A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

Gui'er and Sha Yanyao looked at each other in silence. The family came to the mourning hall, burned incense and bowed.

When the family members were expressing their gratitude, Gui'er saw Teacher Zhang Yunchu. There was no sadness on her face and she even nodded. Gui'er was actually a little panicked inside because it was Teacher Zhang who told her that Director Zhou's driver did not check the car.

He had no choice but to pretend to nod solemnly, and then retreated. Just as he got to the side and hadn't stood still, he saw Director Wang coming over alone. After bowing, he walked over to greet them.

The lady asked with concern: "Why didn't Yulan come?"

Director Wang was delighted when he heard this and said, "She was in poor health, so I didn't let her come."

Upon hearing this, the wife immediately said, "Oh, yes, it should be coming soon. Alas, as a mother, I have been busy with some trivial matters recently and have not paid much attention to her. Son-in-law, don't worry about it. I will ask someone to go to the surrounding countryside to see if there are any free-range eggs and buy some for her to eat during her confinement."

Director Wang was deeply moved and thanked him repeatedly. He then said to Sha Yanyao, "Did you see that? There are so many people paying tribute to Director Zhou."

Sha Yanyao smiled and said, "I've walked around here and found that everyone isn't here to pay tribute to Director Zhou. Instead, they want to meet Director Tian. However, they can't find a way, so they have no choice but to come here to try their luck."

Director Wang laughed when he heard this and said, "Oh, that's right! I asked many people to inquire about this and wanted to pay a visit in advance, but I couldn't find any connections, so I had no choice but to come here. Old Zhou, that scum, also took advantage of Director Tian's appointment to ruin his glory!"

Sha Yanyao quickly winked at him and shook his head. Director Wang and Director Zhou had been at odds for a long time. This time Director Zhou attacked the Sha Mansion, and he tried to mediate, but Director Zhou ignored him, which made him feel very embarrassed. Now that Director Zhou died in such an ignominious way, it could be said that he had finally vented his anger.

"Look, the man coming in through the door is the newly appointed Director Tian."

Someone in the crowd said this, and immediately dozens of people looked at the door.

After a few seconds, a man in his forties wearing a Zhongshan suit walked in with two of his men.

Gui'er looked up. The man's footsteps were so light, almost silent. His face was thin, with slightly protruding cheekbones, narrow eyes, and a dark complexion. He didn't have the square, round features of a typical government official, but rather resembled a farmer with a few acres of land in the rural areas surrounding the city. However, his eyes were sinister, his lips tightly pursed, and he gave off a chilling aura that filled anyone who met his gaze.

Director Tian brought his men to the coffin, bowed, expressed condolences to the family, and then politely walked aside and stood there.

As soon as he stood still, the people around him became eager to come forward and greet him and introduce themselves.

The lady murmured, "This person looks so familiar."

Sha Yanyao said in surprise: "Mother, do you actually know Director Tian?"

The lady said, "Not necessarily. Let me take a look." Then she suddenly pulled Gui'er's hand and squeezed towards Director Tian.

Gui'er was extremely reluctant, as she was worried that Director Tian was a perverted sex maniac like Director Zhou.

"Is that Brother Guinong?" The lady couldn't squeeze in at all. Director Tian was already surrounded by a circle of high-ranking government officials. She didn't care about anything else and just shouted loudly.

"you are?"

"It's not your fault that you don't remember me. We haven't seen each other for more than ten years. Do you still remember? Back then in Jiangcheng, you and Lao Sha met every day to discuss the world situation."

Director Tian thought for a moment, and then suddenly seemed to remember something. He said with sudden realization, "It's you, sister-in-law. It's been a long time since we last met. I didn't expect to run into you here."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone around looked at the lady differently.

The wife was also very happy and said to Director Tian enthusiastically: "Yes, it's been many years since we last met. I didn't expect to see you again in Nanjing. By the way, this is my eldest son and youngest daughter."

Sha Yanyao quickly walked over and greeted him with a smile, "Hello, Director Tian."

Gui'er also greeted him: "Hello, Uncle Tian."

Director Tian glanced at them and said with a smile, "I remember you only have one son."

The wife said with a hint of sadness: "Yes, I'm not lucky enough in this life to have both a son and a daughter, so I adopted one myself. Before I knew it, he has grown up to this age."

The lady spoke as if Gui'er had been raised by her since she was a child. Gui'er felt like she had eaten a green-headed fly when she heard it, but she didn't know the inside story and didn't want to get angry.

However, Director Tian was very kind to his wife, which made everyone around him envious. They even asked about his wife's background and found out that she was a close friend of the new nobleman Director Tian. Even Director Wang came up to his wife and said, "Mother-in-law, you and Director Tian know each other."

Guier almost laughed out loud. Although Yulan married Director Wang, he still acted like a superior boss in front of the people in the Sha Mansion. This was the first time he respectfully addressed his wife as mother-in-law.

The wife said to Director Tian with a smile, "Since it is such a coincidence that we meet here again, and you are here alone, why don't you come to your house for a simple meal when you are free? You must come and don't refuse, otherwise your brother Sha will blame me for not taking care of his brothers."

Director Tian smiled and nodded.

The lady's plan was a success. As soon as she returned to the Sha Mansion, Song Tingting hurriedly asked her, "Mother, how do you know Director Tian? I heard he's a direct descendant of the upper class."

The lady said proudly, "I thought it was Director Tian. It turned out to be this Director Tian. Back then, he was a nobody, while your father had a strong position in Jiangcheng. He passed by Jiangcheng and somehow managed to get in front of your father, pretending to be a patriotic young man with unappreciated talent. In fact, he is just a scoundrel. Your father said that this man is very thick-skinned. Although he is unknown now, he has some connections with those people above. If he is treated well, he might be useful in the future. That's why he treated him well during that period. I didn't expect that he would be really useful now."

Song Tingting said happily, "No wonder, our family was so glorious at the funeral today. Those noble ladies who usually play cards with me looked at me with envy and jealousy."

Gui'er found this outrageous and couldn't help but pour cold water on them, saying, "But Wu Mingqiang is still incarcerated, which means the case is still under investigation. I wonder if this director is as greedy for money as the previous one. If so, then the money we gave to Director Zhou before was wasted."

There was silence for a moment.

After a while, Sha Yanyao said, "I heard that Director Tian is very dedicated to his work. He's also an old acquaintance of my father's. He wouldn't do anything foolish, would he?"