“Just this once! Just let her show her face, it won't even take five minutes," Wang Ying pleaded, pulling on An Qiqi's arm.

"No way," An Qiqi refused without hesitation, "My mom would never agree to such a request, and I won't even mention it to her."

Wang Ying slowly squatted down, shaking An Qiqi's arm, "Our company is very clean, and we're selling tea, promoting Chinese culture. If she comes, we can even ask the media to give us positive publicity..."

"Stop right there!"

An Qiqi waved her little hand, "Bao'er, we can talk about anything, but not this."

Wang Ying swallowed and looked at An Qiqi with a pitiful expression.

"Honey, in the twenty-odd years I've lived, my best friends are you and Qiuqiu." An Qiqi looked at her very seriously and said, "I really want to help you, but this... I really can't do it. Not only can't my mom go, but I won't invest in your company either."

Wang Ying was stunned.

"It's like this, my parents are still working, and their current situation is a bit awkward." An Qiqi patiently explained to Wang Ying, "I'm their direct descendant, I can't mess around outside, especially financially."

"Qiqi, don't misunderstand...!" Wang Ying wanted to explain.

"No, no, we're best friends, so I'll say whatever's on my mind." An Qiqi responded softly, "Of course I trust you, but there are too many parties involved in the interests of financial companies. You might not make a mistake, but others might, so... this investment is really impossible."

Qiuqiu sipped her drink, "Aiyo, don't make things difficult for Qiqi, she's not like me. Her parents are in pretty high positions right now, but they're also restricted in many ways... what she's considering makes sense."

"Then... then forget it." Wang Ying nodded blankly.

"How about this, aren't you short six million? I'll help you with that part. I'll introduce you to a rich friend." An Qiqi looked at her and said, "You can sign a loan agreement with him, and he won't charge you interest. I won't interfere or guarantee anything, you can agree on the repayment date yourselves."

"You're so good to me, Qiqi!" Wang Ying reached out and hugged her and Qiuqiu, tears welling up in her eyes, "I'm so lucky to have friends like you in this lifetime."

"Stop it." Qiuqiu rolled her eyes, "If I didn't see you about to go in, I wouldn't bother with your business! After being in the financial circle for so long, you're still making this kind of mistake, unforgivable! Stupid!!"

"Okay, I know, I promise there won't be a next time." Wang Ying kissed Qiuqiu, "Love you!"

"Hehe." An Qiqi grinned, "Aiyo, you're disgusting, you're giving me goosebumps all over."

"Come on, let me kiss you too."

"Roll, roll, stop it, I can't stand it!" An Qiqi shouted, shrinking her neck.

After talking about the money, Wang Ying took the initiative and said, "Let's have some wine, officially celebrate Qiqi's new life, and also celebrate me getting out of my financial difficulties!"

"Okay!" An Qiqi replied.

"I'm a lady, I don't drink." Qiuqiu waved her hand.

Ten minutes later.

The three beauties held up their glasses, facing the sea, and clinked their glasses together, shouting.

"Go to hell, you dog of a man!! From now on, there's no you in our Qiqi's life!"

"May our three sisters always be young and beautiful, and always be close!"

"Cheers!"

The three of them clinked glasses and drank it all in one gulp.

...

Inside a large courtyard in the Sri Lanka military town.

Xin Xiaodong, with his hands behind his back, said to Sun Wei, "You can only move around in this area. Subsequent arrivals cannot move around freely, and cannot go to the military defense zone. If you are discovered, you will bear the consequences."

"Understood, understood!" Sun Wei nodded repeatedly.

"Oh, as for whether the higher-ups agree to recruit you, we still need to have a meeting to discuss it." Xin Xiaodong frowned and said, "Before that, you don't need to follow the troops for drills, and you can't carry any weapons in the defense zone, not even toothpicks!"

Sun Wei sweated profusely, "Yes, understood!"

"That's it." After Xin Xiaodong finished his instructions, he turned around and left the courtyard.

...

In the evening, a little after seven o'clock.

Zhao Wei Hu sat in his office, looking at Su Tianyu with a collapsed expression, "How did you do this business? You can't even arrange the people you have now, and you've brought back over a thousand more?! What are you trying to do, beg for food with twenty thousand people?! Start a beggar gang?!"

"You don't understand the situation at the time..." Su Tianyu was also speechless, "That Sun Wei was too good at talking, putting us on the moral high ground and rubbing us..."

"What moral high ground?!" Zhao Wei Hu stood up in anger, "Did you shave your head for nothing? You're already reduced to leading a team to extort money, what morals are you talking about? You're a bandit, can you get your position right?!"

"...How can I explain it to you," Su Tianyu was a little mentally broken by Sun Wei, "The situation at the time..."

"Let me do the math for you!" Zhao Wei Hu said, counting on his fingers, "They handed over twenty million, which is equivalent to a joining fee, right? It looks like a lot, but if you add it up carefully, they already have over a thousand people. Let's just say a thousand. If you pay them according to the Chi Army's salary scale, that's two million a month in expenses. In other words, they'll basically break even after working here for ten months, and then they'll be making money every day they work! They don't need to plant opium anymore, they've found a long-term meal ticket."

"You can't say that, a thousand people is still combat power, right?!"

"What the hell am I going to use them for? Can their people compare to ours? One Chi Army soldier can beat three of them. How long will it take you to train them to go to the battlefield?" Zhao Wei Hu clapped his hands and said, "What's more, they defected. Even if they're good fighters, would you dare let them go to the battlefield? What if they run into old acquaintances from the rebel army, Old Bro... they might just turn their guns around and shoot you."

"You don't understand, this Sun Wei is very sensible."

"Bullshit, he's sensible my ass! How can I believe him, a guy who grows opium...!"

While the two brothers were talking, a guard walked in and saluted, "Commander, Sun Wei, who was brought back by Chief Su, wants to see you."

Zhao Wei Hu was silent for a moment, then turned to look at Su Tianyu and said, "Don't say anything later, I'll send them away."

"Oh!" Su Tianyu nodded.

Five minutes later.

Sun Wei led his wife, three children, and his younger brother, whom he had just redeemed with twenty million, into the commander's office.

"What is this..." Zhao Wei Hu looked at Sun Wei in confusion, "Why did you bring the children here?"

Sun Wei, who was very fat, wiped his sweat and smiled flatteringly, "It's... it's like this, Commander Zhao, I thought about it carefully. You said... we used to work for the rebels and the Xue family, so the brothers in the Chi Army and the Third Division will inevitably have some thoughts. To put it bluntly, we're defecting... but this is really a helpless decision."

"What do you mean?" Zhao Wei Hu asked.

"...I was thinking, if your headquarters has a place, let my wife, children, and my brother's family live here." Sun Wei said excitedly, "Let's just say, if one day you think I'm acting strange, you can kill them in minutes, which is... the proof of my loyalty to you. We're people of the martial world, we're not anything else... we're just loyal, and we must be sincere in what we do!"

"...!" Zhao Wei Hu was dumbfounded.

Su Tianyu turned his head when he heard this, and covered his mouth with his hand.

"If they're here, I'll take our thousand-plus people and train with your most basic troops. Let's just say, if we don't look like soldiers, then you don't pay us military pay. Whenever you think we're qualified, then we'll be treated the same as the Chi Army brothers," Sun Wei wiped his sweat, "What do you think?!"

"I'll be damned...!" Zhao Wei Hu rubbed his face and muttered, "This... this is indeed very sensible!"

"Hello Commander Zhao, I want to be your soldier!" Sun Wei's youngest son, who was only seven or eight years old, saluted in a silly way with a very serious little face.