A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

Gui'er felt someone picking her up. This was an opportunity for her to escape, but she tried to move but couldn't. Her head hurt again and her consciousness gradually became blurred.

"Gui'er, Gui'er."

She didn't know how long it had been before she felt someone shaking her. Gui'er opened her eyes and saw Sha Yanyao and Miss Shen standing anxiously beside her.

"How did I get here? I was dragged into a small room and they beat me." Gui'er breathed a sigh of relief knowing that she was saved. Now, she had to hurry and find a way to save Manager Liu, so she spoke to Sha Yanyao incoherently.

Sha Yanyao held her hand and said, "Don't be afraid, you are saved."

Gui'er cried and said to Sha Yanyao, "Why are they arresting me? I didn't do anything."

Song Tingting, who was standing by, said coldly, "Your master, Shopkeeper Liu, is a Communist and has been arrested."

The wife also said, "You are the one who has so many problems. Look at the troubles you have caused. If others didn't consider your brother-in-law's face, they would have let you die in prison."

Gui Er pretended to be very surprised, waving her hands repeatedly, and said, "Impossible! My master was just a medicine seller. He couldn't be a Communist. I heard those who interrogated me say that the Communist they wanted to arrest was next door to the store where my master bought the herbs. They arrested the wrong person."

Gui'er grabbed Sha Yanyao's hand and said, "Brother, I heard them talking about how Director Zhou adjusted his investigation method. They originally wouldn't have investigated the pharmacy, but they went to catch the communists next door and ended up beating them all to death, so they went to investigate the pharmacy instead."

Sha Yanyao quickly comforted her, saying, "It's okay, it's okay, don't worry, it's over."

Gui Er said anxiously, "No, you have to save Manager Liu. He is not a Communist. He is being wronged."

Sha Yanyao smiled and said, "Don't worry about this. We will check it out. I'll go ask the doctor." Then he left.

Madam and Song Tingting also left, and Miss Shen stayed. Guier looked around and saw that there was no one else. She asked Miss Shen softly, "Is there anyone outside?"

Miss Shen was stunned for a moment, then quickly stood up and walked to the door of the ward, opened the door, looked around at the door to make sure that no one was there, then closed the door and came back, shaking her head at Guier.

Gui'er said to Miss Shen, "Sister Feng Shu, how did you get the news about Xu Wenjie?"

Miss Shen said softly, "He usually calls my office to make an appointment to meet me after get off work, but today he suddenly called and told me to tell you to leave quickly. I don't know what happened. What did you mean by what you said to me at that time? Not long after you left, the old janitor came to the principal and said that another student from our school had been arrested. The principal hurriedly counted the students and realized that you were the one missing."

Gui'er guessed that Miss Shen still didn't know Xu Wenjie's true identity. If that was the case, she couldn't tell her. So she said to Miss Shen, "Actually, I recently heard from Zhou Huifang that her uncle wants to deal with our family. So when you told me that Xu Wenjie wanted me to leave, I thought of that. But isn't Xu Wenjie Director Zhou's subordinate? If Director Zhou knew that he leaked the information, it would probably be disadvantageous to him. That's why I told you not to interfere."

Miss Shen suddenly understood and said, "So that's how it is. I was also at a loss at the time. As soon as the school realized it might not be you, I immediately notified Sha Yanyao, but he was helpless. Later, it was your servant Ah Cheng who found out that you were sent to the hospital."

Gui'er speculated that those minions might have noticed that she was seriously injured. Knowing her identity, they were afraid that she would be implicated if she got into an accident, so they sent her to the hospital.

But how did Acheng find himself in the hospital?

Gui'er was about to ask Miss Shen when Sha Yanyao came back and said to her, "I asked the doctor, and he said you only have a superficial wound and can be discharged."

Miss Shen said in surprise: "Can she be discharged now? She was clearly injured so badly."

Madam interrupted and said, "Miss Shen, Gui'er's affairs are my family's business, so you don't have to worry about it. Thank you for coming to see her. Please go back."

Miss Shen wanted to argue, but Guier quickly said, "Teacher Shen, it's okay. It's the same if I go back and rest."

In fact, she wanted to go back to find Ah Cheng to investigate, but now it seems that Sha Yanyao, his wife and Song Tingting are unlikely to help her.

When they returned to the Sha Mansion, the lady said to Gui'er, "Go upstairs and rest. Don't come out and cause trouble."

Gui'er returned to her room. Dingxiang came up with some side dishes and porridge and said, "Miss, Madam asked me to bring these up for you. She said you're injured now and need something light."

Gui'er looked at the bland food and ate it without thinking. Dingxiang looked at her wolfing it down and said distressedly, "Miss, you're already in this state, and Madam won't give you something delicious. Miss, wait, I'll go to the kitchen and find some for you."

Gui'er said, "It's okay, go get Ah Cheng first."

After a while, Ah Cheng came over, and Gui Er asked him, "I heard that you found me first. How did you find me?"

Ah Cheng said, "I was at the mansion that day when the young mistress received a call saying that you had been kidnapped. The eldest young master was at work at the time. The mistress and the young mistress were at a loss. I thought I definitely couldn't rely on them. Brother Qiang had made some friends in this area before, and we also have a shop here. These foundations were not laid in vain. I immediately sent people out to find the people who kidnapped you. I followed them all the way and found that you were captured in a cell said to be under the Military Commission. I was hesitating whether to rush in to save you, or what? I saw them carrying you out to the hospital, so I followed them to the hospital and immediately notified the eldest young master. When those people saw the people from the Sha Mansion coming, they peeked in front of your ward for a while and then left."

Gui'er guessed that those people saw that they couldn't find out anything from the interrogation and were afraid of getting into trouble, so they just left me there and ran away.

But Manager Liu was caught by them, how to save him?

Guier glanced at Ah Cheng. She didn't expect him to be so capable. She didn't have anyone available at the moment, so maybe she could ask him to step forward.

So I said to Ah Cheng, "Brother Ah Cheng, this incident was caused by the arrest of my master, Shopkeeper Liu, but he is innocent. I heard those people say that it was because Director Wang and Director Zhou were not on good terms, and Director Zhou had tried to extort money from us but failed, so he took this opportunity to take revenge on our family.

The most important thing now is to rescue my master. Otherwise, if I torture him for too long, I'm afraid they'll force him to confess, and even if I don't have any evidence, they'll have it. Can you help me find out where my master is being held?"