. Sha Yanyao quietly called Gui'er aside and said, "I gave the money to Director Wang yesterday. He promised to bail Xu Wenjie out in the next two days. You go and tell Teacher Shen that although there is no evidence, Xu Wenjie's suspicion of collaborating with the Communist Party has not been ruled out. Tell her to stay away from Xu Wenjie." Gui'er nodded obediently.

When they arrived at the school, they relayed Sha Yanyao's words to Miss Shen, who excitedly exclaimed, "Really? They were successfully rescued."

Gui'er quickly said, "My brother said he's going to be released soon, and that his suspicion hasn't been cleared yet, so he told you to try not to have any contact with him. I think he's right, so you should listen to him."

Gui'er also breathed a sigh of relief, but she didn't know whether Xu Wenjie would be followed and monitored by others, so it was actually right to follow Sha Yanyao's advice.

Another thing is that Guier doesn't know whether Xu Wenjie betrayed and betrayed other people during the period of being arrested. Logically speaking, it shouldn't have happened. If so, she would have been arrested by now. It is also possible that he is playing the long game to catch a big fish. After all, as far as Guier knows, Song Xichen and Xu Wenjie are just ordinary liaison stations responsible for transporting some things or people, and printing some promotional leaflets, and they are not involved in any major intelligence.

The next day, Gui'er was walking out of school after class, preparing to take a rickshaw back to Sha Mansion. In the past, she always took a rickshaw back with Miss Shen, which saved money. However, because of the incident of saving Xu Wenjie, the lady ordered Gui'er to keep a distance from Miss Shen. Because she was afraid that the lady would catch them, she took a rickshaw back by herself during this period.

After getting on the rickshaw, Ah Cheng followed beside it. They walked a distance forward. When they passed a small alley, a man suddenly rushed out and stopped the rickshaw. The rickshaw puller was startled and stumbled to a stop. The handlebars in his hand almost fell out of his hand. Gui'er leaned back and almost fell down in the rickshaw. Ah Cheng quickly came up to hold the rickshaw steady and walked forward to scold him, "Where did you come from, beggar? Get out of here!"

Gui'er quickly said to Ah Cheng, "Brother Ah Cheng, forget it."

The man who stopped the car raised his head and took off the tattered felt hat on his head. It was Xu Wenjie. Guier was shocked and got out of the car and said, "Boss Xu, how did you become like this?" Xu Wenjie had messy hair, was wearing patched homespun clothes, and was barefoot. He was completely different from his usual elegant appearance in a suit or a long gown.

"Guier, what's going on?" It was Miss Shen's voice. Since they lived in the same area, they were heading home in the same direction. Miss Shen should have been sitting in the car behind Guier.

Miss Shen thought something had happened to Gui'er, so she quickly got off the rickshaw and ran up to check. When Xu Wenjie heard her voice, he turned and tried to run, but Gui'er quickly grabbed him and said, "Don't go! What happened? How did you become like this?"

Miss Shen also ran up and saw Xu Wenjie's eyes widened in disbelief. Xu Wenjie gave up struggling and turned his face to the other side dejectedly, as if he was very uncomfortable to be seen in such an embarrassing way.

Guier saw a small inn on the side of the road and said to Ah Cheng, "Brother Ah Cheng, send the two rickshaws away first, and then go buy him a set of clothes that he can wear. We will wait for you at the inn."

Afterwards, Gui'er said to Miss Shen and Xu Wenjie, "This is not the place to talk. Let's go to the inn and find a place to sit for a while."

After hearing this, Miss Shen nodded repeatedly and said, "Okay." Then she ran in and booked a room with the innkeeper.

The boss looked at Xu Wenjie curiously, and Xu Wenjie lowered his head even lower.

After checking in, Miss Shen went in with Gui'er and Xu Wenjie. Just as they sat down and before they could say anything, Ah Cheng came back with a long gown, a pair of trousers, a pair of cloth shoes and a bag of beef pot stickers wrapped in oil paper.

Guier smiled and said to Ah Cheng, "Brother Ah Cheng, you are so thoughtful. How much is it? I'll give it to you."

Ah Cheng smiled naively and said, "Miss, you're welcome. Brother Qiang asked me to spend money, so I'll just ask him to pay for it. You don't have to pay for it here, Miss."

This saved Guier some money.

Xu Wenjie went to the bathroom to take a shower, changed into his newly bought clothes, and when he came out he saw the still warm beef pot stickers. Without caring about anything else, he just grabbed them with his hands and started to gobble them up.