A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

Gui Er explained her purpose frankly, "Brother, I'm here to inquire about Director Song and Manager Liu. Everyone in their mansion has been released, so why haven't they been released yet?"

Sha Yanyao sighed and said, "We were only released because we handed over 100 gold bars. I'm afraid they wouldn't release the others so easily."

Gui Er frowned and said, "I think this is Director Zhou's cleverness. Because we haven't handed over the remaining gold bars, he's continuing to detain these people who can nominally testify against you. I'm very worried. What if one day they can't bear it anymore and forge confessions to testify that you are a revolutionary? What will we do then?"

When Song Tingting heard this, she pointed at Gui'er and cursed, "Don't spit blood at me! My brother would never do such a thing."

Sha Yanyao said to Song Tingting, "Shut up." Then he turned to Gui'er and asked, "What do you think, sister?"

Gui'er continued, "I think Director Song won't be embarrassed by what he says, but I can't say the same about Manager Liu. He has no power, no influence, no connections, and I heard one of his legs was broken. If he can't stand it, he'll probably do whatever they ask him to say or sign anything."

Sha Yanyao sighed, glanced at Song Tingting and said, "But we have nowhere to raise these 900 gold bars now."

Song Tingting's eyes avoided when she heard this.

Gui Er also sighed and said, "Actually, all of this is because of Director Zhou. It would be great if we could find someone to persuade him to show some leniency."

Sha Yanyao said helplessly, "We don't have many connections in Nanjing. Even if Chen Zhongyu went to see Director Zhou, he would only get this result. There's really no one else willing to help us. Besides, Director Zhou is very well-connected in Nanjing. I heard that the chairman is quite optimistic about him."

Gui'er carefully observed Sha Yanyao's expression as she said, "It would be great if Director Zhou had an accident, or was kidnapped by bandits somewhere. If he were gone, all our problems would be solved."

"Tsk, if you can't do anything about it, then don't make things worse. Director Zhou is a high-ranking official, and he's doing well in Nanjing. How could he end up in those remote mountains and forests and get kidnapped by bandits? You can dream about it until you go to sleep at night."

Gui'er quickly smiled and said, "That's all I said. Isn't there any other way? Then I'll go back first."

When leaving their room, Gui'er looked back and saw Sha Yanyao sitting at the desk, deep in thought.

The next day was Sunday and the school was closed. Guier got up early in the morning, washed up, and went downstairs to have breakfast. She frowned when she saw that the breakfast only consisted of steamed buns and porridge.

Ever since the eldest family was arrested by Director Zhou, the quality of their meals has plummeted since they returned.

The real masters of the mansion now are the Madam, Sha Yanyao, Song Tingting and Guier. In theory, it shouldn't be a big deal, but these days the meals are mostly millet porridge, multi-grain cakes, and occasionally rice. The only dish is stir-fried vegetables with a few slices of meat, which is exactly the same as the food standard of the servants in the Marshal's mansion in the past.

Guier asked Dingxiang what their servants eat now?

Ding Xiang said aggrievedly, "My wife said that our family is in a bad situation now. We are under Director Zhou's watchful eye all day long. We can't eat well and need to be frugal. So we all eat mixed grain cakes, millet porridge, vegetables, and pickled vegetables from our own kitchen. In fact, since we came to Nanjing, the food has been worse than before in Jiangcheng, and it's even worse now."

Gui'er couldn't figure it out for a moment. Was this a self-torture tactic intended to impress Director Zhou, or was it an operation to save on food expenses? The problem was that even if so few people saved for several years, they wouldn't be able to save much.

Gui'er returned to her room after breakfast. She was still racking her brains over how to rescue Manager Liu.

Suddenly her eyes fell on the wall in the backyard where she had climbed out last time, and she found that there was no one watching there.

Guier suddenly had an idea: could she get out of here and run to find Chen Zhongyu?

Manager Liu's leg was injured, and the infirmary in the prison was extremely simple. Gui'er tried hard to recall, but it seemed that she had never seen any medicine in the infirmary. There were only a few bottles, and they all seemed to say morphine, sedatives and the like. If Manager Liu's leg was seriously injured and he could not get timely treatment, his life might be in danger.

Thinking of this, Gui'er found the servant's clothes that she had not had time to return to Miss Shen and put them on. She put on a cheongsam on the outside and prepared to climb over the wall to go out. After taking off the cheongsam, she could disguise herself and run to find Chen Zhongyu. She also took a bundle of cloth, ready to take off the cheongsam and use the bundle of cloth to wrap it as luggage.

He took out the pocket pistol and the hidden weapon pen, found a rope to hang the hidden weapon pen around his neck and hid it in his clothes. As for the pocket pistol, he thought for a moment and found a rubber band to tie it to the inside of his thigh.

After finishing all this, she calmly opened the door and walked into the hall. The lady was sitting in the hall, secretly reading the newspaper. Seeing her, she frowned and said, "Have you finished your homework? Where are you going?"

Gui'er said quickly, "I've finished writing. I feel bored and want to go for a walk in the yard."

She originally wanted to stroll in the yard, and when there was no one around, she would sneak up to the wall she had left that day and run away. But now that she was seen by the lady, if she stayed in the yard for too long without going in, she would definitely become suspicious, so she hesitated for a moment.

At this moment, Sha Yanyao came back from outside, followed by an old man wearing a long gown and glasses.

Gui'er was just beginning to feel strange when Sha Yanyao said to her, "This doctor is a retired physician from the hospital. He's very experienced in treating brain injuries. I'll ask him to come and check you out. Don't let any sequelae develop."

Gui'er didn't expect Sha Yanyao to have such a thoughtful attitude, and quickly said, "Thank you, big brother."

Sha Yanyao asked the old doctor to sit down and examine Guier. At this time, Song Tingting may have heard the noise and came down from the stairs. She stood beside him with a pout and watched.

The old Chinese doctor first took Gui'er's pulse, then looked at the wound on her head and said, "The wound is fine, but this gentleman said you were injured when you were a child, so we still need to observe and see if there are any sequelae."

Guier said, "When I was a child, the injury wasn't in this part..."

"Bang, bang."

"catch him."

"You still want to run? Damn it."

Suddenly, two gunshots were heard from outside, followed by dense footsteps and noise. The people in the house were already nervous, and now they were even more frightened. The lady jumped up from her seat, looking very panicked.

After a while, the gate was kicked open and several people walked in carrying a person.