Chapter 194

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Wang Dashan waited patiently for several days.

That evening, Qin Dingjun finally called.

"Dashan, let me tell you some good news. I found someone who can help you investigate your second brother's bank card information!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Dashan immediately showed a delighted expression:

"Really? That's wonderful!"

Qin Dingjun said with a laugh:

"Of course it's true. How could I possibly deceive you? We're comrades-in-arms who carried guns together!"

Qin Dingjun also said:

"Come over to the Yintan open-air barbecue right now. I'll introduce that person to you!"

Wang Dashan hurriedly said:

"Okay, okay. I'll take a motorcycle over right away!"

Wang Dashan hurried out to the roadside, hailed a motorcycle, and headed for Yintan.

Very soon he arrived at the open-air barbecue stall.

He saw Qin Dingjun.

What surprised Wang Dashan was that there was also a girl beside Qin Dingjun.

This girl's appearance was unremarkable, even somewhat ugly. She was about 1.55 meters tall, weighed 130 jin. Although not severely obese, her figure was rather stout and bulky. As for her face — a garlic nose, flat face, big mouth — she indeed had nothing to do with beauty.

Wang Dashan had just walked over when he saw Qin Dingjun smiling and introducing to Wang Dashan:

"Dashan, let me introduce her. This is my girlfriend, Lan Yunfang."

Wang Dashan was stunned, truly unable to understand how Qin Dingjun, such a handsome veteran, could find such an ugly girl as a partner. Nevertheless, he smiled and greeted her:

"Hello, hello!"

Lan Yunfang responded with a hearty, uninhibited smile:

"Hello. I heard Dingjun say you're comrades-in-arms!"

Wang Dashan said:

"Yes, and we're comrades-in-arms with a pretty good relationship!"

At this moment, Qin Dingjun said to Wang Dashan with a smile:

"Dashan, you don't know. Yunfang's dad is the deputy director of our bank. You want to check your second brother's bank card info, right? Give Yunfang your second brother's name and ID number. She'll have her dad move a finger, and he'll definitely be able to find it!"

Wang Dashan's face went blank, his heart stunned. Could it be that this guy Qin Dingjun started dating Lan Yunfang just to help him with this favor?

He still remembered that back in the army, Qin Dingjun had said that when he found a wife in the future, she absolutely had to be pretty. He was an appearance-control freak!

Thinking it over like this, Wang Dashan felt even more grateful inside.

He never expected Qin Dingjun would actually do something like this to help him!

"Dashan, what are you spacing out for? Hurry up and give Yunfang your second brother's identity info!"

Hearing Qin Dingjun's urging beside his ear, Wang Dashan snapped back from his daze.

"Okay, okay. My second brother is called Wang Erhai. His ID number is XXXXXXXX... The bank card account he uses is..."

Lan Yunfang took out her mobile phone, recorded the information Wang Dashan spoke in her phone's memo, then read it back to Wang Dashan to verify:

"Check if what I recorded is correct?"

Wang Dashan looked it over carefully, then said:

"Correct. No mistake."

Lan Yunfang said with a smile:

"Alright then. I'll have my dad help check later. Results will come out very soon."

Lan Yunfang also said:

"Come on, let's go eat barbecue. My treat!"

Wang Dashan hurriedly said:

"Miss Lan, how can I let you treat? This time I must be the one to treat, to thank you and Dingjun for helping me!"

Lan Yunfang smiled:

"That works too."

Although her looks were unremarkable, she was actually quite pleasant to get along with.

Natural and unpretentious.

She didn't feel inferior or ashamed because of her appearance.

Perhaps it was related to her superior family background, which gave her confidence and self-possession.

The three of them ate barbecue and chatted idly at the stall.

Until past eleven o'clock at night, only then did they disperse.

Lan Yunfang had driven a small sedan over. She also very enthusiastically took the initiative to drive Wang Dashan back to his residence.

Very soon, they arrived at the small hotel where Wang Dashan was staying.

Qin Dingjun said he wanted to go to Wang Dashan's rental house to relieve himself, so he got out of the car and accompanied Wang Dashan upstairs.

Lan Yunfang remained in the driver's seat of the car and did not follow them up.

She probably knew the two comrades-in-arms had private words to share, and not wanting to get in the way, she tactfully didn't go up with them.

"Brother, you didn't go and find yourself a girlfriend like this just to help me, did you?"

On the way upstairs, Wang Dashan couldn't help but ask Qin Dingjun this question.

He'd wanted to ask this for a long time.

If Qin Dingjun really found such a girlfriend for his sake, then Wang Dashan reckoned he wouldn't even know how to repay that kindness!

But Qin Dingjun replied with a laugh:

"What are you thinking? Me finding a girlfriend and helping you find your second brother — those are completely two different things!"

Wang Dashan's expression was complex, however:

"But I remember, you said in the army that you're an appearance-control type, that you'd find a beautiful wife in the future."

Qin Dingjun said:

"That's because I was too young and ignorant before. Lan Yunfang's pretty good. I might not love her that deeply, but honestly, marrying her means I can avoid twenty years of detours. These few months as an armored car guard also let me see my own insignificance. Us ordinary people really need a backer to live well, and Lan Yunfang is my destined backer. I don't care if she's good-looking or not; anyway, I'll hold tight to this thigh of hers!"

Wang Dashan was somewhat stunned, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Qin Dingjun's words didn't sound like perfunctory lies; rather, they sounded like honest truth from the heart.

Wang Dashan resonated with this too. Yeah, making something of yourself in this society is far harder than getting good grades in the army.

In the army, whatever you do has clear metrics, plus instructors pushing you to improve. As long as you work hard, you'll definitely achieve results.

But in society, it's like crossing a river by feeling for stones — no obvious path, no one urging you on. If you work hard but in the wrong direction, you might not only gain nothing, but also pay a painful price.

Qin Dingjun spoke again at this point:

"Brother, if you run into a girl like Yunfang in the future, don't let her slip by either. We veterans — no education to speak of, no skills to speak of — our only advantage is being young and physically fit. If a good girl has feelings for you, snag her quick; that can save you many detours! Otherwise in a few more years, for someone like you who didn't get an arranged job, it's either factory work or security guard — almost no other way out!"

Speaking of this, Qin Dingjun added with emotion: "Many veterans I know, by middle age, their lives are miserable."

Wang Dashan smiled knowingly:

"Brother, thanks for the reminder. I'll remember your words. If the chance comes, I'll definitely seize it!"

Wang Dashan involuntarily thought of Du Xiaojuan. He wondered if he should also seize such an opportunity, only Du Xiaojuan might not actually have feelings for him — she just wanted to recruit him as an employee under her command.

Time flew by; a day passed.

The next day at noon, Lan Yunfang called Wang Dashan, saying she'd already found his second brother's bank card withdrawal records! A month ago, his second brother had withdrawn money at a bank branch in Hepu County, Beihai City.

Hearing this good news, Wang Dashan was immediately filled with excitement.

After being in Beihai this long, things finally had a clue!

Wang Dashan kept voicing his thanks, but Lan Yunfang just laughed in reply:

"No need for politeness, just a trivial effort. I originally wanted my dad to check the surveillance video from that time, but too much time has passed — the footage has been overwritten, can't retrieve it. So I can't confirm whether it was your second brother who went to that bank branch to withdraw money, but it's certain that your second brother's bank card was used to withdraw the money."

Wang Dashan said: "Miss Lan, you being able to find this out for me — I'm already very grateful. Thank you, you've really helped me a huge favor!"

This made Wang Dashan sigh with feeling: Having power is good. Things that are hard as climbing to heaven for us ordinary people are merely a trivial effort for those with power and influence!