A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

After everyone had left, Sha Yanxiao hurried upstairs to see Guier, but found her curled up in a quilt at the corner of the stairs, sweating profusely and looking at him in horror.

Sha Yanxiao sighed, walked over, picked her up, pushed the door open and brought her into the house. He put her on the bed and let her sleep soundly. He said, "I told you to rest well in the house, but you insisted on coming out to watch the fun. Now you're fine, aren't you?"

Gui'er grabbed Sha Yanxiao's sleeve and said, "Brother Yanxiao, although I didn't see clearly whether they were the two that night, but if they were really the two of them, they shouldn't have done anything improper."

Then he told Sha Yanxiao what he had heard.

Gui'er had just listened to the whole story from beginning to end and found a loophole in what the Fourth Concubine said. She said that the man came into the house shortly after the Eighth Concubine got married, but Gui'er had clearly run into him near the dilapidated wall when she sneaked out of the house not long ago. At that time, the Eighth Concubine was already pregnant. Although she didn't know whether anything happened between that man and the Eighth Concubine later, at least the child in her belly couldn't be that man.

If this is the case, then it is undoubtedly a frame-up by the Fourth Concubine, which is too cruel. Besides, the Eighth Concubine is Tong Yujun's aunt after all, so Guier still wants to help her.

Sha Yanxiao curled his lips and said, "I don't care about the quarrels among these wives and concubines. You don't have to worry about it either. You are still sick, so just get some sleep." After saying that, he helped Guier change the towel for her forehead and went out.

Perhaps the doctor's medicine worked, or perhaps she was so scared that she broke into a sweat, but Gui'er slept well and her fever subsided the next day. Sha Yanxiao wanted to ask her to rest for another day, but Gui'er refused and insisted on going to school.

Sha Yanxiao had no choice but to agree, and said to her, "I'll tell your school and ask them to take care of you."

So, as soon as Guier got off the car and walked into the school gate, she was stopped by the principal. She was taken to the principal's office and forced to drink a cup of hot soy milk for some unknown reason before being allowed to go back to the classroom.

After returning to the classroom for a while, Guier looked around and saw that no one noticed her. She pretended to go to the bathroom and quickly came to Tong Yujun's class. She pulled her aside and said, "The principal wants to see you."

Several friends who usually played with her gathered around her when they saw her coming, but when they saw that it was the principal looking for them, they dispersed again.

Walking out of the classroom, Tong Yujun asked in confusion, "Why did the principal suddenly come to see me?"

Gui'er looked around and saw no one around, so she said to her, "Hurry and find a solution. A man claiming to be your aunt's ex-fiancé went looking for her, but was caught by the Marshal. He suspected they were having an affair, so he beat the man half to death and threw him out. Your aunt was frightened and slapped by the Marshal. She started bleeding and was sent to the hospital. I don't know how she's doing now, and the Marshal also suspects the child your aunt is carrying isn't his."

Tong Yujun froze in place when she heard this. Tears soon streamed down her cheeks as she sobbed, "That's impossible. That man eloped and caused gossip about my aunt. My aunt hated him so much. What should I do now? Is my aunt okay? Is her child okay?"

Seeing that she was completely at a loss, Guier said, "Go tell your teacher right now that you're not feeling well and ask your family to come and pick you up. Then tell your father and let him figure out a solution."

Tong Yujun listened, nodded palely and said: "Okay, okay, that's right."

Guier took her to the teacher's office and told her that she was not feeling well. Seeing her pale face, the teacher immediately believed her and called Tong's residence to inform her family. Soon, the Tong family sent a driver to pick her up. Guier sent Tong Yujun to the school gate and whispered to her, "The Marshal probably doesn't want outsiders to know about this, so don't tell anyone else that I told you."

Tong Yujun nodded, got into the car with a hesitant look on his face, and left. Guier pretended nothing had happened and went back to continue her class.

After school, Gui'er got into Dali's car and was about to go home. Not long after they drove out, they were almost near Yong'an Department Store when a car suddenly drove towards them and blocked their car directly in front of them. Dali suddenly became alert, pulled out a pistol from his waist, turned around and said to Gui'er, "Don't get out of the car, I'll go check it out."

As he said that, he got out of the car with his gun hidden in his clothes. He walked forward to check the situation. Guier also became nervous.

The other driver also got out of the car at this time. Gui'er immediately recognized him as Tong Yujun's driver and quickly stuck her head out to ask, "Is this the Tong family's driver? What's going on?"

At this time, Tong Yujun got out of the car and said to Guier, "I was just about to go to the school to find you. It's not convenient to talk here. Let's go to the Café de Café in front."

So, the two of them went to a coffee shop not far ahead. Their driver drove the car and waited for them at the door. Gui'er ordered a cup of hot milk, and Tong Yujun ordered a glass of lemonade. Tong Yujun looked around warily before saying, "My aunt is missing."

Gui'er was a little surprised and said, "Really? Did you investigate clearly? She was sent to the hospital. There are not many hospitals in this small city."

Tong Yujun nodded and said, "My father has sent people to look for him, whether it's a large hospital that can perform surgery or a small private clinic. But he's nowhere to be found."

Gui'er also found it very strange at this time and said, "How could it be?"

Tong Yujun asked in a tearful voice, "Could my aunt be dead?"

Gui Er was shocked and said, "No way, they haven't figured it out yet? I heard with my own ears yesterday that he was going to be sent to the hospital."

Tong Yujun tried her best to control herself and said to Gui'er, "My father is at his wit's end. He asked me to ask you to help investigate my aunt's whereabouts." Then she pulled something wrapped in paper from her bag, placed it on the table, and pushed it towards Gui'er, saying, "Here are six gold bars. They're from my father."

Guier quickly waved her hands and was about to say no.

Tong Yujun said anxiously: "My father said, you are a child, and this matter should not trouble you, but for the sake of my aunt's life there is really no other way, and if you want to do this, you must not do it by yourself, but ask the young marshal for help. The young marshal will cost money to make arrangements. My father said, if it is not enough, just tell him, just ask him to save my aunt's life." At this point, she could no longer hold back and burst into tears.

Gui'er was in a dilemma. She had only wanted to be a good person and help pass on the information. She was not sure whether Sha Yanxiao was willing to help save people. According to Sha Yanxiao's usual advice to her, it was better to have more trouble than less.

But seeing Tong Yujun crying sadly, he sighed and said, "Then I'll go back and ask the young marshal." He thought to himself: I hope Sha Yanxiao will be willing to help for the sake of money.