War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 1095 Jia Ya Visits
On the second day after returning to Kazan, it was almost noon, and Wei Ran, who took advantage of the quietness of the house and slept in all morning, finally got up when his dog Beria scratched the door over and over again.

Putting on a thick pajamas randomly, Wei Ran looked at the fallen leaves in the yard outside the window, which was blown by the autumn wind, finally stretched his body and opened the door, and walked into the kitchen in the greeting of the dog wagging his head. A large piece of venison with bones was taken out of the freezer and thrown into a pressure cooker specially designed for dogs.

These venisons were naturally sent from Inta, but the only ones interested in these venisons were Wei Ran, Beria and the two big-eared foxes who were taken somewhere.

Taking advantage of the cooking time, Wei Ran also yawned and walked to the fireplace, lit the fireplace that was not lit when he came back last night, and then collapsed on a recliner covered with a thick bearskin On the bed, he scratched Beria's furry head with his hands, thinking about what to eat later.

However, before he could figure out what to eat for the first meal, and before Beria's breakfast was cooked, an off-road vehicle with red and black thorn patterns drawn on the hood drove to the gate of the yard.

Knowing that it was the car Greva bought recently, so although he didn't know what the other party was doing here, he still pressed the remote control switch of the gate.

However, when the off-road vehicle drove to the door and stopped, as the door was pushed open, it turned out to be that dangerous woman Jia Ya who came out of it!
Shutting the arched dog Beria into the storage room, Wei Ran, who had been lying on the recliner, quickly stood up and walked towards the door.

At the same time as he opened the solid wooden door, a brown-skinned, muscular, but rather simple-looking middle-aged woman emerged from the off-road vehicle.

This is not over yet, with the support of this middle-aged woman, another one got out of the car and looked about fifteen or sixteen years old. He looked quite smart, but there were a lot of Band-Aids on his face, and a splint on his arm. Asian girl!

"Why didn't Ms. Jia Ya come to say hello in advance?"

Wei Ran patted the pajamas on his body, and teased himself, "At least give me time to change."

"I also made a temporary decision, I hope I didn't cause trouble to Mr. Wei."

Jia Ya, who was wearing a long black windbreaker outside, also held hands with Wei Ran, and also joked in a joking tone, "Or should we wait outside the door?"

"No, please come in."

Wei Ran shook hands with the other party twice, then let go in time, and at the same time moved out of the way, "Greva, help me to make a pot of tea as a treat, I am the only one at home now."

"I heard from my eldest nephew that there are many beautiful girls in Mr. Wei's family."

Jia Ya smiled and sat on the sofa under the guidance of Wei Ran, and the muscular woman who had been following her and the little girl who was holding hands by her also nervously moved at most one-third of their buttocks. Sitting on the sofa.

"It was indeed like this, but you came by accident."

Wei Ran brought a plate of fruit and explained, "They all went to France to play recently, you sit down first, and I'll go change clothes."

Hearing this, Jia Ya smiled and nodded, picked up an apple, and at the same time flicked her wrist lightly, a World War II German paratrooper knife appeared in her hand, and she slowly peeled the apple in her hand.

Returning to the second floor, he changed into a set of clothes that were suitable for meeting guests but not formal, and washed up briefly. When he came down again, the little girl and the strong woman had already had one more in their hands. Peeled apples.

And Jia Ya, who had already taken off her windbreaker and revealed a slim suit, was drinking a cup of black tea leisurely.

"Let me introduce"

After Jia Ya waited for Greva to leave the room under Wei Ran's signal, she first glanced at the strong middle-aged woman, and then introduced in Chinese with great interest, "This is Mr. Luke's partner's mother Saman Ms. Sha. She is a Melanesian. In their tribe, she is a wizard who can divination. In addition, she can only speak the native language of their tribe and no other languages, so the only way to communicate with her is through the small girl."

After finishing speaking, Jia Ya patted the shoulder of the little Asian girl between her and Samantha, and continued to introduce in Chinese, "This beautiful Chinese girl is Lucinda, and her Chinese name is Lu Xinda will be 16 at the end of this year. She can speak both Chinese and English, as well as the native language of Samantha's tribe.

Lu Xinda is Iger's younger sister. Of course, they are both adopted children of the old sailor Chris, so there is actually no blood relationship between them. "

"Is she the child that has never been found?" Wei Ran asked in surprise.

Jia Ya smiled and nodded, "It took a lot of effort for my people to find them in a primitive tribe."

Having said that, Jia Ya opened the briefcase next to her, and took out a photo album made of crocodile skin that Wei Ran had only seen in photos!
"Mr. Wei, where is my brother Iger?" The little girl named Lu Xinda asked in a very polite Chinese.

"Your brother left for France this morning"

Wei Ran glanced at the time, "Should be still on the plane at this time, how about I let him make a video call with you after he lands?"

Hearing this, a trace of disappointment flashed in the little girl's eyes, followed by a slow nod.

"You speak Chinese very well, who taught you?"

Wei Ran took the photo album from Jia Ya and put it on his lap, but he didn't rush to open it, but asked Lu Xinda gently.

"my dad"

Lu Xinda said calmly, "I used to be an Indonesian Chinese. My father and Chris' father were sailors on the same ship. He entrusted me to Chris's father before he died of illness. I was 7 years old at that time. Unfortunately, there was no one after that. Not long after Chris' dad passed away too."

"Feel sorry"

"It doesn't matter." The little girl shook her head calmly, but mist had already appeared in those big eyes that were quite aura.

Jia Ya slowly put down her teacup, "Okay, I've delivered the person you wanted, and the photo album you wanted, and I'll take care of them from now on. Mr. Wei, I have to go back to the Philippine Monkey, so it's not too much stayed."

"Wait" Wei Ran, who was about to open the album, raised his head in surprise, "What did you just say?"

"I want to go back to the Philippines"

"Last sentence" Wei Ran became more and more weird.

"They will be taken care of by you in the future"

Jia Ya pointed to the photo album in Wei Ran's hand, "I helped you find them, and I also helped you find this photo album, do you still plan to let me take care of them for the rest of their lives?"

"Uh..." Wei Ran patted his forehead, which is indeed the case.

Now that the person and the photo album have been found, and they have personally delivered them to the door, no matter how you look at it, I have no reason to refuse.

Not only that, but he actually owed Jia Ya a favor.

And he knew very well that Jia Ya personally sent them and the photo album to make him owe him a favor.

Don't think that this is a bad thing, human affection, if you change it to a more mysterious term, it can be called "cause and effect".

Compared with planting cause and bearing fruit, sometimes, even most of the time, people like Jia Ya and Wei Ran tend to be more inclined to "not stick to cause and effect", because no matter cause or effect, it will eventually mean A trouble that cannot be avoided - just like Luke who took the initiative to find the door.

Wanting to understand this, Wei Ran put aside the photo album that he hadn't opened in time, stood up with a smile and said, "Miss Jia Ya, please wait a moment, I also have a thank you gift for you."

Before he finished speaking, he had already walked to the door of the storage room, opened the door and grabbed Beria's collar, locked it into the next room, and then turned around and invited, "Miss Jia Ya, please come in."

Hearing this, Jia Ya stood up gracefully, followed Wei Ran into the storage room, and let the latter close the door.

But soon, her eyes widened slightly because Wei Ran lifted a thick towel on the shelf.Under the towel is a small but golden statue of Mazu!
"The golden statue of Chen's Mazu mother!"

Jia Ya blurted out subconsciously, but it also made Wei Ran realize instantly that this dangerous woman definitely knew her, and even saw a similar golden statue.

"Miss Jia Ya has seen a similar golden statue?" Wei Ran put down the towel and asked with a smile.

"seen"

Jia Ya nodded, "According to rumors, there are 23 such golden statues, and each one weighs 23 catties. Of course, this catty is the standard of the Ming Dynasty. One catty at that time was about 600 grams today.

In addition to the 23 golden statues, there are three more precious sheep fat jade statues of Mazu.Each statue weighs 30 (Ming Dynasty) catties.The two groups of statues of Mazu empress together symbolize the birthday of Mazu empress on March 3. "

Pausing for a while, Jia Ya glanced at Wei Ran, and then asked rather strangely, "These are the collections of the Nanyang pirate Chen Zuyi in the early Ming Dynasty, and it is said that they were tributes given to him by the small countries in Nanyang at that time.

Nowadays, there are only five gold statues alive, and only one head sculpture of Mazu is still alive in suet jade, so where did you find this one? "

"When I was looking for the captain of the Johnston, I accidentally found it under the remains of the little devil." Wei Ran said truthfully, but did not explain too much.

Hearing this, Jia Ya wisely didn't ask any more questions, but went around to the side of the golden statue, and found the two small characters the size of mung beans—Chen Qi in a gap in the wave-shaped base.

"This is the seventh one," Jia Ya muttered to herself.

"If you like it, I can give it to you as a gift." Wei Ran said abruptly.

"Give it to me?"

Jia Ya glanced at Wei Ran in surprise, then shook her head with a smile, picked up the towel on the shelf and covered the golden statue again, "I know this golden statue is still alive, and In your hand, it is a very good gift, but you should keep this golden statue for yourself."

"Miss Jia Ya doesn't like it?" Wei Ran asked deliberately.

"In the words of my boss, fate has not yet come."

Jia Ya said with a smile, "Keep her well. If I encounter unsolvable troubles in the future, I will pass on the news that you have this golden statue to my boss. At that time, in order to get this golden statue, he will I will do my best to help you."

"So it's a life-saving talisman?"

Wei Ran asked along the topic, but wisely, he didn't wonder who Jia Ya's boss was, and how powerful he or she was - just like what the other party said when he was testing himself on the plane, "She thinks Wei Ran is too It's dangerous, so I don't want him to come into contact with his boss."

"Mazu Empress is supposed to protect believers' lives"

Jia Ya hinted something, then abruptly changed to Russian and asked, "Did you do the murder in Port Darwin?"

"Isn't that the arrogant killer on the Internet?"

Wei Ran spread his hands pretending to be helpless, "I'm just a historian, not a killer, and not only have I never learned Korean, I have never been to Australia."

"In that case, who is that masked man you sent back?" Jia Ya asked with a smile.

"A friend of mine also helped me pretend to be attacked at the hotel you arranged."

Wei Ran pretended to be mysterious and lowered his voice, "I have to find a reasonable excuse to leave, and find someone trustworthy to pretend that I have left Papua New Guinea. To tell you the truth, the reason why I secretly stayed in Papua New Guinea , In fact, it is to get this golden statue back through the channel of that friend."

"So this golden statue was in Papua New Guinea?" Jia Ya raised her eyebrows in surprise, as if she paid special attention to this matter.

“Not in PNG”

Wei Ran shook his head, and said with a normal expression, "The first golden statue was found in Helen Reef, and I took a lot of effort to secretly bring it to the main island of Palau and hide it, and then let it My friend helped and sent it to Indonesian territory at the southern tip of Palau.

As for where the eaten nuclear pilot got this golden statue, I'm afraid only it knows. "

"You have worked so hard to get it back, and you are so willing to give it to me?" Jia Ya asked casually, "Do you know the value of this golden statue?"

"The Second Emperor told me about its value, but compared to cash benefits, who doesn't want to hug a thigh, not to mention that you have helped me so much, but I just gave you a paratrooper knife."

Wei Ran spread his hands, and responded frankly. What he said was indeed the truth. Since the favor has already been owed, take advantage of this time to give this precious gift. If there is trouble next time, it will be easier to speak. .

Otherwise, if you really wait until the next time you encounter trouble before sending it off, this temporary cramming will become a transaction, and a good favor and friendship will become worthless at that time.

Hearing this, Jia Ya nodded noncommittally, she didn't seem to care how much water was in Wei Ran's words, and she didn't continue the topic, but continued in Russian, "Although the murder in Australia has nothing to do with you, you still have to be careful Some."

"Be careful of what?" Wei Ran looked at the other party puzzled.

"Now many people and forces want to get that photo album"

Jia Ya casually took out a bottle of vodka from the shelf and looked at it, then put it back to its original place, and at the same time kept saying, "As far as I know, someone has paid a lot of money to destroy that photo album. High prices, so it is inevitable that some opportunists will try every possibility.

According to the information I have so far, the homes of several potential buyers of this album have been robbed or kidnapped for ransom.Mr. Wei, you may also be their target here. "

"So you delivered that photo album before they arrived?"

Wei Ran asked dumbfoundedly, "Why do I feel that I need Mazu's protection now?"

"Just a safety reminder"

Jia Ya smiled, "I have reprinted several photos with those negatives, and I have left the electronic version of the negatives. After returning from Russia this time, we will hold a press conference to announce those photos. Wait for the photos to be released." If the contents of the website are disclosed to the public, all potential dangers will naturally be eliminated."

"Thank you" Wei Ran sincerely said his thanks.

He really needed to thank him. Originally, he was thinking of throwing the blame on that Earhart's female dog organization.But Jia Ya's arrangement is tantamount to taking all the risks of publicly holding the album and the photos in the album.

And Jia Ya's casual attitude also implies that the forces behind her don't care much about this trouble, whether it's big or small.

"No need to thank you"

Jia Ya walked out of the storage room, and said in Chinese, "Besides, the photo album and negatives were snatched from Lu Xinda by Brother Yang. So you may need to pay her one hundred thousand dollars, Or find a way to get her to agree to give you the photo album for free."

"I will pay," Wei Ran made the promise dumbfounded.

Hearing this, Jia Ya just opened the door of the storage room, switched to Russian again, and joked in a joking tone, "Frankly speaking, I am looking forward to your girlfriends coming home to see that there are more dews in the house." What a lively scene a beautiful little girl like Sinda would be."

"Don't make girlfriends plural, I only have one girlfriend, I explained that."

Wei Ran rolled his eyes and corrected helplessly, of course he knew that this dangerous woman did it on purpose.This kind of joke, last time he had already learned from those perfume gifts with exactly the same fragrance and the same number as the number of girls.

"If I'm not in a hurry to go back, I'm still looking forward to staying as a guest to see if the facts are what you said."

Jia Ya walked to the edge of the sofa non-stop, picked up her windbreaker and put it on, and before Wei Ran could speak, she changed into Chinese and said gently, "Xinda, Wei Ran is a trustworthy woman. You should stay here and wait for your brother, and when he comes back, tell your brother what you have experienced. If you still decide to sell the album at that time, Wei Ran will pay the money as promised. "

"Thank you sister Jiaya"

Lu Xinda got up neatly and bowed to thank her, but the helplessness and anxiety in her tone couldn't be concealed at all.

"They leave it to you"

Jia Ya did not forget to point to Lu Xinda's splinted arm, "Her arm was broken when she ran away, remember to take her for a review in a month."

"I'll think about it," Wei Ran agreed, dumbfounded.

"Okay, don't send it away."

Jia Ya walked towards the gate while talking, "Mr. Wei, how about asking your friend to take me to the airport?"

"no problem"

Wei Ran helped the other party open the door, and said in Russian, "Greva, send Miss Jia Ya to the airport."

"Leave it to me!" The well-dressed Greva helped open the car door while speaking.

Watching Jiaya get into the car and close the door, and watching the off-road vehicle drive out of the yard, Wei Ran looked at Lu Xinda who was standing inside the door.

"Did I introduce a girlfriend to God in my previous life?"

Wei Ran muttered something to himself, then walked into the room with a gentle smile on his face, and closed the heavy wooden door.

"Have you eaten yet?" Wei Ran asked in Chinese.

"I've eaten," Lu Xinda responded nervously.

"When did you eat it?" Wei Ran asked slowly following the topic.

"Before boarding the plane," Lu Xinda said, sitting next to the woman named Samantha cautiously.

"Isn't that just not eating?"

Wei Ran twitched the corner of his mouth, and continued to say gently, "I haven't eaten yet, I'll get something to eat later, how about we eat something together?"

"Can you?" Lu Xinda replied expectantly, but her stomach let out a "gurgling" sound.

"Wait a minute, we can eat soon."

Wei Ran walked into the room as he spoke, and while dialing the number of a gangster, he was busy getting the reindeer meat out of the pressure cooker.

Undoubtedly, the smell of meat in the kitchen made Lu Xinda and the middle-aged woman named Samantha in the living room swallow subconsciously.

However, contrary to their expectations, Wei Ran put the steaming bone and meat into a stainless steel washbasin and carried it to the large yard outside the door.

Immediately afterwards, he took the big scary dog ​​out of the room and drove it out of the room.

Through the floor-to-ceiling windows, Lu Xinda could clearly see that the dog trotted to urinate under the big tree in the yard that was about to lose all its leaves, and then ran to the edge of the stainless steel washbasin to lie down. Come down, waiting for the meaty bone to cool.

“Wait for the meal to be delivered”

Wei Ran's words drew the little girl's attention back, and at the same time, she also noticed the plate of various snacks and snacks that the former had just brought, as well as the Coke on the table.

"Let's eat something to pad our stomach first"

Wei Ran sat on the sofa separated from the two of them by a small table again, and while sending a message to Anfeiya, he said, "If you came here yesterday, you can still meet Iger. He flew to France this morning. Yes, but don’t worry, I’m already texting the people who took him to France, and you’ll be able to meet via video when they get off the plane.”

"Thank you," Lu Xinda said cautiously.

"Can you tell me something about you and Mr. Luke? Of course, there are also your experiences in the past few days."

Wei Ran picked up the photo album and pushed it to the other party, "Besides, since I haven't paid for this photo album, you can keep it for now. When Iger comes back, we will complete the transaction and then give it to me."

Hearing this, after a brief hesitation, Lu Xinda still picked up the photo album and hugged it in her arms, and then took the Huaxia pastries that Wei Ran handed to her and Samantha. Everything that happened after Ke and his partner were killed.

(End of this chapter)