War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 961 The Younger Generation
On the bank of Kaban Lake, Wei Ran, who just came home not long ago, sat alone by the sparkling lake, while teasing the dog Beria, who was jumping up and down, while looking at the window of the room in the yard that reflected the glare of the sun.

From the beginning to the end, no one told him how many people worked hard to find the missing team.

But the bayonet that originally nailed the mercenary in the sewer can be found and preserved, which is enough to imply the efforts of too many people.

What kind of organization is Deathstroke?
Wei Ran exhaled forcefully, and muttered to himself to convince himself, "I really want to find someone to explain it to me, well, maybe I can get a satisfactory answer from the bell ringer."

"In this case, it is said that I have to go to the United States for a trip."

Wei Ran was planning this trip to the United States while pulling the dog's head. If the assassination mission arranged by the metal book last time was a last resort, then this time it was entirely his own subjective initiative.

Of course, because the last assassination in the United States not only failed to arouse any suspicion, but also indirectly helped him create a Hela organization, which inevitably made him a little bolder.

Patting his forehead, Wei Ran snatched the teething stick from the dog's mouth, swung his arms round and threw it into the yard across the road.

"Wang!"

Beria's dissatisfied Chao Weiran yelled, shaking his fluffy long hair, and ran to the alley leading to the yard, and pushed open the iron fence door and got in.

At the same time, Wei Ran walked into the Time Library again while kneading his right hand.

"Boss! Boss!"

Seeing Wei Ran coming in, Lola immediately tiptoed and waved to him, "Boss, come quickly!"

"What's the matter?" Wei Ran walked to the edge of the bar and looked at this bun-faced girl in the uniform of a Soviet female soldier from World War II.

"A few days ago, a black man sent a teacup and a lot of euros!"

Lola, who was across the bar, tried to stand on tiptoe, and said nervously almost close to Wei Ran's ear, "That teacup is full of diamonds! Boss, you should be taken away by them, I will let Bailey go to sleep now." Ya just guard the door."

"It's okay, diamonds are worthless." Wei Ran smiled, "Where do you keep them?"

"It's here!"

After Lola finished speaking, she squatted down and pulled out a metal box from the bottom of the bar, and then pulled out a tin coffee bucket from it.

"These coffee beans were sent by Sister Kou Kou, who said she planted them on her estate in Hawaii."

While talking, Lola unscrewed the lid of the coffee barrel, first took out most of the plastic-wrapped coffee beans from inside, and then carefully took out a disposable paper coffee cup with a lid and handed it to Wei Ran, at the same time He kept saying, "The person who brought the coffee beans said that these coffee beans were sent by Sister Kou Kou, and she will be responsible for the consumption of coffee beans in our place in the future. Boss, do we need to pay? The coffee beans are of very good quality."

"No need to pay, she likes to give it away, you just take it and use it."

While speaking, Wei Ran took over the paper cup with a little aroma of coffee beans. After he opened the lid, he immediately saw half a cup of cut diamonds of various colors in the paper cup!
He casually took out a colorless diamond the size of a peanut and looked at it. Based on the jewelry appreciation knowledge he had learned at the Hongqi Forest Farm, he could also tell that the clarity of this diamond had been It has reached the jewelry level completely.

Gently tapped the paper cup in his hand, and as the beautiful small stones of various colors shook back and forth, he also found that most of the diamonds in it were the size of soybeans, like the one just now, and the sum of them was not large. to ten.

But the hype of diamonds is not just about size, clarity is also an important criterion.Pour out a few of them at random and observe, these cut stones, no matter which one is clear, can be used to make jewelry.

When he poured the small stones that were shining brightly in the sun back into the paper cup, Lola immediately opened another tin can that he had just taken out, took out five rolls of euros from it and pushed them to Wei Ran. It was also sent by the black man, boss, if we don’t need to pay for those coffee beans, then should we give Sister Kou Kou some dividends from our coffee business?”

"Giving her a dividend?"

Wei Ran was amused by the sometimes clever and sometimes confused little bun's face, and while putting rolls of cash in his pocket, he said, "Lola, you are the owner of this coffee bar, I just put this bar and this The venue is only leased to you at a price of [-] rubles per month. So you should ask yourself whether you want to give her a dividend."

"Boss, don't make fun of me."

Lola rolled her eyes. The site rental fee is [-] rubles a month, the accommodation rent is [-] rubles a month, the food expenses are [-] rubles a month, and the water and electricity bill is [-] rubles a month.

The total of [-] rubles, equivalent to about [-] yuan in RMB, is all the "living expenses" for her, Sui Xin and her sister Korava here.

As for the money they earn from the coffee and music business every month, after Sui Xin joins the business, neither Wei Ran nor Suisui will participate in the account sharing anymore. The thousand ruble fee for the use of Guqin Youquan is nothing more than that.

Because of this, although Wei Ran didn't know the purpose of Sui Suizheng's outing, he wisely didn't dictate the business of the two Baozilians lightly.

"She gave you coffee beans, so why don't you just give her some dried mushrooms you dried?"

Wei Ran reminded Lola a little, and without waiting for the other party to say anything else, he left the library with the extra expensive cup of "coffee" and walked slowly to the next door.

When he returned to the house next door, he saw Teacher Anna sitting on the edge of the fountain at the entrance, basking in the sun with a cigarette in her hand, and beside her, the dog Belia was happily walking around. Lying on the ground with his feet upside down, he let the former help him scratch the fur on his chest.

Seeing Wei Ran approaching from a distance, Anna immediately waved to him.

"sit"

Anna pointed to her side, and after Wei Ran sat down, she pondered for a moment and asked, "Do you have time on the 1st of next month?"

"I have time." Wei Ran nodded happily.

"Since you have time, go to Kirov with us tomorrow morning. I will ask Jima to pick you up then."

As Anna said, she dipped the cigarette in her hand into the fountain pool, and then accurately flicked it into the trash can not far away.

Hearing this, Wei Ran clenched his fists subconsciously, but at the same time asked with a normal expression, "Do you need me to prepare anything in advance?"

"It's enough to put on the decent suit that Dahlia brought you to order."

Anna raised her legs, propped her chin on her hand and looked sideways at Wei Ran who was sitting beside her, and said regretfully, "It's a pity that you are from China, it's a pity that the Soviet Union is gone."

"If I am a Soviet person, what if the Soviet Union is still there?" Wei Ran looked directly at the other party and asked.

"If you were a Soviet, if the Soviet Union was still there, you would be the perfect successor."

Anna let out a sigh of relief, stood up and walked towards the library next door, and said thankfully, "It's a good thing you're not from the Soviet Union. Fortunately, the Soviet Union is long gone."

Watching the other party leave, Wei Ran could only sigh silently, turned around and went back to the room alone, and quietly climbed up to the third floor to eavesdrop.

It's a pity that in just such a short time, the doors of the two rooms facing the sun on the far left on the third floor have been locked. It is obvious that Teacher Dalia has left just now.

Secretly heaving a sigh of relief, Wei Ran went downstairs to take a shower, returned to the room and lay down on the big soft bed, continuing to plan for the death knell that he would ring personally.

In the blink of an eye, the next morning, Wei Ran, who was sleeping, was also awakened by Ji Ma's phone call. After he hung up the phone and opened the curtains, he saw a car parked outside the window at the gate of the yard with double flashing lights. Eye-catching van.

After taking a shower as quickly as possible, Wei Ran changed into the custom-made formal suit that he would only wear on special important occasions, then hurried downstairs and opened the iron gate of the yard.

"Get in the car" Ji Ma in the driver's seat immediately lowered the window and waved to him.

Bending down and getting into the car, Wei Ran also saw Maya who was dozing off in the co-pilot, and Gorman who was also dozing off in the back car.

When he sat down and closed the car door, Ji Ma immediately stepped on the accelerator and drove straight to the airport.

"Thank you"

Gorman, who seemed to be sleeping with his eyes closed, muttered something raving.

"Nothing" Wei Ran responded softly, but the latter didn't say anything, just turned his head to the side.

All the way to the airport in silence, Jima woke Maya up, and a group of four got out of the car one after another, without even taking any luggage, they walked quickly to the waiting hall.

"What are we going to do this time?" Maya asked sleepily, putting her arm on Jima's shoulder, and then yawned.

"I don't know either," Jima said and looked at Gorman.

"We need some help," Gorman explained as a matter of course, "There is no one more suitable than the three of you, anyway, don't waste time."

Hearing that, Jima and Maya didn't have any complaints, they just yawned in unison.

"You two big celebrities, put on your masks and sunglasses," Gorman said before entering the terminal.

Hearing this, Wei Ran and Ji Ma immediately took out masks and sunglasses from their respective pockets and put them on their faces.

They rushed to Kirov on a flight that took off in the morning so covertly. When they walked out of the airport, an unremarkable minibus had been waiting in the open parking lot for a long time.

However, as the group of them got into the smoky car, Wei Ran couldn't help raising his eyebrows. He saw too many familiar people in this car!

Among these people are Maya's brother Thorn and Wei Ran's cheap mentor Kajik, as well as Darya's daughter Olena and her nominal sister Olga.Of course, there is also the father of these two girls, Ivan, the medical soldier back then!

In addition to these acquaintances, he also saw a young man he didn't know in this car. This man was wearing a sea soul shirt on his upper body, ordinary jeans on his lower body, but a pair of desert-colored military boots on his feet.

This person was about 26 or [-] years old, but he sat in the last seat of the bus. Even though he was far enough away, Wei Ran felt a dangerous aura from him.

"Brother! Why are you here?!"

When Wei Ran secretly observed the people in the car, Maya also found her brother Thorne who was sitting with Kajik.

"Two days ago, my father asked me to send some special products to Uncle Kajik"

Thorne lit a cigarette for Kajik next to him and said, "Yesterday he said he needed help with some things, and I happened to have time, so I followed. But you, no matter what. Hey! Jima! I My good brother, you are here too! Come and sit down!"

Seeing that her own brother put all his attention on Jima, Maya rolled her eyes helplessly, and at the same time stretched out her hand very skillfully, and pinched a small piece of soft meat on Jima's ribs with great precision. .

"Hey! Thorne--! Maya, take it easy."

Jima's exaggerated grinning face immediately attracted the attention of most people in the car, and at the same time woke up Olena and Olga who were napping together.

"It's Victor! Dad, it's Victor!"

The two sleepy-eyed girls immediately noticed Wei Ran who was about to hide behind Jima and Maya, and Ivan, who had noticed him a long time ago, also gave him a warning look in advance, and then he was in harmony and surprise He and Wei Ran greeted each other hypocritically.

"Victor! Come and sit down!"

The two girls greeted Wei Ran by pointing to the vacant seats behind them, and at the same time complained aggrievedly, "You are too dishonest, did you forget the promise you made to us at that time?"

Seeing that the two girls' ambiguous complaints not only aroused the gossip eyes of those around them who didn't know each other, but also attracted the murderous gaze of the old bastard Ivan, Wei Ran hurriedly stammered and asked, "What did I promise you?"

"About this time last year, you said you would call us when you were done."

The tall Olga said dissatisfiedly, "But it's been a year, and none of us has received your call."

"Have I promised?" Wei Ran's forehead immediately broke out in cold sweat. These words and expressions are more likely to cause misunderstandings than the words just now.

"Of course you promised"

Olena immediately added, "You went to our house and promised in the living room that you would call us when you were done."

"Victor, when did you go to such a beautiful girl's house?"

Jima, who was already sitting behind Thorne, began to add fuel to the flames with a gossipy face, "You actually did such a thing behind our Queen Inta's back, it's really shocking"

"Enough is enough, you"

Wei Ran glared at Jima, sat down next to him, kept a distance of at least two meters from the two girls and Ivan who was about to eat people, and explained with full of desire to survive, "I remembered, you It’s about asking me to help you investigate the wooden box that seems to be from the Leningrad War, and the accordion inside it, right?”

"Oh--"

The few people in the car who knew Wei Ran, except the two girls and their father Ivan, all followed Ji Ma who took the lead in making a fuss, and blatantly let out a sigh of regret for not eating melon.

"That's exactly what happened"

Olga, who was also belatedly aware that the conversation just now seemed to have caused a misunderstanding, nodded, "Besides, that's a bayan, not an accordion."

"No matter what piano"

Wei Ran pointed to Jima beside him, "This bastard can testify for me. I really don't know anything about music, so I'm sorry, I really can't help you."

"My daughter doesn't need your help"

Ivan, who finally got the chance, said proudly, "I have already helped them investigate the real owner of that instrument."

"Really?" Wei Ran asked in surprise.

"right"

The tall Olga rolled her eyes helplessly, "After my father's investigation, that musical instrument is mine, and the management director of the musical instrument warehouse personally admitted that the musical instrument and the contents of that box are mine. It was put in when I visited there for the first time when I was a child, so that I would have the opportunity to get the damn broken box back when I got the exam there.”

"Mr. Ivan is really a good father who is reasonable and educated"

Wei Ran pretended to give the other party a thumbs up, and at the same time spit out thick phlegm silently in his heart, how could he be an investigation?That's frankly extorting a confession by torture!I'm afraid Beria caught the thief who stole the pipe back then!
"Okay, let's all sit down."

Gorman, who came with him, had already closed the door of the minibus while speaking, and said to the middle-aged man in charge of driving, "Drive, go to the mental hospital first, and then go to the pier."

Hearing this, the taciturn driver immediately started the car and stepped on the accelerator, drove the minibus away from the airport, and drove straight towards the mental hospital.

"Have you noticed the person at the back of the car?" Jima whispered almost into Wei Ran's ear.

"It feels very dangerous." Wei Ran also responded in a low voice.

"I think so too." Jima nodded in agreement, then murmured in confusion, "What are we going to do this time?"

"how could I know?"

Wei Ran responded absent-mindedly, but actually guessed something from what Gorman said just now.

The psychiatric hospital is of course nothing, but the sentence "go to the pier", I am afraid that there is a high probability that they will go to the No. 33 fishing ground that Wei Ran has been to before, the place that is privately called the "Bell Tower"!

Although he guessed the approximate destination, Wei Ran did not expect that when they rushed to the mental hospital, his cheap mentor Kajik and medical soldier Ivan got up and got out of the car and walked into the yard without being greeted at all. .

For a while, apart from a few young people and the driver, only Gorman was left in the minibus.

"Uncle Gorman, where are we going?" Olga asked curiously, obviously knowing Gorman.

"We'll find out later"

Gorman said while gesturing to the driver to drive, "The one sitting at the back is Ninel, he is a very good courier, Victor, you know the rest of the people, so you can introduce them."

"Ok"

Wei Ran cleared his throat, "The one next to me is Jima, Jima Allah, a movie actor."

While he was helping with the introduction, the minibus set off again and drove to an unremarkable pier outside the city.

"Come with me"

Gorman greeted a group of young people to get off the car and got into a civilian fishing boat that looked quite old.

After all the young people found a place to sit down, Gorman also skillfully drove the engine of the boat, and drove along the channel of the Vyatka River to the direction of No. 33 fishing ground amidst the chug noise.

"Victor, is that Ninel who always subconsciously sits behind everyone really a courier?"

On the narrow deck of the fishing boat, Jima lit a cigarette and asked in a low voice, "And this is the 21st century, who would use such an outdated name as Ninel?"

"Ninell should be his real name"

Wei Ran politely declined the cigarettes offered by the other party, and at the same time silently added in his heart, "If nothing else happens, his father's name is Fei Shenke, and he is a brave assaulter."

"whatever"

Ji Ma indifferently blew out a smoke ring, and then asked, "But why is Brother Thorn here?"

"Didn't Kajik just say that, he just happened to come here." Wei Ran tacitly helped those "parents" round out those sad lies.

"so we."

"Jima, I'm not Google." Wei Ran reminded helplessly, "You have so many questions, why don't you ask Mr. Gorman?"

"Ask him?" Jima pouted, "I'd rather be dumb."

"Then just be dumb"

After Wei Ran finished speaking, he changed the subject without waiting for the other party's response, "Let's not talk about this, how is your movie preparation going?"

“It was supposed to be a test shoot tomorrow”

Jima said helplessly, "Then Gorman suddenly brought us here, saying that it was to make Maya, who participated in the role for the first time, better integrate into the role."

"Since it's for your Maya, what complaints do you have?" Wei Ran asked back.

"It's true," Jima responded subconsciously.

This scumbag is hopeless. Wei Ran twitched the corners of his mouth, followed the topic just now, and chatted about the upcoming movie.

Almost when Jima leaked all the plot, the dilapidated boat also turned along the river and turned into a tributary full of weeds and reeds on both sides.

Just as Wei Ran expected, after driving along this quiet river with almost no boats for more than an hour, there finally appeared in front of this small boat, shining in the afternoon sun. calm lake.

Even at some distance, everyone on the boat could clearly see that on the other side of the lake, there was a building almost covered by weeds.

"Mr. Gorman, what is this place?" Maya asked the driver of the boat.

"Pretty lady, as you can see, this is a long-abandoned prison."

Gorman responded loudly, and Maya, who originally wanted to ask something, was also amused by Gorman's rare sense of humor, forgetting her original doubts.

(End of this chapter)