A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

Sha Yanyao quickly interrupted her and said, "Mother, you are not feeling well. Let me take you back to your room."

Gui'er concluded that something must have happened, and quickly lent a hand to help the lady back to her room.

It was then that Guier realized that her lady's hands were shaking.

After sending the lady back to her room, it was time for Gui'er to go to school. She wanted to find out what had happened, but Sha Yanyao kept urging her to go to school quickly, so she had to go out.

Gui'er sat in the rickshaw. She glanced at Ah Cheng. He must know something, but with the rickshaw driver around, it was inconvenient for her to tell him. So when the rickshaw reached a newsstand not far from the school, she stopped it and said, "Let's stop here. I'll buy a newspaper and then walk over."

The rickshaw driver was paid the same amount of money, and he was happy to shorten the distance, so he put Guier down.

When Gui'er arrived at the newsstand, she immediately saw the newspaper they had read this morning placed in the most prominent position. She bought another one, folded it in her hand, and walked forward.

This place is just a short distance away from the school gate. It is surrounded by students and teachers going to school, parents sending their children to school, and servants and nannies from various families.

Guier glanced around and found no one was following her, so she said to Ah Cheng, "Brother Ah Cheng, does this matter have anything to do with our family? Judging from the expressions of my mother and eldest brother, it should be related. Why don't I know it?"

Ah Cheng sighed and said, "Those two were a pair of lovers. The girl was working as a dancer when Director Zhou took a fancy to her and forcibly took her. The rickshaw driver was her boyfriend, and they were said to be planning to get married. In order to escape, they asked the young master for help. The young master didn't dare to help, but he did provide a gun later."

Gui Er became nervous. "Brother, why would you do such a stupid thing? Such an inexperienced person is bound to fail, yet you're still helping him. Then why didn't Director Zhou make trouble yesterday?"

Ah Cheng thought for a moment and said, "Maybe it's because we haven't found any definitive evidence yet. The young master asked Brother Qiang to find the gun on the black market."

Gui'er was still worried: "Even if it's on the black market, they can find it. Aren't these spies the best at dealing with all kinds of people? It's only a matter of time before they find out."

Ah Cheng also frowned and said, "I know this too, so I plan to send you to school first, and then talk to Brother Qiang about this matter and ask him to solve the hidden danger."

Gui'er was stunned for a moment, then immediately understood what he meant: the usual underworld practice of killing to silence the witness. She quickly said, "No, Director Zhou already suspected us yesterday. Maybe that black market guy has been targeted. Whoever kills him now will be a suspect. It's best to have Brother Wu find his home, give him some money, and let him go. We also need to prepare for the worst-case scenario. If he can't escape and gets caught, let him learn how to speak for the sake of his family."

In fact, it means giving a sum of money to the black market dealer to let him run away. If he can't run away, he will use his family to threaten the black market dealer not to tell anyone.

Ah Cheng looked at Gui'er in a daze. He probably didn't expect the little girl to suddenly become so alert. After a few seconds, he came to his senses and quickly said respectfully, "Yes."

Gui'er sighed. She still wanted to pretend to be a little girl and hide her incompetence. She also didn't like using her family to threaten others. Although those black market merchants were not good people themselves, they also had wives, children and elderly parents. But the situation was serious and she had no other choice. If Director Zhou arrested and convicted everyone in the Sha Mansion again, it would be even more impossible for Manager Liu and Song Xichen to be rescued.

When we arrived at the school, as expected, everyone was discussing the bizarre murder case. Since newspapers rarely published such gory photos, everyone was discussing it. Some were worried about public security, some said it was a vendetta, and some were more mysterious, saying it was the work of ghosts.

Zhou Huifang glanced at Gui'er, seeming to hesitate to speak. Gui'er sensed that she must know something, so she wanted to find out, so she asked, "Have you read the newspaper?"

Zhou Huifang glanced around, pulled her to a deserted corner, and said, "I told you, don't tell anyone else. Just be careful. These two people were most likely killed by my uncle."

Gui'er asked hurriedly, "How do you know? Did you see it with your own eyes?"

Zhou Huifang shook her head and said, "If my uncle wanted to do something like this, why would he need to do it himself? But I've seen that little girl before. She's one of my uncle's concubines. It's said that she was originally the daughter of a scholarly family, but her family fell into poverty and she had to work as a dancer. The one pulling the cart was her brother. The two siblings had a good relationship. He probably wanted to take his sister away, but my uncle found out."

Gui'er said to herself, "Oh, so they're not a couple."

Zhou Huifang looked at Gui'er in surprise and said, "Do you know anything?"

Gui'er sighed and said, "How could I know anything? It was your uncle who suddenly showed up at my house last night with a group of people, saying they were looking for an assassin. He scared everyone in my family, saying it was a whore and her lover who did it. Now you're saying your uncle killed those two, saying they were brother and sister, so I just remembered this."

Zhou Huifang looked a little horrified and asked, "Is that really the person your family is looking for?"

Gui'er said quickly, "How is this possible? Isn't she your uncle's concubine? We don't know either of them. We've been worried and worried all night. I wonder why your uncle would suspect it was us."

Zhou Huifang said: "My uncle came back from outside yesterday with an injured hand. He even called to mobilize troops and said he wanted to find a gun and so on. I overheard him saying that he suspected it was your family. Since nothing happened, it shouldn't be your family's fault. I was so worried that I couldn't sleep last night. You know, if my uncle confirmed that the person was your family, I guess no one in your family would be left."

After hearing this, Gui'er felt a little worried. It seemed that it depended on who could find the person selling guns on the black market first. She hoped that Wu Mingqiang could handle the matter well.

At this time, the bell rang and the students returned to the classroom one after another. Gui'er suddenly saw Teacher Zhang Yunchu standing near the toilet and looking at her. She said to Zhou Huifang, "You go back first. I'm going to the toilet."

When they arrived at the public restroom, there was no one else inside, so Guier said to Teacher Zhang, "Teacher Zhang, are you looking for me?"

Zhang Yunchu said, "...Is everything okay at home? Those two people mentioned in today's newspaper..."

Guier smiled and said, "Thank you for your concern. Zhou Huifang just told me that she was Director Zhou's concubine. The brother and sister wanted to get rid of him, but they didn't expect it to get so serious that it turned into an assassination."