A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

Sha Yanyao said to Gui'er, "I was a little worried before, but now I'm afraid that if I don't seize the time, I'll be dead."

Gui Er saw that the usually gentle Sha Yanyao's eyes were filled with murderous intent, and thought to herself, "It's good to have one more person willing to help."

So he said to Sha Yanyao, "Brother, is there anything I can do for you?"

Sha Yanyao said, "What do you think of poisoning him? Invite Director Zhou to dinner under the pretext of bribing him. You and Jinbao get him drunk and then drug him."

Guier definitely didn't want such a risky method, as it would immediately lead to her being the one responsible. She shook her head and said, "Isn't this method too risky? He died of poisoning after dinner. Everyone would think it was us who did it."

She thought for a moment and said, "I heard from classmate Zhou Huifang that Director Zhou recently bought a new car. His driver used to check the car every day, but this time, because the car is new, he often slacked off. Brother, do you think you can do something about this?"

She told Sha Yanyao this information because she wanted to add another team to do this, which might increase the success rate.

Sha Yanyao thought for a moment and said, "Let me think of a solution. This matter concerns the life and death of our family. You must not tell anyone, not even Ah Cheng and Wu Mingqiang, understand?"

Guier nodded obediently and said, "But they don't know how to assist in the operation. Is it okay for you to do it alone? Director Zhou has so many subordinates, and those two people died tragically last time."

Sha Yanyao smiled and said, "Don't underestimate your brother. I followed my father and fought my way up from the dead. But when we need to find a place to fight, I'll need you and Jinbao to help lead him there."

Guier nodded and said, "No problem."

The next day, Gui'er and Sha Yanyao did not go to work or school, but stayed with their wife. In the evening, she was finally able to be discharged from the hospital.

Back at the mansion, Gui'er quickly asked the kitchen to prepare some nutritious porridge for Madam. Madam took Gui'er's hand and said, "Child, I heard that you gave the token of love your second brother gave you to those people. I didn't expect you to be such a filial child. When this matter is over, I will definitely buy you a new gold necklace."

Guier smiled and said, "It was an emergency at the time. There was nothing we could do. Mother, you should rest more and recover soon so that everyone can rest assured."

In fact, since she came here, although she knew that she had to save money, she actually had no material desires. She felt that in such an era, human lives could not be protected at any time, so why should she value material things so much? Besides, she had money, but she had already told her wife and Sha Yanyao that what she handed over was the last silver dollar, so it was inconvenient to take it out.

After taking two days off, Guier finally started school again.

As soon as she returned to school, she found her classmates looking at her and whispering to each other. Gui'er asked in confusion, "Zhou Huifang, what's going on? Did something happen while I was away?"

Zhou Huifang said cautiously, "Everyone actually knew that your house was surrounded, and they thought you were arrested."

Guierpu sneered and said, "What's this about? The day before yesterday my mother fainted at home because of a high fever."

Zhou Huifang turned pale when she heard this. She said, "Isn't that even more serious? I heard many people have caught severe colds and died from high fevers. Some have even become mentally ill. How is your mother now?"

Guier hadn't expected the flu to be so severe in the Republic of China. She said, "My eldest brother bought aspirin on the black market and his fever has gone down. He's now recuperating at home."

When Miss Shen heard from her classmates that she was coming, she came to the classroom and asked her, "How is your mother?"

Guier smiled and said, "I've returned home with my fever gone. My brother heard about Teacher Shen's visit and asked me to express my gratitude."

Miss Shen nodded, not paying much attention, and then said to Gui'er, "You missed two days of classes. Come with me to my office to pick up your notes and homework for the past two days."

Gui'er followed Miss Shen to the teachers' office. The other teachers were out, and Miss Shen said to Gui'er, "I told Xu Wenjie about your situation. He was worried it was Director Zhou's trap. Now it's not. He told me to tell you to come to the equipment room before school ends today."

Guier knew that they must have agreed on an action plan, so she nodded and went back with her homework and notes.

After that, Guier was busy attending classes, doing homework and taking notes during breaks. Her day was very fulfilling.

When school was about to end, she hurriedly packed up her things and prepared to go to the equipment room.

Zhou Huifang held her back, took out the heart-shaped necklace she had given to the action team leader, handed it to her, and said, "My uncle asked me to return this to you. I didn't expect them to be so excessive now, even wanting to snatch the tokens worn around other people's necks."

Gui'er was very surprised that they would actually return the things to her. She smiled and said, "I didn't expect your uncle would actually take it from those people and return it to me."

Zhou Huifang frowned and said, "This isn't a good sign. Did my uncle say anything special to you? He usually doesn't care if his subordinates act tyrannically."

Gui Er suddenly thought of Jin Bao. Could it be because of Jin Bao? However, she didn't want to tell Zhou Hui Fang about this matter to avoid unnecessary trouble, so she said, "No, I don't know him at all. Maybe it's really because I'm living under someone else's roof, which is not easy."

Zhou Huifang then stopped talking.

Gui'er hurried to the equipment room. Before entering, she looked back to see if anyone was following her. When she found that no one was paying attention to her, she pushed open the door of the equipment room. Xu Wenjie had already dressed up as a school worker and was packing things inside.

Seeing her coming over, Xu Wenjie handed her a stool and said, "Last time you said your stool was uncomfortable to sit on and the joints were loose. I got you a new one. Please take it back to the classroom later. I heard from your sister Feng Shu that something happened to your adoptive mother. Is everything okay now?"

Gui'er nodded and told him what had happened over the past two days. She said curiously, "I don't know why Director Zhou asked his daughter Zhou Huifang to return the heart-shaped necklace that the action team leader had stolen from me."

Xu Wenjie said, "This is indeed quite unusual. What do you think?"

Gui Er said, "The only thing I can think of is that he might be doing this for Jin Bao's sake. He knows that Jin Bao and I are good friends and doesn't want to break up. This means that he still has some feelings for this girl."

Xu Wenjie said, "That's perfect. We've noticed there's a Fengtaimen Temple Fair going on soon, so there should be a lot of people. Can you think of a way to get him to go to the temple fair? If the car stops there, we'll try to distract the driver from setting up the explosives."