A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

Chapter 1002 Helping Lin Peishan Test the Female Editor

Seeing Tong Yujun's worried expression, Gui'er could only comfort her, saying, "I think Brother Xilun is actually thinking about the friendship we built together in Hong Kong over the past few years. Besides, you are both still young, so don't worry."

Tong Yujun felt embarrassed: "I'm sorry you had to see this. How have you been lately? I just heard them talking about that policeman forcing someone into marriage. Is that true? I've heard rumors that Ouyang Bao's death was murdered."

Gui'er thought to herself, "That's right, I was the one who killed him." She felt no remorse whatsoever, since Ouyang Bao was an utterly wicked person.

"I don't know about that. At the time, I had no way to avoid it and wanted to come to you for help, but I was afraid of being a burden to you, so I had to find a place to hide. My servants were very loyal and pulled a lot of strings, but it's good that he's dead now. He wasn't a good person anyway, and I'm out of trouble."

Tong Yujun said with shame, "Sigh, Hong Kong is such a complicated place. We've been here for several years and we've been very careful. But I heard that your sworn sister, Sha Lili, seems to be getting quite close to some police chief's wife. Apparently, she wants to use that police chief's wife to pressure her husband not to take a concubine. Why didn't you think of asking her for help?"

"Haha, the police chief's wife that you mentioned Sally fawned over is the one who tried to force me to marry him as a concubine. She doesn't care about her husband taking concubines. That Ouyang Bao has a ton of mistresses outside and six or seven at home too. It's like he's got too many lice to bite. She saw me alone in Hong Kong, and that my family runs a pawnshop, so she assumed I was very rich. She's even pressuring me to marry her husband. That way, my family's money will belong to them, and Sally will be even less likely to help me. She'd rather be an accomplice to evil so the police chief's wife will owe her a favor."

Tong Yujun said in surprise, "There is such a thing. But it's good that you're alive. Ouyang Bao got what he deserved."

Gui'er smiled and nodded, finally asking the purpose of her trip: "Is there any news from Brother Xichen? I think the First Madam is still so smug, she shouldn't be worried, right?"

Tong Yujun smiled, sighed, and shook her head, saying, "You should know her better than I do. She'll argue even when she's wrong, and nothing your uncle does will change her mind."

After she finished speaking, she glanced at Gui'er and said with a smile, "You want to know about your uncle, don't you?"

Gui'er smiled shyly: "Madam, I really can't get along with her, but Song Xichen used to treat me very well. He's in the mainland now, and he's with my second brother, so of course I want to know how he's doing."

Tong Yujun sighed and said, "I also wanted to give you some information to put your mind at ease, but I didn't. I always felt that my mother-in-law should know, but she kept quiet. She and my father-in-law never discuss it at home. If we talk about it, we get scolded. I don't know why. I guess she's afraid that her husband's identity will implicate our family."

Gui'er was very disappointed and could only ask Tong Yujun to notify her immediately if there was any news.

The next day at school, Lin Peishan quietly told her that Chen Zhongyu planned to move those comrades away in the next couple of days.

Gui'er nodded and said, "That's fine. Is there anything I can do for you?"

Lin Peishan said, "Zhongyu said that after this incident, everyone should learn a lesson and be more vigilant. Each comrade should just act in their own area of ​​expertise, and you don't need to worry about this matter."

Gui'er thought about it and agreed, saying, "I will obey the organization's arrangements."

Afterwards, Lin Peishan glanced at Gui'er somewhat awkwardly. Gui'er found it strange and asked, "What's wrong?"

"That's right, when we went to the bookstore to help Zhongyu organize the shop earlier, didn't a guy named Liu Shaolin come over? He mentioned a woman named Zhou Hong, do you know her?"

"Zhou Hong? Which Zhou Hong?"

Gui'er didn't react for a moment, but then she remembered and said with a smile, "You mean the female editor at Xingmin Daily? I know her. She used to give me some ads to write, and I earned a little money. But she's so stingy. She paid me 3 yuan a piece, and at first she gave me 2 yuan, but she kept 1 yuan off me. Later she only gave me 1 yuan, keeping 2 yuan off me. She even complained that I wasn't giving her enough, so we don't work together anymore. I can't work for her for free. But I heard she's quite good at sucking up to her superiors. After Brother Chen resigned to open a bookstore, she had a good chance of becoming the deputy editor-in-chief. I don't know if she did."

"I heard Liu Shaolin say that Zhou Hong misses Zhong Yu a lot, and about them..."

"Huh?" Gui'er really hadn't expected this. She scratched her head and said, "I've never heard of them having anything going on. We've been to the bookstore so many times, and we've never run into Zhou Hong. Besides, Brother Chen is a generous and righteous person, while Zhou Hong is stingy, like a miser. The two of them simply can't get along."

Lin Peishan relaxed a little when she heard Gui'er say that, but she said worriedly, "But I noticed that woman came to the bookstore to see him, but it was when we weren't there. I went to the bookstore after school once before, and you didn't come with me. The owner of the shop next to the bookstore came over and asked, 'Miss Zhou didn't come today?' It's clear that the woman often goes to the store, which is why she left an impression."

Gui'er hesitated. She didn't want to pry into other people's love lives, but Lin Peishan was her good friend, and it seemed inappropriate to ignore it. So she asked, "Then what do you want me to do?"

Lin Peishan quickly smiled and said, "Could you help me find out if there's really something between them? I really don't know how to bring it up. If it's not true, he'll think I'm being paranoid."

Gui'er thought for a moment, realizing she wasn't entirely without an excuse, and said, "Alright, I'll try to find out for you, but I can't guarantee I'll be able to."

Lin Peishan said with great joy, "Thank you, Gui'er."

So after school, Gui'er went to the Xingmin Newspaper Office. The editors there hadn't seen her in a long time and were curious why she was here at this time. Gui'er had bought a box of snacks in advance, and each editor and artist received one or two. Then she laughed and said, "It's been a long time since I've seen you all. I just happened to be passing by today, so I bought some snacks to visit you. Do you have any good advertising slogans to write lately?"

Upon hearing this, the editors all shrank back, pretending not to hear and going about their own business. Gui'er had expected their reaction, but she still shamelessly approached Zhou Hong, the female editor who had previously assigned her work, and said, "Editor Zhou, it's been a long time! Come on, let me treat you to coffee upstairs."