War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 355 Wei Ran's troubles

On the day they left the United States, Wei Ran and Sui Sui followed the tour group and successfully boarded the flight back home.

Watching the plane take off and finally disappear out of sight, Katenka also heaved a sigh of relief and walked into the waiting hall.

When the plane finished climbing and gradually stabilized, Sui Sui couldn't wait to unfasten her seat belt, and said regretfully, "Unfortunately, the two bottles of tequila that Diego gave us failed to bring back."

“I never know when I will come again”

Wei Ranhun said indifferently, at this moment all his attention was on the five-pointed star badge in his palm.

"What are your plans after returning to China?" Sui Sui asked, changing the subject.

"I have to go to Vladivostok first." Wei Ran put away his hat badge, "My client is still waiting for me to go back and collect the final payment. What about you? What are your next arrangements?"

"Send a batch of fat sheep to Inta to be knifed in a few days." Sui Sui said excitedly, "In addition, I need to discuss with my classmates about organizing a group trip to Makar's farm in the summer before the Chinese New Year."

"Would you like to go to Vladivostok with me first?" Wei Ran turned his head and asked.

"I won't go. My parents are still in Finland. What am I going to do? Don't bother me, I'll be busy for a while." While Sui Sui was speaking, she had already taken out her tablet and began to plan seriously. next year's plan.

"It's money in the eye." Wei Ran shook his head helplessly, opened his tablet, and began to sort out the photos taken during this trip to the United States.

After a long and crazy flight and transit, when the flight landed smoothly at Huaxia Capital Airport, it was already a day later.

Helping Sui Sui to pack all the presents she brought back and various souvenirs she bought into her toy car, Wei Ran made an appointment with the former about the time to return to China, and watched the other party drive the car away from the parking lot. Only then did I carry my bag and re-enter the terminal building.

I just finished a day of flying, and then I have a few hours of flight waiting for me. It is absolutely false to say that I am not tired. The reason why I took such a long detour and even used a tour group as a cover is the reason It's nothing more than being too cautious.

However, after the successful conclusion of this trip to the United States, the side effects of this caution were also reflected.If it weren't for Gorman's sense of humor, he had already rushed to Vladivostok, which was relatively close, to wait, and now he just wanted to go back and sleep.

Sitting tiredly on the sofa in the waiting room, Wei Ran took out the cap badge from his wallet again, wondering if he could use this cap badge to watch the Olympic Games held for the first time in China.

Unlike at the beginning when he was utilitarian and wanted to learn English with an old US military item from World War II, this time he really just wanted to experience the history behind this cap badge.

Besides, he was still thinking about another thing.In this short week, the relationship between himself and Sui Sui has changed, but he also has concerns that he can't say it, or that he can't talk to Sui Sui and his parents.

Just look at Gorman and his ex-wife. Mrs. Uma obviously didn't know that her husband Gorman was a member of the KGB.And the ending of the two of them made Wei Ran, who knew the inside story, sigh, and it made him start to worry about what would happen to himself and Sui Sui in the end.

In the rush of thoughts, news came from Sui Sui that she had safely arrived at the high-speed railway station, and at the same time, the flight to Vladivostok was already preparing to board.

Putting away the hat badge that had been clutched in his palm, Wei Ran suppressed all his inner thoughts, and walked towards the boarding gate with his bag.

After a short flight of less than three hours, when he walked out from the pick-up gate, Mr. Gorman, who seemed a few years older, had been waiting for a long time.

"Victor, I'm glad to see you back safely." Gorman greeted with a smile.

"This is a meteorite from your son, I'll keep it for you as a souvenir." Wei Ran yawned, took out a jewelry box from his bag and handed it to the other party.

After receiving the jewelry box, Gorman glanced at the unsightly meteorite inside, closed the lid again as if treating a rare treasure, put it into the inner pocket of his jacket, and pressed it.

"Where are we going now?" Wei Ran asked as he followed the other party out.

Hearing this, Gorman just waved his hand and didn't give any explanation. He just walked away from the airport with Wei Ran silently, got into a dilapidated van, left the city straight, and walked slowly all the way to the northeast. The forward, finally drove into a dense coniferous forest.

Amid Wei Ran's doubts, Gorman drove the car along the snow-covered logging road to the depths of the forest, and finally stopped at a hunter's lodge that didn't look too big.

Glancing at the chimneys of the hunter's cabin emitting green smoke, Wei Ran was about to ask, but Gorman had already opened the car door, stepped on the thick snow and walked to the door of the hunter's cabin, and put the animal skin nailed on it. The wooden door opened, and the first one walked in.

Shaking his head helplessly, Wei Ran took his backpack and followed silently.When he got into the hunter's hut, Gorman had already set up two enamel jars on a small table, and was pouring a bottle of vodka into them.

Taking a piece of sausage from the plate and taking a bite, Wei Ran sat on a wooden chair covered with animal skins, took out his notebook from his bag, removed the screen, and opened the documents he had sorted out on the way back, together with an advance All the prepared hard drives were handed over to the other party, "Since I arrived in Odessa, all the videos, photos and audio recordings I took were in it."

Gorman silently took the tablet, opened a folder marked with photos, and carefully looked at the people and scenery in the photos one by one.Wei Ran obviously sent him all these emails, but he still looked at them very carefully. He would even zoom in on some photos and carefully look at the details inside.

"She's still wearing the watch I gave her," Gorman murmured.

"What?" Wei Ran, who was almost asleep on the chair, opened his eyes and asked.

"watch"

Gorman pointed his rough fingers at a magnified photo of Mrs. Uma's exposed wrist and said, "The watch she is wearing is a gift I gave her when we got married."

Before Wei Ran could discern the style of the watch worn by Mrs. Uma from the details of this magnified photo, Gorman had already rolled up his sleeves, revealing the watch on his wrist, "This is what she gave me . We've always lived the same Kyiv time, as we agreed."

Wei Ran opened his mouth, silently watching Gorman pick out details from those complicated photos that only he and Mrs. Uma in the United States would notice.

"Have a drink." Wei Ran looked at the poor old man sitting opposite, picked up the enamel cup on the table and stretched it over.

Gorman picked up the cup and absently touched Wei Ran, but his eyes never left the screen.

Sighing, Wei Ran put down his cup, got up, walked to a wooden bed next to the fireplace and lay down, pulled a wolf fur blanket over his body and closed his eyes.And Gorman, at this time, has already clicked on a video, and at the same time he is rubbing the acorn-sized meteorite brought back by Wei Ran.

When Wei Ran woke up from his sleep, there was already a heavy snowfall outside the window, a lot of firewood was added to the fireplace not far away, and a whirring kerosene lamp was hung above his head, but Ge Erman was still sitting on the chair and flipping through the contents of the tablet.

"you're awake?"

Gorman put down the tablet computer that was being replenished with an outdoor power supply, and pointed to the extra wooden box at the door, "I got some wild rabbits in advance, hurry up, let me cook a dish you cooked on Makar's farm. Try it, I specially bought a lot of Chinese seasonings."

"How long have I been asleep?" Wei Ran asked, looking at the sky outside.

"How do I know?" Gorman picked up Wei Ran's tablet again, and asked with some dissatisfaction, "Why did you only take so few photos and videos of my grandson?"

"You will be content"

Wei Ran lifted the wolf fur blanket and got up, "Didn't I give you all of your son's social platform accounts? They will be updated frequently."

Gorman picked up the enamel cup and took a sip. After a moment of silence, he asked, "You didn't tell them about me, did you?"

"of course not"

While Wei Ran was speaking, he had already opened the wooden box at the door. This box was at least the size of a 20-inch suitcase. Except for a plastic bag filled with various Chinese seasonings, the rest of the space was filled up one by one. A fat hare.

"It's unlucky for you," Wei Ran muttered to himself, found a tin bucket, got clean snow from the outside, and put it on the blazing charcoal fire.

"Before you said in the email that Makar's farm was in trouble?" Gorman leaned over with his tablet and asked, "Have you found out who owns the farm that caused him trouble?"

"What? You still want to kill the owner of that farm?" Wei Ran put down the rabbit in his hand, "Old guy, be rational, this is not like you."

Gorman was stunned, and sat down on the buckskin blanket by the fireplace, and said bitterly, "That's my son, I have to do something for him."

"Even if you want to do something, don't kill his farm neighbors, it'll just get him in trouble."

After all, Wei Ran didn't say too heart-wrenching words, and instead said consolingly, "Besides, my girlfriend is already preparing to cooperate with Makar, and by the summer, his farm will definitely be the same as Intana's two camps." It’s also ushered in a turning point.”

"Speaking of which, are you with that little girl named Aurora?" Gorman seemed to be in a better mood, and began to ask about Wei Ran's gossip.

"Together"

Wei Ran nodded happily, but then, after hesitating for a moment, he said, "Gorman, I have some questions, maybe only you can tell me the answer."

(End of this chapter)