A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

The next day after school, as soon as Gui'er returned to the Sha Mansion, she felt that everyone in the mansion was busy. Dingxiang said that everyone was preparing for the meeting tonight, and at that time not only Director Tian, but also Miss Tian and Director Wang would come.

When Sha Yanyao got off work, Director Tian came back with Miss Tian and Sha Yanyao as expected. Director Wang also went home to pick up the pregnant Yulan.

It has been a long time since the Sha Mansion has been so lively.

Miss Tian, who everyone was most curious about, was wearing a high-end dress and had the most fashionable perm. She had an oval face, almond eyes, a turned-up nose, and a cherry mouth. She was as beautiful and charming as a movie star.

Everyone in the mansion was stunned. Even the servants who were cooking in the kitchen heard the sound and quietly came out, hiding in the corner to watch.

Guier heard them talking and said, "This future young mistress has eyes like Ruan Lingyu and a mouth like a butterfly. She's as beautiful as a fairy. Although our eldest young master is from a wealthy family, he's a man who's been married twice. I didn't expect he'd have such good fortune."

Sha Yanyao was probably also very surprised, showing a little nervousness, which was rare. His wife also put away her usual coldness and became particularly enthusiastic. When introducing Jinbao, she deliberately added, "She is our Gui'er's good friend. Because of an accident at home, she is temporarily living here. She recently found a job as a clerk in a foreign company and will move out soon."

Obviously, I am afraid that Miss Tian will not like it or have some ideas.

Although the lady did not mention Gui'er, she was a little worried because she was an adopted daughter and she didn't know if she would be disliked like Jinbao.

Miss Tian then said calmly, "Sister Jinbao has no parents. If she lives alone outside, her personal safety might not be guaranteed. Why don't you stay here first? When you get married in the future, you can get married in our house. We have plenty of rooms here, right?"

Everyone present was very surprised. Jin Bao was so grateful that he almost shed tears. Even Director Wang said, "Ms. Tian is so beautiful and compassionate. She is the epitome of a modern woman."

Everyone enjoyed the meal very happily, and all parties were very satisfied. Director Tian said, "Since you all like him, that's great. I'm going to Shanghai soon. Before then, please complete the procedures for joining the Revolutionary Committee. Director Wang, please help me make some adjustments. I still want to work with my nephew-in-law."

Director Wang said hurriedly, "Don't worry, I will do whatever Director Tian tells me to do. If Director Tian is not in Nanjing, our Yan Yao brothers will be your successors. Oh, Brother Yan Yao, I really envy you. This is an opportunity that others have been waiting for their whole lives for."

Guier heard that Director Tian regarded Sha Yanyao as his trusted aide who stayed in Nanjing while he was in Shanghai.

Director Tian said, "The situation is unclear right now, and the various factions within the party are competing fiercely with each other. I have to be on guard. I can't go out and come back to find my house robbed, right?"

Director Wang nodded repeatedly in agreement and said, "Yes, yes, yes, Director Tian is still very far-sighted."

Gui'er watched them toasting each other and wanted to talk about Manager Liu, but after thinking about it, she decided not to. This kind of thing needed to be discussed and paid for, so it couldn't be brought up openly.

After finishing their meal, they were still not satisfied and continued to sit there listening to the radio, chatting and discussing the national situation. Guier greeted them politely and went back to her room to do her homework.

As soon as she entered the house, Dingxiang pushed the door open with milk and snacks. Guier saw her eyes rolling around and said with a smile, "Are you guys gossiping about Miss Tian again?"

Ding Xiang smiled and said, "Everyone says this Miss Tian is so beautiful and graceful. She's not like the previous Miss Song, who had eyes on the top of her head. Some maids even said she was the mortal incarnation of Guanyin Bodhisattva."

Gui'er shook her head and smiled helplessly.

"However, Brother Cheng told me privately that he had met this Miss Tian." Dingxiang said mysteriously.

Gui'er was stunned for a moment and said, "He has met Miss Tian. Where did he meet her?"

"At the Great World Ballroom, Brother Cheng. He's from Shanghai, right? Sometimes when he gets homesick, he'll go to the Great Shanghai Ballroom, buy a ticket, and ask a dancer to dance with him."

Gui'er didn't expect that Acheng had such a hobby.

Ding Xiang said, "That's normal. Men who haven't married don't save money. Brother Cheng, that's good enough. Some servants even gamble and go whoring. Look, even our old man, Lao Wang, goes to that alley in the slums not far from here to look for women standing on the street."

Gui'er was quite shocked. She had never paid attention to this aspect. But think about it, how could the lower class people realize that the world would undergo earth-shaking changes and their country would be invaded? Their lives did not have much hope, and the idea of living for today was quite common.

She asked Ding Xiang, "Did Brother Cheng see Miss Tian go to the dance hall?"

Ding Xiang nodded and said, "Yes, and she was holding hands with a man."

Gui'er was stunned. She said cautiously to Dingxiang, "That could be Miss Tian's friend or relative. She and Big Brother are getting engaged soon. You'd better not say anything careless. If things go wrong, Big Brother might not show mercy. Tell this to Brother Cheng too, and ask him not to tell anyone else."

Dingxiang quickly agreed.

The next day at school, Guier repeated these words to Acheng.

When I arrived at school and was about to enter the classroom, Zhou Huifang said, "Teacher Shen, I want you to go to the printing room to help her get the printed test papers to give to us."

Gui'er went there without thinking much, and when she arrived at the printing room, she saw Xu Wenjie wearing work clothes and printing.

Guier said to him, "Teacher Shen asked me to come over and get the test papers to hand out in class."

Xu Wenjie nodded, then glanced outside the door a few times. After confirming that no one was around, he pulled a package out of his pocket and handed it to her, saying, "These are the 40 gold bars that Chen Zhongyu and Song Xichen asked me to give you."

Guier took it. Although they were small yellow croakers, there were 40 of them, making it a heavy bag.

She said worriedly, "How am I going to get it back to the classroom? It would be suspicious if others saw me carrying so much money."

Xu Wenjie took out a few scrapped test papers, crumpled them up, and then unfolded them. He then wrapped the gold bars tightly and handed them to her. He said, "This way, it won't be visible. I'll put two more misplaced test papers on top. Go back to your seat and take out those two too. Then people won't be suspicious."

Gui'er nodded, grabbed the bag of gold bars in her hand, and then dragged a stack of test papers back to the classroom. She pretended to pick them out and pulled out the two test papers that Xu Wenjie had just put there with the wrong prints. She pretended that they were newly discovered and stuffed them into her schoolbag along with the ball of paper wrapped in the gold bars.

Zhou Huifang asked with a smile, "Why are you stuffing these useless test papers into your schoolbag?"

Guier quickly said, "Class is almost over. It's not good to throw it on the ground. Put it in your schoolbag first and throw it away after class."

After that, she was afraid that something might go wrong, so she kept sitting in her seat and didn't even dare to go to the toilet.