A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

Chapter 758 Danger Approaches

Sha Yanyao watched them leave, his heart filled with mixed emotions. After a while, he came to his senses and walked into the ward to see Jinbao.

When Gui'er and Miss Shen returned to the Shen Mansion, Xu Wenjie had already returned. Seeing them, Xu Wenjie's face was very solemn. Gui'er and Miss Shen looked at each other, and they felt that something was wrong.

After Xu Wenjie sat down, he slowly said, "I've heard that the Military Commission has received orders from above to indiscriminately arrest suspected Communist Party members. Many comrades have been arrested simply based on reports without any evidence. Even if no evidence is found, they won't release them. The higher-ups have instructed us to preserve the revolutionary roots and remain in seclusion. Some of our bases have already been withdrawn. Even the headquarters have to be relocated. Chen Zhongyu has ordered our printing base to temporarily suspend operations. The situation is so tense now, and our situation is extremely dangerous."

After hearing this, Gui'er and Miss Shen's faces turned pale instantly.

Gui'er thought for a moment and suddenly said, "Brother Xu, I remember your father used to be the Vice Premier of the Executive Yuan. He holds a high position of power and influence, so he must have many staff members and old friends. Can we ask them for help?"

After hearing this, Xu Wenjie showed a hesitant expression on his face. He had a high self-esteem and did not want to ask for help easily.

Miss Shen saw what Xu Wenjie was thinking, shook his hand, and said seriously, "Wenjie, now is not the time to care about your pride and face. Our lives are threatened. For the sake of the revolution and for our own sake, we must find a way to deal with it. Just try your luck, maybe they can help."

Xu Wenjie was silent for a moment, then finally nodded and said, "Okay, I'll give it a try. I hope they'll help us out for my father's sake."

After so many things happened in succession, Guier felt exhausted when she went to school the next day.

Zhou Huifang asked curiously, "What's wrong with you? Did you steal at night? Why are you so listless?"

Gui'er naturally couldn't tell Xu Wenjie about what he'd done, so she had to talk about Jinbao. "Don't mention it. Didn't my eldest brother take a concubine? She's pregnant. Yesterday, she suddenly fainted at home after saying she had eaten something bad. My brother wasn't home, so I had to rush over and rush her to the hospital. I finally managed to save her. I was exhausted."

Zhou Huifang heard the gossip and said, "It's so thrilling, then what?"

Gui'er sighed and said, "Of course I saved him, otherwise I don't know how it would have ended."

Zhou Huifang argued confidently, "Your brother's concubine is incredibly lucky. She's a distant relative of ours. His wife also ate something wrong when she was pregnant, and suffered from vomiting and diarrhea. She was later taken to a hospital with a foreign doctor. The child was aborted, and she survived. So your brother's concubine is actually fine? And the child was saved, too?"

Gui'er was stunned when she heard this. Yesterday, Miss Shen and Sha Yanyao had a very awkward meeting, so she just dragged her away without even having the chance to hear from the doctor whether the child was okay.

"Hey, have you noticed? Recently, there are a lot of people who are not from our school walking around in the school." A classmate suddenly came over and said.

"Really? How come I didn't notice?" Gui'er had been so exhausted from all the things going on these past few days that she hadn't noticed anything. She quickly asked, "What kind of person is it? A man or a woman? Is it a new teacher?"

"Of course not! You really haven't noticed, but I've noticed it all." Zhou Huifang said, "There are a lot of people who aren't even from our school, wandering around campus in their school uniforms, chatting up our students, and even chatting up me."

Gui'er immediately became alert: "Chatting? What did they say to you?"

Zhou Huifang thought for a moment and said, "Just ask who are the more active members of our school who have advanced ideas."

"Then who are you talking about?" Guier felt her scalp tingling and her spirit tense.

"I said I didn't know, and I didn't know them. They suddenly came over and acted like I knew them. I wouldn't tell them the truth." Zhou Huifang said disdainfully.

"Oh, that's right. We don't know who these people are, so I'm afraid no one will pay attention to them." Gui'er breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile.

"That's not necessarily true. Later, I heard they were discovered by the school janitor and teachers and asked to leave. So she continued to dress in her school uniform outside the school gate, pretending to be a student from our school. She approached our students when they were out shopping. Some of our school's families are not so wealthy, and they would treat them to meals. Some people actually pay attention to them."

Gui'er suddenly sensed something was wrong and quickly said with a smile, "As the saying goes, if someone shows kindness without any reason, they are either a traitor or a thief. A stranger inviting me to dinner can't be a good thing, right? And someone actually accepted?"

"Yes, I saw Zhu Aiqiu from our class the other day."

Zhu Ai Qiu was an unknown student with average grades. Gui'er had never had much interaction with her, and she had never participated in any advanced ideological gatherings. She usually just went to school and came home, and she didn't even have any particularly good classmates.

Gui'er knew that these people were most likely spies sent by the Military Commission. She hesitated again and again, and finally did not go to Zhu Ai Qiu to inquire about the news, because she didn't interact with her much. Even if she met her on the street, she would just nod. She didn't know her position. It was too abrupt to suddenly ask her for news about those people, and she was afraid that she would fall into a trap.

After school, Guier returned to the Shen Mansion and hurriedly told Xu Wenjie and Miss Shen what she knew.

Xu Wenjie frowned and said, "I know about this situation. Those people were the ones I teamed up with the teachers, the principal, and the director of the teaching department to expel those unknown people from the campus. I didn't expect them to give up and continue to attack students outside the school. The students in our school are not monolithic and have all kinds of ideas. I'm worried that someone will deliberately frame others for personal gain."

Miss Shen thought for a moment and said, "Gui'er and I haven't been very active in the discussion with students about advanced ideas. You were the only one who mobilized students to help distribute the pamphlets. At that time, unrelated students might have known about this, which was quite dangerous. It seems we need to find a solution."

Xu Wenjie thought for a moment and said, "These days, I've had my mother visit some of my father's old friends. I told them about my being sidelined by the Military Commission and asked them for help in getting me transferred out of there. As long as I'm one level higher than the Military Commission, it'll be easier to deal with. They definitely won't dare to take action rashly."

"But after a few days of hard work, some uncles are willing to help. However, this help is not for free, and they must pay tribute."

"How much?" Miss Shen asked with a frown.