Chapter 9

When Qing Li opened her eyes, the first thing she felt was a sharp pain in her arm.

She didn’t have to look to know that the wound must have been cleared due to rotting pus, and the pain made her sweat.

Sitting up her body, she began to distract herself and turned her head to see the necklace on the nightstand.

It was the one Yue Zhi had given her the night the examination began, containing the GPS transmitter, and the pendant was a bare, two centimeter square piece of metal.

But now the metal piece was engraved with text, her name and blood type, equivalent to a soldier’s plate, a symbol that she had officially joined Yue Zhi’s armed forces.

What caught her attention was the string of numbers below the blood type.

[2000.10.10]

According to her knowledge of soldier tags, this string of numbers should be her birthday, but she, a person without a household registration, did not even know her birthday herself, so how did Yue Zhi know it and engrave it on the soldier tag?

She used the medical sling next to her pillow to hang up her arm, which had already been stitched up, and put the soldier’s plate on her neck with one hand, and habitually glanced at the Barbie pink crossbow in the glass frame on the wall, before she walked out of the room.

In the living room, Yue Zhi and Liang Jin were talking about their work on a laptop, while on the other side of the sofa, Xiji was holding an oversized bucket of ice cream and stuffing it into her mouth.

Yue Zhi looked up at her with soft eyes, “How’s the wound?”

It hurt, but Qing Li just shook her head, “It’s okay.”

Yue Zhi raised his chin towards the opposite sofa, signaling her to sit down.

“Congratulations on passing the test, for a newcomer who has only trained for two years, you did very well.” Yue Zhi recognized her performance, then took the file bag Liang Jin handed over and placed it in front of her, “This is for you, consider it a gift.”

Qing Li took the file bag and pulled out the contents, it was three cards and several pieces of paper.

“This black gold card is a credit card that only Liang Jinxi pole and you will have, there is no limit, you can swipe as much as you want, and I will foot the bill, this is a savings card in your name, because you passed the test, I counted you as working for me for the past two years, but because you didn’t carry out the mission, so there is no commission, there is only 5,000 dollars per month stored in it, for a total of 120,000 dollars as the minimum salary, this is your own money, the pink one is your ID card, registered in the name of my house in Singapore.”

Qing Li looked at the two cards in her hand, the black gold card had her name spelled “LiQing” engraved on it, and the savings card looked ordinary, but it was registered in her name.

Especially the ID card, she heard that Singapore’s ID card expatriates like her can only get the blue one, and when the blue ID card reaches three years, it can only be exchanged for the pink permanent resident card, and she can get the pink one right away, thanks to Yue Zhi for sure.

For the first time since she grew up, she had her own identity, and the name Qing Li was no longer just a random code name, but her real name.

“Thank you, sir.” Qing Li looked up at Yue Zhi, still a little puzzled, “But why, this ……” She picked up the black gold card, in addition to not being able to directly brush a set of houses, this card is almost nothing that can’t be done, she is just a newcomer who has joined for two years, and Liang Zinsi extremely There was absolutely no way to compare, what qualification was there to get this card.

“You are different from the others in the mercenary corps, they work for me under contract for a paycheck, they have their own lives and families, whether or not to renew the contract also depends on the situation, but you don’t have a place to return to, just treat us as family.” Yue Zhi laughed lightly, “Or am I just being self-absorbed?”

Qing Li froze for a moment and quickly shook her head, “No, thank you sir, I will cherish this opportunity.”

She had always thought that she was considered in the role of a slave, hearing Yue Zhi say this, it was impossible not to be touched, so she secretly resolved that she would work well for Yue Zhi, so that she would be considered worthy.

“You don’t need to feel burdened.” Yue Zhi’s eyes looked like they had read her heart.

Qing Li let out a “hmm”, “I’m just correcting my work attitude.”

Yue Zhi smiled helplessly and did not say anything more.

“Sir, what’s this birthday all about?” Qing Li finally asked what she wanted to ask, she wanted to know if this birthday was a day chosen by Yue Zhi himself, and if there was any special intention.

“Just take a look at those documents and you’ll know.” Yue Zhi said.

Qing Li then picked up the documents to see, she had not systematically gone to school before, she could only speak English but not read it, these two years, although Yue Zhi had invited teachers of various subjects to specialize in giving her lessons, but it was only limited to daily life, and the terms that were too complicated and specialized were still difficult for her.

The first two she could tell were documents from a bank card, when she saw the third one, her whole body obviously froze, staring at the text above, her hands unconsciously trembled.

It was a medical certificate of birth, with her name spelled out in the child’s information at the top, a date of birth of October 10, 2000 at 3:45 p.m., and a length of fifty centimeters.

There was no information on the father’s side, but the mother’s side had “LiJinWei” written on it, clearly labeling her nationality as Chinese, and the paper had been processed on the day of her birth.

She looked at the old yellowed paper, and her eyes suddenly sank.

“Ah Li?”

Qing Li rubbed her eyes, “I always thought that my name was just something my mother randomly took from a poem, but I didn’t realize that she had already taken it when I was first born.”

“Your mother must have wanted to leave this for you.” Yue Zhi said, “A lot of people over there in Indonesia won’t do this for their children, and by the time you guys are picked up from the hospital by Hansa Ching, you probably won’t have a chance to do it, that’s why she did it on the day of the birth.”

“I tried to find information on your mother as well, but the surname ‘Li’ corresponds to several different Chinese characters, one of which is still a large surname with a large population, so it’s still a challenge to find out.”

Qing Li looked at the letters “LiJinWei”, even though she had already learned the Chinese characters, she still didn’t know how to write these characters, but it didn’t matter ……

“Don’t be too depressed, as long as you follow us, this kind of thing will be found out sooner or later, don’t underestimate our boss’s ability.” West pole put down the ice cream bucket said.

“Well …… I know.”

“As for that last photo, it was an unexpected gain.” Yue Zhi looked at her with a slightly compassionate expression, only Qingli completely missed it.

It was a photo taken of a beautiful young woman holding a small baby in her arms sitting on a hospital bed, and although it was in color, a bit of age could be seen.

Qing Li gently caressed the photo, the real face of her mother near her eyes and her vague memories overlapped a little, she smiled bitterly, her tone seemed regretful, “I don’t look much like her.”

At this Yue Zhi looked up, exchanged a silent look with Liang Jin, and said nothing.

“The photo was obtained from the hands of the head nurse of the obstetrics and gynecology department of that hospital back then, your mother asked her to take this photo and then begged her to send it back to China and ask for help from the embassy, she didn’t do it because she was afraid of your father’s power, she just secretly kept this photo, as for the address provided by your mother, after all, it’s been twenty years, and also long since she couldn’t find it. ” Liang Jin added.

Being able to find this photo was already an unexpected blessing, as for the rest, just like what Xiji said, as long as one followed Yue Zhi, sooner or later, one would find out, so Qing Li was not very anxious.

Yue Zhi stood up, “Today you take a good rest first, tomorrow I will take you to Singapore, come here for two years, you haven’t left yet, go over there and have a good time, I have something to do at this moment so I will leave first.”

Qing Li stood up and sent him to the door, “Sir, where’s Ganojin?” He said he’d let them meet if they passed the test.

“Well, the school doesn’t have a vacation recently, but I’ve already contacted him, he’ll come out from the school if he has time.” Yue Qi left with Liang Jin after saying that.

“Aren’t you going?” Qing Li asked Xiji, Xiji was not dealing with Yue Zhi’s work matters, but he would always follow Yue Zhi for close protection.

“Someone from the team is following.” Xiji stood up, “I’m going to the base, are you going?”

“Is Rebel there?” Aonashi asked.

“No, he’s got a bad hand injury, he had to reconstruct tendons and nerves, he’s been sent to a hospital in Singapore.” Xiji said, “He was a bit over the top this time, it just so happens that his contract is about to expire, I guess Yue Zhi won’t renew his contract, when he is discharged from the hospital, a pension will be sent back to the United States.”

“That’s good.” Qing Li said, “Otherwise he and I would have to fight again.”

“What are you doing?” Saiji watched her go out the door.

“Going to town, is there a car?” After all, her arm was hurt, and Qingli didn’t want to hike ten kilometers.

“Go look in the garage and find a random driver to take you there.”

Aonashi nodded and left, she had the driver drop her off outside Martha’s supermarket.

“Ms. Pear!” Martha saw her through the glass door and came out excitedly, “You’re finally here, did you pass the test?”

Qing Li nodded with a light smile.

“Awesome! Do you still want to buy lollipops back today?” Martha asked.

Although she was buying it, Qing Li had never paid for it before, because she didn’t have any money in the past, and the bills were all being paid by Yue Zhi.

Qing Li shook her head, “No, I haven’t finished the ones I bought last time, and I’m going to Singapore tomorrow.”

“Wow.” Martha had a face of envy and longing, “It’s a very prosperous metropolis there, it must be very beautiful, I wonder when I can go and see it.”

“I’ll take you there sometime in the future.” Qing Li looked at her like she was her own sister, “Is there anything you want, I’ll get my paycheck and go over there to buy it back and send it to you.”

“Really?” Martha was pleasantly surprised.

“Uh-huh.”

“I want the bag!” Masha leapt, “A leather one, one of those pretty, fancy bags, like on TV.”

Qing Li remembered that Masha used to always carry a cheap cloth bag when she went to school, the kind sold in the only clothing store in town, and one was only a few dollars, so she didn’t hesitate to agree, “No problem, I’ll definitely buy you the prettiest one.”

Masha happily spun in place, “Great, thank you Ms. Pear!”

Aoshi Pear didn’t care about the money, Masha could be said to be her only friend of the same sex besides Kanojin’s sister, forthright and kind, always warm to her, although she didn’t get used to this kind of self-centeredness at first, she gradually grew to like each other very much.

“Is there anything else, I’ll buy it all for you.” Although she hadn’t been exposed to real society, Aonashi also knew that the 120,000 dollars in her card was a lot of money, and she should be able to buy quite a few things.

“Nothing more, with that beautiful bag, I can bring it as dowry when I get married.” Martha said.

Qing Li was a little surprised, “You’re only fifteen and you’re getting married ……”

She didn’t even finish her sentence when a loud bang suddenly came from the inner room behind the supermarket, followed by the thunderous chiding of a man and the cries of a little girl.

The smile on Martha’s face instantly turned into a kind of fear as she rushed into the supermarket, and Qing Li hurriedly followed.

Inside was Martha’s home, her father was holding her mother down and beating her violently, his mouth cursing unpleasant obscenities in Malay.

Her mother was protecting her little girl to the death, not even daring to cry.

As the little girl cried out in fear, Martha jumped over and hugged her mother and sister, begging her father over and over, “Don’t fight! Please, Daddy, Sheila’s scared, Daddy.”

Her father raised his foot and was about to kick the mother and daughter trio who were hugging each other on the ground.

Green Pear walked over, calmly lifted her leg and kicked the man in the chest.