A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

Song Xichen listened carefully and said, "Are you sure he hasn't been exposed?"

Gui'er hesitated for a moment and said, "I'm not sure, but when I first saw him, he looked extremely miserable, with a bruise on the corner of his mouth. It's very likely that he'd been beaten."

Song Xichen heard this and said, "According to the procedure, he will be isolated for inspection. All your activities will be stopped during this period. I will also notify all contact points to relocate, just in case."

Gui'er was a little worried and asked, "Will you transfer?"

Song Xichen smiled and said, "I won't move. I have a public identity here: the Chief of Police. If I leave, all my previous efforts will be in vain. I won't leave until the last moment. But you, be careful. If someone is still watching him, they might become suspicious of you."

Gui'er asked, "Can we transfer him to the base? He'll be safe there."

Song Xichen said, "I'll consult my superiors on this. Are you safe now? Where did you make the call?"

Gui Er said, "I took advantage of the fact that the people from the Sha Mansion were out for a banquet and beat them there. No one should know."

Song Xichen said, "Okay, no matter what you do, you must ensure your own safety first. If someone really comes looking for you, you can completely deny it. After all, you have the Sha Mansion as your backing. I believe they won't dare to touch you easily."

Guier nodded and said, "I understand."

In fact, she still felt that it was safest to move Xu Wenjie away.

The next day was Sunday. Although Gui'er wanted to go see how Xu Wenjie's bookstore was doing, she was afraid that her wife would tell her if she found out. She had no other reason to go out, and she was not allowed to interact with Miss Shen, so she had to stay at home.

After noon, Dingxiang suddenly came in and said to her, "Miss, a female student came to see you and said she is your classmate Zhou Huifang."

Guier was surprised to hear that it was her deskmate, Zhou Huifang, who had a Chinese doll haircut, wore black-framed glasses, dressed simply, and had a good temper. The two of them got along well, but they had not yet developed a close personal relationship.

Gui'er was very surprised and came down quickly. Zhou Huifang saw her and said happily, "I heard you say your home is nearby before. When I asked around, I found out there was only one family with the surname Sha nearby, so I knew it was yours."

Guier quickly invited her to sit down and asked Dingxiang to make tea. At this time, the lady came out of the room. Guier introduced her, "Mother, this is my deskmate Zhou Huifang."

Zhou Huifang stood up, nodded gracefully, and said to the lady, "Hello, auntie."

The lady glanced at Zhou Huifang and saw that she was dressed simply. She smiled faintly and said, "Ms. Zhou, what's the matter with you coming to see our Gui'er?"

Zhou Huifang smiled and said, "The teacher asked us to buy some reference books, but I haven't bought any yet. I want to ask Gui'er to go with us."

Gui'er was stunned for a moment, and quickly said: "Oh, yes, it's a good thing you came to find me, I forgot about this." In fact, this was not the case at all, but she felt that Zhou Huifang came to find her for something, and she also wanted to take the opportunity to go out.

The wife said, "I see. Go ahead, but be careful on the road. I heard the authorities arrested students before."

Zhou Huifang immediately replied, "Yes, I was arrested before, but it was my family who intervened and finally released me and several classmates."

The lady asked curiously, "Where is your father employed?"

Zhou Huifang smiled and said, "My father is just an ordinary clerk, but my uncle works in the administration department."

The lady thought for a moment and said in surprise, "You are Director Zhou's niece? Oh, why didn't you tell me earlier? You should come over more often." Then she turned to the maid and said, "Hey, what are you still standing there for? Go get some fruit. Do you want milk or juice?"

The lady's attitude changed like a chameleon, so quickly that Gui'er felt a little embarrassed for her.

Zhou Huifang smiled and said, "Auntie, don't bother, we'll be leaving now."

Gui'er went upstairs to get her bag and came down. The lady was very welcoming and walked them all the way to the courtyard gate. She smiled and said to Zhou Huifang very kindly, "Come visit us often. Our Gui'er just moved here and doesn't have many friends. You guys can be her companions."

Zhou Huifang also nodded obediently and said with a smile, "Okay."

After getting out and into the rickshaw, Guier asked Zhou Huifang, "When did the teacher tell us to buy books? Did I miss it?"

Zhou Huifang said, "If I hadn't said that, how could you have gotten out? Back then, the student roster listed your name as Sha Guier, but you introduced yourself as Wu Guier. Later, when I heard you were adopted, I knew your family must have had a hard time. Just now, I saw your adoptive mother, and she's truly a snob."

Guier smiled and said, "It can't be helped. My fate is much better than many people who were forced to marry at a young age, or sold to unknown destinations. By the way, what do you want from me?"

Zhou Huifang pursed her lips and said with an embarrassed smile, "Actually, I overheard your conversation with Teacher Shen the other day. You guys were the ones who managed to rescue Mr. Xu from the bookstore, right?"

Gui'er didn't expect that despite her extra caution, she was still overheard. She tried to recall the situation and luckily she hadn't revealed anything about her identity. She said, "Yes, because Teacher Shen and Boss Xu were classmates in Shanghai, we were worried about him too."

Zhou Huifang said happily, "Then we are like-minded. There are still many senior students and progressive people in prison. We plan to rescue them."

Gui'er was stunned for a moment. Although this wasn't an action ordered by her superiors, saving more innocent people would be a good thing. So she asked, "What are your ideas and plans?"

Zhou Huifang said, "I'm just here to talk to you. Everyone's gathered at Xu's Bookstore. Let's go over and discuss this."

Gui'er frowned. Xu's Bookstore had been closed down before, and she wasn't sure if it was safe to go there now. She asked, "Have the classmates gone there yet? Has the lockdown been lifted?"

Zhou Huifang said: "Yes, let's go quickly."

When I arrived at Xu's Bookstore, Miss Shen was there, as well as some classmates from the school who usually have advanced ideas.

Guier walked into the bookstore and saw a mess. The drawer of the counter had fallen to the ground, the abacus seal was also on the ground, the porcelain cup filled with water had broken into many pieces and was scattered in every corner of the bookstore, the bookshelf had fallen over, books and magazines were scattered on the ground, and some books had footprints on them. She had to be careful not to step on the books in the bookstore.

The door of the bookstore was broken and the window glass was also smashed. I don’t know if it was done by the people who closed the place or if someone took advantage of the situation to rob it.