A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

Guier quickly got off the rickshaw and ran back to Sha Mansion.

I ran into the hall from outside and saw my wife lying unconscious on the sofa.

Sha Yanyao panicked and hurried to shake her: "Mother, mother."

Gui'er reached out and touched her forehead, which was very hot. She then felt her pulse and said to Sha Yanyao, "Mother might have a severe cold that caused the fever. Let's rush her to the hospital."

Without a word, Sha Yanyao picked up his wife and walked out the door. When they got there, the rickshaw that was supposed to take Guier to school was still waiting there. Sha Yanyao put his wife on it and said to the rickshaw driver, "Let's go to Malin Hospital."

The spy tried to stop him, but Sha Yanyao got anxious and pushed him away, saying, "Didn't you see my mother fainted? You can't ask for money at this time, right?"

A man who looked like the team leader walked up slowly and said, "Master Sha, it's not that we want to make things difficult for you, but we have orders. If you leave like this, how are we going to explain this to our superiors?"

Sha Yanyao's face was twisted with anger. He stepped forward, grabbed the man by the collar, and raised his fist to hit him.

Gui'er quickly thought of a solution. She grabbed the small gold heart necklace she was wearing, handed it to the team leader, and said, "Uncle, please be flexible. My mother is seriously ill."

The team leader weighed it in his hand, and with a light click, the chicken heart opened, revealing a photo of Sha Yanyao and Guier inside.

Most people would know that something like this was someone else's treasured collection and would not easily take it. However, the team leader smiled, used the long fingernail on his little finger to pick out the photo, and threw it casually on the ground. Guier quickly picked it up.

The team leader said nothing, but tilted his head. Seeing this, the other agents also let go of their hands. Sha Yanyao hurriedly urged the rickshaw driver: "Hurry up."

Gui'er and Acheng also followed behind, but Gui'er was not in good physical condition and fell behind after running for a while. Acheng called a rickshaw for her and finally arrived at the hospital after following behind.

After the diagnosis, the doctor said, "Her fever is so high it's dangerous, but we're out of aspirin here. See if you can find some on the black market. We'll try to cool her down physically first."

Sha Yanyao hurried out, then came back a moment later and said to Guier, "Guier, can you contact Wu Mingqiang? I called him, but no one answered."

Gui Er was a little puzzled and said, "It's always Brother Cheng who contacts him." Then she called out to Cheng, "Brother Cheng, why can't we contact Brother Wu all of a sudden?"

Ah Cheng said, "That's impossible. I'll go and take a look." Then he walked out.

Gui'er asked Sha Yanyao: "Brother, your most urgent task now is to find aspirin. You don't have to worry about Brother Wu." She thought Sha Yanyao contacted Wu Mingqiang to plan a deal with Director Zhou.

Sha Yanyao said somewhat embarrassedly, "I want to buy aspirin on the black market, but I have no money."

At this time, Ah Cheng ran back, looked around cautiously, and said to Guier, "I called a few places where Brother Qiang is, and everyone there said he was not there or had not seen him. I feel something is wrong."

Gui'er also felt unwell, so she asked, "When was the last time you saw him?"

Ah Cheng said: "Last time when he delivered something to our house."

After hearing this, Gui'er and Sha Yanyao looked at each other. Although no one said it out loud, they felt that things were getting troublesome. It was very likely that Wu Mingqiang had been secretly arrested by Director Zhou.

Gui'er said, "Now let's think of a way to save Mother. I'll go call Sister Yulan."

Sha Yanyao woke up as if from a dream when he heard it, and said happily: "Oh, yes, why didn't I think of it? And her."

Gui'er borrowed a phone at the hospital and called Director Wang's home. Yulan answered the phone. After hearing about the situation, she became very nervous and said, "Don't worry, I'll send you the money right away."

Then a man who looked like a housekeeper came over and brought 30 silver dollars. He said, "The director and his wife were originally going to come over, but his wife is ill and he has to take care of her, so he can't leave. So he asked me to bring it over. I hope the old lady can recover soon."

Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that they were afraid of being targeted by Director Zhou, so they simply didn't show up.

Sha Yanyao didn't care about anything else. He took the money, said thank you, and then ran out to buy medicine on the black market.

Guier said to Ah Cheng, "Brother Ah Cheng, please call a rickshaw for me. I need to go to school to ask for leave."

Then she asked the nurse to help look after her wife and she took a rickshaw to school.

As soon as I entered the school, I was too lazy to go to the classroom. I went straight to Miss Shen's office, explained my wife's situation to her, and said I wanted to ask for leave.

Miss Shen asked with concern: "Such a thing has happened, is the lady okay now?"

Gui'er said, "He's lying in the hospital. Big brother went to the black market to look for aspirin."

Miss Shen readily approved the request and said, "Go and take care of it quickly."

At this time, the class bell rang and the other teachers went to class. Guier quickly seized the opportunity to say to Miss Shen, "Please tell Xu Wenjie that what he told me last time is okay."

When Miss Shen heard this, she looked around cautiously, nodded and said, "I understand. I will inform him as soon as possible."

Then Guier left the school.

Back at the hospital, Sha Yanyao had already returned and the medicine had been found, having spent several times the price. He asked Guier, "Where did you go just now?"

Guier said, "I went back to school to ask for leave, and Teacher Shen told me to say hello to my mother."

Sha Yanyao was stunned for a moment, then nodded with some emotion and said, "She is thoughtful."

After taking aspirin, the wife's fever subsided and was basically gone by the evening. Acheng bought a few bowls of noodles for everyone to eat.

He also said: "I just went to the hotel where Brother Qiang often stays in Nanjing and checked. The things are still there. The waiter said that he saw him two days ago but has not been seen these past two days. After asking more, it seems that it was probably when the things were delivered to our house."

Sha Yanyao frowned and said, "He must have been arrested by Director Zhou." Then he looked at Gui'er and said, "This guy has done a lot of things with your second brother. Can you trust him? He won't confess in a few seconds, will he? Then others will have a lot of evidence against him."

Gui'er was a little upset. She forgot to tell the school about Wu Mingqiang's arrest when she went there just now. She didn't know if it would have any impact.

She said to Sha Yanyao, "Little Wu, he's a good person and he won't harm us."

Sha Yanyao remained silent. He waved Ah Cheng out, then closed the ward door and said to Gui'er, "Guier, Director Zhou is pressing us relentlessly. It seems he wants to put our family to death."