War Photographer's Notebook

On the way to the airport, Beria gnawed happily on a lamb bone with no meat at all, but Wei Ran, who was not far from it, fell into deep thought.

Before arriving at the airport, he has many things to consider.

Considering Dominic's will and the special nature of this entrustment, it is obviously the most important to tell the other party what he has discovered as soon as possible, so that he will not leave this world with regrets.

Compared with these, how to explain that he found his heir so quickly is the simplest thing.

However, what Wei Ran was really thinking about at this time was whether to help Dominic find an heir.

Wei Ran had to admit that he really wanted to see the American landscape after Dominic failed to find an heir and made the will come into effect.

But after thinking about it, he finally softened his heart. No matter whether he was in the same time and space or not, he still couldn't bear to let Dominic leave this world alone.

On the other hand, he was really curious why the original Dominic didn't go to Nadia.

In the end, when Beria finally bit off the bone of the sheep with a "crack", Wei Ran also made a decision, took out his mobile phone and called Carlos, the lawyer who introduced the deal.

"Victor, can I help you?" Carlos on the other end of the phone asked in fluent German as soon as the call was connected.

"Mr. Carlos" Wei Ran paused, and asked, "How is Mr. Dominique's physical condition?"

"It's okay now," Carlos replied calmly, "Have you landed yet? You need me..."

"Carlos, I need to talk to Mr. Dominique directly." Wei Ran said without waiting for the other party to finish speaking, "Secondly, I need his medical staff to be ready for rescue."

"You found it?" Carlos responded immediately.

"I can't give you an accurate answer yet." Wei Ran responded ambiguously, "I need to ask Mr. Dominique a question first."

"I see, give me 10 minutes. No, 5 minutes, 5 minutes is enough, I will call you when I am ready." Carlos hung up the phone after finishing speaking.

"Parking" Wei Ran put away his phone, and patted the back of the driver's seat in front, "Please take Beria for a walk on the side of the road, I will honk the horn when I need you back."

"Good sir"

The burly driver stepped on the brakes slowly, and happily led Beria, who had a bone in his mouth, out of the car and walked to the farmland not far away.

Before the person and dog walked away, Carlos sent a video call. After Wei Ran connected, he immediately saw Dominic half lying on the hospital bed, and the surrounding medical staff who were getting ready, and Carlos holding a document in his hand.

"Victor, we are ready." Carlos adjusted his angle and said, "According to your request, everything is ready."

"Let the medical staff wait outside first." Wei Ran made the first request, and at the same time fixed the mobile phone on the pillow of the front seat.

Hearing this, Carlos on the opposite side of the video immediately greeted the doctors and nurses to leave the ward temporarily.

"Young man, what question do you want to ask?" Dominic asked casually on the hospital bed, "Just ask directly, I'm already mentally prepared."

"The only problem"

Wei Ran paused, and gave the other party a vaccination, "After you give the answer, I may be able to tell you where your successor is."

"Ask." There was a hint of impatience in Dominique's old voice.

"Nadia Hill"

The moment the name popped out of Wei Ran's mouth, Dominic, who was leaning against the head of the bed and feeling weak, immediately sat up straight and looked at Wei Ran in the video directly in front of him with a look of surprise.

Before the other party could speak, Wei Ran asked, "After World War II, why didn't you go looking for Nadia Hill?"

"Where are you from..."

"Mr. Dominique, I need
I want you to answer my question first. " Wei Ran reminded seriously. "Ok"

Dominique took a deep breath, leaned back on the raised bed and explained, "I made an agreement with Nadia, and agreed that after the war, if she is willing to marry me, she will wait for me in Mons. Will be waiting for her there."

"She didn't go?" Wei Ran asked.

"I missed the appointment"

Dominique sighed, "After I came out of the prisoner-of-war camp, I lay in bed for three months before I stood up again, and since we separated before the end of the war, she has never appeared again. I think she probably didn't want to Stay with me, after all..."

"I found Nadia"

After all, Wei Ran didn't let the old man self-defeating to reveal his hidden disease, and said directly, "I'm sorry, Mr. Dominique, Nadia passed away in 1945."

"So... so..." Dominic's already old voice became hoarse.

"She died in childbirth"

Wei Ran continued, "She didn't survive, but she left behind a child, raised by the church, named Dominique Love, and now..."

"What did you say?!" Dominic raised his head abruptly and asked tremblingly, "What did you just say?"

"Nadia Hill died in childbirth and she left behind a child named Dominic Love who was raised by the Church."

"You mean, Nadia left me a child? How is that possible?!"

Dominic spoke a lot faster, "He...where is he? Did you find him?"

"He now lives in a small town in Betheny, France, and runs a butcher shop."

Wei Ran paused, "Time is too tight, I haven't found any direct evidence that he is your son. However, if we can find a way to get him to agree to draw blood for DNA comparison..."

"Give Carlos the address!" Dominique said, clutching his chest, "Carlos, help me, help me find a way."

"Mr. Dominique, your body." Carlos nervously glanced at the monitor beside the bed.

"It's okay, I'm okay." Dominic looked at Wei Ran on the screen, "Young man, how did you find it?"

"Sorry, according to the agreement signed between us, I need to keep the investigation process confidential." Wei Ran responded with a businesslike look.

Dominic, who was originally agitated, couldn't help but smile because of Wei Ran's words, and gradually relaxed, and waved to Carlos slowly. After the other party also went out, he continued, "Young man , I can see that you haven't concocted a convincing investigation process, but that's okay, do you have any questions?"

After a little hesitation, Wei Ran first sent the address he had just been to to Carlos, and then asked, "I just sent the address to Mr. Carlos, but I still have one more thing to know, Mr. Dominique, Sophie... Ms. Sophie and Mr. Timov have no children?"

"It seems that you really found out a lot of things."

Dominique touched the oxygen tube fixed at the nostril, and replied after a brief silence, "They used to have a child, a very cute little guy, but it broke down in the 60s, and was killed by kidnappers who demanded ransom. dead."

"Sorry" Wei Ran sighed regretfully, this is something that was not recorded in the metal book, but it still makes people feel sad.

"Tell me what else you found." Dominic asked expectantly towards Wei Ran in the video, "I have a younger brother, his name is..."

"Sorry Mr. Dominique"

Wei Ran paused, and said hard-heartedly, "According to my investigation...your parents and your younger brother...I'm afraid they didn't survive to the end of the war."

"I see..." Dominic paused, then asked expectantly, "You...what else did you find?"

"I…"

Wei Ran hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth and said, "I went to the Hurtgen Forest and found Jonas and O'Neill next to the mill.

Kan Brothers Outdoor Store, followed the waterway to find the hidden castle. "

"No wonder…"

Dominic raised his eyebrows, and asked with a little smugness, "Have you been to the castle?"

"I've seen it," Wei Ran replied truthfully, "I've seen it, including the tomb under the church."

"Before Sophie died, she gave me the castle and her property, including her surname."

Dominique said slowly, "My father promised to help rebuild that castle. He even prepared the blueprints."

"It's a very beautiful building." Wei Ran said truthfully, "I believe it would be even more beautiful if there were no pine trees for camouflage."

"Yeah... I haven't been there for a long time."

Dominic on the hospital bed looked at the scenery outside the window with blurred eyes, and waved his hands slowly after a while, "Okay, I'm already feeling tired."

While Dominic was speaking, he lightly pressed the call button beside the bed. In less than two seconds, Carlos and the two doctors opened the door and walked into the room.

"Carlos, hang up the video call." Dominique ordered weakly.

"I'll contact you later," Carlos said to Wei Ran, and then hung up the video call without waiting for Wei Ran to say anything.

Turning off the screen and putting away the phone, Wei Ran looked out the window at the field covered with sunset, pushed open the car door and whistled vigorously.

Amidst the loud whistle, Beria, the dog who was originally led by the strong man, immediately picked up the half of the sheep stick bone that had just been put down, and broke free from the leash held by the strong man, like a young lion. Joyfully ran towards Wei Ran.

"Sir, shall we continue our journey?" The strong man trotted over and asked politely.

"Let's go"

Wei Ran coaxed Beria into the car, "But don't be in such a hurry. If you encounter a more distinctive restaurant on the way, you can stop and take a rest. The last time I ate was on the plane."

Hearing this, the strong man immediately slowed down, drove the car smoothly on the country road, and drove in the direction of the airport unhurriedly.

When night fell, the car stopped when passing a small town. Under the leadership of that strong man, Wei Ran was lucky enough to taste an authentic French country meal.

Before the meal was over, lawyer Carlos finally called.

"Victor, you haven't left France yet, have you?" Carlos asked straight to the point as soon as the phone was connected.

"No." While Wei Ran was speaking, he handed a freshly baked baguette to Beria lying under his feet.

"Let's find a place to rest for the night." Carlos was obviously relieved, "I'm rushing to the airport now, we need to meet when I arrive in France."

"No problem," Wei Ran happily agreed.