War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 1518 The Fat Man Who Came to the Door

On the second day of the National Day holiday, Wei Ran and Sui Sui finally said goodbye to their parents who had long disliked them as an eyesore, as well as their grandparents who were reluctant to let them go, and boarded a flight to Kazan with the four girls who still hadn't had enough fun in China.

In the relatively more spacious business class, after the plane stabilized, Wei Ran couldn't help but take another look at the small gift Xia Shushi had given him before leaving.

It was a USB flash drive, a USB flash drive containing electronic versions of 28 old photo negatives, including photos they had taken with the Jiang family, Liu's grandchildren, and the Yao family at the entrance of the museum.

"Are you planning to hang it in the library after you go back?" Su Su, who was sitting next to him, asked with certainty.

"Of course I have to hang it up," Wei Ran said as he put the USB drive back into his pocket.

While they were busy on their way, Antalya, a fat man weighing over 100 kilograms, also ran into the airport breathlessly, pulling a suitcase that looked particularly miniature against his body shape in one hand and holding his plane ticket and passport in the other.

After a long flight, when the flight landed smoothly at Kazan Airport, Sui Sui stretched and finally took off the steam eye mask and woke up.

"I just had a dream," said Sui Sui, yawning.

"Did you dream about slaughtering fat sheep again?" Wei Ran asked with a smile.

"I dreamed that the FBI in the United States was blocking us at our door with guns."

Sui Sui said with great joy, "Then they were chased and bitten by Belia, and they asked us to take them to get vaccinated, otherwise they would complain to the teacher, and then I woke up laughing."

"What kind of messed up dream are you having?"

Wei Ran shook his head, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, took out the briefcase he carried with him from the luggage compartment, and walked out following Sui Sui who was holding the tablet in her arms.

"Is there really an FBI outside my house?" Sui Sui couldn't help asking while busy turning off the airplane mode on her phone, "Let me tell you, a woman's sixth sense is..."

"Even if there are Americans blocking my door, it can't be the FBI."

Before Wei Ran, who had also turned off the airplane mode, could continue explaining, a series of message alerts rang from both of their phones.

"It's from Lola."

Sui Sui had unlocked the screen while she was talking, but when she saw the message Lola sent through WeChat, she looked at Wei Ran with a strange expression, "Don't disbelieve it, there really is someone waiting for us at home."

"American?"

While Wei Ran was talking, he also took out his cell phone. The person who sent him the message was also Lola, but the content was very simple, "Boss, someone is looking for you with the interview video of you in China."

In addition to this Russian message, Lola also sent a photo.

The photo shows a fat man who is estimated to be around 1.7 meters tall, but whose waist circumference may be over 2 meters.

This fat guy has a shiny bald head and a very neatly trimmed and slightly exaggerated beard.

There was no need to look at anything else. Just the upturned curves of the thick beard on his upper lip made Wei Ran subconsciously begin to guess that this fat man might be a "rabbit rider".

"Lola said it was a rabbit riding a human." Just at this time, Su Su also spoke up to confirm his guess.

Obviously, the message Lola sent to Sui Sui was more detailed.

"What else did she say? Or what did the bunny rider say?"

Wei Ran put away his phone and asked as he walked out. He knew that among the group of Hela international students who could be called "second-class veterans" arranged by the Kajianka sisters, there was one who could speak Rabbit language.

Sure enough, Sui Sui, who was walking in front, answered while flipping through the chat history, "The fat guy called himself Yashar Yaman. He said that after watching your interview video, he had an urgent and important reason to meet you."

"What."

"Didn't say"

Sui Sui answered without waiting for Wei Ran to ask the question, "One of my employees who can speak Tuerqi language asked him, but he insisted on talking only to you."

"When did this person arrive?" Wei Ran continued to ask. In just a few words, they had already left the plane.

"He arrived less than half a day earlier than us," Sui Sui replied, also putting away her phone, "He's waiting in the library now."

At this point, Sui Sui hesitated for a moment and asked, "He can't really be from the United States?"

"Unless the fat can explode instantly and turn our house into a sinkhole"

Wei Ran said jokingly, "I'm not making fun of the fat guy, but the Americans would have to be crazy to send someone of this size."

"That's true." Sui Sui thought for a moment and asked, "How about asking Grewa to borrow some thugs to help out?"

"There's no need. I don't think the other party has any ill intentions." Wei Ran said with a smile.

"That's fine." Sui Sui finally chose to believe Wei Ran.

While the two of them and the other two Kajianka sisters were hurrying home, in the Time Library on the shore of Lake Kaban, the fat man who called himself Yashar Yaman had already finished his fifth cup of vodka-flavored milk tea developed by Lola herself and mixed by the tribal wizard Mrs. Samantha.

"Please help me get another drink, beautiful lady."

Yashar shook the empty glass in his hand, spoke in Rabbit Riding language, and took out a ruble and pushed it to Samantha at the bar.

While the latter took the ruble, he also adhered to the underworld rule of handing over money and goods, and pushed the sixth cup of milk tea to the other party - this time it was the sweet sugar apple flavor.

Picking up the cup, biting the straw and taking a big sip, the fat man Yashar's fat face also showed an intoxicated look.

"It contains sugar-apple pulp," Yashar said as he put down the cup, "and there is a small amount of mint, liqueur and orange peel in it. God bless you, this is a perfect combination!

Sweet! Cool! Soft! And an unforgettable taste and style at the same time! I want to meet this talented bartender! "

"Uncle Ivan, what is that fat guy yelling?"

Lola asked in a low voice in Russian, standing by the window on the second floor, almost directly above the bar.

"He's complimenting you on being a talented bartender."

Apoli waved his hand and said, "Good boy, go and bring a pot of black tea to me and Liubov."

"Oh"

While Lola accepted the task, she also glanced at the Asian girl behind the desk not far away who was concentrating on learning Russian and listening to Uncle Ivan's lectures.

“There are only weirdos here!”

Lola muttered to herself, stood up and walked to the tea room at the edge, and helped to make a new pot of black tea from China.

As for the noisy fat man downstairs, no one took him seriously.

Even the milk teas that he praised so much were not taken seriously by anyone, especially Lola, who knew her own business and knew that the milk teas were all mixed by her.

Because of this, she had already discovered that as long as you add a cup of alcoholic beverage, more or less, to the milk tea, no matter what the flavor is, it will receive different praises.

Before the pot of black tea was finished, the iconic armored commercial vehicle drove into the library's yard and finally stopped under the rusty steel statue that seemed to be bleeding and crying.

Before Anfisa could stop the car, and before Wei Ran could open the door, a figure that looked like a mountain of flesh ran out of the library. Following closely behind, the Hila student who could speak Rabbit Rider language also chased out.

"Do you want to watch the fun or go home first?" Wei Ran asked before opening the car door.

"Of course, just watch the fun!" Sui Sui made the decision without thinking.

Hearing this, Wei Ran pushed open the car door, got out, and shook hands with Yashar, who had stopped panting and stretched out his fat hand. He listened with a smile to the other party mumbling something in a language he could not understand at all.

Seeing Wei Ran looking at her, the Hila girl who knew the Rabbit Rider language immediately began to translate into Russian, "Mr. Yashar Yaman is introducing himself. He said that after seeing your interview, he flew here immediately to meet you."

"Ask Mr. Yashar if he knows any other languages?" Wei Ran asked with a smile, his hand still held by the other party.

Hearing this, the Hela girl switched to Rabbit Riding Language and translated Wei Ran's question.

After a conversation with Yashar, the Hela girl switched back to Russian and said, "Boss, he said he also knows Greek and a little Persian."

"Boss, I can speak Greek." Anfisa opened the car door while speaking.

"Invite him to your home and I'll be there soon." Wei Ran said, waving to Apoli who was looking out of the window on the second floor.

"You should go back to work first."

Anfisa first greeted the Hela student, then switched to Greek to chat with Yashar, inviting him to walk to the electromagnetic door leading to the next room.

After Anfisa and the fat man walked away, Wei Ran and Sui Sui took out the souvenirs they brought back and walked towards Apoli's office together.

After a month or two, there was no change in Apoli and his DT30 transport truck parked in the corner of the yard, but the moss girl Lyubov in Apoli's office had changed a lot.

Compared with the last time they met, the pretty girl's face looked much rosier. When she saw Wei Ran and the others coming in, she took the initiative to greet them in Russian.

"Hello, Lyubov, are you adapting to your current life?" Wei Ran deliberately asked in Russian.

“Her Russian isn’t that good yet.”

Apoli rescued his student in time and also accepted the gift handed to him by Susu.

"My parents and brother, are they okay?"

Although Liubov didn't seem to understand Wei Ran's question, it didn't stop him from asking the question he had wanted to ask for a long time in Russian, which he had practiced for who knows how long in advance.

“Everything is fine”

Wei Ran still answered in Russian, "If you want to meet them, you can always tell your teacher."

Seeing that the little girl's face once again showed confusion, and there was no one in the room to help her translate, Wei Ran could only give her a thumbs up and then an OK gesture.

Now, the girl finally understood, and a look of relief appeared on her face.

"Are you here just to test her language learning progress?"

As Apoli was speaking, he had already opened the gift given to him. At the same time, Susu handed another gift to Liubov.

"By the way, I'd also like to ask you if you are satisfied with your students and if you need any help." Wei Ran said with a smile.

“Good enough”

Apoli opened the tea barrel and sniffed it, then said nonchalantly, "Some time ago, the American sent an American crawler transporter. I thought it took up too much space, so I asked Grewa's people to send it to Jima's home."

"You decide," Wei Ran said indifferently.

"Is there anything else?"

"Don't you have anything else you want to ask?" Wei Ran "hinted".

"I'm not that curious, and I don't have any friendship with him." Apoli waved his hand, "Go and receive your guests."

"let's go"

Wei Ran greeted Sui Sui, and the two of them left the security captain's office of Apoli together.

"you"

"I'm not that curious," Sui Sui said before Wei Ran could finish his words, "Compared to these, I'm more curious about what's going on with that fat guy."

"You will know if you ask"

As Wei Ran spoke, he had already grabbed Sui Sui's hand, and the two of them walked through the electromagnetic door between the two courtyards. One of them hugged the dog Belia, who was wagging his tail excitedly, and the other picked up the two big-eared foxes.

Not far away, they also saw Marta who was struggling to pick up Shaun the Sheep.

After calming the pets, Wei Ran and Sui Sui walked slowly into the first floor of the villa, where they saw the Kajianka sisters talking with the fat man Yashar across the coffee table, and Lu Xinda serving them tea and fruit.

Seeing Wei Ran coming in, Yashar immediately put down the teacup in his hand, then quickly took out a tablet computer from his bag and tried to show something.

"Boss, he said he's the owner of a Bunny Riding BBQ restaurant."

Anfisa began, "Besides, he insisted on showing you something in person."

After a slight hesitation, Wei Ran took the tablet computer handed to him by the other party. The former was also saying something in Greek while Wei Ran was holding the tablet computer.

Wei Ran and Sui Sui naturally didn't care what the other party said. They just had to wait for Anfisa to translate it.

But when Wei Ran and Sui Sui saw the photos displayed on the tablet screen, their eyes widened.

In this photo, an open red plastic cover notebook is placed on a black table, and on the plastic cover notebook is a black and white photo.

  In the place where the black and white photo was not pressed, you could still see some fragments of text!

"Hulu Riverbank! How come he has this photo!" Sui Sui was the first to exclaim in disbelief.

However, Wei Ran beside her had already realized something when he saw the red plastic notebook and the black and white photo.

"Boss, he said his grandfather fought in the Tide Moss War."

At this time, Anfisa also began to translate, “He said that the notebook and the old photo in the photo were brought back from the battlefield by his grandfather in the name of repatriated prisoners of war.

When he saw the old photos you found a few days ago, he thought of the stories his grandfather told him when he was alive, so he came here and wanted to talk to you. "

Seeing Sui Sui looking at him in surprise, Wei Ran sighed and said with certainty, "I guess his grandfather might be the prisoner of war that Nurse Ji risked her life to save."

At this point, Wei Ran looked at Anfisa, "Ask him what he wants to talk about?"

"He said he came to ask for help." Anfisa gave an unexpected answer, "Boss, asking for your help."

"I?"

Wei Ran pointed at himself, and Anfisa and the fat man Yashar, who seemed to have guessed something, nodded one after another.

"He said that if you can help him, he is willing to give you the notebook in the photo." Anfisa translated a prerequisite that almost made Wei Ran want to kill him and snatch it away.