Under the oak tree with all its leaves, Katenka shrugged regretfully, "Okay, that's the end of the matter."
"Will the other party notice that you have investigated this matter? Something?" Wei Ran asked cautiously.
"No"
Katenko was particularly confident about this, "Even if you check, you won't be able to find anything on my head, so you can rest assured about this."
"That's good." Wei Ran secretly breathed a sigh of relief, changed the subject at the right time and asked, "How is the investigation of the smuggler going?"
"It hasn't started yet."
Katenka took the last sip of Coke, then flattened the can and put it into the pocket of his windbreaker, "Before, all my energy was focused on Mrs. Amanda's affairs, but before Christmas, I will definitely I can find out what happened to the smuggler."
"You can arrange the schedule yourself."
Wei Ran walked towards the car parked not far away and gave his last instructions. Said, "Katenka, let me remind you one last time, Amanda's matter ends here. No matter how valuable the hydrological information she is looking for is, no matter how simple you think it is, it ends here."
"Understood" Katenka simply responded to Wei Ran's reminder and followed suit back to the car.
The main reason why Wei Ran did not let the other party continue to investigate Amanda was because of the advice given to him by his two teachers when he was in Inta. The main reason was that it was clearly recorded in the metal book that Leo They are already dead. Since everyone is dead, most of the so-called hydrological information has long since sunk into the sea.
In other words, if Katenka continues to investigate along this clue, in addition to causing a lot of trouble, he is destined to get no benefits at all.
On the way back, Katenka, who was in charge of driving, asked thoughtfully, "Boss, what should I investigate next?"
"What do you do if you don't have a job? Wei Ran asked curiously.
“We used to run bookstores, but now we run restaurants and bars.” Katenka slowed down slightly, “Although they are all boring, this kind of life is also very good.”
"Don't you have any personal hobbies?"
"Of course you do"
As Katenka said, he pressed a button on the dashboard. Suddenly, there was a sound in the car. manic heavy metal music.
“This is my hobby!” Katenka shouted amidst the music that almost broke her eardrums.
"Then go do something you like!"
"What did you say?" Katenka asked, lowering the volume.
"I said, go do something you like."
Wei Ran pretended to be exaggerated and picked his ears, "The things I usually need you to investigate are not "Yes, that restaurant doesn't have to be open all the time. You can do something you like during normal times."
"You are such a good boss..."
Katenka took it out again from the storage box on the passenger seat.He opened a can of Coke and took a sip, but did not clearly respond to Wei Ran's suggestion.
Seeing this, Wei Ran simply said no more and just signaled to the other party to send him directly to the airport. Although this hurried trip did not yield any results, it allowed him to see Katenka's ability, and overall it was not a loss.
When he returned to Volgograd after a tiring journey, it was already a day later. After going to Nikolai's house and moving the box of relics that Dalia had brought from Moscow back to the studio, Wei Ran had no intention of launching an investigation immediately.
Because it took Suisui a week to send tourists to Yinta, and now he only has three or four days left before returning to Hongqi Forest Farm for class next time. What Weiran needs to do now is Just let yourself relax.
As for the origins of the relics that the Patriotic War Museum asked me to investigate, there is still time anyway, so there is no need to rush.
However, he had just slept all day, and early the next morning, Mrs. Amanda actually came to the door alone.
"Mr. Victor, we meet again." Mrs. Amanda greeted in perfect German.
Shaking hands with the other party, Wei Ran made a surprised expression, "Hello Mrs. Amanda, it turns out you can speak German."
"It's been a long time since I've used it. Mrs. Amanda smiled gently, "Victor, can I come and sit in your studio?"
"Of course! Please come in," Wei Ran greeted the other party enthusiastically. Entering the studio, he was wondering whether the other party's purpose of coming was related to Katenka's investigation.
When he poured the other party a cup of coffee, Mrs. Amanda smiled and said, "Your partner Herbert has been sent to prison for fraud and participating in theft. As expected, he may need to Stay in jail..."
"Please allow me to interrupt"
Wei Ran said with a surprised look on his face, "First of all, Mr. Herbert and I are not partners. We only know each other because of a brief cooperation a few months ago. Secondly, did you just say that Mr. Herbert was a fraud?"
Amanda also interrupted Wei Ranmei. After finishing speaking, "Herbert's matter is not important. Mr. Victor, can you help me continue to look for my brother Leo?"
"This..."
Wei Ran spread his hands helplessly, "Mrs. Amanda, my main research direction and area of expertise are just the history of World War II and the historical mysteries of the Soviet-German battlefield. Although I am very sorry about your brother Mr. Leo, I am also very sorry. I'm excited about that golden treasure, but unfortunately, that's not my area of expertise."
A complex look of relief and disappointment flashed through Mrs. Amanda's eyes, but her mouth was full of excitement. But he said without giving up, "According to Herbert, he kept the watch and IOU left by my brother with you for a long time."
"This is indeed the case"< /p>
Wei Ran spread his hands frankly, "But I was not there when he delivered the things, and I didn't receive any notification from him. It was my friend next door who collected the things on my behalf. If you are worried about me investigating the treasure privately, If so, you can go to the front desk of the travel agency next door and ask. Their travel agency's monitoring will be kept for at least three months, which should be able to confirm what I said. In addition, you can also..."
"No, no, no, Mr. Victor, please don't get me wrong. I'm not doubting you." Mrs. Amanda stood up simply, "In this case, I won't disturb you anymore. I wish you a happy life."
"I also wish you can find your brother Mr. Leo and his treasure soon." Wei Ran stood up politely and sent his sincere blessings.
Watching Mrs. Amanda driving away alone, Wei Ran breathed a sigh of relief. At the same time, he became more and more certain of Katenka’s investigation results. This old French woman was indeed not a good person.
Luckily escaping for the time being, Wei Ran locked the rolling shutter door of his studio, turned on airplane mode on his phone, threw it on the long table, turned around and got into the bedroom on the second floor to play. disappear.
Anyway, acquaintances will call the satellite phone directly after they cannot contact me, so as long as the mobile phone number used to contact the business cannot be reached, all the troubles can be blocked outside the rolling shutter door.
Sitting by the glass window of the bedroom on the second floor, Wei Ran took out the Guqin Yaoguang and lazily strummed the tight strings while thinking about something that had appeared in Yinta’s hot spring camp. These ideas were slowly refined into every detail.
Three days later, when he was about to leave for Kazan, Gorman and Anna appeared at the door of the studio.
"Teacher Anna, Teacher Gorman, why are you here?" Wei Ran asked in surprise.
"Of course I'm here to teach you," Gorman said as he walked into Wei Ran's studio, minding his own business, "Just you here?"
"Just Myself"
Wei Ran asked Teacher Anna to sit down and said while making coffee, "If you come a little later, I will go to the airport."
Anna. The teacher said, "Cancel the air tickets. We will take classes in another place for the next half month."
"Where to go?" Wei Ran stopped what he was doing and asked.
Gorman took out half a bottle of gin from Weiran's refrigerator, opened it and smelled it, then sat down next to Weiran and said, "Go to Kazakhstan to take classes."
p>"What are you doing there?" Wei Ran asked in confusion. As for the other party's behavior as if he were at his own home, Quan pretended that he didn't see it.
"Go and close the rolling shutter door first," Teacher Anna said as she opened the briefcase she brought and took out a file bag from it.
Hearing this, Wei Ran locked the rolling shutter door obediently and sat next to Gorman at his greeting.
"You have been studying intelligence courses for a long time, so the next halfMonth is a practical course. "
Ana paused and continued with a gentle look, "Of course, you can also use the following lessons as an assessment. ”
“Is there another assessment? "Wei Ran frowned and recounted his learning experience at Hongqi Forest Farm. Every assessment had almost no pleasant memories.
"This time is different from the previous assessment"
Anna opened the file bag and took out a piece of information from it and handed it to Wei Ran, "Based on what happened last time in Yakutsk, we won't arrange any nanny for you this time like Karp did. Everything needs to be done by you. Do it yourself, let’s take a look at this information now. ”
Taking the information handed over by the other party, there were only four color photos on the first piece of paper. On the second piece of paper, there were photos of two off-road vehicles. On the third piece of paper, there were It is a detailed address of a hotel located in Uralsk, a city in the northwestern part of Kazakhstan.
And on the last page, there is a photo of an Asian man, with the word "." The name "Anton Thorne" was written in Russian.
Seeing Wei Ran put down the information in his hand, Anna took out a book of documents and two tickets from her briefcase and handed them to Wei Ran, " On tonight’s flight, you first fly to Orenburg. When you get there, contact the phone number on the business card in your ID, and someone will take you across the border to the Urals. "
"Smuggling? "Wei Ran frowned.
"It's not a stowaway."
Anna explained with a smile, "When you arrive in Orenburg, your name will be Anton. Thorne is a pure Kazakhstani. You have just seen his photo. As for whether you can make your face look like the person in the photo, it depends on your own ability. "
Wei Ran opened the certificate book, looked at it, raised his head and asked, "What do I need for this assessment?" ”