After Being Reborn, I became a firefighter again?

Chapter 653: Chapter 261: With him here, do you still lack people?_2

The noise of the crowd grew even louder.

Everyone could see that this was a case of a lovesick man and an indifferent woman, with someone else trying to snatch away the love!

Zhang Dan’s face turned red with embarrassment amid the ruckus, but she was still pushed closer to Fang Huai by a few female soldiers nearby, trying to hide their amusement.

Qiao Xiaole below had a look of twisted anger on his face.

Fang Huai’s head even leaned a bit closer to Zhang Dan’s.

Zhang Dan, feeling the tall figure beside her moving closer, nervously twisted the hem of her clothes.

But, that side face stopped just two centimeters from her and asked in a low voice, "His dad... is Qiao Xu?"

Zhang Dan stiffened for a moment, not immediately grasping what the person next to her was asking.

After a long pause, she said, "Ah... yes, he was my dad’s comrade, but, but we are not childhood sweethearts..."

Zhang Dan hurriedly explained, then feeling something was off, she stopped and asked, "You know Qiao Xiaole?"

Fang Huai felt a jolt in his heart but shook his head nevertheless.

Indeed!

Qiao Xu, in fact, he didn’t know him.

He actually didn’t have much impression of the leaders of the Tianjin General Team; he had never paid attention to them in his past life.

Therefore, although he wanted to meet some of the Tianjin General Team’s leaders, he had no idea where to start.

While Zhang Dan was indeed a Firefighting Generation of Tianjin, he had already inquired that Zhang Dan’s father was the Political Commissar of a detachment in a district below Tianjin and was overage, about to transfer to another position soon.

He was somewhat disappointed at the time; fate really wasn’t so coincidental to just present him with a leader from Tianjin.

But unexpectedly, fate’s turning point was right here.

Among the firefighting theory materials he had exchanged in the system this time, there were some studies from over a decade later, including a 2018 paper titled "DOAS-Based Firefighting Emergency Rescue Multi-Gas Rapid Remote Sensing Instrument," with the name Qiao Xu among the authors. freёwebnovel.com

And his past resumes.

In 2015, the man was the Deputy Corps Captain of the Tianjin General Team.

And because he was punished for negligence in supervising Tianjin Port work, he must have been in charge of the port’s Detachment or fire prevention work.

The reason being that although firefighting was not the main responsibility, many leaders were disciplined, and this man was one of them.

He even took particular note of this name.

At this moment, Fang Huai’s heart was filled with a mix of emotions.

Hadn’t he just come across the very person he was looking for?

The matters of Tianjin were of top importance, the direction of firefighting reform was not unrelated to this, and whether or not it influenced the decisions at the top, Fang Huai knew that during that time, the public outcry for firefighting reform was loud and clear with claims like "the conscript system is the root cause of firefighting’s lack of professionalism" beginning to surface.

If this matter was not resolved well, his chances of retaining his active duty status in firefighting were nearly nil.

Moreover, it wasn’t just one comrade from Bada Street Squadron who had sacrificed in that incident; comrades from the Development Detachment, bonded Detachment, Special Service Squadron, Taihu Road Squadron, Zhonghuan West Road Squadron, Tianbao Avenue Squadron, San Street Squadron, he remembered every single name. freewebnσvel.cѳm

This was something he planned to stop at all costs.

It must not happen.

Whatever the means, it would be worthwhile.

He believed that with seven years’ time, he had the ability to prevent it from happening.

At this moment, Qiao Xiaole below, seeing Fang Huai and Zhang Dan so close, and the blush on Zhang Dan’s face, felt a kind of despair like losing his beloved.

He had liked Zhang Dan for over a decade.

Even if Zhang Dan didn’t pay much attention to him, she hadn’t dated anyone else.

Today, she seemed about to be with another man!

But having grown up in the Troops, he acutely understood the four words of military discipline. Although his fists were clenched tight, he didn’t act out, merely gritting his teeth, silently lifting the camera, ready to quickly take the shots so that the two could be separated.

However, with a flicker of thought, Fang Huai suddenly let a smile play at his lips.

His body shifted a little, coming even closer to Zhang Dan.

Zhang Dan, feeling Fang Huai drawing nearer, became bashful and dared not look at him.

Through the lens, everyone else looked appropriately spaced apart, only these two were practically squeezing an arm into the space between them.

It was as if everyone else was crowding the pair in the middle.

Qiao Xiaole’s breathing became rapid, his fingers felt like they had turned to stone, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t press the shutter.

"Are we done yet?" Qin Ting, sensing Fang Huai pretty close, started to urge.

"Snap!"

The distinct sound of the shutter resonated as Qiao Xiaole, with a scowl, put down the camera, then flapped his arms vigorously.

"Done! Break it up, break it up!"

But Qin Ting’s eyes widened in shock.

"Hey hey hey? What’s the rush! Change the pose, let’s take a couple more!"

Fang Huai, watching Qiao Xiaole’s face turn almost dripping wet, could barely suppress his laughter.

This senior sister really was a master at provoking others; he didn’t even need to make a move.

As people changed poses and positions around him, Fang Huai didn’t make any other moves, but this distance was already enough to drive Qiao Xiaole utterly befuddled.

"Snap!"

"Let’s have one more!" Qin Ting requested another change of pose.

"Snap!"

This time, Qiao Xiaole directly put down the camera:

"Are we done now?!"

By now, Qiao Xiaole only wished he could force Qin Ting to regurgitate all the snacks he had bought for her over time.

To pursue Zhang Dan, he would occasionally buy treats for Qin Ting, all in vain!

Fang Huai, from the corner of his eye, caught a glimpse of Qin Ting beside him, staring intently at Qiao Xiaole.

Even after the photo was taken, Fang Huai remained the center of attention.

"Fang Huai, you must be new to the school, right? I’m from Big Team Five, a junior! We from the whole corps are few; let’s keep in touch more often!"