A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

Chapter 850 An accident occurred

The next day, Gui'er returned to the hospital to work as usual. She wanted to tell Song Xichen what she knew, but Sha Yanxiao asked Acheng to stay in the hospital on the grounds that something would happen in the next few days. Now Manager Liu had gone to the Marshal's Mansion to look after the Marshal, and there was no one to deliver the message.

Just when she was at a loss, Wu Mingqiang suddenly rushed to the hospital with someone for treatment.

Gui'er hurried over and asked, "What's going on?"

A closer look revealed that the man had blood on his head and multiple scratches on his body. Wu Mingqiang said, "I'm sorry, miss. We overturned while transporting goods."

Gui'er didn't care about anything else and quickly called a doctor for treatment. Fortunately, the injury was not serious.

The doctor who treated him said, "He has suffered a blow to the head. It would be best if he stays in the hospital for observation."

Guier quickly found someone to arrange another bed.

After settling the patient, she asked Wu Mingqiang, "What happened? How did the car overturn? Was there only one person injured? You weren't in the car?"

Wu Mingqiang stammered, "Hasn't there been some unusual activity in the mansion recently? The young master told me not to run around. I've been following the eldest young master's people in the city, and strangely enough, they're the same people I found when you asked me to investigate last time."

Gui'er thought to herself, "Oh, I see. You're back in the city helping with the surveillance. Is the guy responsible for the delivery reliable? Will anything go wrong? He's too busy to handle it. Why not just give up for now?"

Wu Mingqiang said quickly, "Don't worry, young lady. They are all experienced drivers. They used to drive rickshaws in Shanghai. It's just that this guy was dragged out drinking last night and got so tired that he made a mistake. I won't let him off later."

Guier frowned and said, "They are already injured, so let it go. The goods are not lost, right?" After all, these goods were to be transported to the rear to support the war of resistance.

"Oh. Although our car overturned, the nearby villagers were very kind and came out to help. They quickly pulled the car back up. A few boxes of goods were lost, so I thought of waiving the freight for Mr. Zhou Tong this time to offset the loss of the goods. Mr. Zhou Tong should be willing to agree, after all, there have been no problems before."

Gui'er didn't know what they were transporting this time, and whether it was the equipment that Lao Meng and his team had originally planned to transport, so she asked, "What's on that truck? Is it valuable? Can it be deducted?"

Wu Mingqiang whispered in Gui'er's ear, "They have a lot of goods on this truck. There's penicillin, cotton cloth, cotton, even salt and sugar. They say they're shipping it to the revolutionary base to resell it. They're making a lot of money. I'm afraid the boss your classmate's family knows is doing business with the revolutionaries."

Gui'er was shocked. She always knew that Wu Mingqiang was a very capable person, but she didn't expect that he could even find out this. She widened her eyes and didn't know what to say to make up for it.

"Miss, you're scared too, aren't you? I was scared at the beginning too, but when it comes to making money, who cares what party it is? Besides, the revolutionary party pays high prices, is trustworthy, and doesn't cheat on their fellow criminals. Now many people are willing to do business with the revolutionary party. I can't get on this road, otherwise I would have done it with them. By the way, don't tell the young master about this. I don't think the young master's attitude towards the revolutionary party is as disgusting as the eldest young master's. But he is a warlord after all, so there are still opponents. But in addition to distributing the money we earn to each brother, I also handed over a part of it as a filial piety."

After hearing this, Gui'er couldn't help but feel a little dazed, but when she came to her senses, she felt a little relieved. That's right, as long as the gangs can make money, they don't care whose money it is.

She adjusted her thoughts, cleared her throat, and said, "You're right. However, since you're going to do business with them, it's best for you to pretend you don't know where they come from and just focus on transporting the goods. If they find out you're involved, they might even drag you into it, which would be very difficult to deal with. Also, you know that Father is seriously ill, and there's no telling what Eldest Brother and his wife might do. If they find out what you're doing, they might blame Second Brother for it, which would be very troublesome. You'd better be careful."

Wu Mingqiang said calmly, "Don't worry, young lady. The young master's friends in Jiangcheng are just the sons of wealthy families. The people he brought with him from Nanjing are all useless. The only one who is somewhat useful is the police chief surnamed Song. You know him, but I have also sent people to keep an eye on him, and they haven't found him yet."

Gui'er's heart, which had just relaxed, suddenly became tense again. She hadn't expected Wu Mingqiang to even spy on Song Xichen. If he discovered that he had connections with Lao Meng and the others, or even Zhou Tong and the others, wouldn't that expose the truth? It seemed she had to tell Song Xichen about this as soon as possible.

She reminded Wu Mingqiang to be careful and let him go.

After finally getting off work, she said to Ah Cheng, "Manager Liu has to stay at the Marshal's Mansion to take care of my father for the next two days. I have to go see Manager Zhang."

Ah Cheng thought it made sense and said nothing. Gui'er also packed a glutinous rice and pickled chicken and went to the alley where they lived.

Shopkeeper Zhang was preparing to cook at home. When he saw Gui'er coming, he immediately let her in and said, "Your shopkeeper Liu is not here, so I was just planning to make some noodles."

Guier smiled and said, "I packed a bowl of glutinous rice and pickled chicken. Let's eat it together."

Shopkeeper Zhang smiled and said, "That's great." Then he called out to Ah Cheng, "Brother Ah Cheng, come in and sit down for a while. I'll serve the noodles and we can eat together."

Ah Cheng was still very well-mannered. He quickly waved his hand and said, "It's okay. You guys eat. I have something to do and need to meet a friend nearby. I'll come back to pick up the lady."

After Ah Cheng left, Gui Er quickly tiptoed to the door and listened for a while to make sure that no one was outside. Then she quickly said to Zhang, "Now that Manager Liu is not in the hospital, I don't know how to contact Brother Song."

Seeing her anxious face, Zhang the shopkeeper asked hurriedly, "What happened? Could it be that Old Liu..."

"Manager Liu is fine at the Marshal's Mansion, but something happened with Wu Mingqiang's convoy today. One of the vehicles flipped over, and the driver was injured and sent to the hospital. I know from his conversation that he has discovered that these items are being transported to our revolutionary base."

Shopkeeper Zhang became nervous. "What's he going to do? Will he expose it?"

Gui Er said uncertainly, "He told me at the time that he had no intention of exposing me. He even said that the revolutionaries were a good customer because they paid him readily and didn't default on their payments. He also wanted to connect with the revolutionaries, but I'm not sure if what he said was true or not. I think I should tell Brother Song to be on guard."