A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

Wu Mingqiang said to Gui'er apologetically, "Miss Gui'er, please stay here for a while, and wait for the eldest young master to come and pick you up."

Guier frowned and nodded.

Wu Mingqiang settled Gui'er in and booked a room next to her. He said to her, "I'm right next door. If you need anything, please feel free to ask me. Especially if you need to use the bathroom, be sure to call me because this place is so simple and there are all kinds of people here."

Gui'er said, "It's okay. Since Mother has said so, my eldest brother should be here to pick me up soon."

Who knew that half a day had passed, and it was already evening, but Sha Yanyao still hadn't shown up.

Gui'er felt a little uneasy in the room. The environment here was indeed not good, and most of the people who came here were men, merchants, and the walls were thin. People in the next room coughed, smoked, drank, and played cards. Gui'er could hear every little sound clearly. The smell of their cigarettes also drifted over, choking Gui'er and making her feel very uncomfortable.

In the evening, Wu Mingqiang knocked on Guier's door and said, "Miss, I'm going out to buy you some dinner."

Gui'er opened the door for him and said, "Brother Wu, when will my brother come to pick me up? It's too noisy and smelly in here."

Wu Mingqiang said quickly, "My lady has been wronged. I'm afraid the eldest young master and his family will have to tidy up the house before they can leave."

Guier nodded helplessly and said, "Okay."

Wu Mingqiang had just left, and Gui'er was standing at the hotel window looking out bored.

"Boom, boom, boom"

Gui'er thought it was Wu Mingqiang who came back, and was feeling strange. She walked to the door and was about to open it.

"Shh, don't make any noise."

Suddenly I heard a strange man's voice.

Guier stopped immediately, and she cautiously moved the stool behind the door to block it.

Worried, he quickly ran to the bedside, took out a pocket pistol from his bag, and loaded it.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom"

Someone outside kept knocking on the door. Guier held her breath and listened nervously to the noise outside.

"What are you doing?"

"I just saw a man and a young girl move into this house."

"Oh, so that's how it is. Our hotel is used by passing merchants who stay for a day or two to save money. Women rarely come here, but what does that have to do with you? Why are you knocking on the door?"

"Hey, what kind of women can live in this place? But when they checked in, I took a look at the girl and she looked pretty good. I came to ask about the price."

"Hey, so that's what you were thinking. I came to ask you about it."

"You line up behind me, I came here first."

Gui'er felt angry when she heard this. She believed that these two people were just scoundrels and should not pose a big threat. However, in order to avoid trouble, she decided to ignore them.

The knocking on the door continued for several minutes.

"Damn it! She's clearly in there and she's ignoring us! How about we just break down the door?"

"Ouch, ouch, it hurts, it hurts, who are you?"

"Don't fight, don't fight, boss, who are you?"

Guier suddenly heard the two people outside screaming and there seemed to be sounds of punching and kicking. After a while, it was finally quiet.

"Guier, are you in there? It's me, big brother."

It was Sha Yanyao's voice.

Gui'er hurried over to open the door. Sha Yanyao, Wu Mingqiang and Acheng were standing at the door.

Sha Yanyao said, "Thank goodness you're safe." Then he turned to Ah Cheng and said, "How could you place the young lady in a place like this?"

Ah Cheng was about to say something when Wu Mingqiang patted his head from behind and said, "Young Master is teaching us that it was the servants who were inconsiderate. Fortunately, the young lady is fine. Let's get out of here quickly."

Gui'er took her things and followed Sha Yanyao and the others downstairs under the curious gazes of the people staying in the hotel. Sha's car was already parked at the door.

"So she's a daughter in distress. You can't judge a person by appearance."

"You can't judge a person by his appearance. It's all because of you that I got beaten up."

"You two got beaten? Hahahaha, you deserved it for harassing others."

Guier got into the car, and the car sped away under the curious gaze of everyone.

When we returned to the Sha Mansion, Madam and Song Tingting were both in the living room.

Seeing Gui'er, Song Tingting said with a face full of resentment: "You ran quite fast. Your whole family was arrested, but you were the only one who was fine. You are so lucky."

Gui'er ignored her. She saw that Madam had lost a lot of weight in just two or three days, so she asked with concern, "Mother, are you okay?"

The wife sighed and said, "Fortunately, you were smart this time and called Yan Yao's classmate to mediate. Otherwise, we don't know what kind of situation our family would be in."

Gui'er quickly said, "I'm glad you're okay. Actually, my father and second brother were very worried too. They even sent Wu Mingqiang to deal with it."

"Don't mention him to me." The lady suddenly shouted.

Guier was startled.

Sha Yanyao sighed, walked over, touched Gui'er's head and said, "You've suffered a lot these past few days. I'm afraid you haven't been able to eat or sleep well in that small hotel. Go upstairs and get some rest. Although your room is messed up, I've asked Dingxiang to tidy it up for you."

Guier glanced at the lady cautiously, nodded, and turned to go upstairs.

After returning to the room, Guier took a look at her things. Nothing was missing, but there was nothing valuable in her room anyway.

At this time, the door rang, and Dingxiang came in with a glass of milk and two buns and said to Guier, "Miss, I brought you some food."

Seeing that she hadn't changed much, Gui'er smiled and said, "Are you all okay?"

Ding Xiang said with lingering fear, "I was imprisoned in a cell with several other servants. They interrogated us and told us to tell the truth, otherwise we would be accused of collaborating with the Communists and be shot."

Guier asked curiously, "What questions did they ask?"

Ding Xiang said, "They mainly asked about family matters, who had come, and who the young master was associating with. I told them everything honestly."

Gui Er comforted her and said, "Since you've told me the truth, everything should be fine."

Ding Xiang said worriedly, "But I heard the other servants say that Director Zhou will not give up until he has extorted 1000 gold bars. Now the Marshal has only given 100 gold bars. When we were in prison, Madam was imprisoned in the cell next to ours. From time to time, we would see someone coming to pass on a message. It was said that the Marshal was only willing to give 100 gold bars, and let Madam and the Young Master figure out the rest. Madam was cursing the Marshal in prison."

Gui'er suddenly realized when she heard this. No wonder her wife became like this in just a few days. It was probably caused by exhaustion. Although her wife was a bit stingy and harsh to Gui'er on weekdays, Gui'er felt a little sympathy for her now.