A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

Seeing this, Miss Shen felt even more worried and anxious. Fortunately, she had been very considerate to the servants when she was in Sha Mansion. Some of the servants sympathized with Gui'er's situation and secretly came out from the back door to tell her what had happened.

She rushed to the hospital to see Gui'er. Seeing that she was safe and sound, she felt relieved, but she was still a little scared. After thinking for a moment, Miss Shen suggested, "Second Master, I think Gui'er must be feeling traumatized after what she's experienced. Why don't you let her move in with me? I'll take good care of her."

After listening to Miss Shen's words, Sha Yanxiao felt that Miss Shen's suggestion made sense. Gui'er might be better cared for and protected in the Shen Mansion, so he said, "Thank you for your concern, Miss Fengshu. I also want to help her rent another apartment. Your suggestion is not bad, but everything should wait until Gui'er wakes up and she can make her own choice."

Gui'er didn't fully wake up until the afternoon of the next day. Sha Yanxiao and Miss Shen told her their proposal. Sha Yanyao felt very sorry for what had happened, so he said apologetically, "Guier, if you like, you can move back. You can stay with Jinbao or go to your teacher Shen's place. I will also allocate some money to cover your monthly expenses."

Gui'er's mind was still a little groggy, but she had heard Dingxiang crying about how Miss Shen couldn't get in when she visited her family. She felt that if she moved back this time, Madam and Miss Tian would definitely not be happy about it, and she would be bullied by them. So she asked, "How are Mr. Zhang's family doing now?"

Sha Yanyao said quickly, "Zhang has been arrested. But you're a girl after all, and if word gets out, it's likely to turn against you. Even if we go through with a normal trial, he won't be incarcerated for long for a single crime of indecent assault. So I'm just going to put him in the Military Commission's prison, accusing him of possible links to the revolutionaries at the grocery store at the corner. That way, he can be kept there longer."

Although this was unreasonable, Gui'er felt very happy in her heart. She estimated that Sha Yanyao wanted to take the property that Mr. Zhang brought from the Northeast, and would definitely not let him go so easily. Anyway, Mr. Zhang was a scumbag, so she just let him go.

Gui Er said, "Since we've already moved to Jin Bao's place, it would be troublesome to move back and forth. Mr. Zhang has been locked up now, so there's probably nothing more to worry about. There's no need to move."

No one said anything else.

Seeing that Gui'er was alright, Sha Yanxiao said, "It's time for me to go, too. You stay here." He then turned to Sha Yanyao and said, "Brother, you've worked hard. It's not easy for you to be alone in Nanjing. But my sister is still young and doesn't have a mother to rely on back home. I know she's old and easily influenced by others, so I hope you can take good care of her."

Sha Yanyao sighed, nodded and said, "Don't worry, I will pay attention in the future."

Sha Yanxiao touched Gui'er's head again, turned and left.

Gui'er felt a little reluctant to see Sha Yanxiao leave, but she also knew that he had a heavy responsibility, shouldering the safety of Jiangcheng and Fengcheng. She could only smile and say, "Brother, be careful on your way back. Have a safe trip."

Guier returned to Jinbao's place. After she was anesthetized, she had no sequelae when she woke up and went to school as usual.

Jinbao said that the lady upstairs came down several times to apologize and to inquire about Mr. Zhang. She wanted to know what had happened to him.

"They want me to intercede for her husband. How could I possibly speak for them so easily?" Jin Bao crossed his legs and said proudly, "So this is how Miss Tian usually lives. With so many people rushing to curry favor and begging for favors, it feels really good to be an official's wife. By the way, Gui'er, what are you going to do?"

"What should we do?" Gui'er was confused.

Jin Bao hesitated for a moment and said, "I heard that Zhang even stripped you of your underwear. Although you didn't lose your virginity, girls still have to maintain their dignity. If this gets out, it will be a disaster. I've already told everyone in our room not to talk nonsense."

Gui'er felt her anger rising all of a sudden. She tried her best to calm herself down and thought about it. At that time, only the people in this building, or rather, only the people on the 3rd and 4th floors knew what happened. Since Jinbao had ordered his men not to spread the news, it could only be the people upstairs who spread the rumor.

"Ms. Jin, how could you spread rumors like that? This never happened. When I kicked the door open, he hadn't even unbuttoned your collar and was still pulling it hard." Ah Cheng said from the side.

"But the one upstairs... well, these two bitches actually dared to speak so recklessly. I'm going to settle the score with them right now. Brother Cheng, and Uncle Niu from the kitchen, and his son Xiao Huang, Ah Hua, and Ah Ju, all of you come with me. I'm not going to tear these stinky women's mouths apart."

"Where are you going? Looking for a fight? You're pregnant?" Although Gui'er was very grateful for Jinbao's loyalty, she knew that if a pregnant woman went to fight, if something happened, it would be her fault, so she hurried to stop him.

"Guier, stay here and don't move. Don't worry, I won't do anything. After all, you are my sister-in-law. There is no way I can let them bully you again and again. I have to teach them a lesson." After saying that, Jinbao rolled up his sleeves and led the four or five people up.

After a while, the sound of a woman's howling cries came from upstairs.

"I told you to spread rumors, and I told you to just watch the show without stopping it. Now you want to spread rumors and cause trouble again. Beat her, tear her apart, and rip off her clothes."

After hearing this, Gui'er felt particularly relieved for some reason. She opened the door and wanted to go up to see what was happening, but she saw the manager of the foreign company on the second floor, his wife, and his parents leaning their heads up to look up.

"Hey, hey, what happened? Miss Jin, do we need to call the police?" asked the manager of a foreign company in his thirties or forties who lived on the second floor. He had a slicked-back haircut and wore round-framed glasses. He was usually very cautious and rarely interacted with the people on the third and fourth floors. When they did meet, they would just smile and say hello. So, he had no idea who Gui'er was and, assuming she was Jin Bao's biological sister, he just called her Miss Jin.

"Ah, no need. The three women upstairs cheated my sister at mahjong, so my sister called a few gang members to teach them a lesson. You'd better not go up there, otherwise they will think you are taking sides and beat you all up." Guier knew that such people could be scared away with just a few harsh words.

Sure enough, when the manager of the foreign company heard that it was related to the gang, his face turned pale and he quickly turned around and pushed his wife and parents back.