A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

When Gui'er heard this, she opened her mouth in shock. She originally thought that Miss Tian was just flirting with him as usual. Even if she had feelings for him, Gao Zinong would not agree. After all, he was very nice to Zhou Huifang and seemed to have real feelings for her. Besides, she was his boss's wife.

Didn't I expect these two to actually get together? What should I do? Whether it was Zhou Huifang or Sha Yanyaozhou, I didn't know how to tell them.

Seeing her gloomy face, Ah Cheng said, "Miss, just pretend you didn't see anything. Fortunately, we hid quickly and he didn't notice."

Gui'er wasn't actually afraid of her finding out; she hadn't expected the two to actually get together. Why would Gao Zinong do this? Climbing up the ladder by hook or by crook? But Sha Yanyao was his boss, and a ruthless one at that. Wasn't he afraid of offending him?

When I returned to the Sha Mansion, I had just walked in and hadn't even sat down when Sha Yanyao came back.

Guier called him, "Brother, it's time for you to get off work."

Sha Yanyao said nothing and nodded.

At this time, the housekeeper brought out tea, and Sha Yanyao asked, "Where did the eldest young lady go?"

The housekeeper was stunned for a moment and said, "She received a call. It seemed to be her mother-in-law from her natal family. She called to say they were short one person and asked her to go play mahjong."

Sha Yanyao glanced at the butler thoughtfully, nodded, and said nothing more.

Gui'er calculated the time in her mind. Sha Yanyao should have come back at the same time as her. Then he might have seen Miss Tian and Gao Zinong in the same car. Gui'er didn't dare to think about it anymore.

Soon, Zhou Huifang went to find Gui'er and asked, "What's going on with your sister-in-law? She takes Zi Nong to play mahjong and watch operas every day. What does this mean?"

It turned out that Gao Zinong had actually explained this to Zhou Huifang. It seemed that there was no ambiguity between the two of them, at least not on Gao Zinong's side.

Gui'er said, "I'm just a student. They're adults and elders. How can I interfere in their affairs? However, if they're all in public, maybe Gao Zinong just wants to curry favor with Director Tian."

Zhou Huifang said, "I think Zi Nong is really nice. Actually, it wouldn't matter if he didn't tell me, but he still told me frankly. He also told me not to think too much about it because if he wants to get ahead, he has to curry favor with his superiors. Director Tian is the boss of the Military Commission. If he wants to climb up, he must go through him. But I still feel uncomfortable. Gui'er, does your brother have any objections to your sister-in-law doing this? Can you think of a solution for me?"

Gui'er frowned. She was most afraid of being involved in such things, so she just said, "Then let me think of a solution."

Just as she was wondering what to do, a classmate suddenly came over and said, "Sha Guier, Teacher Shen wants to see you and asks you to go to the office."

Gui'er felt as if she had been pardoned and hurried to the office.

There were many people in the office, teachers and students alike. Gui'er was puzzled. How could she assign tasks? Could it really be about studying?

Teacher Shen smiled and waved at her, saying, "Guier, our two families live close to each other, and I have a favor to ask of you."

She pointed to a well-mannered male teacher next to her. He was about 1 meters tall, a little thin, and had long hair. He was wearing a half-worn blue gown and said to her, "This is Teacher Meng. He's Lao Xu's relative. He left another school. His original accommodation was provided by the school, but it's not convenient for him to live there anymore, so he has to stay at my house for a while. I'm busy at the moment. Can you take him to my house to settle down? My class is next, and it will be over after that. I'll help you make up for the missed lessons then."

Guier knew something was wrong the moment she heard it. This person was most likely one of our comrades, so she smiled and said, "Great! We can leave school early. I couldn't ask for more. Teacher Meng, please wait a moment. I'll go clean up." Then she ran back to the classroom.

Seeing her hurriedly packing her things and preparing to leave, Zhou Huifang asked curiously, "What's wrong? What happened? Don't you have one class left?"

Guier said, "Teacher Shen is over here. A relative has classes and can't leave, so she asked me to take that person to her house so she can give me extra lessons later. Hehe, I can leave now."

Zhou Huifang smiled and said, "That's great. You can take a walk outside before going home."

Guier packed up her things and went to the teacher's office again, took Teacher Meng with her, and walked to the school gate to call two rickshaws.

Teacher Meng suddenly said, "Gui'er, right? I think we should just call one rickshaw. We're all pretty thin, so there's no need to call two."

In this era, when a man and a woman ride in a rickshaw together, they are either father and daughter, brother and sister, or husband and wife.

Gui'er looked at Mr. Meng. He didn't look like a wealthy man. His long gown was a bit washed out, but it was very neat and tidy. He had a very honest look on his face, not like someone with ulterior motives. Gui'er thought, "Is this just a cover-up?" So she readily agreed.

Teacher Meng smiled and said, "Thank you." Then he took out a felt hat, put it on his head, and pushed the brim down.

Gui'er brought another rickshaw and the two of them got in. The rickshaw driver looked at it curiously but didn't say anything. Gui'er told him the address of the Shen Mansion, and the rickshaw driver lowered his head and drove the rickshaw.

However, Gui'er was also afraid of being recognized by the people in the Sha Mansion because the two families were too close.

When she was about to reach the Sha Mansion, she subconsciously picked up her schoolbag and lowered her head to cover her face.

Fortunately, I didn’t meet anyone from Sha Mansion along the way.

When they arrived at the Shen residence, the doorman saw that it was Gui'er and opened the door. He smiled and asked, "Miss Gui'er, what's going on? It's not time to end get out of class yet."

Guier glanced around cautiously. When she saw no suspicious figures, she smiled and said with relief, "It's like this. Sister Fengshu said this is a relative of Brother Xu. She asked me to bring him here to settle him down first. She will tell Aunt Shen when she gets home from school."

When Menzi heard that it was Xu Wenjie's relative, he looked at him curiously. Seeing that he was not dressed luxuriously, he was a little puzzled, but still said enthusiastically: "So that's how it is. Please come in, sir."

Gui'er quickly called out, "Teacher Meng, come in quickly."

Teacher Meng pressed the brim of his hat with his hand, nodded, and walked in quickly.

Mrs. Shen was sitting in the hall reading a book. She was very surprised to see Gui'er leading a strange man in. She stood up, looked at him, and asked, "Guier, who is this?"

Menzi followed them in and said with a smile: "Madam, this is a relative of my uncle's. Because my uncle and his daughter haven't finished get off work yet, I asked Miss Guier to bring them here first to settle them down."