After sleeping until midnight, when Wei Ran woke up from a hangover, there were two sparrows chirping in the leafy Lingxiao flowers outside the window, and under the shade of the trees further away , there are also several children wearing crotchless pants who are waving plastic shovels and working hard to build their own castles in the sand pit.
"You're finally awake." In the hall on the first floor, Nicholas said hello without raising his head, concentrating on wiping the well-maintained old Harley.
"Do you want to go back to Volgograd with me?" Wei Ran asked, leaning against the pillar in the corner of the hall and yawning.
When Nicholas heard this, he stopped what he was doing, threw the rag in his hand to the small basket aside and shook his head, "Forget it, I won't go until the artillery you mentioned is really After it is built as a monument, just remember to let me know. If I have time, I will go and take a look."
"No problem, I have written down your phone number."< /p>
Wei Ran hesitated for a moment, took out the old Leica from his bag and handed it to the other party, "This is the relic of the female war reporter Zoya. I'll leave it to you as a souvenir!"
After wiping the stains on his pants, Nikolai took the camera and looked at it, and then returned it to Wei Ran, "It belongs to you. If you can, use it to take a picture for me." Let’s take a photo.”
“No problem,” Wei Ran agreed happily, and asked after taking back the camera, “Where should we take the photo?”
“Wait a minute, I’ll take it. Go change some clothes." After finishing speaking, Nicholas got up and walked towards the stairs leading to the second floor.
While Weiran was waiting, half an hour later, Nikolai came out of the building wearing an old-fashioned Soviet military uniform, holding the application report for the title of Hero of the Soviet Union sealed in a photo frame. Slowly walked down.
What is quite special is that the collar, epaulettes and hat wall of the military uniform worn by the other party are all blue, and there is even the Russian letter "ГБ" on the epaulettes. Coupled with the KGB badge next to the ribbon on the right side of the chest, all this points to how terrifying the other party's past identity was.
"Are you a KGB agent?"
Wei Ran asked pretending to be surprised. In fact, when he first saw the cowhide book providing the other party's post-war experience, Wei Ran had been There were already vague guesses about his identity, but he didn't expect Nicholas to reveal his identity so happily.
"Put away your false surprise"
Nicola mocked, "Since you can find me, then my former identity should be nothing to you. Secret."
The clever Wei Ran showed an embarrassed expression, shook the old Leica in his hand and changed the subject, "Where do you want to shoot?"
"Follow me? Come on!"
Nicholas led Wei Ran to an empty classroom at the left end of the first floor and stepped onto the podium, "Here it is."
Wei Ran looked at the various old-fashioned weapons placed on the desk in this room in surprise.Then he silently walked to the middle of the classroom and focused the camera on Nicholas who slowly raised his right arm.
In the crisp sound of the shutter, an old soldier saluting with a photo frame in his arms was frozen on the film forever.
After finishing taking pictures, Wei Ran raised the camera again and said, "Nicholas, do you want me to give you the film?"
"Just remember to send me one after you develop it. Okay."
Nicholas waved his hand carelessly, "The Soviet Union is gone, and I am almost ninety years old. There are no secrets that I need to continue to cover up. As long as you don't take my photos. Just treat it as an exhibit."
"No, I promise," Wei Ran said, patting his chest.
"Okay, take this report and get out of here. Someone outside will take you directly to the airport."
Nicholas handed the photo frame in his hand to Wei Ran. Finally, he said worriedly, "If you don't need it, remember to send it back to me, along with the photo just now."
Wei Ran nodded, took the photo frame and put it in his bag, saying goodbye. Nicholas, who was sitting in a chair in a daze, got into a van parked on the corridor after leaving the abandoned school.
This dirty van contained many hunting tools, and even a shotgun with a scope and an old-fashioned double-light shotgun fixed on the roof. As expected, the driver was one of the gangsters who led him to Nikolai yesterday.
After the other party waited for Wei Ran to sit down, the gangster with mixed hair immediately stepped on the accelerator and headed straight towards Kazan along the cracked road. During the more than an hour's drive, the gangster who was driving seemed hesitant to speak. It wasn't until Wei Ran got out of the car that he couldn't help but say, "Hey! Friends, come and spend more time with Principal Nicholas. "
Seemingly seeing the other party's doubts, the gangster gave Wei Ran a piece of paper with a phone number written on it and explained, "Although I don't know what you talked about with him yesterday, but Principal Nicholas has not been so happy for a long time. He even rode a motorcycle around the village in the morning. So if you have time in the future, please come and stay with him, and call me then. I'll pick you up at the airport!"
"No problem!"
Wei Ran directly dialed the other party's phone number, and at the same time said, "Victor, My name is Victor, and maybe I will come again soon."
"Victor? This is much easier to remember than the name you told us yesterday."
While recording Wei Ran's phone number and name on his mobile phone, this little gangster introduced himself, "Jima Allakh, you can call me Jima or Allakh. When you come next time, I'll invite you to Kazan's largest I want to meet a Ukrainian girl for a drink at the bar.”
“That’s settled.” Wei Ran bumped fists with the other party and walked into the departure hall carrying his backpack.
I took a flight that afternoon and returned to Volgograd smoothly, but Weiyan was not in a hurry to go.Instead, he found a hotel near the airport to stay at the studio. It was not until two days later, when it was estimated that the time was almost up, that he drove his minivan back to the studio.
Before the car stopped, Professor Alexei, who was drunk in the studio, immediately picked up the handheld device on the table, pressed the launch button and shouted, "Dear, come here quickly! The little bastard Victor is finally back!"
At the same time as he released the launch button, Zhou Shujin, who was at the travel agency next door and was assigning tasks to employees at a meeting, immediately dropped the folder in her hand and took her subordinates with her. A large number of men and women ran out and surrounded Wei Ran, who had just gotten out of the van.
"Where is your girlfriend? Why didn't you bring her back?"
Zhou Shujin opened the car door and saw that the car was empty, and her tone became particularly disappointed. On the contrary, it was the few people behind her who The young furry girl secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The restless expression on her little face made her feel lucky that the bones she was looking for were not taken away by other dogs.
"What girlfriend?" Wei Ran asked confused, and then looked at Professor Alexey who was still confused with an unkind expression.
"Aren't you going to see your girlfriend?" Zhou Shujin's expression turned into one of complete disappointment.
"I went to Kazan to investigate the clues about the artillery. Didn't I leave a note?" Wei Ran said helplessly.
Professor Alexey, who realized something was wrong and had already sobered up from the wine, quickly took Wei Ran with one hand and his tigress with the other and walked towards the studio, "Don't worry about your girlfriend for now. As for the artillery, let’s talk about more important things first! Victor, the PPK pistol has been bought by Mr. Alexander.”