War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 1305

On the night they arrived in Kiev, Weiyan and Makar, with the help of Anna and her friends, received Carlos and his legal team who hurriedly arrived at the airport.

It can be seen that lawyer Carlos really intends to help. In addition to Carlos and lawyer Horta, who had briefly worked with Coco for a few days, there are 7 other people who came with him. lawyer.

What surprised Wei Ran and Makar the most was that there was even a lawyer who was an Ukrainian-American.

Now that Carlos has a translator, Wei Ran has become a spectator. Similarly, under his reminder, Makar also handed over all the work of answering the police questions to Carlos and his team.

"Makar, I have a question that I forgot to ask."

At the entrance of the hotel, Wei Ran and Makar assigned rooms to lawyer Carlos and his team and sent them to the elevator. Then they invited Anna to sit in the lounge area of ​​the lobby and gave each other one of them brought from China. cigarette.

"what is the problem?"

Makar took the cigarette, lit it up and took a puff and asked, but he didn't notice at all that the blond middle-aged man sitting back to back with him on the other sofa seemed to be eavesdropping on their conversation.

Wei Ran also asked as if he hadn't noticed the man, "Can Mrs. Uma swim?"

"Probably not"

Makar shook his head uncertainly, "I have never seen my mother swim. When our lives first improved a few years ago, Jessica and I took her to the beach, but she didn't even dare to ride a motorboat. .”

After hearing this, Wei Ran was silent for a moment and then said, "Makar, you need to have a good rest today. Lawyer Carlos will follow you to the Kiev Police Station early tomorrow morning.

You can completely trust Attorney Carlos, so if the police ask you any questions, you'd better let Attorney Carlos answer them on your behalf. "

"I know." Makar, with red eyes, nodded.

"Go upstairs and rest first, and remember to report that your wife is safe."

After speaking, Wei Ran shook his phone and said, "I also want to contact a friend to see if I can find clues about Mrs. Uma along the Dnieper River. Frankly speaking, I don't trust the police in Kiev."

“Kiev police really cannot be trusted”

Anna, who was sitting next to Weiran and scrolling through her cell phone, mocked, "Those losers can't even find the things they lost in their own homes. It's better to count on them than on the stray dogs on the roadside."

"I'll be with you tomorrow."

"You have to stay"

Wei Ran pointed to the top of his head, "You have to be with Lawyer Carlos and the others. This is the only place you can help."

"Okay"

Makar nodded eagerly, "Victor, Anna, thank you for your help, I."

"There's no need to say any polite words." Wei Ran waved his hand, "Go upstairs and have a rest."

Wei Ran and Anna sent Makar into the elevator. Wei Ran breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Anna, you should go home and rest early."

"I won't go back"

Anna shook the room card in her hand and said jokingly, "I will also stay in the hotel today. Victor, I'm afraid you don't know, right? Now I have become your rumored lover."

"Sorry"

Wei Ran grinned in embarrassment, because the Hela organization was deliberately hyping up gossip about her, so this girl would inevitably be affected.

Although he had anticipated this situation, he had to do this in order to divert his attention.

"no need to say sorry"

Ana said while pressing the switch of another elevator, "This scandal has helped me avoid a lot of trouble. I was just scolding a few scum who had been chasing me before."

Being used as a shield?

Wei Ran murmured to himself and was about to say something when Diane, whom he had just contacted on the way back from the airport, also called.

Since the girl was also going to stay in the hotel, Wei Ran simply followed her into another elevator and answered Diane's call at the same time.

"Victor, let's make this short."

Diane, who always spoke straightforwardly, said simply, "I have just contacted a friend who can help you. They are soil diggers themselves and also run a sand dredging factory by the Dnieper River in Cherkasy. They There are five dredgers operating on the Dnieper every day, and they can definitely help you.”

After pausing for a moment to take a breath, Diane continued, "For the specific situation, please contact the person in charge directly later. I have already sent you her phone number."

"Excuse me Diane, thank you for your help."

Wei Ran said gratefully that although it was fake that Mrs. Uma fell into the water this time, the help and friendship these friends gave him were real - just like he was really helping Makar.

"I will also arrive in Kyiv tomorrow"

Diane ignored Wei Ran's thanks and said, "I will help you contact more friends by then."

"I'm not welcome"

Wei Ran's tone became more and more grateful, "Send me your flight information later. I'll pick you up at the airport tomorrow."

"See you tomorrow," Diane said and simply hung up the phone. Later, Wei Ran also received a message.

"Anna, we may have to go to the airport to pick up a friend tomorrow." Wei Ran said apologetically.

"no problem"

As Anna spoke, she was the first to step out of the elevator, "I live next door to you. If you need anything, just knock on my door anytime."

Watching the girl walk into her room, Wei Ran swiped the card to open the door. As if he didn't notice his briefcase that seemed to have been turned over, he sat down on the sofa, yawned and dialed Diane. He then turned on the hands-free phone and placed it on the table while he lit a cigarette again.

"Hello, I'm Nadia."

As soon as the call was connected, a woman on the other end said, "Are you the famous playboy Victor?"

"I am indeed Victor, but I am not a playboy." Wei Ran corrected the minor mistakes in the other party's words, laughing and crying.

"It doesn't matter"

On the other end of the phone, the woman who called herself Nadia said simply, "I have seen the news about the kidnapping case that happened on the bridge on TV a few days ago.

Frankly speaking, my friends and I run a sand dredging plant in Cherkasy, just on the edge of the Dnieper River. We have five sand dredgers working on the bed of the Dnieper River. "

"Is there sand in the Dnieper River?" Wei Ran asked out of nowhere.

"Not only is there sand, but there is also a lot of war equipment that sank into the river during World War II." Nadia said nonchalantly, "No matter what we fish out, we won't lose anything."

"Including corpses?"

"Frankly speaking, there is no shortage of fresh corpses in the Dnieper."

Nadia said bluntly, "The length of the river between Kiev and Cherkasy is about 200 kilometers. It is the spring flood, and the river water has risen and the flow rate is very fast.

From the time I saw the news to now, if the poor lady who accidentally fell into the river had not come ashore, she would have probably been washed into the Black Sea. "

"Since you saw the news until now, has your sand dredger encountered fresh corpses?" Wei Ran frowned and asked worriedly.

"Our sand dredgers do not work 24 hours a day."

Nadia replied, "During the time period you just mentioned, we did not notice any corpses floating over. However, for the sake of Sister Diane, I will arrange for our boat to stay on the river to search. , as long as the body floats."

"Nadia, is it possible that Mrs. Uma is still alive?" Wei Ran asked with a hint of hope.

"Totally impossible"

Nadia said unceremoniously, "It's spring floods now. Let alone that lady, even if Kolochikova falls from such a high bridge, she will drown in the end.

The best we can do is find an incomplete body, and there's a good chance we won't even find a body. "

As if she felt that her words were too realistic and hurtful, the woman named Nadia added, "In short, my boat will always be on the river to help you recover any corpses you find. In addition, I will also help you Find four vehicles and search upstream and downstream along the edge of the river."

"Trouble for you"

Wei Ran paused and said, "No matter what the final result is, when your people search along the river to Kiev, I will prepare a thank you."

"I heard from Diane that you are still a historian?" Nadia asked, changing the subject.

"I am a historian first," Wei Ran said helplessly. "As for the rumors on the Internet, those are all false."

"Okay Mr. Historian"

Nadia didn't seem to care about these details, "Anyway, if you want to thank me. If my people can find the body of the lady, how about you owe me a favor?"

"What if you don't find it?" Wei Ran asked.

"At least we can be friends"

Nadia said frankly, "There is no digger who is not willing to become friends with historians."

"In that case, it's a deal."

Wei Ran happily agreed. On the premise that he had already guessed that there was probably a bugging device in this room, even if he was unwilling, he had to accept the favor happily.

What's more, he didn't believe that the person arranged by Nadia could find Chechnya along the Dnieper River.

After hanging up the phone, Wei Ran rubbed his face tiredly, then called Jima and asked if he knew any Wu Kelan friends.

Not surprisingly, Jima, who was following the exercise, regretted on the phone that the only Wu Kelan friends he knew were working in Russian nightclubs, and they had not been in contact for a long time.

Wei Ran hung up the phone in disappointment, took off his coat and shoes indiscriminately, lay down on the bed and fell asleep.

At the same time, in the parking lot of this hotel, the middle-aged man who had just eavesdropped on the conversation in the lobby seating area also walked out of the hotel lobby and got into an inconspicuous-looking, but unprepossessing, car while snoring evenly through his headphones. There were many vans equipped with monitoring equipment inside.

"Boss, did you get anything there?" Before the man could sit down, another person in the carriage took off his earphones and asked in English.

"No." The middle-aged man shook his head, "Where are you here?"

"nor"

The people in the car also shook their heads, "Makar was crying very sadly and is now praying to their Jesus. But the historian from China just contacted a few friends to ask for help." "Speaking of this, I still I’m more concerned about why the Chinese who found Captain Evans is also involved? And why is the notorious Carlos lawyer here too?”

The middle-aged man who had just eavesdropped on the conversation between the three Wei Ran asked with a disgusted expression on his face.

"According to domestic investigations, the Chinese girlfriend seems to have in-depth cooperation with Makar in the travel business. The reason why Makar is living a good life now is also related to the Chinese girlfriend's business support. It has a lot to do with it.”

"How did they meet?"

"The cause seems to have been that Makar was putting his farm up for sale a few years ago, when he was already heavily in debt."

The man in the car was flipping through his tablet and said, "Then the Chinese man and his girlfriend showed up. They paid a large sum of money to help Makar revitalize the farm. They also seemed to have found out that the grandfather of the previous owner of the farm was a A veteran of World War II, he entrusted Makar with some relics to send back.

People in China suspected that the Chinese man contacted Makar, one possibility was to start a tourism business for his girlfriend, and another, more likely possibility, seemed to be to investigate the history of the former farmer's grandfather.

Also, the Chinese girlfriend helped Makar control the overpopulation of wild boars and rabbits, and from then on every month until today, she would send some tourists there. "

After a pause, the man continued, "About a week ago, the Makar family received a business invitation from the girlfriend of the Chinese man and went to China to attend an industry conference. Many of the people who went there had been with that Chinese man. Employment relationship."

"Where's that lawyer Carlos?"

"He once received help from the Chinese man on the plane, and it seemed that he used some magical Chinese Kung Fu to cure the sudden illness."

The man in the car continued, "And it seems that the lucky French rich woman was introduced to the Chinese by this hateful lawyer.

Last year, during the Charleston incident, this Chinese man also appeared in Atlanta in the United States.And with a high profile, he accepted an investigation task worth 288 million led by Carlos' lawyer. "

"During that incident in Charleston, was that Chinese guy there?" The middle-aged man who had just got in the car frowned.

“Really there”

The person who had been in the car before typed on the keyboard and said, "But according to domestic investigations, when the incident in Charleston happened, the Chinese man was closely watched by the media arranged by his employer, and there was no possibility of committing a crime at all. Unless he is Superman.

Moreover, he was invited to the United States by the Carlos lawyer. If he is suspected, the Carlos lawyer who invited him to the United States is even more suspicious. "

"I'd rather have sex with a billy goat than deal with a lawyer."

The middle-aged man who had just eavesdropped on the conversation muttered in disgust, and then asked, "Where is Makar? Is there anything unusual about him?"

"It's very sad, it's not like I'm just pretending."

The person in the car said objectively, "Yesterday, I personally observed the interrogation of the kidnapping gang, and also personally investigated Mrs. Uma's mobile phone and communication records, as well as her apartment in Kiev, oh, and her suitcases and items left behind. There was nothing unusual about the cars not far from the incident."

"So it was really an accident?"

"There is a high probability that it is really an accident. This is Kiev after all."

The man in the car continued, “I also investigated the social background of everyone in the kidnapping gang, and there was no social connection with the target person.

We have even investigated the police, the people who called the police, and the people who were hijacked. "

"There are no valuable clues?"

"no"

The people in the car shook their heads, "This was a complete accident. Boss, can we prepare to go back to the United States?"

"are you an idiot?"

The man who had just gotten into the car muttered angrily, "Do you know how important that unfortunate old woman is? Especially after what happened in Charleston last year."

"So what should we do?" The person in the car asked helplessly, "Find her body?"

"How could I team up with an idiot like you?"

The middle-aged man who had just gotten into the car turned off the main power supply of the monitoring equipment in the car with a "pop!" "That unlucky old woman must be dead, right?"

"At least."

"Then he must be dead"

Seeing that his partner couldn't keep up with his thoughts, the middle-aged man simply asked himself and said, "Listen, let's investigate two people here, maybe three, four, four months.

The focus of these four months is to investigate those bastard kidnappers, and to dig out everything from their minds.

As for the historian, simply check why he followed here, who he asked for help, whether the person he asked for help had anything to do with this matter, and whether he knew the unlucky woman. "

"And then?"

"Wait four months later and submit the results of your investigation into an investigation report of at least a hundred pages. Then we can leave this hellish place."

The middle-aged man paused, fearing that his partner would lose his mind, and added an additional reminder, "The final result of the investigation must be that the unlucky woman is indeed dead. This incident is indeed a regrettable accident.

In addition, it is recommended in your investigation report that in order to eliminate possible hidden dangers in the future, people should continue to be sent to monitor the kidnappers serving their sentences in prison to see if anyone rescues them. If so, follow this clue to continue the investigation. . "

"But."

"Nothing but"

The middle-aged man lowered his voice and said, "Use your brain, even if the thing that scares those old guys still exists, what does it have to do with the two of us?

The Soviet Union no longer exists. Even if someone takes revenge, will it be found on the two of us? "

"Oh——! Boss! You are such a genius!"

The man who had been staring at the monitoring equipment in the car suddenly slapped his forehead as if he had a sudden realization.

"I'll apply to change my partner when I get back. Even if I go to Africa, I'll have to find someone smart instead of this stupid pig who only knows how to type on the keyboard!"

The middle-aged man cursed secretly in his heart and asked rather uneasily, "You know how to investigate, right?"

"I will investigate those kidnappers and that Chinese man!"

The man who had been in the car confidently made his promise, and then asked like a smart guy, "Boss, should we suggest monitoring that Chinese man for a long time?"

"Watching that Chinese guy for a long time?"

The middle-aged man snorted, "Are you going? Going to Russia to spy on a Chinese man who hangs out with women all day long? Why don't you ask your boss to take the initiative to become an undercover agent like 007?"

The middle-aged man rubbed his temples tiredly, "Listen, if you don't want to take risks in Russia, just ignore that stallion who is surrounded by women."

"Can"

"I just said, there is nothing but"

The middle-aged man said more bluntly, "Just put your energy on those idiot kidnappers who don't matter even if they die. You really have to investigate that Chinese guy, but there is no need to investigate and find anything valuable." result.

If he was suspected, he should have been arrested during the Charleston incident.And assuming he is really a suspect, you go investigate him, and then we each get killed by Cold War stingers?Do you need me to be more clear? "

"No, no need."

The other man belatedly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. He was just a technician. How could he understand these twists and turns?
"So don't cause me any more trouble."

The shrewd middle-aged white man finally threatened, "I just want to finish the work here, and then I will apply to the superiors to transfer you to Spain or the Netherlands to enjoy life."

"I get it, I get it."

The other man finally got smart and said, "I will report the progress of my investigation to you once a week."

"I'll leave it to you here"

After the middle-aged man finished speaking, he turned on the main power of the monitoring system, "Tomorrow you go to the police station and focus on observing Makar's reaction. If there is any one of these people who is the most suspicious, it is Makar.

Also, hasn’t the psychologist we applied for already arrived? We took him to observe and asked him to help observe Makar. "

"give it to me!"

The man in the car patted his chest with confidence. After watching the man push the door and get out of the car, he gestured with his middle finger disdainfully, then threw away the earphone hanging around his neck, locked the car door and laid the seat flat. chair, and soon started snoring.

Early the next morning after arriving in Kiev, lawyer Carlos and his team led Makar to the Kiev police station while grabbing the spot where they were going to work.

More than ten minutes later, Wei Ran arrived at the bridge in the car driven by Anna.

Although the kidnapping occurred three days ago, there was still a warning tape where Mrs. Uma fell into the river, and there was even a Kiev police car parked nearby to guard the place.

Without letting Anna stop, Wei Ran let her pull him to the embankment under the bridge. After some observation, he continued driving downstream.

The whole day was naturally fruitless. When it was getting dark, Anna and Wei Ran picked up Diane, who had arrived from the airport. When they drove the car back to the hotel door, they saw Makar sitting in the car. Smoking on the steps in front of the hall.

After looking at the cigarette butts on the ground, Wei Ran and Anna looked at each other, sighed, pushed the door and got out of the car, and walked to each other's side.

"How is the situation?" Wei Ran asked as he sat down next to the other party.

"Police in Kiev have dispatched surface search forces"

Makar said tiredly, "Lawyer Carlos also helped me contact the embassy, ​​and the embassy has agreed to help put pressure on me and put more effort into finding my mother."

After saying that, he flicked the cigarette butt that was about to burn into his hand, lit another one and said, "My mother has probably been killed, Victor, what should I do?"

With a silent sigh, Wei Ran took the Wu Ke rotten cigarette that the other party gave him, lit it and took a puff, and then he choked and coughed repeatedly due to the cheap taste full of fragrance.

After taking a breath, Wei Ran said, "Makar, I'm sorry about Mrs. Uma's incident, but as a friend, I should remind you at this time that you still have family, Jessica and you children and, of course, your farm.

And I guess, even if misfortune has really happened to Mrs. Uma, she definitely doesn’t want you to neglect your family because of this incident. "

Looking at the sobbing man next to him, Wei Ran gently patted the other man's shoulder, "Let's wait here for another week. No matter what the final result is, you should go home. Makar, leave the things here to me. Well, I will ask my local friends to help you keep an eye on the progress."

After saying that, Wei Ran put out the cigarette that was not easy to smoke, winked at Anna and Ms. Diane who were waiting behind the pillar at the door, and the three of them walked into the hotel lobby first.

"Leave him there alone?" Anna asked worriedly.

"Let him stay alone for a while," Wei Ran said weakly, "Any comfort at this time is pale."

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