A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

"He is the cousin of the proprietress of Yongfa Foreign Company. He studied abroad. He is handsome and has a good sense of humor." Song Tingting said in a voice as small as a mosquito. Gui'er put her head close to the crack of the door out of curiosity and could hardly hear anything from there.

"So what does he do for a living? Does his family own a foreign trading company? How many brothers and sisters does he have? How much property can he inherit?"

There was another long silence.

"Oh, my dear daughter, please tell me, you are driving me crazy."

"He, he didn't find a suitable job after returning to China and is still looking for one. He has two sisters and a mother. His family used to be very wealthy, but after his father passed away, the family business was inherited and managed by his uncles, so..."

"So he's just a gangster. What's wrong with you? You give up your job as the eldest son of the Marshal's Mansion and hang out with such a loser. Do you know how much effort I put into making you the eldest lady of this Marshal's Mansion?" Mrs. Song was anxious and her voice rose 8 degrees.

"But Yan Yao is always busy, and my mother-in-law always tells me how many girls are lining up to marry him..."

"Why are you so stupid? He's the son of the Marshal's family. Isn't this natural? Even if he takes a concubine, you have to endure it. That's how I endured it. Otherwise, I would have to give up my position as the wife of the Song family. Why are you so stupid?"

Song Xichen probably couldn't bear to listen any longer, so he interrupted and said, "Okay, okay, let's get out of the hospital first. Mother just happened to have a room at the Central Hotel, so you can go there first."

"What? They wouldn't let her go back to the Sha Mansion? That makes sense."

Then the door was pushed open with a bang. Guier was startled and quickly shrank back.

Mrs. Song ran out and saw Guier. She was stunned for a moment, as if she thought of something. She grabbed Guier and pulled her in.

Gui'er was completely bewildered.

After entering the ward, Mrs. Song suddenly smiled and held Gui'er's hand affectionately while saying, "My dear, you and our Song family are also very predestined. Your sister Tingting has a misunderstanding with your eldest young master. Why don't you help to mediate?"

Gui'er quickly pulled her hand back and said, "Madam, it's not that I don't want to help you, but Madam was really angry, saying that Miss Song was trampling on the reputation of the Marshal's Mansion. At that time, I asked my subordinates to come over every day to check on her and gave them some money, but they were not happy. I almost became a sandwich. I dare not help you with this. Why don't you go and ask for it yourself?"

Song Xichen was very embarrassed when he heard this and quickly said to Gui'er, "How much did you pay? I'll give it back to you."

Seeing Gui'er's unwillingness to help, the lady's smile faded. "Look, Xichen has been so kind to you all these years. It's really a waste of his love for you that he won't even help with this little favor. You were once a servant in our family, and Tingting is your young lady. You were supposed to be her slave. If it weren't for our family saving you and that damned girl called 'Hua', both of your graves would be overgrown with grass."

Song Xichen said anxiously, "Mother, what are you doing? Stop making things difficult for her."

In fact, Gui'er has always been thinking about how Song Xichen saved her and Taohua, and has been good to her over the years. Moreover, because they are comrades, she tolerates Song Tingting in daily life, and this time she is willing to help her.

She smiled bitterly and said to Mrs. Song, "Madam, it's not that I don't want to help, but I don't have the ability. I'm just an adopted daughter. You said I'm just a servant in the Song family, and I'm only slightly better than a servant in the Marshal's Mansion. How can I possibly persuade the Madam and the Eldest Young Master? If you don't believe me, ask them." As she spoke, she pointed to Song Tingting's maids and servants.

When the old women and maids heard this, they were so frightened that they lowered their heads and dared not make a sound.

Song Xichen quickly tried to smooth things over: "Alright, alright, let's go to the hotel first. We've already recovered. If we stay in the hospital with so many patients and so many germs, we'll get infected again."

So, Song Xichen rushed around to complete the discharge procedures. When they arrived at the hospital gate, Song Xichen's car couldn't accommodate so many people, and Song Tingting insisted that her personal maid accompany them to serve. Gui'er wisely said, "I came here to show Brother Xichen the way. Since you all are going back to the hotel, I'll take a rickshaw back by myself."

Mrs. Song and Song Tingting remained silent. Song Xichen went to get Gui'er a rickshaw, paid the fare, and said to her, "Guier, don't take what my mother and sister said just now to heart. I know that these things are thanks to your care. It's really hard for you to be caught in the middle, but you have done so much for me. Thank you very much."

Gui Er smiled and said, "As long as Brother Xichen can understand, that's enough. As for the others, I don't care what they think."

Afterwards, Gui'er took a rickshaw back to the Sha Mansion. When the lady saw her, she asked, "How is everything? Have they arranged everything?"

Gui'er nodded and said truthfully, "My sister-in-law has been discharged from the hospital and is now back at the hotel with Mrs. Song. Her personal maid has also gone with her."

When the lady heard this, she said, "In that case, let's send those people here to the hotel to look for her."

Then he told his housekeeper, "Go and send away the woman and the maids and servants who came with her as a dowry from her parents' home."

Gui'er was stunned. These people had been here for so long and they had luggage with them. In addition, Song Tingting also had a lot of valuables in Sha Mansion. Letting them leave without saying anything was like a house raid.

But the lady turned back to her room after she finished speaking, and Sha Yanyao ignored her. Those people then grabbed Gui'er and said in embarrassment, "Miss Gui'er, what should we do?"

Gui'er thought for a moment and said, "Why don't you guys pack your things first and go to the Central Hotel."

Then he called Ah Cheng and asked him to take the maids and mother with him to avoid any accidents on the way.

She thought that Song Tingting's luggage would definitely not be missing from the Sha Mansion, but the luggage of these servants only consisted of a few clothes and some small items. Once they left, they would either be thrown out as garbage or taken by other servants. It was more important to let them keep their own property.

Sure enough, early the next morning, Song Xichen drove his car and brought Mrs. Song and Song Tingting to the house.

Gui'er originally thought that they would not come to her house for fear of embarrassment, and would just ask someone to come and pick up the luggage. She didn't expect that they would actually come in person.

Feeling that there was bound to be a good show to watch, Guier didn't even care about being late for school, and deliberately ate breakfast there slowly.