A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

Chapter 745 Miss Shen and Xu Wenjie are rescued

Jin Bao was quite surprised by Gui Er's arrival, but he welcomed her very much. He smiled and said, "My place is small, but there are not many people here. Your coming just makes it more lively. Don't mind that the place is small."

Guier smiled and said, "I should be embarrassed to bother you."

After finally settling down, Gui'er couldn't wait to ask Sha Yanyao: "Brother, how are things going with Teacher Shen and Boss Xu?"

Sha Yanyao smiled and said, "I've already agreed with Director Tian that the total cost for all the arrangements will be 1000 yuan in cash."

Gui'er took a deep breath. It was so expensive. She didn't know whether Miss Shen and Xu Wenjie could come up with the money. She was a little worried.

"The money issue has been resolved. Chen Zhongyu brought it over. I know the Xu and Shen families can't come up with that much money. Chen Zhongyu said that my second brother also contributed a part, but that was definitely for your sake. Mother may have known about this and was angry, so she took it out on you. You should stay here with Jinbao for a while. She happens to be pregnant now, so it would be nice to have someone to talk to her."

"Then when can Mr. Shen and Boss Xu come back? Boss Xu, can he still keep his job?"

"He spent so much money, how could he lose his job? Besides, his position doesn't give him access to any intelligence, so it doesn't matter."

"Oh, that's good. The bookstore business run by Boss Xu is average. They have high expenses at the Shen residence, and even if they work part-time as janitors at school, their income is meager. If they lose this job, their income will drop significantly." Gui'er said hurriedly, in order to make Sha Yanyao feel that Xu Wenjie really needed this job at the Military Commission to earn money to support his family.

"What about Gao Zinong? He spent so much effort to get involved with others this time, and now you have ruined his plans. I'm afraid he will bear a grudge against you." Gui'er deliberately provoked Sha Yanyao and Gao Zinong.

"He made such a big mistake because of an error in obtaining intelligence. He was given a serious warning. Moreover, his leg was injured. I'm afraid he will suffer from a disability and will not be able to participate in operations in the future. He can only do some miscellaneous clerical work, similar to Xu Wenjie." Sha Yanyao said with a smug look on his face.

"The intelligence is wrong?" Gui'er wondered why Sha Yanyao said that.

"Because my second brother found a man named Meng who had taken him in in Jiangcheng. He confessed that the teacher in Meng's dream suddenly left Nanjing not because he was fired from the private school, but because he owed gambling debts. The two strange men with good skills who were with him were actually thugs hired by his creditors to accompany him to Shanghai to collect money. He originally wanted to raise some money from Xu Wenjie, but found that the Xu and Shen families had fallen on hard times. So he deceived them into trusting him and asked them to pay for the trip, saying that he was going to Shanghai to visit another relative. Maybe his behavior was suspicious and he was targeted by the spies sent by Gao Zinong. They thought he was involved in some revolutionary activities. It's ridiculous."

As soon as Gui'er heard it, she knew that it must be a fake certificate that Song Xichen and Sha Yanxiao had worked together to come up with. She was immediately very grateful to Sha Yanxiao.

Sha Yanyao sat for a while and then left, without even eating the dinner that Jinbao invited him to have.

After he left, Jinbao invited Gui'er and the others to dinner. Jinbao asked curiously, "What did you do to make that old woman kick you out?"

Gui'er had no choice but to say tactfully, "Alas, it's actually none of my business. There was a scoundrel who was a relative of Teacher Shen's husband's family. He came to their house to extort money. He didn't know I was at school at the time, so Teacher Shen asked me to help take him back to the provincial capital. As a result, he was caught by one of my eldest brother's men named Gao Zilong. He found this person's criminal behavior suspicious and thought he was a revolutionary. As a result, a large-scale deployment was wasted. If he went to arrest someone with a gun, he would definitely run away. So it became that Teacher Shen, his husband and I were covered by the revolutionaries. It took two days to find out who was responsible, and they spent a lot of money. It was my mother who insisted that I was the cause of the trouble and kicked me out again. All my things were thrown everywhere. And my eldest sister-in-law took the opportunity to confiscate my jewelry. Among them was a set of jade jewelry bought by my second brother and some left to me by my second sister-in-law. The necklaces and earrings are quite valuable. I don't know if I can get them back when the time comes. Sigh."

Gui'er said this on purpose. She would not allow Miss Tian to do this and ruin her jewelry. This was a good opportunity for Jinbao to persuade her.

Sure enough, Jin Bao's eyes lit up after hearing this, and he said with a smile, "What's so difficult about this? I'll talk to your eldest brother later and ask him to help you get it back. Now you finally know that Miss Tian is not a good person."

Guier smiled and nodded. She used to think that Miss Tian was Sha Yanyao's original wife after all, but now she was too lazy to care about so much. Miss Tian was not an easy person to deal with anyway, so she should focus on protecting herself first.

The next day, when Guier returned to school, as soon as she walked into the campus, she saw Miss Shen talking to other teachers. She greeted her happily.

Miss Shen pulled her to a corner, looked around to see if there was anyone around, and said, "I really have to thank the Young Marshal this time. I heard that he and Song Xichen have always been at odds, but I didn't expect that this time, for your sake, he would actually cooperate with him in giving false testimony, and even offered several hundred dollars."

Gui'er said, "I'm glad you're all okay. I happened to be downstairs when the gunfight happened that day. I was really scared."

Miss Shen said, "Don't mention it. Gao Zinong used all sorts of methods to get us to admit we were revolutionaries, but luckily we persisted. By the way, when we returned to Huli yesterday, our doorman told us that your wife had kicked you out. We were about to take you back when they told us your eldest brother had taken you away. Where are you living now?"

Gui'er hesitated for a moment and said, "I'll live with Jinbao."

Miss Shen shook her head and said, "Isn't that where your eldest brother's mistress lives? I heard she was a prostitute. It wouldn't be good for you to live there, would it? Why don't you stay with me? My place is spacious and has lots of books. I can even help you with your studies. Although this matter has been suppressed, I still have a bad feeling. Nanjing is a troubled place. It would be good if you could leave as soon as possible. Otherwise, I can give you some private lessons so that you can apply for an early exam and graduate early. Then you can leave Nanjing and return to your second brother and be safe."

Gui'er asked, "Are you afraid that the Military Commission will continue to cause trouble for us in the future?"

Miss Shen said, "It's not that I'm afraid, it's that I'm certain. This time, I've chosen you to personally handle this matter. I'm afraid the Military Commission will become suspicious. Although we've entered a silent period, if there's a mission, it must be launched immediately. There's no other way. You're back in Jiangcheng, under the protection of your second brother, who is very friendly to our party. I believe he can understand."