A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

After a period of time.

That day, Gui'er had just returned to the Sha Mansion after school and saw Sha Yanxiao sitting in the living room of the Sha Mansion.

She was very surprised and ran up to him and asked, "Second brother, why are you here? I didn't even know you were coming. You didn't even tell me before you came."

Sha Yanxiao smiled and patted her head, saying, "My father also sent me here temporarily. After all, I have some free time now, so he asked me to come and ask what the Shen family thinks."

The lady sneered and said, "Mrs. Shen is so shameless! Those jewels were originally given to her by our family. Now that her daughters are getting married, she still wants to take them away. We have already done our best to get back some of her own property for her. Who would have thought that they would actually want us to help her get her property back again, and even want us to help her fight with that bastard. It seems that we, the Sha family, owe them."

"Yan Xiao, when you go see Mrs. Shen, you have to make it clear that we not only have to take back what we gave them, but we also have to pay them. By the way, how much stuff is in there?"

Gui'er felt like laughing. The lady spoke so passionately and indignantly, but in the end she still wanted to find out how much the treasure was.

Sha Yanxiao smiled slightly and said, "Mother, we only know that the treasure is in the hands of a Japanese man named Mitsui. We don't know where it is exactly. We have searched for a long time but still can't find it. Father wants to get the Shen family's authorization so that we can get it back through formal channels. This is the best way."

After Sha Yanxiao arrived in Nanjing, he sent someone to inform Mrs. Shen that the second young master of the Marshal's residence requested an important meeting. Soon, he received a response from the Shen family and arranged a meeting for the next day.

The next day, which happened to be Sunday, Sha Yanxiao took Gui'er to the Shen Mansion. For some reason, Madam, Sha Yanyao, and Miss Tian all insisted on going with them, and Sha Yanxiao had no choice but to agree.

The group walked towards the Shen family in a mighty procession. The surrounding neighbors were very surprised when they saw them. Because the two families lived close to each other, the neighbors knew more or less about the relationship between the two families, and they couldn't help but gossip. Some of them came out to say hello, and some peeked in through the window.

The ladies didn't take this matter to heart at all, and Bai Luoluo greeted the neighbors generously.

A ten-minute walk took them to the Shen Residence. The gate to the Shen Residence was magnificent, with majestic stone lions in front. As Sha Yanxiao and Gui'er arrived at the door, a housekeeper came out to greet them and ushered them into the living room.

Mrs. Shen, Miss Shen, and Xu Wenjie were already waiting in the living room. When they saw Sha Yanxiao and Gui'er come in, they stood up slightly, with a forced smile on their faces, and said, "I'm sorry for not welcoming you."

When Mrs. Shen saw that the two men were followed by their wives, Sha Yanyao, and Miss Tian, ​​she was a little surprised and said with a smile, "Your family really has a complete group."

Gui'er looked back and found that Jinbao was also following timidly at the back and walked into the gate of Shen's Mansion.

Sha Yanxiao bowed politely and said, "Mrs. Shen, you are too polite. I am sorry to bother you. I came here because my father has something important to discuss with you."

Mrs. Shen politely invited everyone to sit down, and the servants served tea. Sha Yanxiao spoke first, "Mrs. Shen, I'm sure you're aware that Director Shen's fortune is missing, and my father has been very concerned about it. The Marshal believes that our two families have some connection, and he's willing to help recover it."

Mrs. Shen's face changed slightly, a trace of vigilance flashed in her eyes, and she said, "Second Young Master, that is our Shen family's property. We have been looking for it ourselves over the years, but we still have no clue. I appreciate the Marshal's kindness, but this matter will be handled by our Shen family ourselves."

Upon hearing this, the lady couldn't help but snort coldly and said, "Mrs. Shen, you can't say that. Back then, our Marshal's Mansion sent a lot of jewelry to facilitate the marriage between your young lady and our eldest young master. Now that your daughter has married someone else, we, considering our past friendship, would like to help you get back some of your property. This is already the most we can do. But you still want to keep it for yourself. Don't you think that without our help, you can easily get that property back?"

When Mrs. Shen heard this, she immediately became anxious. She stood up and said, "What are you talking about, Madam? Those things belong to our Shen family. I will naturally not let that illegitimate child get a penny for them! Outsiders should not even think about seizing our family property."

The lady also stood up and refused to give in: "You are being unreasonable. If the Marshal hadn't stepped in, do you think it could have been resolved so easily?"

There was a sudden air of tension between the two sides.

Sha Yanxiao quickly stood up and tried to smooth things over with a smile: "Calm down, both of you, and let's talk calmly. Mrs. Shen, how about this? We found out that Director Shen had written a will, in which he mentioned the antiques he entrusted to the Japanese, Mitsui Koichi, for safekeeping. The Marshal believes that these antiques can belong to the Marshal's Mansion. After all, the Marshal has spent a lot of manpower and material resources to find this property. As for Director Shen's other property, we can help return it to the Shen family." As he spoke, Sha Yanxiao took out a photo of Director Shen's will and handed it to Mrs. Shen.

These photos are the details of the will and property that Sha Yanxiao got from Director Shen’s mistress.

Mrs. Shen and Miss Shen hurriedly took it and looked at it carefully.

Sha Yanxiao smiled and said, "We don't really want to get involved in your family's disputes. My father wants you to just return the property that Mr. Mitsui Koichi has saved to us. Most of it should be antiques, calligraphy, and paintings that my family gave you back then."

Mrs. Shen seemed unable to listen. She held the photo with the property details written on it in her trembling hands and muttered to herself, "You are so good, Old Shen. You actually secretly acquired so many properties for yourself." Obviously, she didn't know that Director Shen had acquired these properties.

She raised her head and asked Sha Yanxiao, "Where are the deeds to the houses above?"

Sha Yanxiao smiled and said, "It should have been handed over to that Japanese man named Mitsui Koi for safekeeping. I don't know why he gave it to him. Right now, the relationship between China and Japan is extremely tense. Director Shen's actions are really incredible."

As soon as these words came out, Mrs. Shen and Miss Shen's faces were extremely embarrassed. Mrs. Shen stammered, "Well, maybe it's just a business partnership or something. Since we all know who has it now, we can just ask him to return it."

Upon hearing this, the wife sneered and said, "Mrs. Shen, you are such a jerk. You didn't even know this will existed before. Do you know how much effort our family put into obtaining it? And now you plan to finish your vegetarian diet and give up being a monk? It's a pity. If that Japanese man was really such a good person, he should have shown up long ago and handed the things over to you. Would we have had to go to so much trouble to find him? You can try to find him yourself, but I'm afraid you won't be able to return alive."