A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

"Pa" the man in the suit slapped Guier.

Gui'er felt a buzzing in her ears, and it took her a long time to recover. When the ringing died down, she stared fiercely at the man in the suit and said, "How dare you insult me? Do you know that my father is Jiangcheng's Marshal Sha, and my second brother is Jiangcheng's Young Marshal Sha Yanxiao? Although I am an adopted daughter, if you dare to bully me, you will be in vain. My father started out as a bandit, so you can expect your entire family to be wiped out."

The man was visibly stunned when he heard this. He turned back to look at the three men in Mao suits. The one taking notes timidly said, "She didn't mention that just now. She only said she was Director Wang's sister-in-law."

"Fuck." The man with the slicked-back hair cursed and turned away.

Gui'er just felt dizzy and her face was burning with pain. She had to get out quickly.

She turned her head to look outside. After returning from the infirmary, those people did not lock her hands. She stood up quietly and walked to the iron gate.

The sound of those people talking in low voices could be heard from a distance.

"You three idiots, why did you call me here? Do you want to drag me into a pit?"

"Boss, this is none of our business. We only just found out about her connections. At first, she only said her brother-in-law was Director Wang, but she didn't mention she was a warlord's daughter."

"So is she really a bandit? How could a warlord's daughter, who has never touched a household turf, become a bandit?"

"In fact, we don't have direct evidence to prove that she was directly involved, but she and that shopkeeper Liu were master and apprentice. This is something that everyone near the pharmacy knows."

"How did you catch Manager Liu?"

"We monitored a Communist Party printing shop. Manager Liu often went to a medicinal herb wholesaler next door to purchase goods."

"What a mess! He went to the shop next to the Communist printing house to buy goods. Why were they arresting him? Is there any evidence proving he has any connection to that Communist printing house?"

"The Guangdong Printing Shop and the pharmacy shared a yard. The pharmacy owner said they wanted to save on rent, so we didn't think it was a big deal. But then we investigated and found the connection to this little girl. When Director Zhou saw her name, he said that Shopkeeper Liu must be a Communist and should be arrested."

"Have you searched Manager Liu's pharmacy? Did you find any evidence?"

"No, but his wife was not caught. She was gone when we arrived. I heard from people around that her mother-in-law in her hometown had an emergency illness and she had to go back to take care of her."

"Have you been back home?"

"She went. The neighbors said she took her mother-in-law out for medical treatment. No one knows where she went."

"Director Ren, what should we do next?"

"You good-for-nothings, your investigation is going in the wrong direction. Why don't you follow the clues from the Communist Party's printing house instead of arresting a medicinal herb dealer next door? Did you catch the people from the Communist Party's printing house?"

"We did catch two, but because they resisted fiercely, we opened fire, killing one and injuring another. The injured one died in the hospital, so Director Zhou asked us to follow the lead of the herbal medicine dealer next door."

"Director Ren, will Director Zhou try to trick us? I remember hearing someone say that when he passed through Jiangcheng on his way to Shanghai, he went to Director Wang's wedding banquet. Director Wang's new wife is Marshal Sha's adopted daughter. He actually knows Marshal Sha's family."

"Then why did you three idiots call me over? You want to drag me into this bad luck? This is clearly a trap set by Old Zhou to trick Director Wang, you bastards."

Gui'er finally understood that Director Zhou did not find Manager Liu. It should be said that their clues were cut off due to the sacrifice of their two colleagues. Then they found another way and tried to find Manager Liu like a mad dog. In fact, they did not know the identity of Manager Liu at all. The reason they arrested her now was just to use this as an excuse to deal with the Sha family.

Gui'er tiptoed back. She believed that she would be fine in the end, but now she had to get out quickly. Since she was the daughter of a warlord, they would not torture her and were relatively polite. However, it was not certain for Manager Liu. She had to save him quickly.

After a while, no one came back. Gui'er walked quietly to the iron gate again and looked out. She didn't see anyone. She tilted her ear to listen carefully, but didn't hear anyone talking. It seemed that everyone had left.

Gui'er was extremely anxious and patted the iron gate, making some noise, but no one paid any attention.

"Is anyone there? How could you imprison me for no reason? Come on, is anyone there? My head hurts, I need to be taken to the hospital immediately."

Gui'er called out a few times, and after a while, a man in a homespun gown finally arrived. He looked like he was of a lower rank than the others, most likely a gatekeeper. He walked up to the iron gate, glanced at Gui'er, and said impatiently, "What are you arguing about? You're afraid of losing your life, aren't you?"

Gui'er said, "My brother-in-law is Director Wang of the Administration Department. Your people injured me and just bandaged me up and left me alone. If I died, none of you would be able to escape."

After hearing this, the man was obviously stunned for a moment, then turned and left.

Gui'er knocked on the iron gate again, but no one paid any attention. She didn't know how much time had passed since she was caught. Although she understood the reason for what happened, she was now tired, thirsty, and dizzy, and felt like she could not hold on any longer.

She covered her head and sat back on the stool. She looked up and saw a cup of water on the table that the three people had brought in. She quickly walked over, lifted the lid and saw that there was tea inside. Now she was tired and thirsty, and she didn't care about anything else. She picked it up and drank it.

After drinking, she felt a little better. She walked to the iron gate again, knocked on it, and wanted to continue shouting, but found that her throat was very sore and burning. She felt not well and wondered if the beating on the head had affected her. She quickly sat back on the stool to rest.

Gradually, she felt more and more uncomfortable and a little drowsy. She didn't care about anything else and walked to the stool where the three people had just sat and sat down. At least the cushion on that stool was soft.

I don’t know how long it took, but Guier was tired, hungry and in pain, so she just lay down on the interrogation table and closed her eyes to rest. If she wasn’t wearing a cheongsam skirt, she would have wanted to lie down on the table directly.

Soon Guier felt someone patting her shoulder. She wanted to open her eyes and stand up, but after struggling for a few times, she felt her whole body was heavy as if filled with lead. She was clearly conscious, but could not move.

"Oh no, Boss. When we caught her, she resisted, so we hit her head. Could it be that she's broken?"

"You bunch of idiots, why didn't you tell me earlier? If he died, the Sha family wouldn't let it go. I've made inquiries, and that Marshal Sha really started out as a bandit. We can't afford to offend him."