A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

Zhang Yunchu muttered upon hearing this: "The matter between those two people..."

Guier nodded and said, "It must have been Director Zhou who did it. He admitted it himself last night when he brought people to our house to investigate. However, he thought the driver was the girl's boyfriend."

Zhang Yunchu hesitated and said, "Is that made by your family?"

Gui'er thought for a moment and said, "How is this possible? If it was really done by our family, would I still be standing here now?" As she said that, she took out the newspaper she bought in the morning from her pocket and shook it in front of Teacher Zhang Yunchu.

Zhang Yunchu was dazed and said, "Maybe one day I will be like this girl..."

Seeing she hadn't revealed anything useful, Gui'er consoled her, saying, "Don't think so. He's been doing a lot of evil. He might be punished or brought to justice someday. The bell's ringing. I'm going back to class."

Zhang Yunchu suddenly grabbed her and whispered, "If I can tell you where his security is flawed, will your family kill him?"

Gui'er was full of suspicion. She was afraid that Zhang Yunchu was trying to trick her, so she said ambiguously, "Teacher, if you have any difficulties, I can help you."

Zhang Yunchu was stunned for a moment, then said anxiously, "I'm serious. His car was a bit old, and he recently found a way to use public funds to buy a new one. The driver is someone from his bureau. One day I heard him privately telling someone that the old car had some minor problems, and he had to check it before every drive. Then Director Zhou also asked him to keep an eye out for bombs or something. Now this car is new and drives well, so he got lazy and didn't check it anymore."

Gui'er thought that this was a flaw that could be exploited, but she still said, "Teacher Zhang, these hearsays can't be used as a basis. You know what happened to those two people who assassinated Director Zhou. Let's take a long-term view."

Zhang Yunchu's eyes suddenly turned disappointed after hearing this. After a while, he said, "That's right. Your family is still under suspicion. Class is about to start. You should go back quickly."

Guier nodded and ran back to the classroom. Fortunately, this class was taught by Miss Shen, so she was not blamed.

When the get out of class was over, Guier quickly caught up with Miss Shen as she was leaving the classroom and said, "Teacher Shen, please stay. Could you help me contact the janitor from a few days ago? I have something broken and I need him to fix it."

After hearing this, Miss Shen was stunned for a moment, then immediately understood what she meant. She nodded and said, "Please send the things to the equipment room after school." Then she left.

Gui'er waited for the school to end, feeling like the days were passing by like years. She then cautiously went to the toilet. When she came back, most of her classmates had left and the others were packing up their things, getting ready to go home. She also pretended to be getting ready to go home, packed her things, slung her schoolbag over her shoulder, walked out of the classroom to see if anyone noticed her, and then turned around and slipped into the equipment room.

Xu Wenjie was indeed there. He said to Guier, "Feng Shu said you had something urgent to talk to me about."

Guier nodded, took out the newspaper, pointed at the photo and said to him, "There are only two people in it. They were killed by Director Zhou."

Xu Wenjie frowned and said, "I knew this a long time ago. The captain of the action team is actually his lackey, following his orders. It was he who ordered the captain to do it."

Gui'er said, "There's one thing you might not know. The guns those two men were carrying were obtained by Sha Yanyao. They were bought on the black market."

Xu Wenjie's expression grew serious after hearing this. "No wonder," he said. "I heard from the action team leader that they're going to increase surveillance of your family soon."

Gui'er also felt very bad when she heard this. She said to Xu Wenjie, "I've asked Wu Mingqiang to find the black market gun dealer and get him to leave immediately. I hope it's not too late."

Xu Wenjie said angrily, "Unfortunately, I'm only in charge of confidential matters and general affairs, not operations, so I'm not familiar with some of the details. However, if your family is to be under increased surveillance, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult for you to move forward."

Gui'er hesitated for a moment, but then told Xu Wenjie, "Director Zhou's wife, Ms. Zhang Yunchu, just told me about this situation. Director Zhou recently got a new car. He used to check the condition of his old car every day, but after getting the new one, the driver got lazy and didn't check it every day. She thought there was an opportunity."

Xu Wenjie frowned and said, "I know about his car change, but why did his wife tell you about this? Isn't it a little strange?"

Gui'er said, "I've thought about that, but she's actually a pitiful person. Her dowry has already been taken by Director Zhou, who's also been having affairs with many other women. She wants a divorce, but she's afraid of retaliation, so I wanted to win her over and get her to provide us with information. You can go back and verify this. If there's anything I can do to help, I'll do my best."

Xu Wenjie nodded and said, "Okay, then go back quickly and be careful."

Guier then came out of the equipment room, looked around and saw that no one was noticing her, so she hurried out of the school gate. At this time, Acheng had already called a rickshaw and was waiting at the school gate. She got on the rickshaw and asked Acheng as she walked.

"Brother Cheng, how is things at home today?"

"I'm afraid we need to be more cautious. There are a lot of people at the door."

Guier knew that it was Director Zhou's arrangement, but she didn't expect that the surveillance would be increased again so soon.

When they returned to the Sha Mansion, Sha Yanyao had already arrived. All the servants in the room were terrified and didn't say much. A circle of people selling things had gathered in front of the door of the Sha Mansion. They were actually the same old faces. Everyone knew that they were spies, but no one said it out loud.

Gui'er didn't know whether Wu Mingqiang had handled the matter properly, so she was a little worried.

While delivering milk to her, Ding Xiang whispered to her, "Miss, Director Zhou actually wants revenge on the Sha Mansion, not you. The Madam and the Young Master even want to send you away. If you didn't have some money and could find Miss Jin Bao to replace you, you would have been in great danger this time. Now that Director Zhou's men have begun to surround the house again, why bother staying in the same boat with them? Why don't we just run away quietly?"

Gui'er was stunned when she heard this. It's not that she hadn't thought about it, but if she left the Sha Mansion, she would have no help. If she wasn't the daughter of the Shuai Mansion, Ah Cheng and Wu Mingqiang wouldn't obey her. In that case, how could she save Manager Liu and Song Xichen? So at least for now, she still needed this identity.