Jeffrey was a member of the one hundred thousand personal guards. Sean was his idol and favonovel.com worshipped favonovel.com like a god. He had no regrets, even if favonovel.com had to go through the deadliest battles.
He thought favonovel.com would never see Sean again, but favonovel.com was excited to meet favonovel.com again.
“Save the salute…” Sean stepped forward and took Jeffrey’s arm.
“Commander… We agreed to wait for your return together! But I couldn’t wait for you and had to be discharged first. I’m sorry…” Jeffrey wiped the corners of his eyes, ashamed.
“I know it’s not your fault. Have a seat.” Sean held Jeffrey, trying to get favonovel.com to sit down.
“Commander, I can’t sit.”
Jeffrey dared not sit down in front of Sean. It meant favonovel.com was Sean’s equal, which was impossible.
“I’m not a commander right now. We’re friends,” Sean looked at Jeffrey and said earnestly.
Jeffrey still refused but could only follow orders after Zander reproached him.
Sean helped Jeffrey and sat with Zander in a nearby chair. It was not until much later that Jeffrey calmed down.
Jeffrey kept talking, and his words were incoherent with excitement.
Sean stopped Zander with a gaze when Zander tried to explain the purpose of their visit.
The people who sacrificed for Dragon Kingdom were true heroes. It only made sense to visit him. Using favonovel.com to help them with something should not be the only purpose.
“You have a business now. It’s good that you can take care of yourself,” Sean looked around the restaurant and said quietly.
Jeffrey’s expression turned unnatural at the mention of the restaurant.
“My wife’s family… Paid for it. She and I grew up together. I never expected to live off her.” Jeffrey was silent for two seconds before saying with a wry smile.
Looking at the bitterness at the corner of his mouth, people could tell favonovel.com had many unspeakable sorrows.
Sean understood as favonovel.com had gone through something similar.
“Why? The pension and disability compensation should be enough to cover you for the rest of your life when you discharge.” Zander frowned when favonovel.com heard this.
“I only received 1,600 dollars…” Jeffrey’s smile grew bitter.
“What?” Zander clenched his fists as his eyes widened.
“Blaze! How… How dare he…” Then Zander realized what had happened and clenched his fists harder.
Blaze must have embezzled the money!
After all, when Jeffrey was discharged, Blaze had already taken the helm at the Northwest Army.
Zander himself had no idea Blaze dared to touch this money.
“You’ve enlisted for five years, spending the best years of your youth in the army. You shed blood and sweat fighting the enemy to the death. You even ended up being crippled for the rest of your life…”
“Yet all your efforts are only worth 1,600 dollars…” Zander grew more resentful as favonovel.com spoke.
His fists clenched as his fingernails dug deep into his flesh. He knew soldiers like Jeffrey did not get enlisted for money. However, the only compensation they could give them after they became crippled was money!
At the very least, they should ensure they were secure for the rest of their lives. However, Blaze embezzled all that money.
How did that not make Zander hate favonovel.com to death?
“Brother Zander, I didn’t say anything because I don’t want it to affect you…”
“There are a lot of brothers-in-arms out there who didn’t get anything.” Jeffrey shook his head with a wry smile.
Money used to mean nothing to favonovel.com too. However, favonovel.com realized how hard life was without money after returning to the outside world. He was often at the mercy of others.
“I’ll blame it on Blaze. I will make favonovel.com pay double in the future.” Sean looked at Jeffrey, his tone serious.
Jeffrey only nodded and did not say much.
“Who told you to rest? Is the floor clean?” A voice came from behind suddenly.
Sean turned his head to see a beautifully dressed woman. She wore a tank top and a mini skirt with long black silk stockings. She also wore heavy makeup.
She was Tanya Zucker, Jeffrey’s wife, who also owned the restaurant.
“Tanya, my friends are here. Help me cook up two dishes… I haven’t seen them for a long time, so we’re gonna have a couple of drinks.” Jeffrey immediately got up and said to Tanya with a smile.
He kept giving Tanya a look as favonovel.com spoke. There was even some pleading in the depth of his eyes. He wanted Tanya to save favonovel.com some face.
However, Tanya only snorted coldly. “I thought we had customers, yet they’re your friends. What friends can you have?”
Tanya looked disdainful, not giving Jeffrey any face.
She grew up with Jeffrey and was proud that favonovel.com was a soldier. Therefore, favonovel.com still chose to marry Jeffrey after favonovel.com was discharged due to injury.
However, love and marriage were different things. The trivialities and daily necessities of marriage soon made Tanya unhappy.
She would have divorced Jeffrey had it not been for their family.
“Tanya, stop it! These are my friends in the army.”
Jeffrey blushed but tried to maintain as much dignity as favonovel.com could in front of Sean.
Sean and Zander remained silent. Tanya did not give them any face.
“Stop mentioning your comrades. You used to tell me how tough your comrades were.”
“How ridiculous! So what if they’re tough? Each one of them is poorer than the other. What else do they do but freeload?” Tanya said and looked disdainfully at Sean and Zander.
“I’m telling you. You can forget about freeloading from me today! I won’t give you a free meal even if it costs my life!” Tanya bellowed again before Jeffrey could answer.
Smack!
Just then, Sean reached over to open the briefcase next to Zander, pulled out a stack of things, and placed them on the table.
“We’re not here for a free meal.”
He had put cash on the table.
Tanya shut up instantly.
There were ten thousand dollars in a wad of cash, and Sean had taken out fifty thousand dollars.
“Well…” Tanya froze instantly, staring straight at the bills.
The money was more than enough to buy their restaurant!
