A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

Gui'er felt as if her heart had been punched by someone. She had an impulse to run over and save the two children, but then she thought that she was also in a difficult situation and could not save herself, so she sat back dejectedly.

Even when they returned to the General's Mansion, Gui'er was still in a bad mood. Dingxiang made her some tea and seeing that she was unhappy, she said to her, "Miss, there is a guest coming to the mansion today. There will be a good show to watch."

Guier asked, "Who's here?"

Ding Xiang said seriously, "My name seems to be Xu Wenjie. I heard he's the new boyfriend of the former eldest young lady."

Gui'er shuddered. "What is he doing here?" Her first thought was whether Xu Wenjie had some mission. She had just met with Song Xichen, and he hadn't mentioned this matter.

Ding Xiang said, "It seems he came here with his superior. His superior's name is Director Zhou. The housekeeper just came over to inform us that we have to go to the main hall for dinner tonight."

Gui'er said, "I understand." But she was thinking in her heart whether she should go to Zhenxiufang immediately to report the situation.

After thinking about it, I decided to forget it. I didn't know what it was. I might as well go and take a look during dinner to find out more.

When dinner was almost over, Gui'er arrived at the dining room early. Sha Lili said, "When did our mansion become so popular? It's like a hot cake. The big guys have to come and visit when they come."

Guier smiled and said nothing. She was also confused.

The banquet started. The Marshal's face was beaming, and he looked very happy. Director Wang and Director Zhou walked on both sides of him, Sha Yanyao and Sha Yanxiao were behind them, and Xu Wenjie also followed behind.

Gui'er was puzzled. She remembered hearing Sha Yanxiao say that Director Wang and Director Zhou didn't get along, that they were sworn enemies. When Sha Yanyao's job search hadn't gone well, he'd considered switching to Director Zhou, but Yulan's honey trap had worked, so he didn't go through with it. So why were these two sworn enemies now at the Marshal's residence?

After the Marshal, Director Wang, and Director Zhou entered the house, Guier saw Yulan and a woman following them into the restaurant.

Gui'er felt that the woman looked very familiar. She had fashionable wavy curls, wore pearl earrings, and wore a moon-white, well-tailored cheongsam. She had double eyelids, a small upturned nose, and thick lips. Although she was not stunningly beautiful, she looked very comfortable.

At this time, the Marshal came to the table and said to Director Wang and Director Zhou, "Director Wang, Director Zhou, please take a seat. Teacher Zhang, please take a seat."

When Gui'er heard the name Teacher Zhang, she suddenly remembered that this person was a teacher in her school. She had seen her on campus before. The Marshal called her Teacher Zhang. Could this be the Teacher Zhang Yunchu that Miss Shen mentioned who was about to get married?

But wasn't she discussing marriage with Director Wang? How did it suddenly become Director Zhou?

Gui'er observed that Teacher Zhang did not try to please Director Zhou the way Yulan tried to please Director Wang. Sometimes Director Zhou would even turn around and look at her with a smile, and Teacher Zhang would smile back. It seemed that the two of them had a good relationship.

Looking at Director Wang again, although Yulan tried hard to please him, Director Wang's eyes would occasionally pass over Dashuai and Director Zhou and glance at Teacher Zhang.

Next to Teacher Zhang is Xu Wenjie, and Sha Yanxiao and Sha Yanyao sit next to Xu Wenjie and Yulan respectively.

Gui'er was very glad that Xu Wenjie was not sitting next to Sha Yanyao, otherwise it would be so embarrassing.

The meal was quite lively, and they all looked smiling and harmonious. After the meal, Director Zhou took Xu Wenjie and Teacher Zhang away.

In order to find out the inside story, Gui'er pretended to pay her respects to the lady and came to the courtyard of the main house.

The lady was very pleased that she had come to greet her attentively after returning to Jiangcheng. She put on airs and said slowly, "You are quite good among the sisters. Although it's vacation now and you've returned to your hometown, you can't just have fun. You still have to pay attention to your studies."

Gui'er quickly said, "Yes, mother's teaching is very correct."

After greeting, Gui'er didn't leave immediately. Instead, she slipped into the main hall on Sha Yanyao's side and prepared to go upstairs to find Yulan. Song Tingting just happened to come down from upstairs and said to Gui'er, "Where are you going?"

Guier quickly smiled and said, "Hello, sister-in-law. I'm going to go talk to Sister Yulan to relieve my boredom."

"How are you going to relieve your boredom? You want to get some gossip, right? Girls, go back to your rooms and don't be like that gossipy woman, gossiping all day long."

"Why do you speak so harshly? Yulan doesn't know anyone here, so it's only natural for Sister Gui'er to show some concern for her. Don't think of the worst all day long. Sister Gui'er, Sister Yulan and Director Wang went shopping." Sha Yanyao also walked down the stairs.

Gui'er said awkwardly: "Oh, so that's how it is. Thank you, brother. I'll leave first and won't disturb your rest. See you later."

Back at Sha Yanxiao's courtyard, Gui'er still wasn't satisfied, so she called Dingxiang and said to her, "Dingxiang, don't you have good friends at Madam's? Did they tell me who Teacher Zhang is who came to dinner today? She looks so familiar to me."

Ding Xiang smiled and said, "That's not easy. If you want to know, I'll go and ask for you right away."

Gui'er was afraid she might accidentally let it slip and make others think she was investigating, so she quickly said, "No, I just wondered if this Teacher Zhang was a teacher at our school. She looked very familiar to me, and I seemed to have run into her on campus before, but I wasn't sure."

Ding Xiang said, "Oh, I see. I'll go ask them if they know."

Dingxiang came back soon and said to Guier happily, "Miss, you guessed right. It is indeed the teacher of Jinling Girls' High School. What is her name? Zhang Yunchu."

Sure enough, her guess was right. Gui'er deliberately said, "That name sounds familiar. Doesn't it sound like the teacher who was last heard to be engaged to Director Wang? Why is she with Director Zhou again?"

Dingxiang said to Guier with an auntie smile, "I also heard that Director Wang came to see Miss Yulan not because he had a change of heart, but because he was stolen away by Director Zhou. Teacher Zhang no longer liked him and started dating Director Zhou instead."

Gui'er thought this was too dramatic and asked hurriedly, "Is this true?"

Ding Xiang shrugged and said, "I don't know about that, but I think Teacher Zhang looks like a serious person. She might have discovered what happened between Director Wang and Miss Yulan, so she might have quit. You see, she's much more comfortable to watch with Director Zhou, even though Director Zhou isn't a good person either."

Gui'er asked curiously, "What do you mean?"