A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

Ah Cheng nodded and said, "I understand." Then he left.

Gui'er was very anxious. She felt that Ah Cheng had no power or influence. Although he had connections with the underworld, he was still not enough to investigate internal government affairs.

She decided that Sha Yanyao had to help, so Guier called Dingxiang and asked her to call Sha Yanyao.

Soon Sha Yanyao came over, followed by Song Tingting and his wife. Sha Yanyao asked Guier, "Did Dingxiang say you were looking for me?"

Gui'er nodded and said, "Brother, it's like this. I thought about it and felt that this matter was not that simple. In fact, my classmate Zhou Huifang also reminded me recently to be wary of Director Zhou. He wanted to use our family as a scapegoat. But I thought it was an adult matter at the time. Besides, didn't Director Zhou come over a few days ago? So I didn't say anything."

The lady scolded, "You heartless man! Why didn't you tell your family about such an important matter? What did your classmates say?"

Gui'er pretended to be embarrassed and said, "My classmate said that her uncle scolded our family at home and looked down on him. He wanted to settle the score with us. Didn't we know this a long time ago?"

Song Tingting sneered and said, "Director Zhou wanted to settle accounts with our family, but it was you who gave him the opportunity. Why didn't he use me as an excuse?"

Gui'er didn't bother to care about her and said to Sha Yanyao, "Brother, if Director Zhou wants to find an excuse to punish our family, he will always find a reason. This matter has nothing to do with Manager Liu, but I saw a lot of torture instruments in the place I went to, including whips and branding irons. I'm afraid that Manager Liu will be tortured into confessing, and then we will be implicated. We can't clear ourselves of the blame even if we jump into the Yellow River. We still have to find a way to rescue Manager Liu."

Song Tingting said, "At worst, I'll hand you over as a Communist. What else can I do? You still want to implicate your whole family."

Gui'er didn't expect Song Tingting to say that. She didn't look like she was joking. She was so angry that she didn't know what to say. She turned to look at the lady and Sha Yanyao, but they didn't say anything either, as if they agreed with what Song Tingting said.

Gui'er felt very disappointed. If that was the case, not only would she be unable to save Manager Liu, but she might even be captured by those people at any time.

After a brief stalemate, Sha Yanyao comforted Gui'er, saying, "Don't overthink it. Just take care of yourself. We brought you home to protect you. Of course, if those people wanted to take you away from our home, we wouldn't be able to stop them."

Gui'er's eyes widened and she said, "Brother, you can't think like that. Director Zhou and I have no grudges against each other. Why would he want to arrest me? I'm just the first handle they found. Now that they can't find a breakthrough with me, they'll look for someone else."

Song Tingting smiled and said, "Don't exaggerate here. At most, the owner of the pharmacy died in this incident. What's the big deal? If we go out and save him now, people might think we're guilty. Yan Yao, mother, we must not do such a stupid thing."

Gui'er was furious. She used to think that Song Tingting was confused, but now she felt that Song Tingting was really stupid and bad. She had to use a lot of effort to hold back and not say that Song Xichen was Manager Liu's superior and that if Manager Liu was exposed, Song Xichen would be in danger.

"Young Master, there's a call from the Marshal's Mansion in Jiangcheng." The butler suddenly ran over in a hurry and said.

Sha Yanyao said, "I understand." He turned and walked out, and then his wife and Song Tingting followed him out.

Gui'er thought about it and thought that the call from the Marshal's Mansion at this time might be related to her own affairs. She endured the pain in her head and followed them downstairs.

Sha Yanyao picked up the phone and spoke for a while before his expression became serious. He said, "Really? When did it happen? Um... um, I understand."

After hanging up the phone, Sha Yanyao said to Gui'er and Song Tingting, "Is Zhang, the wife of the owner of Liu's Pharmacy, the sister of your mother's cook? My second brother called and said that Song Xichen was arrested because he often went to Liu's Pharmacy, and the owner of Liu's Pharmacy and the Song family cook are cousins."

Song Tingting was stunned for a moment and murmured, "Is my brother a Communist?"

Gui'er was almost irritated to death by her own stupidity and quickly said, "Impossible. Chief Song often goes to that pharmacy because it's closest to his office. Also, Manager Liu is a very skilled doctor. Many patrolmen who suffer minor injuries while on duty are sent there for treatment. Only those with serious injuries are sent to hospitals run by foreigners. This is also to save money."

Madam said, "That's not necessarily true, but Tingting, please don't get involved in this matter. It will be troublesome if it gets implicated in our family."

Gui'er said angrily, "Mother, this is impossible. I have already thought about what Director Zhou will do next."

Sha Yanyao asked Gui'er doubtfully, "What do you think?"

Gui'er asked Sha Yanyao, "I stayed at the Song family for a while, and Chief Song said that he was recommended by my eldest brother to be the chief of the police station, right? Are you two classmates? I think Chief Zhou is constantly looking for a loophole around our family. His original intention is to find a flaw in our family. Let's go find my brother-in-law."

The brother-in-law Guier was referring to was Director Wang. She felt that now only Director Wang could compete with Director Zhou.

Sha Yanyao glanced at Gui'er, nodded, dialed Director Wang's home number, and picked up the phone.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Suddenly, a few people rushed into the yard regardless of the servants' obstruction. Sha Yanyao and others looked into the yard in confusion.

When Gui'er saw those people wearing Zhongshan suits, she thought of the people who had captured her. She quickly bent down and quietly ran to her room on the second floor, and took out the money, pocket pistol, and hidden weapon pen that she had hidden.

When she came out of the room again, she saw downstairs that Sha Yanyao and his wife, as well as Song Tingting and some servants and maids were controlled by five or six men in Zhongshan suits holding guns.

She knew that there was no way to go downstairs now, so she hurriedly bent over and walked up quickly. She had explored this house when she had nothing to do and knew that there was a staircase leading to the roof. Of course, this opening was reserved for the people who repaired the roof to crawl out, so it was only one square meter in size and was usually blocked with a stone slab.

Guier used all her strength to move the stone slab away gently and as quietly as possible, then crawled out and moved the stone slab back.

She was now standing on the roof of the house. Because the entire roof was slanted, she had to be very careful. Fortunately, her school uniform was dark blue, and it was dark now, so it was not very obvious that she was lying on the roof.