War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 576 Katenka's Lubyanka Adventures

On the morning of August 8st, Professor Alexey and his wife sent Wei Ran, Sui Sui and the four masons who traveled thousands of miles to work on the flight to Inta.The air force shotgun that Wei Ran picked up from the desert was also sent to the plane together.

The reason why he brought the shotgun was naturally to take this opportunity for Inta to enjoy some hunting.

And on the day they left, Alexei and Zhou Shujin would also return to Volgograd with a little fox given to Mr. Nikolai as a pet.

As for the house by Lake Kaban and the remaining little foxes, they were all entrusted to the gym member who sent them to the airport to take care of them.

Almost at the same time when the plane that Wei Ran and others took started to climb, Katenka had already arrived at Lubyanka Square in Moscow.

Although it was synonymous with hell in the Soviet era, it is also a quiet garden in the center of the street. If you are lucky enough to catch the Red Square military parade, this is one of the best places to watch the planes fly over the Red Square.

But at this time, apart from the pigeons taking a leisurely stroll and the wild cats lying on the ground with their buttocks pouted and wagging their tails, preparing to catch pigeons to make up their bodies, there are more tourists who come here especially for the name, and some children who are practicing roller skating.But there was no plainclothes policeman who arrested Katenka at any time and sent him to the yellow building, as Katenka thought.

In the Soviet era, it was the resident of Qika, NKVD, and KGB successively. In the post-Soviet era, it became the headquarters of the Russian FSB, which undertakes the same task.

No matter how the name of the organization stationed here and the object of allegiance change, in the various descriptions left by Katenka's mother, if she makes a major mistake, this place is likely to be the end of her life and work.

But when she really stood here, she found that the people who took the initiative to look for her were basically tourists who wanted to ask her to take a photo with her, or all kinds of men who wanted to take a photo with her or even go to bed with her.

"Oh!"

Just as she was staring at the air conditioner outdoor unit hanging on the outer wall of the building, a little girl who seemed to be about the same age as Matthew bumped into her in a panic on roller skates.

"what!"

Katenka, whose nerves were tense all the time, was taken aback, but her body's subconscious reaction gave her no time to think, so she put her hand on the back of the head of the child who was about to fall.

"Are you all right?"

Katenka put one hand on the back of the head of the little girl who fell on her back, and asked while covering her beating heart with the other.

"It's fine, I'm fine."

This little girl was very polite. After struggling to stand up again with Katenka's support, guilt was written all over her fair face, "I'm sorry, I didn't bump into you on purpose."

"It's okay." Katenka also secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

"Sister, your hand is hurt!"

After the little girl noticed the small wound on the back of Katenka's hand rubbed against the ground, teardrops burst from her beautiful big eyes.

Before Katenka could say anything, the little girl wiped her tears and shouted back at the top of her voice, "Mother—! Mother—!"

Resisting the urge to turn around and run, Katenka watched helplessly as a woman who had just parked her car beside the gate of the building that made her heart shudder, threw down the pink children's helmet she had just taken out of the trunk in a hurry, She threw off her high-heeled shoes and ran over quickly before she had time to change.

And the little girl who was helped up by her also sat down on the ground, took off her roller skates and ran over crying, leaving only Katenka standing there helpless.

After a while, the woman who appeared to be in her thirties dragged the child over quickly and said apologetically, "Thank you for protecting my child just now, did your hand hurt?"

"It's okay, it's okay." Katenka held back his panic and put the bruised hand behind his back, but his eyes couldn't help but glance at the small shield-sword double-headed eagle badge on the opponent's uniform.

"If you don't mind, come to my office."

The woman invited gently, "At least let me help you treat the wound, otherwise Bella might cry all morning."

Katenka tried her best to keep her eyes away from the scary badge, but before she could refuse again, the teary-eyed kid had already run to the side, pulled the back of her injured hand and showed it to her while blowing gently. mother watching.

"Come on, we'll take care of it soon." The woman beckoned to Katenka, "It's on the first floor."

Taking a deep breath, Katenka nodded, "Then I will trouble you."

"Not so polite"

"I'm Clara, what about you? What's your name?" the barefooted woman picked up her daughter's roller skates and walked to her car.

"Karenina" Katenka replied subconsciously.

"Bella, take Sister Karenina to my office first." Clara threw the roller skates and the child's helmet she had just dropped into the trunk while speaking, and then took out a pair of shoes and handed them to her daughter. "I'm going to put my shoes on and catch up with you soon."

"Sister Karenina, let's go"

Bella sat on the ground again and put on her shoes by herself, then took Katenka's uninjured hand and walked towards the gate of the building.

Katenka, who was almost sluggish, felt his violent heartbeat, while letting the kid named Bella pull him into the door, and then walked into a not too big office next to the door .

After waiting for a while, Bella's mother, Clara, also caught up.

After the woman walked into the office, she immediately opened one drawer after another, and finally found a red medical box, and hurriedly took out a bottle of iodophor from it to look at it.

After confirming that the bottle of iodophor hadn't expired, Clara unscrewed it, gently held Kajianka's slightly trembling and cold hand with one hand, and held a cotton swab in the other hand, dipped in iodophor and gently wiped the bottle of Kajianka. The small wound on the back of the card's hand.

At the same time, the little guy named Bella also familiarly operated the capsule coffee machine against the wall and made a cup of coffee for Katenka.

"Sister Karenina, do you need extra sugar or milk?" Bella asked carefully as she placed the coffee on the table next to Katenka.

"No. Milk." Katenka's tone trembled slightly.

"Did I hurt you?" Clara asked apologetically, "Sorry, let me be gentle."

While speaking, Clara dipped a cotton swab in the iodophor bottle, and wiped the wound more gently.

Katenka also gradually relaxed at this time, allowing the other party to help him deal with the wound, while also looking at this not-so-big office.

"Are you a tourist here?" Clara asked curiously after treating the wound on the back of Katenka's hand.

"Probably," Katenka replied with a little embarrassment, "I came here from Tyumen during the holiday."

"Want me and Bella to show you around?"

Clara asked enthusiastically, "There are many interesting things in the Ethnographic Museum not far away, and there is a restaurant in the underground commercial center that tastes very good."

"No need, no need."

Katenka became more and more embarrassed, "I actually have an appointment with friends, and they may be here soon."

"I also want to treat you to lunch."

Clara shook her head regretfully, reached out and took out a business card case from her pocket, took out a business card from it and handed it to Katenka, "Anyway, thank you for protecting my Bella. If you need help while visiting Moscow, please feel free to call me anytime, and Bella and I will definitely help you."

"Thank you, thank you." Katenka awkwardly took the business card handed over by the other party, "Can I leave?"

"of course can!"

Clara was amused by Katenka, "You are not a prisoner here, and this place is actually not as scary as you think, so of course you can leave."

Having said that, Clara asked her daughter Bella, "Shall we send Sister Karenina away together?"

"Okay!" Bella happily agreed, took Katenka's hand and walked out.

"Call me if you need help"

At the gate, Clara gently hugged Katenka, and then warmly added, "I wish you a happy stay in Moscow."

"Good luck with your work too"

Katenka thought for a while, took out a string of wild boar tooth necklace from his backpack, bent down and hung it around Bella's neck, "I'll give this to you as a gift, it's a good friend of mine. Gave it to me."

"Thank you!" Bella happily kissed Katenka on the face after speaking.

"Let me give you a gift too!"

Clara reached into her pocket, touched it, and took out a metal sword-shield double-headed eagle badge and handed it to Katenka, "Keep it as a souvenir, it's bought by the souvenir stalls around. not reach."

"I will treasure this rare gift"

Katenka tightly held the badge in his palm, bid farewell to the enthusiastic mother and daughter, and almost trotted away from the Lubyanka Square full of tourists.

"Mom, sister Karenina and I have become good friends?"

Bella raised her neck and asked while showing off the boar tooth necklace hanging around her neck, "We all exchanged gifts."

"Of course." Clara gently pinched her daughter's delicate little nose, "but now can you explain why you bumped into your good friend without wearing a helmet?"

"I did not do it on purpose!"

Bella panicked and yelled, "I just sneezed and slid out! I swear to Comrade Dzerzhinsky!"

"Don't talk like your father!" Clara tapped Bella's forehead angrily, "Remember to wear a helmet next time!"

"But it's too late." Bella said aggrievedly, "How could I put the helmet on before I wanted to sneeze, and the helmet was still in the trunk at that time!"

"How did I give birth to you idiot?" Clara rolled her eyes, and her face that was originally deliberately stern couldn't help showing an unconcealable smile.

　Add another chapter to repay the debt for the big brother's book addiction

　　
　
(End of this chapter)