A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

When Gui'er heard this, she couldn't help but feel a little amused. It turned out that Sha Lili was also using Sha Yanyao's name to bully others.

Ouyang Bao had been observing the villa for several days, and saw only a young girl and a few servants, not even any male elders. He thought it was another mistress kept by a wealthy businessman, and was just about to come up and act rogue to extort some money as usual, and if he could take advantage of the opportunity, it would be even better. Unexpectedly, he actually ran into a real wealthy lady with connections to Nanjing spies. He didn't dare to touch such a person, so he smiled and said, "Miss Sha, I am abrupt, but as the chief of police, I also have the responsibility to protect the local residents, so I have to visit everywhere on weekdays. Please don't mind. If there is anything you need me for, have your servants come to me and tell me. I am always available. That's my job."

Gui Er said with a smile, "I feel much more at ease now that Inspector Ouyang has said this. Dinner is almost ready here. Inspector Ouyang, please stay and have dinner before you leave."

Ouyang Bao waved his hands repeatedly and said, "No, no. I have something else to do. I'll leave first. See you later, Miss Sha."

After Ouyang Bao left, the servants in the house breathed a sigh of relief. Butler Chen De, who had been silent the whole time, came over and said to Gui'er, "I didn't expect that the young lady could remain calm and composed even when encountering someone like Ouyang Bao for the first time. It's truly rare."

"Our young lady is the daughter of the Marshal's family. When the Marshal was here, he always said she was his proudest daughter. What's this little inspector to me? Besides, I don't think he's a good person. Didn't you see how arrogant and domineering the young lady was before she came back? She was so desperate to see if there were any treasures in our family. It was really disgusting."

"Okay, it's all over. But next time Ouyang Bao comes to your house, you have to be careful and don't offend him." Gui'er didn't want Dingxiang to talk too much about her own situation, so she interrupted him.

In the blink of an eye, Ah Cheng had been out for several days. Ding Xiang kept saying that it was time for him to come back. She also asked Gui Er worriedly, "Did he have an accident on the way?"

Guier smiled and said, "No. Mr. Chen told me he'd send it to the Guangxi border. It might have to go a long way after Guangzhou, so it's probably going to be slow. I'm going to file a social media post tomorrow, so I'll ask about it while I'm there."

The next day after school, she took the advertisement she had written to the newspaper office.

I saw that the newspaper office was not as busy as usual, but was full of discussions.

"After completing their mission of covering the retreat of the main force, the 'Eight Hundred Warriors' stationed at the Sihang Warehouse were ordered to withdraw to the Shanghai International Settlement on October 31, 1937."

"Does this mean Shanghai has completely fallen? I have relatives there. I don't know if I can escape alive."

"We even hired a foreigner from the French Concession to take our photos, but now we can't contact him. How can we write this?"

"Maybe he died there too. I heard the Japs don't care what country you are from, they'll just bomb you."

Gui'er had known that this would be the outcome, so she had tried not to pay attention to these messages and news during this period, but she still couldn't help but tremble when she heard it with her own ears.

"Gui'er, you're here. Have you finished writing the advertisement?"

"Oh, Editor Liu, hello, I've finished writing it. Thank you for your care." This time, Gui'er got the extra money from advertising from a female editor named Liu.

"I have something new for you. Let's go downstairs and have a drink while we discuss it."

"Okay." Guier hurriedly went with her to the coffee shop on the second floor, and asked the waiter to bring her favorite coffee and ordered a cake. Of course, it was Guier's treat.

"Gui'er, I heard you live in Mount Kellett. There are villas everywhere there, all owned by wealthy families."

"Yes, but that house belongs to our family, not me personally. And you should have heard that I am not the biological daughter of this family, but an adopted daughter, so I need to go out and find a job to earn money." Gui'er didn't know why she suddenly brought this up, and hurriedly explained.

Editor Liu pulled a cigarette from a small metal case in her handbag, lit it, took a drag, and blew a smoke ring upwards before saying, "That's better than us. By the way, I'm looking for you because of that. You know those erotic novels? They're about the dirty deeds of the rich and powerful, the gossip. There's a lot of money to be made writing those stories these days; the public loves them. Why don't you write me one or two about the stories around you and see if I can publish them? If you can, you can get dozens of dollars for each one."

"What time is it now? Does anyone still like to read erotic novels? Shanghai is about to fall." Gui'er was a little surprised.

"Shanghai is Shanghai, and Hong Kong is Hong Kong. Whatever happens in Shanghai won't affect Hong Kong. You know that charity gala we went to a while ago? I was actually trying to get a spot, but Editor-in-Chief Chen asked you to go. Of course, you have connections to wealthy families, so I can't argue with you on that score. But I'm also well-informed. It would be great if half of the money raised that day could be donated to the government. Many people who attended the gala were just trying to boost their own reputations. Forget it, we ordinary people can't control such a big thing. Please consider my suggestion."

"I'm afraid this isn't a good idea. If I reveal someone's privacy, won't they come after me?"

"What's so difficult about this? Who asked you to write with names? Just use pseudonyms, such as someone or a place. Don't you know how to do that? Don't be fooled by the grandiose news about the Anti-Japanese War. In fact, most readers still like to read those gossips. What do you think? Think about it."

"Okay, okay. Let me think about it. Could you please go up and call Editor-in-Chief Chen for me? I'd like to ask if he has any manuscripts for me to write?"

Editor Liu said helplessly, "Okay, but this is really profitable. If you write well, you can write for a long time. With a regular readership, you will be the most popular person in our newspaper."

Gui'er didn't want to make up stories for money. Although there should be no shortage of such gossip where she lived, if she offended someone accidentally, it would be very troublesome since she had no connections here.

After a while, Chen Zhongyu came down from the building and said, "Editor Liu said you were looking for me."

Guier nodded and said, "She asked me to write that kind of gossip. I didn't agree, so I wanted to see if you have any advertisements that I can write about?"