A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

Chapter 495 Going to the Opera with Miss Tian and Discovering a Big Secret

So Gui'er happily said to Sha Yanxiao, "Really? Brother, when did you open a store like this? How come I didn't know about it? Where is it? Is it suitable?"

Sha Yanxiao smiled and said, "These are all left over from the past. There are a few vacant shops. Manager Liu has been very kind to you. Let Wu Mingqiang take them to choose a suitable one."

Shopkeepers Liu and Zhang quickly asked, "How can this be done?"

Sha Yanxiao said, "Shopkeeper Liu is a great doctor, a kind man who saves lives. Moving to a more spacious place can help more poor people. I also studied medicine and graduated from a medical university in Shanghai. It's a pity that I can't practice my profession now."

Shopkeeper Liu was very surprised to hear this and was no longer so resistant. He said to Sha Yanxiao, "I didn't expect this. No wonder you agreed to let Gui'er study medicine. Since Mr. Sha is so generous, I won't refuse." After saying that, he bowed.

Seeing that he agreed, Sha Yanxiao was very happy and said to him, "Then I will have my men come over tomorrow to take you two to choose a store."

At this time, another patient came to see the doctor. He was also a poor man dressed in poor clothes. Sha Yanxiao said to the shopkeepers Liu and Zhang, "You are busy, so we will take our leave now."

Having said that, he pulled Gui'er back.

Sha Yanxiao asked Dali to drive the car to the gate of the Marshal's Mansion to drop Gui'er off, and then returned to the military camp.

As soon as Gui'er entered the gate, she ran into Miss Tian. Seeing Gui'er, she walked up to her happily and said, "Sister, where are you coming from?"

Guier smiled and said, "I came back from shopping with my brother."

When Miss Tian heard this, she quickly took two steps forward and asked, "What about your brother?"

Gui'er pointed at the car that had already driven away and said, "He's already taken the bus back to the barracks."

Miss Tian was disappointed when she heard this, but after a few seconds, she smiled and said to Gui'er, "Guier, let's go to the opera."

Gui'er didn't really want to go, but she had nothing else to do and couldn't find an excuse to refuse, so she had to follow Miss Tian to watch the opera again, and it was still a show to support Boss Jin.

The difference was that this time there were other noble ladies present. When they saw Miss Tian, they greeted her very familiarly. Gui'er noticed that some of the ladies looked very familiar to her. They all said in surprise, "Isn't this Miss Ji's sister-in-law? She's grown so big and is so pretty. No wonder Miss Ji always complained to us that the young marshal looked down on her. It turns out there's such a pretty girl in the house. Hahahahahaha."

Gui'er's eyes widened. She could understand the meaning behind the words, but she didn't know that someone dared to say such words in front of her. In Jiangcheng, he must be someone with a very important background. So she smiled and asked, "Excuse me, do you know my former sister-in-law? I don't know your last name."

The other ladies laughed and joked, "Oh, this child is really not easy to tease. He is so foolish."

Miss Tian smiled and said to them, "Don't talk nonsense there. My sister is still young and I'm afraid she doesn't understand human affairs yet."

The ladies started to make a noise again, "Then we should let the little beauty see the world."

At this time, the drum beats on the stage sounded and the show began.

Miss Tian and a group of women came to several separate seats on the second floor, which could be considered as private rooms, and began to listen to the opera attentively.

It seemed that Boss Jin's Mu Guiying was in charge today. A group of ladies and Miss Tian would ask their maids to run to the first floor with reward money and throw it onto the stage from time to time. In addition to Boss Jin's Mu Guiying, there was also the one who played Yang Zongbao, who also received rewards from several ladies.

Gui'er felt really uncomfortable sitting there, so she stood up and wanted to go to the bathroom and get some fresh air.

After using the restroom and just about to walk out, I heard someone talking loudly in the men's restroom next door.

"See? Those women in the private rooms on the second floor are the wives and daughters of the most prominent officials and wealthy families in the city. They have nothing to do at home, so they like to flatter. It is said that this Boss Jin has always been their favorite because of his handsome face and his ability to flatter. The one who led them back then was the young marshal's wife, but I heard she later died of illness."

"What you're talking about is from the Xianfeng era. What I know is the most recent. Look, the youngest and most beautiful one among them is the current fiancée of the Marshal's eldest son. She seems to be a lady named Tian."

"Hey, why are there even unmarried girls?"

"Bah, what unmarried girl? That woman surnamed Tian had a lavish life in Nanjing. It's said that she was involved with several men at the same time, supporting actors, keeping gigolos, and dating literary youths. It's said that there were several of them at the same time."

"This is something the young master of the Marshal's Mansion would like?"

"You don't know, her uncle, or uncle, is a high-ranking government official. No matter how powerful the Marshal's Mansion is, it's just a local tyrant. I heard that her fiancé is the eldest son of our Marshal's Mansion. He relied on her uncle to get a good position in Nanjing."

"Brother, you know everything very well. You are indeed from Nanjing. But their family is so prominent. It would be great if we could get in touch with them."

"That's right. Even though I married the daughter of the so-called richest man, she turned out to be a stingy bunch. Every time she needs to spend money, my wife has to ask her mother for money. It's really troublesome. I asked her father to give me a few stores to do business, but that old man refused to give me any. I really seduced her for nothing."

Gui'er was startled when she heard this and couldn't help but prick up her ears and listen carefully.

"These ladies have plenty of money, brother, aren't you going to put in some effort?"

"The tigress at home is about to give birth, so I have to keep a close eye on her recently. My brother-in-law is also the chief of police, so things are very troublesome."

"Hehe, if that's the case, then I won't be polite."

"I won't argue with you, but you should be careful. If anything really happens, the people in the Marshal's Mansion will never let you go."

"Don't worry, brother, I have my own way."

Guier stood at the door of the toilet for a while. Then she heard the sound of someone opening the door. She quickly shrank back inside. She came out of the room only after the footsteps faded away.

Watching the two people gradually walking away, Gui'er felt that one of them was familiar, and then she remembered what he had just said about the daughter of the richest man and the brother-in-law being the chief of the police station. Could it be that this person was Song Tingting's second husband?

Gui'er followed the two people from a distance and returned to the front theater. She saw that the two people were sitting next to Miss Tian and the group of rich ladies in the box.

After they sat down, Guier waited for a while before walking back to her seat. She pretended not to care and glanced in the direction where the two men were sitting.