A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

He saw Boss Fu and said impatiently, "Didn't we agree on tomorrow?"

Boss Fu said with a playful smile: "Manager Zhang, please be considerate and make a decision sooner. They will feel at ease and you won't have to worry about this matter anymore. Look how much help I have given you this time."

"You don't know whether you can help or not. Are you Miss Wu?" Manager Zhang said while looking at Guier.

Guier quickly smiled and said, "Hello, Manager Zhang, my name is Wu Guier, this is my resume, and this is my academic certificate."

"Have a seat." Manager Zhang took it, glanced at it, and said, "You just graduated this year from Jinling Girls' High School? Why did you come to Shanghai to look for a job?"

Guier smiled and said, "My hometown is Jiangcheng, and I have relatives in Shanghai. They all said that the salary here is higher. My family happened to be in financial difficulty, so I came here and can stay with my relatives."

"Mr. Fu said you can speak English." Manager Zhang asked as he took out a piece of paper and handed it over.

Gui'er took a look and saw it was an English delivery note, and the address of the goods was surprisingly right at Gonghexiang Warehouse Dock. She suppressed her excitement and said calmly to Manager Zhang, "This is an English delivery note. It says the goods are at Gonghexiang Dock Warehouse, Area 37, No. 200. The goods are cotton cloth, and the quantity is pieces."

Manager Zhang nodded affirmatively and said, "Although you have no work experience, it's not easy for me to find someone who can understand English. Okay, then you can stay. The salary will be the same as what Boss Fu agreed to before."

Guier glanced at Boss Fu, who smiled a little guiltily. Guier guessed that he must have done something, but Guier was too lazy to argue with him. After all, she had only worked here for a few days and had no intention of asking for wages.

She smiled and said, "Sure."

Manager Zhang smiled with satisfaction and said, "Then come to work tomorrow. We need to be in place by 8 a.m."

Guier smiled and said, "Okay."

Coming out of Mitsui & Co., Guier asked Boss Fu with a smile, "Boss Fu, I didn't expose you just now. What did you say to Manager Zhang?"

Boss Fu said with a sullen face, "Girls these days are all like this. Don't they know how to be grateful? If Mr. Wu hadn't asked me to, I wouldn't have lowered my face to help. Last time, that old Jiang family's daughter asked me to find her a job as a store clerk. Not only did she pay me eight dollars, she also stayed with me for several nights. If you don't do it, I'll turn around and talk to Manager Zhang."

Gui'er did not expect that Boss Fu would do such a thing. It was obvious that he thought that Gui'er was a girl and had never seen the world and would not dare to resist.

Gui'er smiled and said, "Boss Fu, don't be so angry. If Boss Wu agrees, I will definitely fulfill my promise. But if not..." She paused deliberately before continuing, "Do you know why I came to Shanghai to develop my career? Because my aunt was the seventh concubine of Master Ji. As the saying goes, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. Boss Fu, are you sure this was the condition we negotiated with you?"

"Ji, Master Ji? Which Master Ji?"

"What do you say? Boss Fu, we'll still accept your favor. I know Mr. Wu has already given you ten dollars. Since you took the trouble to bring me here, I'll give you another dollar for tea. Don't get involved in this from now on. If that's the case, I'll ask you for help next time I need something. We should all keep in touch."

After Gui'er's soft and hard beating, Boss Fu was a little unsure of Gui'er's origins. He smiled awkwardly, took the silver dollar and said, "Oh, I didn't expect, Miss Wu, that Si Siwenwen is also a capable person. We are all friends, and it is only natural to help each other. I'll be leaving first. See you later." Then he turned around and walked away quickly.

Guier looked around and found that this place was still considered an urban area, but it no longer had the prosperity of the city center. Many signs around it said foreign companies and trading companies. This was probably the earliest professional office building area in China. However, most of the people coming in and out were Chinese. Occasionally there would be a few blond-haired and blue-eyed foreigners, and there should be Japanese as well, but they were all in suits and ties, so you couldn't tell.

She took the tram back to the place she had agreed to meet Wu Mingqiang, but found no cars parked there. Guier thought: "Could it be that Wu Mingqiang went somewhere else?"

Otherwise, you can just take a rickshaw back.

Just as she was about to hail a rickshaw, she suddenly heard a car horn behind her. Gui'er turned around and saw Wu Mingqiang waving at her from the car.

She walked over and opened the car door. Wu Mingqiang said, "Miss, I was worried, so I rushed back in my car and caught up with you. What did you and Boss Fu say on the roadside when you came out of Mitsui & Co."

Guier smiled and said, "The interview was successful, but Boss Fu secretly agreed on my salary with Manager Zhang. I don't know how much I'll get. He also wants to raise the price. In addition to giving him money, I have to spend two nights with him."

Wu Mingqiang was so angry when he heard this that he slammed on the brakes and turned around to ask Gui'er, "Did he really say that? I'm going to settle accounts with that old bastard right now."

Gui'er quickly stopped him and said, "No, no, I was just trying to scare him. I brought up the Ji family to scare him. You should keep an eye on him later to prevent him from getting in the way."

Wu Mingqiang was stunned for a moment, then said admiringly, "Miss, you are smart. I am actually just using the Ji family's former title to move around."

Guier nodded and said, "Okay, let's go back. I have to go to work tomorrow."

Back at the villa, Sha Yanxiao learned that Gui'er had actually passed the interview and would be starting work the next day, allowing her to conduct investigations. He was very surprised and said happily, "I didn't expect my sister to be quite capable. No wonder my father always praises you. He's right."

Gui'er thought for a moment and said, "At the meeting, Manager Zhang took out a delivery note to test me. I saw the address on it was the Gonghexiang Wharf warehouse. When I start working, I will immediately find out which companies own the goods in the Gonghexiang Wharf warehouse. Then we can send people to investigate separately."

Sha Yanxiao reminded him, "You still have to be careful. After all, this is a Japanese company. The Japanese like to play dirty tricks. There are many spies lurking inside the company. These people are well-trained and difficult to deal with. If they find out that you are spying on their things, no matter if it is beneficial to them or not, they will probably kill you by mistake."

Gui'er nodded and said, "I see." She suddenly remembered that Dingxiang was still in the Sha family mansion, so she asked, "How is Dingxiang now? She has always been with me. This time I brought her out, but I left her at the mansion. I was afraid she would worry."

Sha Yanxiao smiled and said, "Don't worry. After January 1.28th, Erfeng's monastery was bombed, and she disappeared for a while. We finally found her and settled her in the mansion. I told the housekeeper to have Dingxiang communicate with her more and see if she can get better."