Chapter 2: Friend_2

But the trembling old Hammer was the first to come looking...

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"Victor." Old Hammer seemed a bit unnerved, "I just remembered something important that I had forgotten. Some of my old colleagues are in trouble.

These are friends I've known for many years, adventured with, faced life and death with, and served the country with. But now they are old and need some help..."

The old man spoke hesitantly, stammering.

Zhou Qingfeng figured it out, "You need money, right?"

Hammer nodded, "Yes, we have a 'Patriot Foundation' specifically for taking care of those old friends.

Many of them, for various reasons, have very meager pensions, if any at all.

Some live in trailers, surviving on welfare; some have PTSD and have lost their medical coverage... I left the nursing home hoping to secure some funds."

"How much do you need?" Zhou Qingfeng asked directly.