Chapter 19: A Surprise Gift

He needed to quickly find Sister Yan Fang and share this good news with her.

Sister Yan Fang used to be a soldier in the female barracks next door.

Because of her outstanding abilities, surpassing even the average male soldier, everyone in the camp knew her.

Zhang Qiang had once, by chance, gone on a mission with Yan Fang.

After experiencing life-and-death battles together, they became very good friends.

Later, he retired and returned to Jiang City.

Sister Yan Fang also retired and went back to her hometown.

They temporarily lost contact.

Until a few days ago, he inadvertently heard from a comrade that after returning home, Sister Yan Fang was being pressured by her family to get married, leading to a fallout with them.

He didn’t know the details and was a bit worried about Sister Yan Fang, so he asked around.

Only then did he learn how miserable Yan Fang’s past had been.

She was nothing like the independent, strong, and seemingly optimistic Yan Fang he knew from the army.

It was said that Sister Yan Fang was an orphan adopted by her family.

Her adoptive parents initially adopted her from an orphanage because they couldn’t have children.

At first, they treated her reasonably well.

But less than a year after adopting her, her adoptive parents had a son.

With the birth of their son, they were overjoyed and began to neglect her.

Thus, her hardships began.

Her family started to favor boys over girls, treating her as insignificant.

She became the family’s laborer, working tirelessly at home.

She had to do farm work and serve as her brother’s caretaker.

If she disobeyed, her adoptive parents would threaten to stop her schooling or abandon her.

From childhood to adulthood, Yan Fang rarely experienced familial affection, enduring countless beatings and grievances instead.

She joined the military to escape her terrible family situation.

But now, after retiring and returning home, her family started pressuring her to marry again, trying to control her.

Zhang Qiang heard from a comrade that Sister Yan Fang refused to succumb to fate.

She managed to leverage an old superior’s influence to successfully sever ties with her family and separate her household registration.

Recently, she happened to come to Jiang City and was planning to find a job.

He needed to quickly find Sister Yan Fang and share this good news with her.

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Zhang Qiang arrived at the hotel where Yan Fang was temporarily staying, and after calling her down, he spoke with a mysterious expression.

“Sister Yan Fang, how have you been these past few days?”

“Me? I’ve been fine. Why? Do you have something to say?”

“Hehe, how’s your job search going?” Zhang Qiang didn’t answer her question and continued to ask.

“I went for an interview as a private bodyguard yesterday, but I haven’t heard back yet.”

“Sister Yan Fang, let me tell you something!”

“I found a security job with a salary of ten thousand a month, and I’m going for an interview this afternoon.”

“That’s great, congratulations! You better work hard!” Yan Fang was genuinely happy for him.

“What I mean is, I found a security job for both of us.”

“We can be companions and go for the interview together!”

“???” Yan Fang.

“Are you sure?” Yan Fang.

Is it really possible to find a job for someone else these days?

Is this really reliable?

Could the boss responsible for hiring be a scammer or a fool?

“Achoo!” Sitting in the orphanage, Lu Qingqiang suddenly sneezed out of nowhere.

— Translator’s Notes —

– household registration: Household registration refers to the ‘hukou’ system in China, which is a record in the system of household registration required by law in mainland China, officially identifying a person as a resident of an area.