A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

Gui'er thought about it and realized what a middle school student could do. However, she thought about how she had to use such a roundabout and laborious method to contact Song Xichen this time, so she asked Song Xichen, "What should I do if I need to contact you in an emergency next time?"

Song Xichen thought for a moment and said, "That's right. Like when you asked your classmate to deliver the letter this time, it was possible to deliver it, but it was too slow. If there was an emergency, it wouldn't be in time." He thought for a moment and said to Gui'er, "Do you remember that at the end of the alley near the Zhenxiufang is the back door of an inn?"

Gui'er said, "I know. It seems to be called Yuelai Inn." Gui'er knew about this inn because she once saw the Marshal and Mrs. Song coming out of a tryst there, but she didn't dare to say it.

Song Xichen said, "I have the phone number of Yuelai Inn here. If you have any problems, just call Yuelai Inn. Then I will ask Manager Liu to bribe the inn's waiter with some money. You can say that you are from Manager Liu's hometown and you have something urgent to talk to him about. Let the inn's waiter ask Manager Liu to come and listen. Originally, Manager Liu and Manager Zhang went back and hid for so long on the pretext of having an emergency in their hometown. People around them shouldn't suspect this." As he said that, he found a piece of paper and wrote down the phone number of Yuelai Inn.

Guier also felt that this method was more reliable and quick, and she finally felt relieved.

Song Xichen left early the next morning. Sha Yanyao, Song Tingting, and Gui'er specially sent him to the train station.

After returning, his wife said proudly, "You said you came here to seek a job, but now you're leaving in disgrace. It's not that easy."

Gui'er and Sha Yanyao were silent, and Song Tingting moved her mouth but didn't dare to say anything.

Afterwards, Guier returned to her normal life and went to school every day, but she found that Yulan's life seemed to be much better recently. She often went out shopping and watched movies with Song Tingting, living the life of a typical rich lady and wife.

The wife hinted at the dinner table, "So it's good to have a wealthy family. Not only do you have endless money to spend, but you can also help your sisters. Just don't be too partial. Your sister Gui'er hasn't benefited from it yet. She's a good student and may have a bright future."

Gui'er didn't expect the lady to say this. Doesn't it mean that she herself is reluctant to give money to Gui'er, or even deducts her monthly allowance, but wants Song Tingting to support her sister-in-law herself?

However, because the lady did not say it explicitly, Gui'er didn't know what to say, and Song Tingting pretended not to understand, and the matter passed just like that.

But one day, Sha Yanyao took Song Tingting and his wife out to a banquet, and Yulan was bored and came to chat with Guier.

She said, "Sister Gui'er, do you think all the money I have is from my sister-in-law?"

Guier smiled and said, "How could that be? I think mother should have given you some monthly allowance. After all, you are an adult and you need expenses."

Yulan smiled and shook her head, saying, "It seems that Mother has deducted all your money. I also heard from the servants that Madam is notoriously stingy in the mansion. She even took my only outfit from you. How could she possibly give me money?"

Gui'er was confused when she heard this: "It wasn't given by Madam, nor by Song Tingting. Could it be Director Wang?"

"You're right. Others don't believe us and think we're just playing around. But in fact, we have feelings for each other."

Gui Er was very surprised to hear this and said, "Doesn't Director Wang have a wife? I heard he has a lot of children."

"I saw Mrs. Wang before when I attended a banquet. She looked sick and listless. Director Wang said she wouldn't live much longer. When his wife died, he would marry me. His wife had given birth to nothing but money-losing children, and he was counting on me to give birth to a son."

When Gui'er heard this, she felt very uncomfortable. Director Wang was a high-ranking official in the central government, but he had such a character. This government was really rotten to the core.

She smiled and said nothing.

Perhaps Yulan lacked a good listener. Seeing that Gui'er didn't say anything, she continued with great interest, "Director Wang also said that he was originally concerned about my identity, but I have been the adopted daughter of the Sha Mansion for so long now. Outsiders can only investigate so far, unless they are reckless and dig deeper."

"In the final analysis, I should still thank Madam. You don't know that yesterday, when my sister-in-law and I were out shopping, I actually ran into a sister from before. She used to be a waitress in a bookshop like me, but she got old and couldn't find a prostitute to redeem her, so her mother actually sold her to a low-class white house. I see that her face is pale and her lips are bloodless. I'm afraid she's sick and won't last much longer."

Gui'er suddenly became interested and said, "Since you two were such good sisters in the past, and she's in danger now, do you plan to help her out?"

Yulan stared at Gui'er with wide eyes and said, "Oh, my dear sister, where can I get so much money to redeem her? Even if I did, I wouldn't redeem her. Isn't that just asking for trouble?"

Gui'er said, "What do you mean?"

Yulan said, "We are not strangers. I will tell you something from my heart. I heard that you were also very young when your family bought you onto the flower boat. But you were lucky and were rescued as soon as you got there. Not long after, you even entered the Marshal's Mansion. You have never experienced the hardships of this line of work. In our line of work, as long as we can get ashore, we will never look back. Life and death, high and low, everyone has their own destiny. No matter how good your friendship is in that deep pit, you will be strangers after you leave. Otherwise, you are destined to lose yourself after you have pulled one person after another. My sister called me on the street, and my sister-in-law guessed her identity. She acted as if there was something dirty on me all the way. Do you think I could have saved her?"

Guier was silent.

Yulan continued with a beaming expression, "Now I just hope Director Wang's damned wife passes away soon. Then I'll be at peace."

Guier found that her feelings towards Yulan were extremely complicated. It seemed that she was not a completely bad person, but it was even more wrong to say that she was a good person.

Seeing her being so vicious, Gui'er couldn't help but pour cold water on her and said, "Sister Yulan, you should be more cautious. After all, Director Wang's wife is the wife of a high-ranking official. If she gets sick, she will naturally stay in a good hospital and ask foreign doctors to treat her. Maybe she will recover one day. It's better not to be too happy too soon."

Yulan didn't seem to understand what she said. She smiled and said, "Don't worry about that. Director Wang said his wife has tuberculosis. The doctors have also seen that it's extremely difficult to treat. People around are also afraid of being infected. Now he has moved his wife to a side room for isolation. He found some old maids who are not afraid to bring her three meals a day, and asked the doctors to prescribe some random medicine to keep her alive. After a long time, even the traditional Chinese medicine was withdrawn, and no one knew."