A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

After that, Liang Guowei suddenly reduced the frequency of his visits to the Sha Mansion, and every time he came, he came with Old Man Liang. He also had a perfunctory look on his face, looking bored and reluctant.

Seeing this, Gui'er asked Ah Cheng to find out from the prostitutes in the brothel who were close to Liang Guowei. Sure enough, Liang Guowei told those prostitutes that he didn't like Gui'er at all. He just wanted to have some fun to avenge her for knocking off half of his ear. But now his family actually wanted him to marry her, so he was very unhappy.

After listening to Ah Cheng's report, Gui'er was secretly delighted. If that was the case, she would create more scandals and rumors for him, especially when she returned to Jiangcheng to discuss marriage.

Gui'er knew the Marshal best. He valued face the most. In the eyes of the Marshal, although the Liang family could bring him benefits, they were not many. The reason why Madam, Miss Tian and Sha Yanyao attached so much importance to the Liang family was because they wanted to use the Liang family's connections to climb up in Nanjing, and the Marshal must have valued his own piece of land in Jiangcheng and Fengcheng more. If Liang Guowei caused a scandal in Jiangcheng, it would be a slap in the face of the Marshal. He was the boss of this place and would definitely not accept it.

After Gui'er had made up her mind, whenever Madam or Miss Tian mentioned marrying into the Liang family, she would emphasize that they must get her father's permission. It would be best to wait until she returned to Jiangcheng to discuss it with her father and for the two families to meet formally.

The wife thought Gui'er had agreed, and was very happy. She said to Mr. Liang, "Mr. Liang, you see, our family is very traditional. As the saying goes, without rules, there will be no order. This matter must be discussed with the Marshal. We must all make a solemn decision, don't you agree?"

Old Master Liang was also an old-fashioned man. He thought there was nothing wrong with it and thought Gui'er had already accepted Liang Guowei. He smiled and praised, "Madam is absolutely right. Miss Gui'er is indeed from a famous family. She abides by the rules and knows the big picture. She is exactly the daughter-in-law that our Liang family wants. Oh, right, everyone has a holiday for Mid-Autumn Festival. Why don't we take this time to go back to Jiangcheng together and finalize this matter? I haven't been back to reunite with my old brother for several years."

The wife said happily, "Okay, okay, the Mid-Autumn Festival is also a good time. That's great. Let's make it. I'll call my husband and tell him."

Seeing that the plan could be put into action, Gui'er quickly asked Ah Cheng to notify Wu Mingqiang, and then asked Wu Mingqiang to tell Sha Yanxiao about this matter, and to make it clear that she was unwilling to do so. She also specially cut out the reports about Liang Guowei from the two newspapers that had previously published the romantic news about him and those prostitutes, and asked Ah Cheng to pass it to Wu Mingqiang and then show it to Sha Yanxiao.

Her plan was to let Sha Yanxiao first persuade the Marshal to disagree with the marriage. If that failed, she would have to go back to Jiangcheng herself to find Song Xichen, Manager Zhang, and Manager Wu to implement her plan to discredit Liang Guowei.

After everything is ready, Guier can only wait and implement it when she returns to Jiangcheng during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

However, she did not relax her surveillance on Liang Guowei. She asked Ah Cheng to pay attention to Liang Guowei's movements from time to time to see if he had anything that could be used as leverage.

When Ah Cheng came to pick her up from school that day, he said to her, "There's something I need to tell you. Didn't we previously find a prostitute in the brothel who wasn't very famous or good-looking, and spread the word that Young Master Liang had a good background, so that she could get close to him? That prostitute's partner was a small gang leader, and it seems like there's been some conflict between them recently. The atmosphere is quite tense."

Guier suddenly became curious and asked, "What conflict happened?"

Ah Cheng frowned and said, "I don't know the details. I heard from other prostitutes in that brothel that recently, Mr. Liang started staying in that prostitute's room. The prostitute's name is Feng Jiao. I approached her on your instructions to find out if there was anything I could use against Mr. Liang. I went to congratulate her on winning Mr. Liang's favor, but she seemed miserable, as if she had something to hide."

Gui'er thought for a moment and said, "Could it be that her hidden secret is that Young Master Liang did something bad and she found out about it, so she wants to speak but doesn't dare. It would be great if we could know about it."

Ah Cheng said: "Then I will go and investigate again."

Guier nodded in agreement. There was nothing she could do at this stage anyway. She could only observe as much as possible and see if she could catch his weakness.

Zhou Huifang felt that it was because she dumped Liang Guowei that the scumbag Liang Guowei went back to harass Guier. She felt very guilty about it and asked from time to time if Liang Guowei had done anything out of line recently.

Gui Er felt that there was nothing to hide, so she told her the truth. The Liang family wanted to get engaged, but they had to wait until the Mid-Autumn Festival and return to Jiangcheng to get the Marshal's consent. Zhou Huifang was very sad to hear this and said, "How can this be possible? He is such a man. If you marry him, your life will be ruined, right?"

Gui'er said, "I probably won't marry him. Anyway, I will do everything I can to prevent this marriage."

Miss Shen also talked to her and asked her what her plans for the future were.

Gui'er told her about her idea of ​​studying medicine. Miss Shen encouraged her to realize her wish and said that if that was the case, she might as well finish high school here and then go to medical school. However, foreign doctors are more respected in hospitals now and their technology is also advanced. I think you can learn English in advance and then go abroad to study. I can help you.

Gui'er actually wanted to study Chinese medicine, but thinking about the upcoming catastrophe, Western medicine was more effective and quicker during the war. Miss Shen had studied abroad, and if she could go abroad in this era, she would also be very outstanding, so she nodded and agreed.

Miss Shen also told Gui'er to come to her house when she was free, and she would give her some private lessons in English. Gui'er returned to the Sha Mansion and told the lady and Sha Yanyao the news. The lady frowned and said disdainfully, "You're already fifteen or sixteen years old, and it's time for you to find a husband. If you continue to study for a few more years and even go to study medicine, you'll be an old maid by the time you graduate. Who would want you?"

Sha Yanyao said, "Mother, my sister wants to study medicine because she's ambitious. Besides, isn't father always the one who encourages his children to strive for success? If she succeeds, she can help you if you have any headaches or fevers."