A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

He gave it to her the first time, and asked for it again two days later. If she didn't give it to him, he would find all kinds of ways and excuses to stop her and wouldn't let her go out. Madam and Sha Yanyao were soon stretched to the limit.

One time, Gui'er heard Song Tingting and Sha Yanyao arguing because Sha Yanyao asked her to ask the Song family for money.

Song Tingting cried and cursed: "My mother was so blind. She married me to you, thinking that your family was rich and powerful and I wouldn't have to worry about the rest of my life. But it turned out that you are a scoundrel and you even want to spend my wife's money. My brother was also implicated by you and was sent to prison. Now he doesn't know whether he is alive or dead. Oh my god."

Although Song Tingting doesn't talk much and looks gentle, she is just as good as Mrs. Song when she throws a tantrum. They are really from the same family.

Madam and Sha Yanyao still had their dignity to save, so they didn't dare to ask Song Tingting for money again.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Gui'er quickly hid her gold and silver jewelry, then took ten silver dollars, dozens of copper coins and some banknotes, put them in an envelope, and then put the envelope in a book.

He picked a time when everyone was in the hall, took the book, and walked up to Sha Yanyao solemnly and said to him, "Brother, our family's situation has been tough lately. As a member of this family, I should also help out. Here is the remaining money I have. Give it to everyone."

Sha Yanyao was embarrassed and touched. He didn't know whether to accept the book or not in front of everyone. His wife came over with a smile, took the book, took out the envelope from it, and returned the book to Gui'er. She opened the envelope and all the silver dollars, banknotes and copper coins inside poured out with a clatter.

When she saw that there were only a dozen silver dollars and the rest were loose change, she looked disappointed and said to Gui'er, "Why is this all? Your brother loves you so much, he can't possibly only give you so little, right?"

Gui Er deliberately hesitated, glanced at Jin Bao and said, "I had a large expenditure before, so I have no choice but to spend this little."

Although Jinbao's identity was not stated explicitly, everyone knew it.

The lady curled her lips in disdain, took the dozen or so silver dollars, and returned the remaining copper coins and banknotes to Gui'er, saying with a smile, "Guier is really considerate of everyone, but how can I take everything from you? You should keep some for yourself."

Guier smiled sweetly and said, "It's my duty. Mother is so considerate of me, how can I still harbor selfish thoughts?"

In fact, all the copper coins and banknotes added together were not worth a silver dollar, which was enough to buy a few bowls of noodles.

Then something strange happened. When Gui'er came home from school, she saw that the things in her room had been touched. She was shocked, thinking that Director Zhou's people had come in and secretly searched. She quickly called Dingxiang and asked, "Did Director Zhou's people come in to investigate today?"

Ding Xiang stammered, "No."

Gui'er looked at her expression and said, "What's going on? Tell me honestly, I noticed that the placement of things in the room is different."

Dingxiang glanced at the door with some concern, and Guier immediately realized that it was done by one of their own people, most likely the Madam. She pointed her finger above her head. The Madam's room was right above her room.

Dingxiang nodded anxiously. Guier sighed and said to her, "It's okay. Go get me a glass of milk."

Fortunately, she had made preparations. She had handed over more than a dozen silver dollars beforehand, and then hid the few small yellow croakers and a dozen silver dollars she had left in the interlayer of her school bag, carrying it with her every day. This is how she avoided the lady's plunder.

It’s not that she doesn’t want to be of the same mind as the Madam, but the Madam’s actions all along have made her realize that if there is any emergency, the mother and son will definitely abandon her, or push her out as a shield. She has to keep some money for herself, otherwise she will really be unable to move forward.

During the break that day, Gui'er was walking around the campus bored, thinking about what to do next.

Suddenly she noticed the door to the equipment room was open, so she hurried over and saw Xu Wenjie inside, tying an apron around himself and covering his hair. He looked a little surprised to see her and said, "I was just about to ask Fengshu to get you over here. Why did you come here by yourself?"

Gui'er said to him without thinking, "Think of a solution quickly. Director Zhou is getting more and more pressing. Although he hasn't found any evidence, he should know that it was Sha Yanyao who gave him the gun."

Xu Wenjie nodded and said, "We've also investigated based on the clues you provided. Director Zhou's car is indeed a breakthrough point, but it's difficult to arrange because his car is parked inside their agency every day. Our colleagues tried to break in, but found that the driver always circles around the car, making it difficult to get close to him, so we haven't made any progress."

Gui'er frowned and said, "Is there anything I can help you with?"

Xu Wenjie said, "We do have comrades who are proficient in installing explosives, but they have never found an opportunity to do so. We need an opportunity like this."

Gui'er thought about it and realized that Director Zhou now had improper thoughts about Jinbao. Could she take advantage of this?

She said to Xu Wenjie, "The girl I mentioned to you last time is very brave. I can go back and discuss with her to see if she's willing to lure Director Zhou out to a place where it's convenient for you to do it."

Xu Wenjie said happily, "That's great."

Gui'er said a little worriedly, "I think that girl will probably not refuse. If necessary, I can help her do this, but how will I get out of this situation then?"

Xu Wenjie said, "Don't worry about that. Go back and ask her for her opinion. We'll plan a route and allow time for your escape, or we can set the bomb's timer a little longer. We'll discuss these things."

Guier nodded and was about to turn around and leave.

"Gui Er, what are you doing here?"

Gui'er was so frightened that she almost jumped up. She turned around and saw that it was Teacher Zhang Yunchu. She smiled and said to her, "I came to see the janitor to ask if he could help me get a good stool. The joints in my stool seem to be loose, and it keeps shaking when I sit on it."

Xu Wenjie, already wrapped in a turban and sporting a fake beard, said in a deliberately hoarse voice, "Classmate, go back to class first. I'll find some stool parts and try to piece them together to make a more stable one. Which classroom are you in? I'll bring it to you."

Guier pointed to the teaching building and said, "It's in the first classroom on the right hand side of the stairs on the second floor. The third seat in the second row is mine."

Xu Wenjie said, "Okay, I understand."

Then Gui'er hurried out, and Zhang Yunchu followed her out. Gui'er was still looking back, so she quickly said to her, "Teacher, are you looking for me?"