A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

Guier was stunned for a moment after hearing this, nodded, and said with a smile: "Thank you, brother. I'll go to school first." Then she got out of the car.

After entering the school gate, she looked back and saw Sha Yanyao waved to her before driving away.

As Gui'er walked in, she thought, "How did Sha Yanyao know that I was manipulating Manager Liu's affairs?" But from what he said about Manager Liu's brother, he probably mistook Du Lao Er, whom Wu Mingqiang had brought with him, for Manager Liu. From this point of view, it seemed that what he knew was not right. Through what channel did he know this?

Just as I was thinking about it, I saw Miss Shen. She glanced outside the school and said, "Why did your eldest brother send you here today? Did something happen at home?"

Gui'er said quickly, "Isn't my master, Shopkeeper Liu, still in jail? His wife came over here and wanted to ask someone to help find out how to give a gift to get Shopkeeper Liu released. My eldest brother happened to be at work so he gave me a ride, and we discussed this matter in the car."

Miss Shen heard this and said, "So that's how it is. I've also heard a few things from Xu Wenjie. I'll ask him to help you find out later."

Guier hurriedly thanked her.

However, Sha Yanyao was still a little worried when she knew that Manager Zhang was coming. Finally, when school was over, Acheng came to pick her up.

He told Ah Cheng everything and asked, "Did Xiao Wu tell Big Brother when he did this? How did Big Brother know?"

Ah Cheng said doubtfully, "Since you said that no one in the mansion wanted to get involved in this matter, only the Second Young Master knew about it. I don't know if he told the First Young Master, but if he did, he should have known that we had someone impersonate Manager Liu's brother."

Gui'er also found this very strange. Wu Mingqiang was absolutely reliable and unlikely to leak the information. How did Sha Yanyao know about it? However, he had no ill will towards her and even said he wanted to help her, so there should be nothing to worry about.

She asked Ah Cheng: "How is it today?"

Ah Cheng said, "Brother Qiang and Du Laoer went to investigate outside the prison. Director Tian is still there, and the security is tight. Nothing unusual can be seen from the outside. Brother Qiang has already sent someone to inquire about the operations team leader and the guards to see if there's any opportunity to exploit."

Gui'er asked hurriedly, "How was the harvest?"

Ah Cheng sighed and said, "The action team leader wanted to make money, but he was very afraid of Director Tian, so he refused."

Guier said: "My eldest brother said that he would help me find out, so don't act rashly for now, let's wait for some time." In addition, Xu Wenjie is also an insider and can help find out, but Guier is not in a position to say this.

While chatting with Acheng, Guier suddenly saw a man and a woman sitting in a car driving towards them. Guier saw that the woman in the car looked a bit like Song Tingting. She was wearing a tight cheongsam and nestled in a man's arms. The man must be rich or noble because there was a driver driving the car.

She remembered the rumors about Song Tingting that Dingxiang had told her before. Just as she was about to take a closer look, the car whizzed past them. Guier just hoped that she was dazzled, otherwise something big was going to happen again.

When they returned home, Song Tingting acted as if nothing had happened, and Gui'er suspected that she had seen it wrong.

After waiting helplessly and anxiously for several days, Sha Yanyao suddenly said to Gui'er, "Guier, Director Tian has relented...but you still have to pay 80 gold bars. This is already the lowest price Director Tian has offered."

Gui'er was worried when she heard this. She didn't have that much money in her entire fortune. She quickly said to Sha Yanyao, "Brother, Shopkeepers Zhu and Liu only run a small shop. How can they afford 80 gold bars? Can you be more flexible and give me less?"

Sha Yanyao said with some embarrassment, "If it really doesn't work, why not just ask Manager Liu and his family to sell their shop? For someone like Director Tian, even 100 gold bars wouldn't be too much, let alone 80."

The shops of Manager Zhang and Manager Liu are connected, and there is a darkroom in the middle. Once one side is rented out and an outsider comes in, he will immediately discover the secrets inside, which is not worth it.

Gui Er was at a loss, so she said, "Then I'll go talk to Shopkeeper Zhang first."

Arriving at the inn, he told the shopkeeper Zhang what he had said. He immediately broke down and burst into tears, "Those two storefronts are actually rented. We don't have much merchandise in them. We're a small business. Even if we sold everything in those two stores, we still wouldn't be able to come up with 80 gold bars. Damn you, spy chief! How can we ordinary people compare to the rich? How can we have that much money to redeem our lives?"

Gui'er quickly comforted him, "I see. Let's talk to him again. Don't worry. If he's willing to accept the money, it means he actually believes that Manager Liu is innocent. That way, our chances of winning will be much greater."

After hearing this, Shopkeeper Zhang calmed down a little.

After arriving at the Sha Mansion, Gui'er immediately went to find Sha Yanyao and told him about the situation of Manager Zhang's family, and also said that Manager Zhang himself was in a very bad condition.

Gui'er said, "Their business wasn't very good to begin with. When I was in Jiangcheng, didn't I go to his house every day to learn medicine? I know it very well. If they ask for 80 gold bars, I really can't come up with it. Could you please, Director Tian, be kind and spare me? My master, Shopkeeper Liu, is quite skilled in medicine. Letting him go so that he can treat more people would be a good deed."

After hearing this, Sha Yanyao pondered for a moment, sighed, and said, "Then what's the most he can offer? I have to give him a minimum price."

Guier knew that in that era, for an ordinary family, having dozens of silver dollars would be considered a good family, let alone gold bars. Moreover, she had never thought of asking Manager Zhang to pay at the beginning. She had originally thought of paying for it herself, but she did not expect Director Tian to ask for such a high amount. She could only think of asking Manager Zhang to see if she had any. Of course, the result was that she did not have any.

She didn't know how to tell Sha Yanyao now. It was impossible for her to say that she couldn't take out a single gold bar, but all her belongings were only two or three gold bars, which was far from the price Director Tian asked for at the beginning.

If killing Director Tian could solve the problem, she would do it without hesitation. But judging by Director Zhou's case, even if Director Tian died, sending another official would have the same result. As the saying goes, all crows are black.

Just as Gui'er was hesitating about what to say, suddenly a scream came from outside, followed by crackling sounds.

Both of them were startled and hurried out of the study.

It turned out that when Song Tingting was going down the stairs, she accidentally slipped and rolled from the second floor steps to the first floor.