A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

At the end of the performance, everyone was passionate and enthusiastic, and they firmly believed that with everyone's concerted efforts, the War of Resistance Against Japan would eventually be victorious. Gui'er also became excited.

Liu Shaolin had been taking pictures of wealthy people all over the place. He finally came back, smiled, and whispered in Gui'er's ear, "I just went to see that fundraising box. It's overflowing with money. That's great! If I were as famous as you, I'd hold a fundraising gala like this and I'd be rich in no time."

This time, Guier was 100% sure that he was definitely not one of them.

After the event, Guier returned to the villa exhausted. She sorted out the information she had obtained today and began to write an article.

Dingxiang brought in tea, walked over to her, twitched her nose, and frowned as she said, "Miss, you went to that charity dinner today. Were there a lot of people smoking?"

Gui'er lowered her head and sniffed her shoulder. There was a faint smell of cigarettes, but she didn't notice it. She sighed and smiled bitterly, "A lot of people were smoking at the meeting today. I was so busy taking notes and remembering names that I forgot I hated the smell of cigarettes."

Ding Xiang sighed and said, "Why don't you go take a shower and change your clothes first."

Guier nodded, took a shower, changed into pajamas, and finally felt refreshed.

Ding Xiang came over and helped her comb her hair, saying, "In the past, if we encountered such an occasion, you would hide aside and then find a chance to slip away. I didn't expect that now... Sigh."

"Things are different now. I'm no longer the daughter of a wealthy general. Oh, and I ran into Sha Lili at the charity gala today. She came to the meeting with her husband. They were very generous and donated 100 yuan."

"Miss, I heard from Brother Cheng that when you went to see Miss Lily before, she just dealt with you casually. Alas, it's true that a tiger in plain sight is bullied by a dog. In the past, at the Marshal's Mansion, she and you pretended to be very close sisters. And, you don't know, when I went to buy vegetables with Sister Ying the other day, I actually ran into Miss Lily's servant, Zhao Ershun, who used to be in the Fourth Concubine's Courtyard. He was wandering around the area with Miss Lily's husband, and it was said that he was looking for a house. I don't want him to move to our area. They are a hypocritical family. If they move so close, they must have bad intentions."

Gui'er remembered that Sha Lili had once said that her husband's family would all move to Hong Kong. But to be honest, she didn't want to live too close to Sha Lili's family, for fear that if they had close contact, they would discover the existence of the secret room.

She asked Dingxiang, "Have you seen where he has decided on a house?"

Ding Xiang was excited when she heard this and said with a smile, "That's not the case. Don't worry, young lady, I've found out everything. The family on our left is occupied by a wealthy lady and her three children. The oldest is only five years old, and the youngest is only a few months old. They say the husband is a director of a shipping company, but I suspect she might be a concubine kept away from home, because the man always comes at night and leaves early the next morning. The family on the right seems to be an elderly Chinese overseas from Malaya. It is said that she grew up in Hong Kong when she was young and later followed her husband's family to Malaya. However, she seems to be the second wife, because her husband died and she was kicked out by the first wife. However, her children are all grown up and still stay in Malaya. She is homesick, so she took the property she was given and returned to Hong Kong alone to buy a house. She said that if her children can't make it in Malaya, they can come to her."

Gui'er nodded in satisfaction and said, "Although they're not a wealthy family, they don't seem like meddlesome people. That's good. For a small family like us, it would be easy to get into trouble if a big shot lived next door."

"That's right, I thought so too." Ding Xiang said with a smile, "But let's go a little further and find a prominent and wealthy family."

"who is that?"

"It is said that he is the inspector of Kowloon District in Hong Kong. His name is Ouyang Bao. Miss, you know that he is an official in Hong Kong. He can control all Chinese people. His status is equivalent to that of the young master in Jiangcheng."

Gui'er frowned. She had never come across any historical data about Hong Kong during this era before and had no idea about this person. However, based on the actual situation, anyone who could sit in the position of Inspector of the Hong Kong Police during this era must be no pushover.

She asked curiously, "There's actually someone as powerful as Number 1 living near us. Have you heard what kind of person he is?"

Ding Xiang perked up when she heard her ask this. She said, "I've done some research, miss. You know my forte is getting information. But this Ouyang Bao doesn't seem like a good person. I heard that the British believe in a god called Christ and can only marry one wife. To please his foreign superiors, Ouyang Bao also only married one wife, but he secretly kept many concubines outside. If he took a fancy to one, he would find a way to force her to become his mistress. What's worse is that he didn't consider those mistresses his concubines. When he had enough fun with them, he would casually send them away, give them away, or keep them to entertain guests, just like a prostitute. Miss, if you meet this man, you'd better stay away."

Gui'er frowned and said, "How could a public official be so wicked?"

Ding Xiang said, "Well, it's mainly because the mountains are high and the emperor is far away here. After the British seized Hong Kong from the Qing Dynasty, they always sent their own people here to serve as officials. I heard from Sister Ying that there are several villas here where only the hostesses live. They are probably the temporary wives found by those so-called British officials here."

Gui'er sighed and said, "Forget it. I don't think the neighbors here come out much. Whatever. Let's just not cause any trouble."

The next day, when Gui'er and Acheng were walking to the intersection of their community to catch the bus, they saw a luxury car passing by them.

Guier saw a man inside wearing a tuxedo and a top hat, standard British attire, but he was obviously a Chinese, probably in his 40s, with a square face and broad shoulders. Even though he was sitting in the car, one could still feel that he was very burly. He also noticed Guier and turned around, his eyes like a hawk.

"Miss, stop staring at him. He is the Chinese inspector Ouyang Bao who lives in our district. I heard that he is a ruthless man who bullies men and women." Ah Cheng quickly stood in front of Guier and said softly.