A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

Guier understood that they wanted her to be the assassin. The problem was that although she could shoot a gun, she had no other skills. Director Zhou was a man and a skilled spy. Not to mention that he was followed in and out by others. If the operation failed, she would definitely not have a good ending.

She thought for a moment and said, "Brother, our family is all in this together. We prosper together and suffer together. It's only right for me to do this, but Director Zhou has so many followers around him. How can I do it? Even if I succeed and he dies, people will know it was me, and our family will be held accountable. Although you failed to report him, I think this matter still needs to be considered carefully."

Sha Yanyao sighed and said, "I know this plan isn't reliable, but it's been half a day since I came back. I'm afraid if it's any later, we won't have a chance. Mother's plan is to hand you over when Director Zhou comes to ask for an explanation. If you're not sure you can successfully assassinate him, you can use a delaying tactic to stall for a while so that he won't be so angry. Of course, I know this is unfair to you."

In other words, he wanted Guier to use her sex appeal to buy time.

Sha Yanyao said, "My mother told me to ask Director Wang to invite Director Zhou to our house for dinner tomorrow. What do you think..."

Gui'er knew that Sha Yanyao seemed to be asking for her opinion, but in fact, if she refused, she would most likely be placed under house arrest.

After thinking for a moment, Guier smiled and said, "They are all helping their own family, how can I refuse?"

Sha Yanyao looked at her in surprise, perhaps not expecting her to agree, and then said guiltily: "It's all because of my incompetence that I've gotten myself into trouble."

Gui'er sneered inwardly, but she still had to smile and said to him, "It's not your brother's fault. It's Director Zhou who is too evil. He will definitely not have a good death in the future."

After hearing what she said, Sha Yanyao became a little worried and said, "Guier, are you absolutely sure you can get rid of Director Zhou without anyone noticing? Don't act rashly. This concerns the lives of our entire family."

Guier smiled and said, "Don't worry, brother."

The next day, after Gui'er had breakfast and was about to go to school, her wife stopped her and said, "Guier, this family matter is very important today. You should not go to school. Come with me to the department store to buy some clothes and get your hair done."

Guier smiled and said, "My mother knows my size. You can just go buy it for me. Director Zhou's wife is a teacher at our school. If I don't go to school today and Director Zhou comes to our house for dinner, I'm afraid she will notice. It's better for me to go to and from school as usual. After all, this task cannot be completed in one or two days."

After hearing this, the lady nodded thoughtfully and said to Gui'er with a smile, "You still have brains."

Song Tingting also smiled and said, "My sister has been smart since she was young. She is especially suitable for this. Our family is counting on her."

Gui'er really wanted to go up and tear her mouth, but now was not the time. She was afraid that if she made a big fuss, the lady would not let her go out. After all, she only had Ah Cheng to use, and she could not beat so many people in the mansion.

After getting on the rickshaw, Ah Cheng walked beside them. After walking for a while, Gui Er looked around and saw that no one was following them. She stopped the rickshaw and said to Ah Cheng, "Ah Cheng, please let the rickshaw go first. I want to walk to school today."

Ah Cheng was a little surprised and said, "Miss, this place is still five miles away from your school, and it's not easy to get a taxi here."

Guier saw a snack stand on the side of the road and said, "Actually, I didn't have enough breakfast just now. I want to eat something more."

Ah Cheng smiled and said, "So that's how it is. I told him to wait here."

Then Guier got off the rickshaw, found a corner seat in the snack stall, ordered two bowls of osmanthus glutinous rice balls, and asked Acheng to sit down and eat with her.

She looked around and saw that no one was paying attention to her, so she quickly told Acheng what Sha Yanyao had said yesterday.

Ah Cheng was furious when he heard this and said, "This is outrageous! The people in the first house have always treated the young lady harshly. Now they are actually going to give you to Director Zhou. If the second young master knew about this, he would definitely skin us all alive."

Gui'er said, "My idea is that they probably took all the money when our house was raided last time, so they thought of me. I've come up with a way to buy time. After you drop me off at school, go and contact Wu Mingqiang immediately. Tell him to find a girl around my age who works in a brothel. Have her take my place and detain Director Zhou. But to avoid Director Zhou's suspicion, she has to pretend to be my classmate staying at my house temporarily. You also have to find her one of my school uniforms. I have to use this time to quickly find a way to end Director Zhou's life."

Ah Cheng frowned after hearing this and said, "Actually, Miss, we have a better solution. I can just take you back to Jiangcheng right now. Even the Marshal doesn't care about them, so why should you stand up for them and spend money on them?"

Gui'er said in her heart: I am not standing up for them, I want to save Manager Liu and Song Xichen, and avenge my comrades at the same time.

But she definitely couldn't say that, so she had to say, "There's no other way. I'm still young and want to study in Nanjing, so I have to live with them. Although my father doesn't seem to want to help, if he listens to their advice, I'm afraid he would be willing to give up my adopted daughter. So, escaping back to Jiangcheng isn't a particularly good option."

Ah Cheng heard this and said, "Don't worry, Miss. I'll do it right after I drop you off at school."

When she arrived at school, Gui'er didn't just sit there and wait. She took advantage of the time when there were no classes and went to Teacher Zhang Yunchu's office.

Teacher Zhang Yunchu was very surprised to see Gui'er and said, "You are not my student. What do you want from me? I remember you seem to be Teacher Shen's sister-in-law."

It seems that Teacher Zhang is aware of the personal connections of many people in the school and is not the kind of person who turns a deaf ear to what is happening outside.

Guier smiled and said, "Teacher Zhang, I'm looking for you mainly because I have something to tell you about my family. Can I talk to you for a moment?"

Teacher Zhang smiled and said, "I don't know your parents."

Gui'er said, "But your husband knows him, so let's go out and talk."

Zhang Yunchu sensed something was amiss and followed Gui'er to a corner of the playground.

Seeing no one was paying attention, Gui'er immediately put on a face as charming as a Chu woman and said to Zhang Yunchu, "Teacher Zhang, please save me. Director Zhou fined my family hundreds of gold bars for some reason. My family can't come up with that much money right now, so they're planning to offer me to Director Zhou as a skinny horse from Yangzhou."