A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

Sha Yanxiao curled his lips at Gui'er and Taohua, motioning them to try them on. Gui'er and Taohua had no choice but to take one each and try it on, and they found that they fit perfectly.

Sha Yanxiao said to the salesperson, "Just these two pieces." Then he paid. Guier was a little stunned when she saw that he gave her several silver dollars when he paid. It seemed that these clothes were not cheap.

After buying clothes, Sha Yanxiao took them upstairs. As soon as they reached the second floor, a man who looked like a manager came up to them, bowed, and said with a warm smile, "Young Marshal, you are here. Is this still the same room?"

Sha Yanxiao nodded, and the manager took them to a private room and asked respectfully, "What would you like to eat, Marshal?"

Sha Yanxiao turned around and asked Gui'er, "What do you want to eat?"

Gui'er was a little confused and said, "It's all fine."

Sha Yanxiao said to the manager, "The usual three dishes, plus two dishes suitable for children, and a cream cake for dessert."

Gui'er knew that the cream cake was ordered for her, so she said to Sha Yanxiao, "Thank you."

After hearing this, Sha Yanxiao suddenly seemed to be in a good mood. He smiled and said, "I saw you two sneaking into the hotel yesterday. What happened? It seems like the Song family is looking for you everywhere."

Gui Er thought for a moment and decided to hold back to avoid causing trouble for Song Xichen. She said, "We two offended the eldest wife and ran away because we were afraid of being punished."

"Then do you want to come to my mansion?" Sha Yanxiao asked casually.

The two were stunned for a moment. They had not expected this situation and did not know how to answer for a moment.

Gui'er glanced at Taohua and felt that Taohua was still very afraid of Sha Yanxiao. However, Gui'er thought about it carefully. Now that the people of the Song family knew that they were hiding in the hotel of Yong'an Department Store, as long as Sha Yanxiao left, they would probably be in trouble.

Gui Er smiled and said, "I wonder what the young marshal meant by going to the marshal's residence?"

Sha Yanxiao also smiled and said, "Just come and stay in my residence. I can see that you two are actually looking for a place that can shelter you, right?"

Gui'er was speechless, for Sha Yanxiao had guessed correctly, and now it seemed she had no other choice. However, she didn't want to repeat her experience at the Song residence, so she asked, "If we were to stay at your residence, what would we need to do?" Her implication was that she wanted to know what her status would be if she were to stay at the General's residence. If she were to be a slave, it wouldn't be much better than at the Song residence.

Sha Yanxiao seemed to be surprised that she would ask this question. He tilted his head and thought for a moment before saying, "I really haven't thought about that. What can you two little brats do?"

At this moment, Taohua suddenly stood up and said, "Young Marshal, I want to change clothes with Gui'er before dinner, is that okay?"

Sha Yanxiao was a little surprised, but still nodded.

Taohua dragged Gui'er to the room on the third floor they had previously reserved. As soon as they entered the room and closed the door, Taohua asked, "Do we have to go to the Marshal's Mansion?"

Gui Er smiled bitterly and said, "It wasn't necessarily the case originally, but as you can see, the people from the Song Mansion have discovered our whereabouts. I estimate that as soon as the young marshal leaves, they will definitely come and arrest us."

Taohua bit her lip and thought for a moment, then said, "Is there no way we can wait until the young master comes back?"

Gui'er was actually quite conflicted, because she wasn't sure if Song Xichen would help her after he came back, so she had to tell the truth: "I don't know what the young master will do after he comes back. When the mistress wanted to punish us today, the young lady was there too. Didn't she do anything for us?"

Taohua lowered her head. Guier knew that she was very upset. When they were caught in the bandit's lair, Taohua had clearly protected them with her life. Now the eldest lady wanted to kill them, but the young lady was like a quail, not saying a word.

Seeing that the two of them were alone, Gui'er simply expressed her thoughts: "This is what I think. We still have to follow the young marshal to take shelter for a while. We'll see what happens next. But one thing is for sure, I don't want to be someone else's slave anymore. My life belongs to me."

Taohua nodded, not quite understanding, then frowned and said, "But he doesn't know us well, why would he help us for no reason?"

This was exactly what Gui'er was confused about. After thinking about it for a while, she still couldn't figure it out, so she said, "I'll go back and try to talk to him. If it doesn't work out, I'll have to agree. No matter what, I have to save my life first."

Taohua nodded and said, "Well, let's go together."

Gui'er felt relieved. She always thought she was a very independent person, but fortunately she had Taohua's company here, otherwise she would have collapsed long ago.

After they changed their clothes, they returned to the restaurant suite on the second floor. The dishes had already been served, filling the table. Gui'er felt as if she was seeing the sumptuous meals at home during the Chinese New Year in her original world. Taohua was also stunned.

Seeing that they were both in a daze, Sha Yanxiao found it a little funny and said, "Sit down and eat."

Gui'er finally came to her senses. She said to Sha Yanxiao, "Young Marshal, we do need your protection right now, but we don't want to sell ourselves. We are already free people, but we won't let you save us for nothing. While we're in the Marshal's Mansion, we can work in exchange."

Sha Yanxiao laughed dumbly: "What can you two kids do?"

"We can clean, cook, wash vegetables, fetch water, and I can also grow vegetables and feed chickens. We can do a lot of work." Taohua said first.

"I want to study," Gui'er said. "Aside from the things Taohua mentioned, I can do them all the time. Besides that, I can promise you one more thing. I'll repay you when I grow up."

"Anything is fine?" Sha Yanxiao asked with interest.

"Except freedom and life, everything else is fine." Guier said. She knew that if she did not study, she would have neither background nor ability in this world. It would be good enough for her to be a servant in a wealthy family in the future. That would be no different from now.

In fact, Sha Yanxiao has always been very interested in Guier. Ever since he first met her at school, he felt that she was very special. After that, no matter whether he met her again in the village or in the Song Mansion, each time he met her, Sha Yanxiao became more and more curious about her.

Sha Yanxiao smiled and said, "Okay, I heard that you were Song Xichen's personal maid in the Song Mansion. So, during your time at the Marshal's Mansion, you can also be my personal maid."

Gui Er nodded and said, "Okay." Then she picked up the wine on the table and poured a glass for Sha Yanxiao, saying, "Young Marshal, please."

Sha Yanxiao felt pretty good and thought to himself, "No wonder Song Xichen loves this girl so much. She really can make people happy."