A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

Zhou Huifang blushed and shyly introduced herself to Gui'er, "Guier, this is Gao Zinong. He's the son who wanted to introduce me to someone else as a concubine. If he hadn't been so kind as to tell me the truth last time, I would still be in the dark."

Gao Zinong smiled and nodded to Gui'er. He said politely and courteously, "Miss Gui'er, I've heard a lot about you. Huifang often mentioned you."

Gui Er also smiled and responded, "Hello Mr. Gao, nice to meet you."

Zhou Huifang said admiringly, "Zinong just came back from studying in Hong Kong."

Gui'er said in surprise, "That's amazing. Very good."

Gao Zinong nodded, his eyes gleaming with confidence. "Thank you for the compliment. I just graduated from university. I'm planning to get a job in the government and serve my country."

The three of them exchanged pleasantries for a while. Seeing that their eyes were full of affection for each other, Gui'er said tactfully, "You two have a good chat. I have something else to do, so I'll be leaving first."

Zhou Huifang looked at Guier gratefully and gently shook her hand.

Since then, Zhou Huifang often asked Gui'er to help cover up so that she could meet Gao Zinong. Gui'er was free anyway, and she felt that Zhou Huifang's luck was not very good. The men she met before were not good people. This time, Gao Zinong seemed normal, so she decided to help if she could, so she agreed every time.

Every time they met, Zhou Huifang couldn't contain her inner joy. She said to Gui'er, "Guier, I really like Zinong. I feel like he is the one I have been waiting for. I hope we can have a good result."

Seeing her friend's happiness, Gui'er was sincerely happy for her and tried her best to cover for her every time.

That day, Gui'er had just returned to the Sha Mansion when she received a call from Miss Shen, asking her to go to the Shen Mansion to get her transcript.

Gui'er had already received her report card, and she knew that there must be a task, so she hurried to the Shen residence.

Ms. Shen said that she had received an important task from the organization - to print a batch of anti-Japanese posters and distribute them to students who were about to march and demonstrate.

The school was already on vacation, and the campus was deserted, with most teachers and students already gone. But Guier was fully aware of the urgency and importance of this mission: to inspire the people's fighting spirit against the Japanese and spread patriotic beliefs to more people.

Gui'er, Miss Shen and Xu Wenjie had a secret discussion in the study of the Shen Mansion.

Xu Wenjie said seriously, "This mission is quite difficult. School is on vacation, so it's not easy to enter and exit the printing room at will. Furthermore, we have to print and distribute a large number of posters in a short period of time. We must be extremely careful and not make any mistakes."

Ms. Shen nodded in agreement. "That's right. We also need to consider how to avoid the eyes and ears of the spies and ensure that the posters can be safely delivered to the students."

Gui'er thought for a moment and said, "I think even during summer vacation, the school workers can still repair desks or perform routine maintenance. As for those who come to campus on tour, Brother Xu can first find a way to get into the school printing room and do the printing work at night. As for distribution, we can contact Brother Xu and his previously developed downline and ask them to help secretly bring the posters to the parade beforehand."

Both Xu Wenjie and Miss Shen thought this method was feasible.

At night, the moonlight was as bright as water, and the whole city seemed to be sleeping in darkness. Gui'er, Xu Wenjie, and Miss Shen quietly sneaked into the school.

Xu Wenjie and Miss Shen went into the printing room, while Guier stayed outside to keep an eye on the situation. The three of them divided up their work and began to get busy.

The campus is silent at night. The tall plane trees on campus cast mottled shadows in the moonlight, like an impressionistic ink painting.

However, Gui'er was not in the mood to appreciate it. She heard a slight noise coming from the printing house and was nervously watching the movements in the campus.

Worried that people outside might notice the light inside, Gui'er quietly took a stick and paced around the schoolyard, thinking that if someone came by, she could just say she forgot to bring something and was looking for it.

She walked along the gravel path. The occasional chirp of insects echoed through the grass beside the path, remarkably clear in the stillness of the night, as if nature were providing a cover for her movements. The nearby teaching building, like a sleeping giant, its doors and windows tightly shut, shone coldly in the moonlight. The classrooms, once filled with the sounds of students, were now pitch black, exuding a solemn and dignified atmosphere.

Passing by the empty playground, it seemed particularly desolate in the night. The track, like a winding black ribbon, encircled the central lawn. The grass rustled softly in the breeze.

In the printing room, Xu Wenjie skillfully and quickly printed each sheet, beads of sweat forming on his forehead. Miss Shen waited anxiously nearby, each second seeming to stretch beyond the limit.

Finally, Xu Wenjie breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Almost done, there are still a few more."

Miss Shen quickly folded the printed posters. The eye-catching large characters and vivid pictures on the posters all called on the people to unite and resist the Japanese invaders.

The two of them were busy in a tense and orderly manner, stacking the printed posters neatly.

After several hours of hard work, all the posters were finally printed.

The next step is distribution.

Xu Wenjie contacted his superiors and told them that the posters had been printed.

The superiors arranged for people to receive the posters at various locations. Every day, Guier would find various excuses to carry a large stack of posters and shuttle around the city to deliver them to the designated comrades.

At each handover, Guier urged the comrades to be careful and prudent, ensuring the posters were safely delivered to the marching students. With a gleam of determination in their eyes, the comrades pledged to complete the task.

After some twists and turns, the posters were finally successfully distributed to the students participating in the demonstration.

A few days later, a large-scale anti-Japanese demonstration broke out in Nanjing.

When the parade was marching through the streets holding up anti-Japanese posters and shouting patriotic slogans, Gui'er happened to be out shopping with Jinbao.

Jin Bao frowned and said, "These students are really full and have nothing to do. They do these meaningless things all day long."

Gui'er said nothing, but she recognized the posters she had been responsible for delivering. A surge of pride welled up in her heart. She knew she had made another contribution to the anti-Japanese cause, and this contribution might ignite the anti-Japanese flames in even more hearts, coalescing into a powerful force to resist the invasion of foreign enemies.