A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

After Gui'er said this, it was no longer Director Zhou who asked someone to steal her necklace, but rather Director Zhou who helped her get the stolen necklace back.

Director Zhou smiled and said, "As you should. I heard your wife fainted. Is she okay?"

Madam and Sha Yanyao quickly said, "It's just a minor illness, and it's healed."

Jin Bao seized the opportunity to take out Ding Xiang's amulet and said, "I have been so grateful to Madam for taking me in, and I have no way to repay you. I heard there will be a Fengtaimen Temple Fair in the next few days. This amulet was asked for me by my mother a long time ago. It is very effective. I want to ask Madam for one too."

The wife didn't know this was a trick. Thinking that she would have to bribe the spies every time she went out, she quickly said, "It's good that you have this intention. We don't have enough people at home right now, and no one can go out with you. Let's talk about it later."

Jin Bao deliberately pursed his lips, looking aggrieved as he said, "But since I came here, I haven't done anything for the family, and I've been eating and drinking for free all day. I really feel bad about it. I think I should do something for Madam, too. Don't you agree, Director Zhou?"

Gui Er took the opportunity to say to her wife, "Mother, Jin Bao is sincere, so let her go. At worst, I can go with her."

The lady was still reluctant to part with the money, but she couldn't get angry in front of Director Zhou, so she kept smiling and said, "It's not safe for you two little girls to go out. I'm worried. Let's talk about it later."

Jin Bao suddenly took Director Zhou's arm and said to his wife, "Uncle Zhou, would it be okay for you to go with me? Uncle Zhou, are you willing to take me?"

Director Zhou was stunned for a moment, then pinched Jin Bao's face and said, "Of course."

The wife hadn't expected this and quickly said with a smile, "Then I'll trouble Director Zhou."

"Can I go with you? I also want to pray for my mother." Gui'er suddenly interrupted. She was afraid that if Jinbao went alone with Director Zhou, he might not be able to divert Director Zhou away, and instead be taken advantage of, and would not be able to complete the task properly. After all, he still had some concerns about there being two people.

"Gui'er, you have to go to school..." The lady was about to dissuade her.

Suddenly, she caught sight of Sha Yanyao glaring at her, and quickly changed her tone, saying, "But Miss Jinbao has been staying indoors for so many days at our house. You should go for a walk with her. Go ahead, though. I'm sorry to trouble Director Zhou to take care of the two children."

Director Zhou smiled and said, "Of course not. It's good for them to have company so that their parents don't worry. In fact, I have children of the same age as them at home." It seemed that he felt that Sha Yanyao was on guard against him and was afraid that he had improper thoughts about Jinbao, so he had to pretend to be righteous.

Sha Yanyao hurriedly toasted Director Zhou, and Jinbao was also very attentive in picking up food for Director Zhou. From time to time, he would shake Director Zhou's arm like a child, which made Director Zhou very happy and smiled all night long.

As the banquet drew to a close, Director Wang raised his glass and toasted Director Zhou, saying, "Old Zhou, you've seen it too. Their family is quite nice and honest. Don't take any misunderstandings from the past to heart."

Director Zhou took a sip of his wine and, slightly tipsy, glanced at Director Wang and said, "Old Wang, of course you spoke for them. They helped you marry a beautiful bride. Now you go home every day and it's so wonderful, right? I heard that your young wife is about to give birth to a son. Unlike me, I go home and see that old hag every day. I'm not in the mood for anything."

Director Wang smiled a little awkwardly and said nothing.

Gui'er couldn't help but recall Teacher Zhang Yunchu's eager questioning of their actions. Perhaps Director Zhou and her conflict had become irreconcilable? If that was the case, could Zhang Yun be the one to carry out the poison plan Sha Yanyao had mentioned earlier?

But for now, Guier still chooses car explosives as the first action plan. After all, it is urgent. If it really cannot be implemented at that time, she can think of other ways.

On the day of the temple fair, Jinbao and Guier got up early in the morning to wash and get ready. The lady was very nervous and reminded them to dress nicely, but Guier still wore her school uniform.

When Song Tingting saw it, she said, "Why are you wearing a school uniform when you're out and about on vacation? You'll look like a child and people won't be interested."

Sha Yanyao immediately said to her: "Speak less."

Gui'er also took out her hidden weapon pen and went to Jinbao's room. Taking advantage of the fact that no one was around, she demonstrated it to her. Then she said to her, "This is for you. Remember, our mission this time is to lure Director Zhou to the vicinity of the Shansi Temple and get him and his driver out of the car so someone can plant explosives in it. Don't worry about anything else."

Jin Bao took the hidden weapon pen and hid it in the secret pocket of his clothes. He asked her, "You gave me this self-defense tool, but what will you do with yourself?"

Guier said, "Don't worry, I have something to protect myself." Then she took out a pocket pistol.

At this time, there was a knock on the door. Ding Xiang said from outside, "Miss, Director Zhou is here. Madam asked me to ask you to come down."

The two of them hurried out of the room and went to the first floor. Director Zhou was already waiting there. Seeing Jinbao wearing new clothes, he quickly praised: "Little Jinbao, you look really good in this outfit today."

Jin Bao quickly went up to Director Zhou and put his arm around him, saying, "Thank you, Uncle Zhou, for the compliment. Let's go!"

As they left, Sha Yanyao also walked out of the courtyard. He smiled and said to Gui'er, "Director Zhou is taking you out to play. You must abide by the rules and don't cause trouble for others. Today's temple fair is bound to be very lively. If I didn't have to go to work, I would really like to go shopping."

Director Zhou looked at him politely, nodded, and then got into the car with Guier and Jinbao.

Although the spies were still surrounding Sha's house today, they did not come over to ask for money when Sha Yanyao came out.

The car drove along the road for about half an hour. The further we drove, the more pedestrians, rickshaws and bicycles we saw on the road. There were even many vendors pushing carts and carrying baskets on their shoulders.

Guier looked out the car window and finally saw a house number. It turned out that the address of the temple fair was not far ahead. She was secretly happy. There were so many people crowded there. She could use this as an excuse to ask Director Zhou to ask the driver to park the car there, and they could just walk to burn incense and pray.

Sure enough, after driving forward for about a kilometer, it was almost difficult to move forward. The car stopped and started, and was blocked by crowded pedestrians, rickshaws and street vendors from time to time.

Seeing that the time had come, Gui'er said to Director Zhou, "Uncle Zhou, are we almost there? There are so many people ahead. If the car can't drive in, we can walk in."