A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

Chapter 556: Finding the clue and retiring

Gui'er was shocked when she heard this, but she tried her best to remain calm. She took a sip of her drink and a bite of her cake before saying, "I've heard a few things too. They say the Japanese will attack us sooner or later, and then it will be even harder to make money."

"It's okay. We work for the Japanese. Mitsui & Co. will only grow bigger. The same may not be true for other foreign companies."

Gui'er pretended to be happy and said, "I see, but I'm not happy with what I'm doing now. Miss Zhang has thrown everything to me, and my salary is so low. I might as well find a good job like you."

Gu Yuanyuan smiled mysteriously and said, "I was just saying you and I are the same kind of people. Those people always look down on us behind our backs, but in fact they are very envious of us."

Gui Er sighed and said, "But I'm not good-looking, unlike you, Miss Gu, so I can't find a good dock and can only do hard labor."

Gu Yuanyuan sighed and said, "Actually, everyone has their own concerns. Mr. Mitsui has other secretaries in other places. As you know, I've been with Mr. Mitsui for two or three years. Maybe one day, when the novelty of me wears off, he'll have to change his secretary."

"Oh, that's really possible. Didn't you say he promised to give you a priceless antique? Hurry up and get it. Then you don't have to worry if anything happens. Once you sell it, you can find a young talent somewhere else. It doesn't matter if they're poor. You can start a family with him and then use the money to start a business or buy him a government position. Isn't that right?"

Gu Yuanyuan was deeply moved by these words. She excitedly grabbed Gui'er and said, "Miss Wu, it's a shame we met so late. I haven't met such a caring person in such a long time."

Gui Er also pretended to sympathize with her and said, "We are both people who have been stranded in this world, and I also felt a sense of familiarity with Miss Gu from the moment I saw her."

After that, the two chatted for a long time before parting. Miss Gu enthusiastically invited Gui'er to take a rickshaw home with her. Gui'er was afraid of being exposed, so she took the tram on the pretext that she lived far away.

When she returned to the villa that day, she told Sha Yanxiao the information she had obtained. Sha Yanxiao frowned and thought for a moment, then said, "It's impressive that you were able to obtain this information. Let's stop here. I don't want you to get involved with someone like that."

Then he turned to Wu Mingqiang and said, "Get someone to check on Gu Yuanyuan and Sanjing, and search the house of Director Shen's mistress to find the document."

Wu Mingqiang nodded and said, "Yes."

Gui'er thought for a moment and said, "But we haven't even found the warehouse where Director Shen keeps the antiques. We can only be sure that they're not in the Gonghexiang Wharf warehouse, so where else could they be? Even if they know they exist and have fallen into the hands of the Japanese, it seems they plan to wait two years for the Japanese invasion before openly seizing them. We have to find them and take them away before then. I think Gu Yuanyuan is Mitsui's lover. She has a great chance of getting in touch with or finding out the whereabouts of these antiques. We can't miss this opportunity. Brother, why don't you give me two more days, just two days."

Sha Yanxiao frowned for a long time, then smiled helplessly and said, "Well, if I had known you were going to fight so hard, I shouldn't have brought you out."

Gui'er said coquettishly, "How can I watch these treasures fall into the hands of the Japanese?"

The next day, Gui'er arrived at the foreign company. As soon as she started work, Manager Zhang called her into his office and said sternly, "Ms. Wu, I was willing to give you a chance because you are very capable in all aspects. There are many people competing for this position. You need to be more diligent and proactive."

Needless to say, Zhang Liyun must have gone to complain and tell tales. Gui'er felt extremely troubled, but in order to continue the investigation, she had to laugh it off and said, "Okay, thank you for your advice, manager. I will try my best."

Afterwards, when she came out of Manager Zhang's office, Zhang Liyun looked at her triumphantly, and then brought a large pile of information for her to work on.

In order to continue the investigation, Gui'er had to swallow her anger, but as soon as Manager Zhang and Zhang Liyun left, she immediately went to Gu Yuanyuan to complain. Gu Yuanyuan was also a person with nothing to do in the office, and the two hit it off and started chatting gossip.

Gui'er sighed and said, "Oh, how pathetic! You're lucky, Mr. Sanjing. When the time comes, I can give you an antique that will be enough to support you for half your life."

Gu Yuanyuan said, "I think so too, but I haven't got him yet. How can I get him?"

Gui'er rolled her eyes and said, "First, find the address where those antiques are stored, and then go get them yourself. Now that you have them in your hands, how can he not give them to you?"

Gu Yuanyuan said, "I don't know where it is either."

"Then go and get it out of you. I think since he told you who it belongs to, he must have told you, but you just don't remember it."

"Well, I remember it was near the warehouse at Gonghexiang Wharf. I heard it was three rooms connected together."

"It's so close, we can walk there. Let's go look for it while we have lunch."

"Not good, it seems he sent someone to take care of it."

"Oh, so that's how it is. That's such a shame."

Gui'er was sure that it was impossible to get any more useful clues from Gu Yuanyuan, so she waited until the end of the afternoon and had a quarrel with Zhang Liyun. She publicly said that Zhang Liyun did not work but still got paid, and had no ability and could not speak English. As a result, she was successfully fired by Manager Zhang.

Gu Yuanyuan felt it was a pity and even wanted to exchange addresses with Guier so that they could communicate. However, Guier refused on the grounds that she lived with relatives and it was not convenient for her to receive letters. She only accepted Gu Yuanyuan's address and said that she would give it to her after she moved out.

That night, when she returned to the villa, Guier told Sha Yanxiao the news she had heard.

Sha Yanxiao was very happy and said, "Today, Wu Mingqiang also arranged for someone to trick Director Shen's mistress out of town, and then searched her house and found something that looked like Director Shen's will.

As he spoke, he took out a manila envelope and pulled out a few sheets of letter paper from it.

Gui'er picked up the top note and read: "I, Shen Xingye, hereby solemnly declare: Through my life's ups and downs in officialdom, all the real estate, land, money, and other property under my name were acquired legally. If anything were to happen to me, they shall all be inherited by my son, Shen Jizu, and my daughter, Shen Fengshu, and no one else shall covet them. I hope my children will live in harmony, manage the family business well, and bring honor to our family. I hereby make this declaration as a proof of my ownership."

Testator: Shen Xingye

The last two pieces of information, one of which lists various properties and houses, and the other simply states that the antique jewelry is temporarily kept by my Japanese friend Mr. Koichi Mitsui.