City's Top Soldier

**Lu Chen**: A former overseas special operative, retired due to severe injuries. On the surface, lazy and sharp-tongued, disliking attention. At his core, he carries the heavy guilt of comrades' sacrifices; promises mean everything. He acts only when forced, detests meaningless killing, and hides battlefield trauma. His greatest conflict: he wants to protect Xu Qingyan, yet fears dragging her into the dark vortex of those years; he wants to uncover the truth, but every step forward awakens buried nightmares. Xu Qingyan: CEO of Qingyan Group, 26 years old. After her brother Xu Zheng's sacrifice, she took over the company in crisis. Rational and resilient, sensitive in mind. Trust is a slow climb, intertwined with gratitude, wariness, heartache, and wavering. She possesses strong business acumen, will tire and break down, then stand back up. She is no花瓶; she learns to discern conspiracies and gradually understands the rules of the underworld, yet never loses her bottom line. Xu Lele: Xu Qingyan's younger sister, 17-year-old high school student. Lively by nature, simple-minded. She is the soft mirror in the story. As crises draw closer, from initial simple curiosity and playful teasing with Lu Chen, she slowly experiences fear and is forced to grow. — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: City's Top Soldier — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠