bookcurios Chapter 780: Mr. Sha and his wife
Chapter 780: Mr. Sha and his wife
Gui'er and He Ruizhu sat in the dessert shop for a long time, chatting very happily, and Acheng sat next to them the whole time.
Suddenly he noticed a familiar figure not far away, who was the person who followed Gui'er that day.
Later, he followed the man but was not discovered by him, so those people still sent him to follow Guier.
Ah Cheng thought for a moment, stood up, walked to Gui'er and said, "Miss, it's almost time to go."
Gui'er was chatting happily and looked at him in confusion.
Ah Cheng pointed at the spy with his eyes. Gui'er took a look at him in confusion, then immediately noticed something was wrong and quickly turned back.
Said to He Ruizhu: "Ruizhu, it's nice to chat with you today. I just remembered that I have something to do at home. Why don't we stop here today?"
Although He Ruizhu felt it was sudden, they had already been chatting for over an hour. She smiled and said, "Okay, call me anytime you're free or come to the store. I usually just check the accounts now, and the rest of the time I'm busy entertaining wealthy ladies. Nothing important. Oh, by the way, my father's former employer has a niece who still lives in Jiangcheng. I heard she's one of the candidates for the young marshal's blind date this time. I wonder what his impression of her is?"
Gui'er didn't react for a moment and said, "It seems like my brother hasn't been on a blind date recently."
He Ruizhu smiled and said, "Oh, I haven't met her, but I heard that there will be a banquet in a few days and she will attend it. Photos and other things have been submitted to the Marshal's Mansion in advance."
Gui'er then remembered that the young lady should be on the roster, so she smiled and said, "I don't really ask about my brother's affairs, and he doesn't like me to ask about them either."
He Ruizhu was a little disappointed after hearing this, but she smiled and said, "It's okay. You know, my father's boss is a good family. I heard that his niece is also a pure and innocent girl. It would be great if she could succeed. My father's boss knew that you and I were classmates, and he even sent a telegram to ask me to help intercede. I also know that you definitely don't like to get involved in such things. But after all, we have to do business with others, so we still have to socialize. Don't take it to heart, just let it go."
Gui'er actually felt uncomfortable after hearing this, but she still forced a smile and said, "Well, let's meet next time. We'll know whether she and my brother are destined to be together then."
After returning to the Marshal's Mansion, Gui'er was still a little depressed, so she went back to her room and stayed there to read.
Sha Yanxiao returned and didn't see Gui'er coming out to greet him. He was just wondering, when the servants told him, "Miss, you went out for a bit today and you're in a bad mood now. You're locked up in your room now."
He got anxious when he heard it: "You were fine, why are you in a bad mood again? What happened?"
Ah Cheng stood up and said, "Don't talk nonsense. The young lady went out to chat with some classmates today. They were fine at first, but then they ran into the spy who had been following her a few days ago while having dessert on the second floor of Wing On Department Store. I don't know if that spy was specifically following us again, so I quickly called the young lady back. Maybe she didn't enjoy the conversation enough, so she's not in a good mood."
Sha Yanxiao's face turned pale after hearing this, and he said to Ah Cheng, "Go find Wu Mingqiang."
Then he hurried to the second floor, walked to the door of Gui'er's room, knocked gently and said, "Guier, it's me, are you in there?"
When Gui'er saw that it was Sha Yanxiao who came back, she hurried over and opened the door.
Sha Yanxiao observed her expression but didn't notice any displeasure. He breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Why are you all alone in your room? I heard you went to play with your classmates today. Didn't you have a good time chatting? Hmm?"
Gui'er quickly said, "No, I'm doing fine. I went to talk to some classmates today. It seems my classmate Tong Yujun is getting married to the second son of the Song family, and they'll be back for the wedding banquet. It feels like everyone else is embarking on a new life, while I'm still stuck here."
Sha Yanxiao pulled up a stool and sat down. "You finally graduated early, so you can rest for a while. Don't worry about others embarking on a new journey in life. Life is a long journey." He paused and said, "Ever since you went to Nanjing, we've been apart more than we've been together. Now that you have some time, please spend more time with me."
When Gui'er heard this, she remembered what Sha Yanxiao had said to her last night when he stood by her bed. Her face flushed, and she said shyly, "Of course, that's no problem. Oh, and I've made the sachet I promised you. I also made you a tie and a purse."
As he said that, he took out the thing he had made and gave it to him. Sha Yanxiao happily took the tie, compared it to himself and said, "It's very good, I like it." Then he put the purse in his pocket.
Guier picked up the sachet and said, "I haven't put the spices in it yet. I was thinking of going to the park one day and picking some flowers. I'll come back and dry them, and then add the spices to it."
Sha Yanxiao smiled and said, "Okay, I'll go to the park with you one day."
In the next few days, Gui'er stayed in the mansion obediently. Sha Yanwen came back with his wife and bought some gifts for the young ladies of each room. Of course, Gui'er's gifts must be a little bigger. The third young lady was a well-educated daughter of a merchant and had received a modern education. Gui'er chatted with her and found that her ideas were new, but she was similar to the fourth concubine and Sha Lili. She only cared about herself and didn't care about the prosperity of the country or the progress of ideas. Therefore, she had nothing in common with Gui'er.
She mentioned that she had a cousin who came from a wealthy family, but his wife had died in her 30s, so he wanted to find a remarriage and asked Gui'er if she was willing. Fortunately, before Gui'er could refuse, the Fourth Concubine changed the subject and she never mentioned it again. Presumably, the Fourth Concubine said something to her again.
Gui'er also heard the servants in the mansion discussing that the Fourth Concubine regarded the banquet in a few days as a return banquet for her children, but the Marshal regarded this banquet as a banquet to announce his recovery to the world. In any case, they both wanted to hold a grand banquet, but they had their own thoughts.
Gui'er asked Dingxiang to find out if all the girls on the roster would be there. Dingxiang went to ask around and finally came back to say that although it was the Marshal who mentioned this matter, he only said a few words. After that, it was mainly the Eighth Concubine who arranged everything. She seemed to have received a lot of money from it. If the families of those girls wanted their daughters to come to the party, they had to do something and give money to the Eighth Concubine.
Gui'er couldn't help but frowned after hearing this. She didn't expect that the lovely Zheng Wanyu would be such a person. She used to feel a little sympathetic for her because she was so young but had to marry an old man who was over fifty and had difficulty moving. Now it seems that what she said before about her deep love for Sha Yanxiao was probably half true and half false. If she really liked Sha Yanxiao, she would never do such a thing.