Song Lan's smile remained unchanged. She shook her head, indicating that she didn't take it to heart at all.
Seeing this, Wei Shengli secretly breathed a sigh of relief, his eyes filled with undisguised envy as he said, "Your husband is truly blessed to have married such a wonderful woman like you. However, I bet he's excellent in every way, right?"
"……Um."
Song Lan nodded and said, "My husband is indeed quite good, but I think I'm a good match for him in terms of my own qualities."
These words sounded a bit cheeky. Upon hearing them, Wei Shengli was taken aback for a moment, then burst out laughing: "Comrade Song is so humorous! In my opinion, your personal qualities are not comparable to those of ordinary female comrades."
Song Lan smiled, but instead of replying, she asked, "Do we need to walk around a bit more?"
"Actually, our job is to patrol fixed points, but there's no harm in going around a couple more times. Let's go."
Knowing that Song Lan didn't want to talk about her being married, Wei Shengli followed Song Lan's words and pointed to the left front: "Let's go take a look over there."
"good."
Song Lan responded.
The work in the security department is very simple. Unless there are special events, it can be said that working in the security department requires almost no technical skills and is even a bit boring.
However, Song Lan felt that since she had been temporarily transferred to the security department, she should love what she did and not take it lightly just because her job didn't require much skill.
Therefore, she was very focused during work hours, and even when Wei Shengli was talking to her, she never became careless or negligent.
Time ticked by, and with less than five minutes until the end of the workday, Fang Jianmin informed Song Lan that she would be working the night shift tomorrow. In other words, Song Lan wouldn't need to come to the security department early tomorrow morning.
Song Lan had no objection to Feng Jianmin's arrangement.
"Xiao Song, come with me for a moment."
Wang Qiuping tidied her desk and called Song Lan out of the office.
There's something I'd like to ask you.
The two stood by the flowerbed outside the office. Wang Qiuping, with a gentle expression, said, "If you had the opportunity to enlist, would you be willing?"
"Enlisting, me?"
Song Lan was stunned. After a moment, her eyes were filled with doubt: "I don't quite understand what you mean."
"Deputy Section Chief Fang and I both saw the training this morning. To be honest, we found you to be a good candidate for enlistment. We thought that if you were willing, we would recommend you to our old superiors."
Wang Qiuping shared her thoughts, and after listening to her, Song Lan shook her head without hesitation: "I think my current job is pretty good."
"Won't you reconsider?"
Wang Qiuping was undoubtedly disappointed, but she still wanted to try, so she tried to persuade Song Lan: "I think your physical fitness is good, and the most important point is that you've never handled a gun before."
However, after two attempts at target practice, you achieved perfect scores both times. Even those two attempts were remarkably successful. If you choose to enlist, you will undoubtedly receive focused training, which will allow you to better contribute to the country in a suitable position.
Without hesitation, Song Lan shook her head again: "Sister Wang, I have a family to take care of."
"I know you're married, but I believe your partner will understand and support you!"
Wang Qiuping's expression turned serious: "Or perhaps you're afraid of enlisting, worried that you might be killed one day?"
"no."
Song Lan said helplessly, "Sister Wang, to be honest, my husband was seriously injured on duty. He is now blind and unable to walk normally... In addition, my husband's younger siblings are all still young."
Especially my youngest siblings, they are still very young children and won't be able to start primary school until the year after next. You see, given my family's situation, I'm afraid their lives will be very difficult once I'm gone."
To be honest, Song Lan was not afraid of death, which is why she did not accept Wang Qiuping's suggestion.
She truly couldn't leave!
"..."
Wang Qiuping was stunned; she hadn't expected Song Lan's family to be in this situation.
After a long pause, she said, "I was just being presumptuous. Just pretend I never mentioned that to you."
"I know you're doing this for my own good, Sister Wang."
Song Lan smiled and said, "But my family's situation is what it is, leaving me no other choice. This is not your fault, Sister Wang."
How could she possibly abandon Qin Yanzheng and the others? Having come into this world with the original owner's dying wish, she had to keep her promise and protect the Qin family and Song Sanhe's family in Shisong Village.
After all, this body belongs to the original owner, so how could she break her promise?
When it was time to leave work, Song Lan parted ways with Wang Qiuping, went to the changing room to change into her own clothes, and then went home.
Wang Qiuping didn't leave immediately; she knew Fang Jianmin was waiting for her reply.
When only the two of them were left in the office, Wang Qiuping sighed and shook her head: "No chance."
"you mean……"
Fang Jianmin had a guess, but he wanted to hear Wang Qiuping say it herself.
"Xiao Song didn't agree."
Wang Qiuping provided the answer.
"She's scared?"
Fang Jianmin frowned and asked.
"Xiao Song isn't afraid, he just can't leave his family behind."
Wang Qiuping sighed again, her eyes filled with regret. "Xiao Song's husband was seriously injured on duty and is now blind and unable to walk normally. Besides her husband's situation, two of Xiao Song's younger brothers and sisters are still in kindergarten... She really can't leave them!"
"What a pity!"
Fang Jianmin lamented, "Such a promising talent, and we just missed out. If my old superior knew, he would probably beat his chest in despair."
"What can we do?!"
Wang Qiuping said, "If it were me, I wouldn't be able to abandon my husband and my young brother-in-law and sister-in-law either."
"Where are Xiao Song's parents-in-law?"
Fang Jianmin suddenly asked.
"I haven't heard Xiao Song mention it, but there are two possibilities: either she's no longer alive, or she's unable to take care of the family. In any case, if her in-laws are capable of managing things, Xiao Song probably won't refuse my suggestion."
At this point, Wang Qiuping's gaze towards Fang Jianmin became complicated: "What are you thinking?"
"Can't we just say what we mean?!"
Fang Jianmin was a straightforward person, but he couldn't guess what Wang Qiuping meant.
“There are only two female colleagues in our security department. I’m an administrative staff member and don’t need to work the night shift. But Xiao Song just started working in the security department, and you suddenly announced that she would work the night shift. Isn’t that a bit unfair to a young woman like her?”
Everyone knows that night shifts are dangerous, but as a member of the security department, I can't refuse to work the night shift. There is a night shift schedule, but Xiao Song is a newcomer, so why can't we postpone his night shift for a while?
"It was the section chief who notified us."
Fang Jianmin was equally puzzled by the arrangement of Song Lan to work the night shift, but as the deputy section chief, he had to follow the instructions of section chief Liu Dacheng, otherwise he would inevitably become the subject of gossip.
"Could it be that Liu Datou has some kind of grudge against Xiao Song?"
Wang Qiuping frowned: "He transferred that young girl from the staff hospital to our security department, and then assigned her to the night shift on her very first day of work. I don't understand why he's doing all this."
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