War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 682 Old Photos in the Pet Hospital

On the morning of October 10rd, the crowd headed by Sui Sui waved enthusiastically and sent the second batch of tourists from Huaxia to the flight to Inta.

Watching the last passenger walk into the boarding gate, Sui Sui let out a long breath, took Wei Ran's arm affectionately, and said enthusiastically, "Let's go! It's time for us to go!"

"The home is left to you"

Wei Ran greeted Anfei Ya, and let Sui Sui pull him to another boarding gate not far away.

"Don't worry." Anfeiya scratched the corners of her eyes indiscriminately, hinting to the former.

"Remember to feed Zhaocaijinbao and Beria, and also remember to help me rank!" Sui Sui, who had already walked a few steps, also greeted.

"When you come back, you will definitely be able to see the diamond." An Feiya echoed again, even the word "diamond" was still in Chinese.

"I bought the desserts you like, and they are all in the refrigerator on the third floor."

As the older sister, Anfisa gave the same instructions, pulled up the small suitcase at her feet, and followed Suisui and Wei Ran's footsteps without haste.

"Thank you sister," An Feiya responded affectionately, and when the three of them walked into the boarding gate, they immediately turned and walked to the parking lot outside.

Driving the slightly exaggerated armored commercial vehicle back to her home by Lake Kaban, Anfeya immediately ran up to the third floor, took out a dessert from the refrigerator, and then returned to the first floor, put two little foxes and a The dogs all hugged to the sofa and gave each of them a teething stick.

Picking up the notebook and kicking off her shoes, Anfeiya sat cross-legged on the sofa while eating dessert, opened the folder named "Hella Game", and continued to write some things such as "Guidelines" and "Contribution Assessment" and "Hierarchy" or something.

At the same time, in a psychiatric hospital in Kirov, the socially phobic girl Monica from Italy, like she used to fight with Confucianism on the Internet, passionately told the young mothers in the same room Instilling the ideals and systems that have been revised and perfected by her and her good friends for the eleventh time.

The only difference is that this time her "speech" no longer hides behind the keyboard, and she no longer fears face-to-face communication with strangers.

Of course, the ten too-young mothers sitting around her at this time have long since lost the numbness they had when they were imprisoned in an orphanage in a small African country. Instead, they were filled with breathtaking excitement.

The same change has also occurred with Taci, an Italian clean freak who temporarily lives in a mental hospital. Now, this young guy can lie on the lawn covered with fallen leaves calmly, with a dry grass stem in his mouth, squinting his eyes Enjoy the sun too.

"How do you feel?" Gorman walked over from a distance and greeted with a smile.

"Today's weather is good." Tasyan responded with a hand, stood up and patted the withered grass on his butt indiscriminately.

"Want to go fishing with me?" Gorman offered the invitation, "By the way, we can continue to chat about machining."

"I'm going to get the fishing rod." Tassie ran to the warehouse not far away before she finished speaking.

"By the way, get the car out," Gorman greeted, and patiently waited for Tassie to drive a dilapidated Vaz van to stop beside him, raised his hand and opened the door, and got in with his fishing gear bag.

"Mr. Gorman, I think I have no problem." Tassie chatted abruptly about her physical condition while driving the van out of the mental hospital.

"You have no problem at all"

Gorman lit a cigarette nonchalantly, and said in the airtight compartment, "Monica is fine, you can leave at any time."

"What's your suggestion?" Taci asked sincerely, "This kind of life without being troubled by sanitary conditions is really easy and comfortable, but I'm worried"

"Worried about returning to a familiar environment and becoming the same as before?"

Gorman lowered the car window, spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm, and then flicked away his cigarette butts before asking casually, "Young man, do you need a clean enough environment, or yours? Watchmaking needs a clean enough job?"

Without waiting for Tassie to respond to this question, Gorman made a decisive judgment, "I believe you already have the answer. You are not a person who likes to be clean. It's just that the watchmaking work you like requires you to be clean enough. "

"No"

"Really not?"

Gorman's tone became more and more natural, "Dirty lying on the grass to sleep, or dirty entering your watchmaking studio to make parts that require a magnifying glass to see clearly, which one is unacceptable to you ?”

"The last one" Tasi replied with difficulty.

"So this is the answer"

Gorman's tone became more and more affirmative, "Tasi, you don't have any psychological problems, you can leave at any time, if you don't want to be troubled by this kind of thing in the future, just give up your watchmaking job, if you still can't give up watchmaking If you are a craftsman, why don’t you continue to live here for a while, and continue to think about how to balance the cleanliness requirements of watchmakers and daily life.”

"I can't give up my job as a watchmaker," Tasi said with difficulty.

"Then stay here"

Gorman's tone became extremely casual again, "Anyway, I won't return a single ruble to the treatment fee that Mr. Charlotte paid for you."

“Then stay a while longer”

Tassie hesitated for a moment, then asked again, "Gorman, Monica"

"Don't forget the promise we made when we first met"

Gorman smiled and reminded, "You and Monica don't need to care about each other's treatment. Besides, Monica is in a full state every day, isn't she?"

Tassie nodded involuntarily, changed the subject and asked, "Where shall we go fishing?"

"That's the upper reaches outside the city, where the water quality is better and the fish are more delicious."

Gorman gave the same answer as always, just as he always attributed Taci's cleanliness to the watchmaking work that the other party could not give up.

Under this subtle influence, Tassie has long since involuntarily believed that the water quality in the upper reaches is indeed relatively clean.Just as he has subconsciously agreed with Gorman's point of view, his uncontrollable cleanliness is indeed because of the extremely high-precision watchmaking work.

When Gorman took Tassie to lure the fish in the water, and when Monica took her new friends and with the help of her old friends to fill the wings of Wakkanai's Hela organization, Wei The flight that Ran and Sui Sui and Anfisa took also landed in Yebao smoothly.

"Go directly?" Sui Suo asked eagerly.

"Of course I went directly there." Wei Ran immediately responded, "But I won't show up. I'll leave it to you and Anfisa then."

"I know, I know, don't worry." Sui Sui replied nonchalantly, "Didn't you tell me before you came here?"

"As usual, chat with them more, and ask them how they are doing now."

While Wei Ran was speaking, Anfisa had already parked in front of the two of them in a rented high-end commercial vehicle.

Carrying a small amount of luggage, he got into the carriage, and when the two of them sat down firmly, Anfisa immediately stepped on the accelerator and drove straight to the direction of the city.

With the help of navigation, when the car stopped at the gate of the pet hospital, it was only three o'clock in the afternoon.

However, even without going into the pet hospital, the three people in the car can tell that the business of this pet hospital, which has just opened not long ago, seems to be doing well. In such a short time, two customers have already hugged cats and dogs The dog went in.

"Anfisa, go ask them to meet after get off work."

Sui Sui handed her mobile phone to the other party, pointed to the information displayed on the screen and said, "Ask them to meet at this coffee shop, the time is set at seven o'clock in the evening."

"What if they don't have time today?" Anfisa asked carefully before opening the car door.

"Anfisa, they must have time."

Sui Sui confidently made a promise, "Although the sponsorship of 1 million rubles is not much, it is enough for their expenses for the next year. Someone is willing to provide them with such a large amount of funds. There must be time."

"Remember to invite them to go with Leonte and his girlfriend," Wei Ran reminded.

"Wait a mininute"

Anfisa, who was wearing a formal suit, opened the car door before she finished speaking, and put on an extra pair of rimless glasses on her face, before walking into the pet hospital unhurriedly.

After a full half an hour, Anfisa left the pet hospital with Leonte and his girlfriend warmly sending him off, and Wei Ran could see her until she started the car and turned at the next intersection. The young man and woman were still celebrating at the gate of the pet hospital.

"What did you say to them?" Wei Ran couldn't help asking curiously.

"I just said that my boss is willing to invest a small amount of money in their pet hospital," said Anfisa, who was in charge of driving, "and then made an appointment."

"Anfeya said that the pet hospital has been in a state of continuous loss since its opening until now, and it can't even make back the cost of sharing every month."

Sui Sui said proudly, "Let's not talk about 1 million rubles, even an investment of 500,000 rubles can make them last for a few more months, and of course they won't refuse."

Wei Ran thought for a while and said, "Don't embarrass them too much."

"Do not worry"

Sui Sui proudly took out a pair of glasses from her bag and showed off, "It's not the first time I've done this kind of thing, and Anfeiya also prepared glasses for me to take sneak shots! I will definitely Take a few more photos of them and ask them how their veterinary hospital is doing."

"You can even give them some advice"

Wei Ran encouraged with joy, it's rare that Sui Sui is so interested in this kind of thing, of course he has to give support, after all, the more they chat, the more time they have for themselves.

The group of three checked into the pre-booked hotel and had a short rest. Sui Sui changed into a formal attire that she seldom wears, bid farewell to Wei Ran, who nominally planned to stay in the hotel to wait for the news. Vigorously walked downstairs.

"Crooked? Is the signal clear?"

In the lobby on the first floor, Sui Sui first used her sequined nails to pick out the cat's head-shaped brooch pinned to her chest. At the same time, she lowered her head and covered her mouth with her collar and asked in a low voice.

"Clear, very clear."

Wei Ran, who was changing clothes in the room, dumbfounded and pressed the call button to respond, and at the same time plugged another earphone into the other ear.

"Masters, wait for the news of my victory!"

Sui Sui, who is a drama star, got into the business car while chanting a line that had been prepared for an unknown amount of time, and even took out a big exaggerated sunglasses from her pocket and put it on her face—even with her small face There is already a pair of glasses on the Internet that can take pictures.

"This showman." Wei Ran shook his head dumbfounded, took out a baseball cap from his pocket, put it on his head, and left the hotel.

When Anfeya, who was far away in Kazan, reminded that Sui Sui had met Leonte and his girlfriend in the coffee shop in another earphone, Wei Ran had already taken a taxi to the closed pet hospital.

Taking advantage of the gloom in the evening, Wei Ran found a place where no one was around and changed his coat, then put on a mask and rubber gloves, and strolled towards the gate of the pet hospital.

Bending down to pry open the locked rolling door with normal expression, Wei Ran got in and immediately closed the rolling door, and then directly turned on the lights in the pet shop.

At the same time, Anfeya, who is far away in Kazan, has also suspended the surveillance filming of this pet hospital.

Inside the shutter door of the pet hospital, Wei Ran took out a pair of shoe covers from his pocket to cover the shoes on his feet, and then wiped the non-existent footprints on the ground with a wet towel, and then began to search.

From the front desk on the first floor to the only office on the first floor, Wei Ran walked quickly up the stairs to the second floor and turned on the lights.

This floor is about the same size as the downstairs, and the layout is no different.It's just that the original front desk and waiting area became the living room, and the rest of the rooms became bedrooms and utility rooms.

After rummaging through the living room and the messy bedroom that was comparable to Kajianka's room, Wei Ran, who found nothing, finally got into the utility room full of storage boxes.

Luckily, the boxes were marked with markers, and most of them belonged to Leonte and his girlfriend.

He pulled out the remaining few, and after Wei Ran opened them one by one, he finally found a few photo albums that looked very old and a few photo frames with some burnt marks.

Looking up at the curtains covering the window, Wei Ran opened the first photo album and looked over one by one.

"good luck"

Wei Ran muttered to himself, the first photo in this album is a group photo of their family of three that he saw on Leonte's computer.

Continuing to browse one by one, there are too many life photos in this album that did not appear in Leonte's computer.

However, until he looked through the entire photo album, he still couldn't find the one he had seen.

Reluctantly opening the second book, Wei Ran immediately became interested. The first photo in this photo album was the one he paid special attention to, the photo taken by Leonte's mother in the train carriage.

Holding this original photo, Wei Ran could clearly see that the words "Tunguska Coalfield" were written on the door of the truck outside the window of the train carriage in clear white Russian characters. See a set of numbers "16929".

Instead, the hat was protruding from the driver's window, just blocking the face of the person waving it.

Taking out his mobile phone, he focused on the truck in the photo and took a close-up. Wei Ran continued to flip back, looking for valuable clues.

Soon, he saw the national emblem of the Soviet Union hanging on the wall in a photo. On one side of the national emblem was Khrushchev's head, and on the other side were two golden corn cobs. He could even barely see that next to the two corncobs that he had seen hanging up with his own eyes, there was a joke written in red paint-"Our Potato Politicians".

Has Shagoli been to that abandoned mine?

Wei Ran frowned. He clearly remembered that Apoly had said that he was going to make the transport vehicle disappear in the blizzard. If so, how did Shagoli find it there?
With doubts, he also took a close-up of this photo, and Wei Ran continued to flip back, but in the next photo, there was no related scene, most of them were Shagoli and his Photo of wife in various backgrounds.

Reluctantly picked up the last photo album, the only thing that can be regarded as a harvest in it is a photo of a tombstone.

"Sergei Petrovich Barsukov?"

Wei Ran carefully identified the name on the tombstone, looked at the flowers placed beside the tombstone in the photo, and finally took a close-up of the photo.

After checking the storage box for an extra time, he restored it to its original state after confirming that there was nothing to gain, and then left the pet hospital as quickly as possible.

"Surveillance system turned back on"

In the earphone on the right ear, An Feiya gave a message five minutes after Wei Ran left the pet hospital.

"Thanks for your hard work"

Wei Ran responded, then took off the earphones and put them in his pocket, and walked into an alley by the side of the road that was shadowed by buildings.

When he came out from the other side, his coat had already been stuffed into the trash can.

When he stopped a taxi on another street and returned to the hotel, Sui Sui also ended his conversation with Leonte, and generously gave the pair of peers a night of consideration.

(End of this chapter)