A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

Sha Yanxiao asked Dali: "Did you get the film back?"

Dali took a paper bag and handed it to Sha Yanxiao. Sha Yanxiao took out a row of film negatives from it and looked at them in the sunlight. Guier also walked forward to check if the quantity was enough.

Sha Yanxiao took a look and asked Dali, "Is that all? Nothing else has leaked?"

Dali kicked the driver, and he stumbled and fell to his knees. After a long struggle, he got up. Dali said, "I'm asking you a question. Tell me."

The man said in a trembling voice, "No, no more, that's all."

Sha Yanxiao turned and walked into the house, picked up the phone and dialed a number.

"Hello, Young Master Tang, I'm Sha Yanxiao. I was just returning to the Marshal's Mansion when I saw your attendant on the way, feeling unwell and collapsed on the side of the road. I rescued him. Do you think we should send him to you, or should you pick him up at your house? ...Okay, okay, I'll be at your service."

After hanging up the phone, Sha Yanxiao handed the paper bag to Gui'er and said, "Go to the Fourth Concubine's place and tell her what happened. Ask her if she has any opinions."

Gui'er hurried to the yard of the fourth room with a paper bag. Sha Lili was packing her things. She bought some clothes, which seemed to be for school, and was trying them on one by one with the fourth concubine.

Seeing Gui'er coming over, he smiled and said, "When are you going to school in Nanjing? School starts here in two days."

Gui Er walked up to her, then turned to the Fourth Concubine and said, "Fourth Concubine, could you please ask the servants to leave for a moment? I have something to tell you two."

The fourth concubine looked suspicious, but she still waved her hand and asked the servants to leave.

Guier saw that everyone had left, glanced at the door, and made sure that no one was eavesdropping outside before taking out the paper bag from the photo studio, which still had the negatives inside.

The fourth concubine picked them up and looked at them curiously, then asked, "What are these photos?"

Sha Lili was a little nervous.

Gui'er said, "It was Tang Yaozu who took the photo of Lily. He took it to a photo studio I'm familiar with to get it developed. The owner had seen Lily and I shopping together, so he kindly developed an extra copy for me."

The fourth concubine picked up the film and looked at it towards the light. Suddenly, her eyes widened. She realized that the person in the photo was Sha Lili. She slapped her in the face and cursed, "Shameless thing, you've embarrassed yourself."

Sha Lili lowered her head and cried softly, saying, "At dinner that day, he asked me to drink. I was already very cautious and didn't want to drink, but then he poured me a glass of juice, and I let my guard down. After that, I felt very tired, and when I opened my eyes, I was in the hotel room. I was shocked, but when I saw that the clothes were on, I didn't think too much about it. Who knew he took pictures, and I thought I was not at fault."

Gui Er was stunned by this sudden change and quickly advised, "Fourth Concubine, don't worry. The negatives have been recovered, haven't they? All the photos have been burned. Second Brother asked me to come and inform you. He wanted to ask what you wanted to do with them."

The fourth concubine gasped and said with red eyes: "What if the negatives are recovered? The news has already leaked out. How can she get married with a bad reputation? Your sister-in-law spent a few days with bandits, and her family was very worried. In the end, they had to rely on Mrs. Song to sleep with the Marshal, so they forced their daughter in. What do you want me to do now?" Then she started to beat Sha Lili without any reason.

At this time, Sha Yanwen came out from the inner room, yawning and saying slowly: "Why are you so noisy? What are you doing?"

The fourth concubine said, "Your sister had her naked photos taken by that bastard named Tang."

Upon hearing this, Sha Yanwen came over, picked up the film from the table, took a look at it, and said indignantly, "I'm going to find that beast."

Gui'er tried to dissuade him, saying, "Third brother, the man has been caught by Second brother. He's in our courtyard. Second brother asked me to come over and ask what you think."

Sha Yanwen rolled up his sleeves and walked out, saying, "I'm going to beat him to death."

Gui Er quickly grabbed him and said, "Third brother, don't be impulsive. If you shout like that, the servants will know."

The Fourth Concubine calmed down at this point. She held Sha Yanwen and said, "Don't be impulsive." Then she said to Gui'er, "What did your brother say?"

Guier said, "My brother just asked me to come here to ask what you want to do with him. But killing him is not an option because my father has already said that scaring him is enough. He has someone behind him."

Sha Yanwen punched the table angrily, turned around and went into the inner room, wondering if he was going to smoke opium again.

The fourth concubine looked at her back, shook her head, glared at Sha Lili and said, "Go back to your room."

Sha Lili had no choice but to go into the room in a depressed mood.

Gui'er was a little at a loss.

The fourth concubine smiled and said, "Guier, I'll go back with you. I want to handle this matter myself."

The fourth concubine followed Gui'er to Sha Yanxiao's yard, only to see the driver still kneeling beside him. Some servants who didn't know what was going on were watching curiously. When they saw the fourth concubine coming over, everyone was even more surprised and started whispering to each other.

Guier looked over and saw that Tang Yaozu had not come yet.

Sha Yanxiao was a little surprised to see Fourth Auntie coming over, but he still smiled and said, "Why is Fourth Auntie here?"

The fourth concubine said with a smile, "I heard there's something exciting here, so I came to take a look." Then she sat down in the hall and waited.

After a while, Tang Yaozu also arrived. He came with two of his men. He walked into the yard and saw the driver kneeling there, beaten, with disheveled clothes and several wounds on his face. He immediately understood what was going on, stood there for a few seconds, then walked in pretending to be relaxed.

When she walked into the hall and saw the fourth concubine sitting there, she smiled and greeted her, "Mother-in-law is here too."

The fourth concubine said with a smile, "Boss Tang, please don't call me that. The relationship between our two families has not even begun."

Sha Yanxiao waved his hands around and the servants all left. Tang Yaozu felt a little guilty and turned around to look at his two followers. Those two followers were obviously martial artists, but the servants in the courtyard also looked strong, so his two followers were a little scared now. They looked at each other, not knowing whether they should retreat or continue to stand there.

Sha Yanxiao smiled and said, "Boss Tang, don't be nervous. We don't need servants standing around to discuss something."

Tang Yaozu laughed heartily and said, "Young Marshal, that's right." Turning to his two followers, he said, "Stand by the main gate."

Gui'er wanted to laugh a little, but he was still afraid, so he didn't dare let his followers go far away.