A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

At this point, she paused, smiled bitterly, and continued, "Now he's asking for financial compensation, but as long as the amount isn't too excessive, our family is willing to agree. We want to get this over with as soon as possible."

After hearing this, Gui'er was filled with sorrow. She held He Ruizhu's hand and comforted her, "Don't be too sad. A person like him isn't worth your sadness. After a divorce, you can start over, and your future will definitely get better and better. You are such a good person, you will definitely meet someone who truly cherishes you."

He Ruizhu nodded slightly, her eyes reddening slightly, and she forced a smile and said, "Yeah, I think so too. In fact, I should have made up my mind a long time ago, but I just kept hesitating. Now that we've come this far, I have nothing to be afraid of."

At this time, Jin Bao came over, looked at the expressions of the two people, and asked curiously: "What's the matter? What are you whispering about?"

Gui'er and He Ruizhu exchanged a glance, and Gui'er smiled and said, "Nothing much, just chatting about girly things. Have you ordered your food? Can we find a place to eat?"

Jinbao excitedly waved the order in his hand and said, "It's settled. Let's go and have dinner. I'm in a good mood today, so I'll treat you!" Then Guier said goodbye to He Ruizhu.

The two of them walked out of the company chatting and laughing.

After returning to the Marshal's residence, Sha Yanxiao asked Gui'er, "How was it? Did you have fun playing with your favored sister-in-law today?"

Gui'er smiled and said, "Why do you say that about Jinbao?"

Sha Yanxiao smiled and said, "Haven't you noticed that that overbearing sister-in-law has become much more obedient now? It seems that Big Brother really has a way of controlling his wife."

Guier glanced around and saw no one was around. She asked, "Second brother, did you tell your eldest brother what he said? Did he agree?"

Sha Yanxiaoqun frowned and said, "What's wrong? Of course he agreed. He also said that after all, he and I are brothers who have known each other for several years, so he will definitely help me."

"That's strange. Jinbao wants to be a matchmaker for Zhao Yingwu and me."

Sha Yanxiao was furious when he heard this and shouted, "She really said that."

Gui Er quickly tried to stop him, saying, "Don't worry. I'm not sure. At first she was talking about Young Master Song, and I said it was impossible. Then she mentioned Zhao Yingwu. I'm not sure if she was just being kind or if she had a purpose."

Sha Yanxiao laughed sarcastically. "She's a former prostitute, not even a concubine. How can she be qualified to introduce someone to the Song family? She's clearly just using Young Master Song as a smokescreen. Is Zhao Yingwu the one she wants to introduce? It seems the first wife is just like usual, siding with whichever side has the advantage. A typical fence-sitter. How did you respond to her?"

"When I first started saying that Zhao Yingwu was a playboy and was hanging out with dancers, she downplayed the whole thing until I told her that there were rumors he was hanging out with the Eighth Concubine and I didn't want to get involved in that mess. Only then did she give up."

Sha Yanxiao said to Gui'er in admiration, "This is good. If they knew that Zhao Yingwu and the Eighth Concubine were having an affair, even if Sha Yanyao wanted to side with him, Madam wouldn't allow it."

Guier returned to her room. She lay on the bed with a frown on her face, unable to fall asleep for a long time.

The situation is really too complicated. On one hand, I have to be on guard against Zhao Yingwu and use myself, and on the other hand, I have to think about whether Sha Yanyao's purpose of coming back is related to this mission. The eighth concubine has an affair with Zhao Yingwu, and now Zhao Yingwu wants to marry me. She might hate me to the core, so I have to be on guard.

It was not until late at night that Guier finally fell asleep reluctantly.

When she returned to the hospital the next day, she felt that she had taken a day off and not worked, but in the end, she felt more tired than when she was working.

There were many patients coming to the hospital for treatment that day, and the nurses were all very busy. Gui'er had no time to worry and just threw herself into her work.

When he was finally done with his work and wanted to talk to Manager Liu about the task Song Xichen mentioned yesterday, he suddenly found two servants from the Marshal's Mansion standing at the door of Manager Liu's department.

The two servants also saw her and hurriedly bowed and greeted her.

Gui Er hurriedly stopped them, saying, "Don't be so polite outside. Why are you two here?"

The two servants said, "Butler Zhao said he has back pain and wants to get cupping and acupuncture."

When Guier walked into the room, she saw that Zhao Yingwu was indeed lying on the bed with his upper body naked, and Manager Liu was doing cupping on him.

When Shopkeeper Liu saw Gui'er walk in, he smiled and said, "Would you like to learn from me? This brother's symptoms are not serious."

Zhao Yingwu raised his head and said to Gui'er with a smile, "Are you going to come in person?"

Gui Er shook her head and said to Shopkeeper Liu, "Doctor Liu, this is our housekeeper Zhao's son, Zhao Yingwu."

Shopkeeper Liu was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said nothing. He helped him put the cupping jar on and said to Gui'er, "Come here and help me sort out the medical records I saw today."

Gui'er knew that he was deliberately keeping a distance between her and Zhao Yingwu.

After finishing organizing the medical records for Manager Liu, she went out to do other things.

About half an hour later, Gui'er was explaining to an old lady in the corridor how to take medicine. She felt someone was looking at her. She turned around and saw Zhao Yingwu standing in the distance, staring at Gui'er. His handsome appearance was very eye-catching. Not only the doctors and nurses in the hospital, but even some patients paid attention to him.

Gui'er frowned and glared at him, then turned and walked into the pharmacy. Only then did Zhao Yingwu leave.

Gui'er quickly went to Manager Liu's office and explained the situation to him. Manager Liu said, "I've heard Old Song mention this Zhao Yingwu, but I've never met him and don't know him. Is he targeting you this time at the hospital? Getting caught up in the power struggle in the Marshal's Mansion is quite dangerous."

Gui'er sighed and said, "Yes, I've tried my best to avoid it. However, he sees me as a pawn to return to the Marshal's Mansion. I don't think he will let me go easily. I have to think of a way."

After work that day, Guier walked out of the hospital gate and saw Acheng waiting there with a rickshaw he had called. It was a rickshaw with a car parked next to it. Zhao Yingwu was standing next to the car. Acheng stood there with an expression of anger but not daring to speak.

Gui'er knew that Zhao Yingwu must have done this on purpose to pick her up. She walked up to him, pretending not to notice, and said, "Housekeeper Zhao, what's wrong? You're in the hospital again. You just saw the doctor. Are you feeling unwell again so soon?"

Zhao Yingwu smiled and said, "Miss Gui'er, you're such a jokester. I came to the hospital today and saw that it was crowded with people of all kinds. I was worried that you might get into danger after get off work, so I drove here to pick you up."

"Oh, thank you very much. However, my brother has already arranged it for me. Brother Cheng comes to pick me up every day. He is very skilled, so you don't have to worry."