Yue Hongxia's heart was set on becoming a high-ranking official, not for herself, but for becoming an official's wife. However, Lu Jiangang saw that his life would end at the level of regimental commander and he would not achieve anything further.

She could only pin her hopes on her son. In the past two years, she had become somewhat disheartened, feeling that she could not rely on her son and was planning to find a powerful and influential daughter-in-law.

But unexpectedly, fate intervened and crippled Lu Mo, while his son reaped the benefits. He will likely surpass Lu Jiangang in the future, and she will rise in status through her son.

“But Ye Lan’s half-dead state is of no help to your career. I still want to find you a partner from a good family!” Yue Hongxia frowned, looking down on Ye Lan a million times.

Lu Qingquan frowned as well. He had no objection to marrying Ye Lan, but he was unwilling to give up Ye Qingqing's property!

Moreover, Lan'er will need a heart transplant in the future, and the surgery will cost an astronomical sum. If he doesn't get that fortune, with his meager salary, when will he ever be able to afford the surgery?

He will marry Ye Lan, but only after he has acquired the property.

"Mom, we can only put this off for now. That old witch is obsessed with money. How about this, let's pretend to agree to the marriage first, and give her part of the bride price. Anyway, Ye Lan is still a year away from coming of age, so we can figure out a solution later!"

Lu Qingquan revealed his plan: the big-character posters must not be put up. The most important thing right now is the training camp two months later. As long as he gets promoted and has more connections, he will have plenty of ways to deal with the old witch!

Ye Qingqing couldn't escape his grasp either!

Yue Hongxia felt a pang of heartache. "How much?"

"Give me half first. My son will definitely earn back double this money for you in the future, believe me!" Lu Qingquan promised confidently.

The old witch has a huge appetite; if we don't give her half, we'll probably have to bleed her dry this time.

Yue Hongxia was heartbroken. Five thousand yuan! She had saved up more than 20,000 yuan over more than ten years by living frugally, and now the old woman had taken a quarter of it.

But for his son's future, this money really couldn't be saved.

Yue Hongxia had no choice but to agree, gritting her teeth in hatred, "I'll make that old hag pay later!"

A cold glint flashed in Lu Qingquan's eyes. "Mom, don't worry, I will never let those who harmed me get away with it!"

Lu Mo and Ye Qingqing, those two bitches, just wait and see!

******

Thanks to the deliberate actions of He Weishao and Ding Ba, news of Lu Qingquan's situation reached his unit within just a few days.

The regimental commander, political commissar, and several other cadres were in the office, and their expressions were not good.

"Is Lu Qingquan's story true or false? It must be thoroughly investigated!" the regimental commander roared.

Damn it, one of his soldiers actually went to prostitutes during his leave of absence, and he even went to a male prostitute! He's completely disgraced him!

If other military units find out about this, they will definitely laugh at him for not knowing how to lead troops. How will he ever have the face to attend meetings at the military region again?

The political commissar's face turned even uglier. He was the political commissar in charge of the team's ideological work, and Lu Qingquan was his soldier, yet he had made such a serious mistake. What did this mean?

This shows that his work was inadequate!

That was a huge slap in the face!

"What's the point of investigating? The Pingjiang City Public Security Bureau has already called to inform us, asking if our regiment has a soldier named Lu Qingquan. If this bastard hasn't committed any crime, why would the Public Security Bureau call us for no reason!" the political commissar cursed.