War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 1420 Liu Yiwan’s choice

Early the next morning after arriving in Inta, Wei Ran, who had only slept for a few hours, rushed to the door of the police station in the car driven by Misha before the police went to work.

"That family of three just left on a transport plane."

While handing the double breakfast and a portfolio she had prepared to Wei Ran, Misha said, "Marta and Lu Xinda left together. In addition, the identities of their family of four have been prepared."

"Or Vorkuta?" Wei Ran asked with a smile while taking the breakfast and file bag.

"From different nomadic tribes," Misha replied with a smile, "Don't worry, no one can find anything wrong."

Wei Ran was not in a hurry to get out of the car. He looked through the paper bag containing breakfast and asked casually, "Have those poachers been dealt with?"

"solved"

Misha nodded, "Prison for murder and compensation of 50 rubles per person, they know exactly which one to choose."

"What to do with the two stowaways they killed?" Wei Ran reminded tactfully.

"The brown bears and wolves have taken care of it for us"

Misha spread her hands and said, "This is Inta. There are many wild animals, and most of them are hungry. Besides, the people who died were stowaways. As long as the appetites of brown bears and wolves are good enough, the world will be peaceful, right?"

"I'll be out soon"

While Wei Ran was talking, he had already opened the car door. Carrying breakfast and a file bag, he walked into the police station with familiarity. He walked into the detention room again amid the warm welcome of the policeman on night shift last night.

"Good morning"

Wei Ran and Liu Hanzai said hello and placed breakfast on the cleared table.

This time, without him having to say hello, the policeman helped Liu Hanzai open the handcuffs. Before leaving the house, the policeman did not forget to take out another packet of Huazi from his pocket and put it on the table. superior.

"sit"

Wei Ran waited for the police to help close the door, and warmly greeted Liu Hanzai and sat across from him again.

"I"

“Let’s have breakfast first”

Wei Ran didn't give the other party a chance to rush to make a decision, he just took out the breakfast in the paper bag and placed it on the table.

Gritting his teeth, Liu Hanzai, who had obviously been up all night, sat opposite Wei Ran again, reached out and picked up the freshly baked Russian burger and took a bite of the boss.

Wei Ran lit a cigarette slowly, and while puffing out smoke, he asked as if chatting, "How old are you this year?"

"38 years old," Ryu Hanjae replied while eating.

"Where's your wife?"

"37 years old"

"How old is your daughter?"

"17 years old," Ryu Hanjae took the initiative to add, "My son is 12 years old."

"What did your wife do before?"

"The female worker dormitory manager in the textile factory also helps as a cook in the factory canteen. Thanks to this job, otherwise our two children would be hungry."

"The two children are in school?" Wei Ran asked a new question without a pause, as if he was checking the household registration.

"Siguang had just graduated from elementary school and had not had time to go to middle school. Huanxi had not graduated from high school when she came here. She was supposed to go to college this year."

After Liu Hanzai finished speaking, as if to prove something, he added with extra pride, "Siguang's grades are very good, and she ranks first in the class in almost every exam. Huanxi is also very good. She was six years old I went to study at Jinxing College when I was young.”

Wei Ran didn't know, let alone care, how powerful the other party said about Venus Academy. He asked these questions just to pave the way for the next question, "So do you regret it?"

Before the other party could speak, Wei Ran added, "You, your wife, and your children, do you regret coming to Russia?"

“It has nothing to do with regret”

Liu Hanzai finished the last bite of his burger, "Si Guang needs to live. This reason is enough for our family to make any sacrifices."

"So you've made a decision?" Wei Ran said, handing the other party his own burger.

“The decision has been made”

Liu Hanzai took the burger and took a big bite, "The lives of my wife and I are yours. This is the only bargaining chip we can use. We can do whatever you want us to do.

But I hope that our children can have a good life, an unfettered and free new life.

Additionally, my wife and I would like to see our children for at least one week every year until the day we die, and until the day our children no longer want to see us. "

"It doesn't have to be so desperate." Wei Ran smiled, "But how can you guarantee that you won't change your mind?"

"What guarantee do you need from me?" Liu Hanzai asked.

"I don't need any guarantees from you, and I don't like to threaten anyone with words."

Wei Ran smiled in the swirling smoke and reminded, "As long as you can remember your decision and commitment at this moment, just like I told you before I left yesterday, adults should be responsible for their own decisions. ”

"I choose the third option you gave"

Liu Hanzai put down his half-eaten hamburger and replied seriously, "In exchange for what I just proposed, you will help me and my family, give us a new identity, help pay for my son's surgery, and also ensure that he Both Huanxi and Huanxi can live a good life.

At least let them get an education, not go hungry, not be bullied, and have jobs that can support themselves in the future. "

"no problem"

Wei Ran fully agreed, picked up the file bag that Misha had given to him not long ago, opened it, took out four passports from it, found one of them, looked at it and pushed it to the other person, "From now on, you are a Russian. Yes, my name is Ivan Lyudnikov.”

After taking the passport and looking at it, Liu Hanzai looked eagerly at the portfolio in Wei Ran's hand.

Seeing this, Wei Ran happily opened the other three books one by one and handed them to the other party, "Your wife's name is Katyusha Lyudnikov. Like you, she comes from Vorkuta, far away from Europe. She comes from Vorkuta." Surrounding settlements of the Komi nomadic tribe.

Her last name was Smirnova before she married you. You come from different nomadic tribes and unfortunately neither of you had any formal education. "

After a pause, Wei Ran continued, "Your son's name is Sasha, and your daughter's name is Lyubov. Finally, because of time constraints, I didn't discuss the names with you. I'm sorry."

“It doesn’t matter”

Liu Hanzai, no, another Ivan, or rather Liu Ivan, looked at the four passports in his hand and replied.

In fact, he was already prepared for all this a few hours ago before dawn, when the policeman woke him up and took him to another room to wash his face, change clothes, and take his ID photo.

It's just that he just didn't expect that it would all happen so suddenly and smoothly, so much so that he still feels like he is dreaming.

"Your family needs to disappear for a while."

As Wei Ran spoke, he reached out and took away the four passports from the other party's hand, "Next, I will temporarily arrange a place for your family to live. When everyone forgets about you, it will be time for you to start a new life."

Shaking the passport in his hand, Wei Ran suggested with a smile, "Before starting a new life, you'd better let your wife and children learn some commonly used Russian."

"Okay, I will teach them Russian as soon as possible."

Liu Yiwan suppressed his excitement and uncontrollable trembling and replied. His eyes, which were not too big, kept following the four passports in Wei Ran's hand.

"Would you like a drink?"

As Wei Ran spoke, he had already picked up the two enamel jars beside the table, used the cover of his pocket to take out the wine flask from the metal book, and poured the Xifeng wine inside equally into the two jars.

"Thank you"

Liu Yiwan tremblingly picked up the enamel jar, touched it lightly with Wei Ran, raised his neck and took a sip from the boss, and then, as expected, was choked and coughed repeatedly.

Taking a symbolic sip of spicy white wine, Wei Ran began to think about how to settle this "Liu Iwan" family.

There is no doubt that it is not advisable to leave them in Inta or hot spring camp.

Considering Suisui's popularity in the local area, if their family stayed here, they would inevitably be labeled as "Queen Inta's men" and would be remembered or treated differently.

This is a trouble for Liu Yiwan's family, and it is also a trouble for Suisui and her business.

After all, they couldn't possibly silence the policeman and patrol captain who handled the incident for this family, right?

Since silence is unrealistic, it is completely foreseeable that the family will be talked about to the people around them after dinner - if the family continues to stay in Inta.

In fact, not only here, but also the abandoned military base on the other side of the Ural Mountains is not suitable.

That abandoned military base has now become the main working place for local hunters to make money in the summer because of the "three days of hunger and nine meals of incubation base" established by Suisui.

There are not many tourists at this time of year, but the hunter guides who are free are even busier.

Almost every one of them produces a video that has been carefully edited by the studio and subtitled, and continues to make money through online distribution.

If they were sent there as a family, what if they were accidentally caught in the camera lens by some hunter, and then they would be noticed by a peninsula player on Stem?

It was based on similar considerations that the free gunman codenamed Shrike and his female partner captured in Papua New Guinea, as well as the three survivors who attacked him in Kazan, were even responsible for guarding these people at the abandoned military base. The five Hela girls and the trainee Hela girls waiting for the assessment had all given up this Feng Shui treasure land a long time ago and moved to a more secluded place.

"Forget it, at worst, let's send it back to Kazan first."

Wei Ran secretly made a decision. When he returned to Kazan, the worst he could do was to send his family to the forest farm, where there was plenty of room for them.

While he was distracted, Liu Yiwan also quietly finished the double breakfast and drank the wine in the glass with him.

"Come with me"

After the other party had finished drinking and eating, Wei Ran took out his cell phone and checked the time. He took out a prepared baseball cap and a black mask from his pocket and handed them to the other party.

"Now?" Liu Yiwan couldn't help but feel dazed for a moment, obviously not expecting to leave so quickly and easily.

"Don't want to leave?" Wei Ran asked with a smile.

After reacting, Liu Yiwan immediately put on a baseball cap and a mask and followed Wei Ran out of the small room. Under the warm greeting of the policeman, among the policemen who got up early to go to work and Wei Ran enthusiastically took the initiative Amidst the greetings, he left the police station unimpeded and got into an inconspicuous car parked at the door.

"Where?"

Misha, who was sitting in the driver's seat, just glanced at Liu Yiwan who followed Wei Ran into the car through the rearview mirror, then looked away and asked in Chinese as usual.

"Where are Suisui waiting?" Wei Ran asked.

"She is taking the Katenka sisters and Lola to a meeting to discuss solutions to poaching. My father is also going."

Misha asked as she drove the car out, "Are you going? The meeting hasn't started yet, and it's not far from here."

"I'll forget it and go back to the hotel first. When will their meeting end?"

"About noon"

Misha replied while increasing the speed of the car, "I guess she will be able to return to the hotel before noon."

"What are the plans for the afternoon?" Wei Ran continued to ask.

"Go to the hot spring camp," Misha replied. "She asked me to help arrange the flight there in advance last night."

Hearing this, Wei Ran nodded and said no more, letting Misha send him and Liu Yiwan back to the hotel where they stayed last night.

After saying goodbye to the busy Misha, Wei Ran took the reserved Liu Yiwan into the room where his wife and daughter stayed last night, pointed to the envelope and a new set of clothes on the table and said, "The letter is yours The clothes my wife left for you are the clothes we prepared for you. The size may not be suitable, so you can make do with them first.

In addition, I will give you two hours of rest time to take a bath and change clothes. After two hours, if the shoes or clothes don't fit, I'll take you out to buy them. "

"it is good"

Liu Yiwan nodded somewhat at a loss, and added "Thank you" in a nonchalant manner.

"I still need some information about you"

Wei Ran took out his cell phone as he spoke, "I need your previous identity information, especially the address and contact information of your place of work in Russia."

Hearing this, Liu Hanzai hesitated for a moment, and finally answered everything Wei Ran needed honestly.

"It turned out to be from Tengda, which is quite far."

Wei Ran muttered to himself in his native language as he walked out, then helped him close the door from the outside and got into the room next door where he and Suisui lived.

As for whether the reborn Liu Yiwan would run away, or whether his appearance was specially prepared for him, he was not worried at all.

He emailed the information the other party had just provided and his requirements to Anfiya, who was busy in a meeting. Then he set the alarm clock, lay on the bed and fell asleep peacefully.

Compared with the relaxation and comfort here, Liu Yiwan next door fell into a state of confusion and hesitation after reading the letter his wife left him.

Shivering, he lit a cigarette that Wei Ran left for him last night and took a few puffs. He walked to the window involuntarily and looked at the street outside the window.

This was only the fourth floor of the hotel. He was absolutely sure that he could leave here within half a minute by following the water pipes and gas pipes outside the window, but what about after leaving?

He didn't know where his wife and children had gone, and he didn't even know where he would go in the future.

What made him even more uneasy was that the young Chinese man who kept saying he saved him out of curiosity could be trusted, or did he have any malicious intentions?

What was his purpose in saving me? Or was it possible that he secretly arranged for the poachers to come?

It's a pity that so far, the only thing he knows about the young man is that he is "Mr. Victor" and that he seems to be quite respected in the local area, so much so that even the police are very polite to him. Let him take away a "heavy criminal" so easily.

After thinking about it, Liu Yiwan finally put out the high-end cigarette that had burned the filter and stepped into the bathroom.

Two hours later, when Wei Ran got up after being woken up by the alarm clock, he had received a string of Kazan local mobile phone numbers sent by Lu Xinda via WeChat, as well as a photo that seemed to have been taken in the hospital.

After looking at the time when the other party sent the message, Wei Ran yawned and got up from the bed. He first took out his laptop and turned it on, connected it to a Bluetooth headset, and then found the brand-new one Anfiya had given to him last night. Walking out of the room with a tampered smartphone and a brand new phone card, he knocked on the door next door.

In less than five seconds, the door was opened by Liu Yiwan who looked wary. When Wei Ran walked into the room, he handed the unopened mobile phone and phone card to the other party, "I just went out to buy it for you, will you use it?" ?”

"I know how to use it. I have used a smartphone."

Liu Yiwan hurriedly replied, "Our place is not as primitive as you think."

"In this case, I don't need to teach you."

Wei Ran did not continue walking inside, "Install the mobile phone card yourself, and you can call your wife later."

As soon as these words came out, Liu Yiwan couldn't help but tremble. He quickly unpacked the mobile phone, installed the mobile phone card in a slightly unfamiliar manner, and hurriedly made some basic settings.

When he made a video call using the phone number provided by Wei Ran and waited for the call to be connected, Wei Ran had already turned around and asked as he walked out, "Are the clothes and shoes appropriate?"

“The shoes are a bit big, and so are the pants.”

Before Liu Yiwan finished speaking, the call was answered by the person on the other end. Then, through the screen, he clearly saw his wife wearing a beautiful dress and his daughter who was also wearing new clothes.

At this time, they were in a spacious and bright ward, and their son, who had already put on a hospital gown, was lying on the bed behind them.

"Talk slowly"

Wei Ran patted the other party's shoulder, turned around and walked out of the room, and helped the other party close the door from the outside again.

When he returned to the room, he had already put on the Bluetooth headset connected to his laptop, and could clearly hear the excited conversation between the family members next door in Chao Moss language.

Wei Ran walked to the window and sat on the sofa. He slowly took out the cigarette case from the metal book and lit a cigarette for himself. He squinted and analyzed the conversation coming from the headphones, secretly weighing the family of four. Should it be worth giving some trust, or should it be treated with suspicion?

Near noon, he called Liu Yiwan next door, who hung up the phone because of low battery, and asked him to put on his hat and mask again and go downstairs. He chose a nearby outdoor store that was not that big and bought a new pair of shoes that fit his feet. Hiking boots and some change of clothes.

Although the old saying goes that a man relies on his clothes and his horse relies on his saddle, Wei Ran had to secretly complain that Liu Yiwan, who was not tall and burly, looked too ordinary.

It can be said that he is the kind of ordinary person who is thrown into the crowd wearing white pants and even farts eighteen times with soup and fillings, without anyone noticing.

Or rather, when he is not wearing a hat or mask, he is less likely to attract other people's attention than when he is wearing these things that cover his face.

This is enough to explain his ordinary appearance, but in a certain sense, he is a rare talent.

"You will follow me in the next few days," Weiran asked as he opened the car door, "Can you drive?"

"Yes" Liu Yiwan nodded.

"Then you drive it." Wei Ran opened the door of the rear compartment and got in, "Go to the airport."

Liu Yiwan was confident. After getting into the cab and doing some research, he used his mobile phone to navigate the route to the airport.

"Ivan, how many years have you served?" Wei Ran asked slowly as the car started running smoothly.

"14"

Liu Ivan replied hoarsely, "From the age of 20 to 34, and then I came to Russia."

"You were only promoted to squad leader in 14?" Wei Ran asked with a smile.

Hearing this, Liu Yiwan was silent for a few seconds and replied very seriously, "It's really the squad leader."

"Then let's be squad leader. It doesn't matter. Anyway, there will never be Liu Hanzai anymore, only Ivan Lyudnikov."

Wei Ran responded with an indifferent tone, but in fact he was tense.

How could he be just a squad leader after 14 years in the army? Even if you have to go through qualifications, becoming a company commander is easy. With a little effort, becoming a battalion commander is not unrealistic.

Of course, if he is really just a monitor, there are only two possibilities.

Either he is serving in a high-tech unit such as the Air Force or Rocket Force, or he has made a huge mistake.

Without continuing to ask about the other person's experience before going abroad, Wei Ran couldn't help but start to think about how to arrange Liu Yiwan so as not to bury some of the abilities and "specialties" that he tried hard to hide.

After thinking about it, when the car drove to the airport, his eyes lit up and he had new ideas in his heart.

He directed Liu Yiwan to drive the car directly to the apron rented for Queen Inta's business. When he opened the car door, the queen and her attendants had not arrived yet, but they were nominally belonging to the big star Ji Ma. That ugly private plane was parked there honestly.

"Victor! Long time no see!"

The two Alis, who were sitting on the steps of the cabin smoking with the co-pilot, shook hands with Wei Ran warmly.

"Long time no see, why are you here?" Wei Ran asked curiously.

"do not you know?"

Alili looked at Liu Yiwan who was standing behind Wei Ran strangely, and kept explaining, "Wait a minute, April and Misha's father, as well as the safety director of the local industrial and mining enterprise, and some The local big shot is going to the hot spring camp, and he’s bringing a reporter from the local TV station with him, so he specially called me to be the driver. Aren’t you going to go with him?”

"Let's go together, of course we'll go together."

After Wei Ran finished speaking, he turned to Liu Yiwan who was following him and said, "Ivan, go back to the hotel by yourself first. I will call you if anything happens."

"Shall I go back by myself?"

Liu Yiwan looked at Wei Ran in astonishment. For a moment, he couldn't tell whether this young man was overconfident that he wouldn't run away, or whether he was still a fool.

"You don't know the way?"

Wei Ran asked matter-of-factly, and at the same time, he did not forget to take out his wallet, take out the wad of cash that was specially prepared in advance, and stuff it into the other person's hand without even counting it.

"I recognize you." Liu Yiwan looked at the wad of rubles in his hand, feeling a little confused for a moment.

"Then go back by yourself. Just buy what you need. I will call you when I need you to pick me up at the airport. Also, your trouble has just been solved after all, so you'd better wear a hat and mask when you go out. ”

Before he finished speaking, Wei Ran had already climbed into the cabin of the private jet, with an expectant smile on his face.