The long flight that lasted more than a day made a brief final stop in San Francisco before taking off again. After a brief noise, the cabin became quiet again. Soon after, even the lights were turned off, leaving only a few passengers.
The next nearly six hours of long flight were spent with the dim light provided by the reading lamp.
Glancing at Suisui, who had started to doze off since reboarding, Weiran yawned, adjusted the seat to the most suitable angle, put the blanket back on, and planned to sleep through these last few difficult hours.
.Obviously, there were quite a few people who had the same intention. Soon, the few remaining reading lights in the cabin were extinguished one after another.
Just when the plane had only more than an hour left to fly from Houston Airport, diagonally across the aisle from the airliner, an old white man who looked to be in his sixties seemed to have been awakened by a nightmare.
, opened his eyes suddenly.
After distinguishing the dream from reality, the old man suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, stretched out his hand with some age spots, and made a pious sign of the cross on his chest. Then he gently lifted the blanket and picked up the hand.
The crutches helped him stand up.
After a little relief from the joints that had been tortured by rheumatism for a long time, the old man limped towards the bathroom not far away with a cane in one hand and the seat next to him with the other hand.
Almost when the old man closed the bathroom door, turned on the water and prepared to wash his face to wake himself up, the plane full of passengers began to turbulence violently. Almost at the same time that Wei Ran was awakened, the lighting in the cabin
The lights also came on, and at the same time a broadcast that he didn't understand came out.
"What's wrong?" Wei Ran pushed Suisui to wake up and asked.
"We encountered a turbulence in the airflow," Suisui translated with a yawn, "Let's adjust the seats and fasten the seat belts."
Wei Ran, who was awakened, immediately breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, but before he could buckle his seat belt, there was a sound of a heavy object falling to the ground not far away from the bathroom, followed by a painful scream.
, and then there was a knock on the door from the bathroom.
Perhaps there really is no distinction between nationality, color or even creed when it comes to watching the excitement. The many passengers in the cabin who had just been awakened by the turbulence all looked like marmots, stretching their necks and even sticking out half of their upper bodies.
Looking in the direction of the bathroom, there were several black men holding their mobile phones high and recording videos.
Soon, with the busy work of several blond stewardesses, an old man with blood on the corner of his mouth but holding his right hand with his left hand was helped out of the bathroom. There was even a stewardess following behind with a cane.
At this time, although the turbulence of the plane was no longer so severe, it still did not return to stability. With the help and onlookers of the surrounding passengers, the flight attendants helped the old white man with wet face back to his original position.
As he got closer, Wei Ran could see clearly that the old man had probably fallen in the bathroom. Not only had there been a bulge on his forehead, but the bloody lips seemed to have been bitten by him.
While taking in the air, Wei Ran could still vaguely see the gap in this unfortunate old guy's front teeth after his front teeth were knocked out.
But apart from these, the most serious injury on the old man's body was probably the wrist that he had been supporting. Judging from the appearance of the palm, it was either fractured or dislocated.
While he was observing secretly, the radio in the cabin rang again. Suisui, who was also leaning half of her body to watch the excitement, also cleverly translated in Chinese, "The radio is asking for a doctor. This old man is really miserable. He is not
Did your face fall into the toilet? You can see it’s all wet.”
"Why is it so disgusting?" Wei Ran tapped the other person's forehead angrily.
Suisui covered her head and retracted her position. She picked up an airline magazine and flipped through it absently. At the same time, she focused most of her attention on the old white man who was constantly gasping for breath from the pain.
On the body.
Seeing that the broadcast that he couldn't understand a few words was played back and forth three times but no one came, Wei Ran hesitated for a moment and waved to the flight attendant who was still greeting the injured old man.
The not-so-good-looking blond flight attendant immediately turned around and asked something in English. Wei Ran subconsciously looked back at Suisui, who immediately babbled, "She asked what you want."
What kind of work are you doing?"
"Tell her, I'm a veterinarian and maybe I can help the old man."
"When did you become a veterinarian?" Suisui looked at Wei Ran with a strange expression, and without waiting for him to explain, she translated his words intact, but Wei Ran could also see that this little thing
Although I know English, I guess I can barely communicate at best.
Fortunately, the flight attendant quickly called over an Asian colleague who could speak Chinese. With the help of the flight attendant, at least the communication was barely a problem.
"I can help him simply treat the wound, and at least make his hand feel a little more comfortable."
Wei Ran unbuckled his seat belt and said, "But I'm just a veterinarian and have no medical qualifications, so it's up to you to decide whether you want me to help you or not. You will be responsible for the consequences."
The Asian flight attendant who spoke Chinese first glanced at Suisui who was already recording on her mobile phone next to Wei Ran. After hesitating for a moment, she translated into English and conveyed Wei Ran's meaning.
But the injured old man was happy enough. He nodded immediately before she finished speaking, and spoke very quickly a series of words of thanks that Wei Ran could understand and a lot of content that he couldn't understand.
"He just said that he is very grateful for your help. He believes in you. Even if something unexpected happens, you don't have to bear the consequences. But, can you really help him?"
“It shouldn’t be a big problem”
Wei Ran came close to the old man, held up his right hand which had begun to become red and swollen, and looked at it. Fortunately, the old man had just dislocated his joint, so this was not difficult.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Ask him what he had for breakfast this morning," Wei Ran said in Chinese to the Asian stewardess next to him without raising his head.
This question not only made the stewardess and Suisui, who was watching the fun behind her, look like question marks, but the injured old man also subconsciously looked up at the stewardess and waited for him to translate.
At that moment, Wei Ran grabbed the opponent's palm and pulled, pushed and pressed hard, followed by a crisp "click" sound, followed by a scream and the shock of the two stewardesses around him.
Phew, the dislocated wrist has returned to its original shape.
"alright"
Wei Ran released his hand at the right time and said to the flight attendant, "Let him move his wrist. It will be a little uncomfortable, but it should be fine."
"Then...what did he eat this morning? Are you still asking?" the Asian stewardess asked stupidly.
Wei Ran smiled and shook his head. When the other party finished translating and the old man tried to move his wrist, he continued, "His teeth were knocked out. I can't help with this. You can find some ice cubes."
It might be more comfortable for him to hold it in his mouth, and the wound on his lip is not a big problem, but it seems that his head has been hit. At this age, there may be some problems, so it is best to send him to the hospital for a careful examination as soon as possible after the plane lands.
"
"Thank you, thank you!" the Asian flight attendant quickly thanked her, "We will contact the airport to prepare an ambulance."
Waving his hand at the other party, Wei Ran was about to sit down, but the old white man said something, and then took out a business card and handed it to Wei Ran.
"He said he was very grateful for your help and said that if you need help in Houston, you must give him a call." Suisui translated before the stewardess could speak.
Taking the business card stained with some blood from the other party with both hands, Wei Ran sat down again, and with the help of Suisui, he exchanged a few simple greetings with the other party but did not talk in detail. At this time, the turbulence of the plane was still continuing, but after a while
Outside the window, one can already see the lights of the surface city and the distant skyline dyed red by the rising sun.
"Why didn't I know you could do this?" Suisui, who had finished her translation work, sat up straight and asked in a low voice, "Did my grandpa teach you the art of massage and bone-setting?"
"You don't know much," Wei Ran said pretending to be proud, but there was no detailed explanation.
"What are you proud of!" Suisui wrinkled her nose, temporarily suppressed the doubts in her heart, and asked, "We are about to land soon, where should we go?"
Wei Ran glanced around nonchalantly and said with a smile, "We'll wait until we get off the plane. We're pressed for time today."
"Mysterious..." Suisui muttered without asking any more questions, and simply brought the topic back to where Wei Ran learned how to massage and bone-setting.
While Weihan was rambling about this gadget, their flight landed smoothly at the Houston airport named after a certain president more than an hour later.
When the injured old man was the first to leave the cabin with the help of the stewardess, Wei Ran also picked up his few luggage and followed Suisui out.
After joining the Sunset Red Tour Group led by Director Zhang and following the crowd to complete various immigration matters, the sky was already turning white, and Wei Ran also saw Kajianka waiting at the airport pick-up gate.
"Is this the person you're looking for?"
Suisui glanced at Katenka, who was wearing flashy clothes, flashy hair, and holding a lollipop in her mouth. She then glanced at Wei Ran next to her with a strange look on her face, and then seemed to have made a lot of determination.
, patted Wei Ran on the shoulder and said with a righteous look, "Although my godfather and godmother will most likely not be able to accept this style, don't worry! I will definitely help you hide it first!"
"Hide it, she's not the one I'm looking for."
After Wei Ran finished speaking, he deliberately greeted Katenka in Russian, and then continued to speak in Russian, "This is Katenka. I contacted the hired translator in advance. I didn't know you would follow me here. There was no translator."
, I probably can’t even get out of this airport.”
"Translation? Really a translation?"
Suisui was stunned for a moment, and then she put on a disappointed expression, "I thought..."
"You don't think so much. Let's go quickly, otherwise it will be too late." After Wei Ran finished speaking, he introduced Suisui to Katenka.
After the two girls got to know each other, they all looked at Wei Ran and asked in unison, "Where should we go next?"
“Odessa”
Wei Ran said, and handed the first half of the address Gorman had given him to Katenka, "Choose the fastest way to get there. We are pressed for time."
Katenka took a look at the note with the address, took out his phone and searched for it, and then said, "It takes about seven hours to drive there directly. There is a flight from here to Dallas in more than an hour."
flight, but including the waiting flight and the time it takes to get from Dallas to Odessa, it’s not much faster. So I recommend just driving there.”
"Then just drive there"
Wei Ran breathed a sigh of relief. Due to jet lag and other reasons, the local time at this time was still the morning of January 7th. In other words, although he would have to waste another 7 hours on the road, at least he was still there.
Within the confines of Orthodox Christmas.
Katenka naturally had no objection to Weiran's request, and simply took the two of them out of the airport and got into a white Mercedes-Benz business car.
It wasn't until the car started running that Wei Ran whispered, "Merry Christmas."
Suisui, who originally looked sleepy, and Katenka, who was in charge of driving, were stunned at the same time. Then the former smiled and replied "Merry Christmas" in the same way, while the latter returned to a calm expression and didn't say anything, only slightly increasing the speed of the car.
Some.
I don't know if this holiday greeting has the effect of refreshing the mind, but Suisui became energetic. After putting a mask on her face, she immediately moved to the passenger seat and took the initiative to chat in Russian with Katenko who was driving.
It's Tian'er.
Although Katenka's dressing style is not flattering, she does pretend to be a serious tour guide with an English translator. In her words, she talks about various attractions in Houston, Odessa, the destination of this trip, various historical stories and even food and drink.
The places, natural scenery and scenic spots are all at your fingertips.
Without even a hint from Wei Ran, the girl explained the history of Odessa and the nonsense family legend that she didn't know where "great-great-grandfather once dug gold when he was building a railway in Odessa."
He installed a false identity as a descendant of early Russian immigrants.
"So, the Odessa here and the Odessa in Ukraine really have the same name?"
Suisui asked in surprise. Although this girl is Russian by nationality, and even though she has a father named Jiu Mengzi who was a history professor, her knowledge of Russian history is not even as good as that of Wei Ran, who became a monk in the process.
.
Katenka, who had been steering the topic in this direction intentionally or unintentionally, smiled and explained, "It was originally a name. In the 1880s, Russian immigrants were building railways there. The name Odessa refers to those Russian immigrants at that time.
Following the name of Odessa in Ukraine."
"So there are many Russians there?" Suisui asked curiously.
"That was in the 19th century."
Katenka joked in a matter-of-fact tone, "There used to be a lot of Indians in North America. Didn't they get cleaned up?"
"I'm starting to believe now that you are really of Russian descent."
Suisui became interested and chased after the other person to ask if there were any other scenic spots or delicious and fun places in the local area besides the crater mentioned in the chat.
While Katenka was dealing with the curious Suisui with enthusiasm, Wei Ran closed his eyes and began to think about the next arrangements.
According to his original plan, he wanted to take photos of Gorman's ex-wife and son on Christmas Day and send them to him as a birthday gift, and then find an opportunity to make an excuse to give the money to Gorman's ex-wife and son.
My son. Now that he has a follower Suisui around him, I'm afraid I can only count on Katenka to do many things.
Unknowingly, Wei Ran was snoring, and even Suisui, who was sitting in the passenger seat, was coaxed into sleep by Katenka's random gold mining story.
Glancing at the two sleeping people, Katenka turned down the soothing voice he had just deliberately tuned, then secretly breathed a sigh of relief and slightly increased the speed of the car.
After all, she is not a tour guide. Except for a small part of what she just talked about with the girl named Aurora, she saw it during the past few days when she arrived early, and the rest is mostly improvised on the spot.
.
However, unlike Wei Ran, who has been worried about safety issues, Katenka feels that it is a good thing to have such an ordinary girl who doesn't know where she comes from to help cover up. Even if her Chinese boss wants to do something, at least
There could also be a scapegoat to help them escape.
As for the consequences of letting Wei Ran know about this idea, Katenka subconsciously ignored it. If she really counted, this trip to the United States was actually her first "field trip". In other words
In other words, she, a "keyboard warrior" who mostly relies on the Internet to complete her work, is actually far less experienced in such field activities than Wei Ran, who has experienced many assessments.
In this girl's wild thoughts, the rented commercial vehicle was speeding westward along the road that split the Gobi wilderness. Outside the window, the wild animals passing by were seen in the rear view, as well as the long-headed freight trucks that were overtaken by Katenka from time to time.
The image in the mirror quickly became smaller, and then was completely submerged by the new passers-by and the fiery red rising sun behind it that had already crossed the horizon.
When Katenka drove the commercial vehicle into a gas station, Weiran was woken up by the sound of the car parking.
"Are we here?" Wei Ran opened the car door and asked in confusion.
"We're here," Katenka, who was refueling, replied with a fuel gun, "Where should we go next?"
"This location" Wei Ran said, taking out the second half of the address from his pocket and handing it to the other party.
Taking the note and looking at it, Katenka put it into the pocket of his jeans and asked casually, "Are you staying in Odessa tonight? If you stay here, I will book a hotel later. Besides, I have already
It’s one o’clock in the afternoon, do you want to eat something?”
"I live here, and if nothing happens in the next few days, I will be here. As for eating, we can wait until we find the address just now."
Wei Ran glanced at Suisui, who was still sleeping in the car, and whispered, "Katenko, I'm afraid you have to do some things by yourself."
"Who to kill?" Katenka screwed on the fuel tank cap, stepped on the tire with one foot, and asked in a calm tone.
"No one will be killed." Wei Ran shook his head helplessly and emphasized again, "We are not going to do anything illegal this time."
Katenka looked at her and said, "Why don't you tell me everything I know at once."
"To put it simply, I have a client who wants to see how his ex-wife is doing."
"that's it?"
"My client is a fugitive murderer," Wei Ran said nonsensically. "He just wants our help to see how his ex-wife and children are doing."
"Gone?"
Katenka looked at Wei Ran with a strange expression, "You called me from Turin to help, just to help your client secretly photograph his ex-wife? Boss, your business scope sounds really perverted."
"Can your brain not have as many colors as your clothes?"
Wei Ran shook his head dumbfounded, "Anyway, find this location as soon as possible. There are still many things to do next."
"You are the boss and I will listen to you," Katenka said and got into the cab.
When Wei Ran sat back down and closed the car door, and Katianka drove the car out of the gas station, Suisui also stretched and yawned and woke up.
Suisui climbed from the passenger seat back to the seat next to Wei Ran and asked sleepily, "Aren't you here yet?"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "We're already here, let's get down to business first." Wei Ran said, picked up a bottle of mineral water, opened it and handed it to the other party.
Taking the mineral water, Suisui drank more than half of the bottle in one breath, and then burped regardless of the image, and then said with a look of relief, "Finally we're here, my waist is almost broken."
"Do I need to send you to the hotel first?" Katenka asked with a smile.
"No, no need!" Suisui looked out the window at the Mexican-style buildings on both sides of the road, "Business about his business first, but when you're done, you have to take us to eat the best local food."
"no problem!"
Katenka gave a confident response, then turned the car onto another street, pointed at a shop on the street and said, "His food is delicious. I usually take my friends there, but I don't
I know if it suits your taste."
Seeing that Suisui was indeed attracted by such a sentence, Wei Ran, who was sitting in the back row, just suppressed a smile and shook his head secretly. That flashy girl was indeed handed over by the old Katenka who was born in the KGB. Speaking of which,
If you take the lie seriously, your face won't turn red and you won't be out of breath.
But this is just to fool the young and careless Suisui. Anyone with a more thoughtful mind will find that this girl relies on the navigation system to drive in the place where she said she "grew up".
Listening to Katenka's lies, a group of three people took the car and searched around this small town also called Odessa for almost ten minutes, and finally stopped opposite a single-family villa with a garden.
Katenka parked the car on the side of the road, looked at the rich Mexican-style building across the road and said, "That's the earthy yellow house."
He took out the picture Gorman found through Street View and briefly compared it with the building across the road. After confirming that he had found the right place, Wei Ran took out his phone and took a photo of the house, and then took it out of his bag.
The SLR prepared in advance was handed to Suisui.
Immediately afterwards, he handed Katenka the photo taken by Gorman's ex-wife during the Soviet era, "This is the woman we are looking for, but this is a photo before she immigrated here about 30 years ago. Katenka
Ka, think of a suitable and gentle reason to let the people out of the house, or you can find a way to knock on the door and see if she still lives here."
Katenka took the photo and looked at it, then returned it to the former and asked, "Where was she from before?"
"Odessa, the Odessa in Ukraine, people who immigrated here after the collapse of the Soviet Union."
Hearing this, Katenka took out her mobile phone and searched for something. Then she took off her colorful down jacket, ducked into the rear compartment, and took out a pink jumper from her bag.
The shirt is on.
This was not over yet. Under the surprised gazes of Wei Ran and Suisui, the girl actually took off a colorful wig from her head.
"Is your hair fake?"
Wei Ran asked after hesitating, and at the same time secretly complained, even if this girl took off her wig, her original hair style was still not much better than that of Ji Ma, who was still a gangster back then, with her peacock blue hair wrapped in a hair net.
, making her look like she had a large emu egg shell on top of her head.
“I’m just too lazy to wash my hair.”
Katenka gave a perfunctory excuse that sounded natural. He reached into his bag and took out a light golden wig and fixed it on his head. Even the corners were carefully wiped with some unknown substance.
The paste makes the edges of the wig and the skin transition look more natural.
"How did you do it? Can you teach me?" Suisui asked in amazement.
"You want to learn?"
Katenka saw Suisui, who was deliberately smearing the makeup on his face, nodding excitedly and generously throwing the box of paste in his hand to the other party, "I mixed it myself with foundation and other things.
, if you like it, take the time and I will teach you, it’s very simple.”
Before she finished speaking, Katenka had already kicked off the boots with all kinds of exaggerated metal spikes and replaced them with a pair of ordinary sneakers. Then she put a sports backpack on her shoulders and put it on by the way.
He put on myopia glasses with thick frames and handed something the size of a cigarette box to Wei Ran, then opened the car door on the side facing away from the house and walked out.
"Why is she gone?" Suisui asked, holding a SLR in one hand and a box of paste sent by Kajianka in the other.
"I'll explain later"
Wei Ran motioned Suisui to look at the house across the road, "If someone comes out of that house later, take some photos of her. Remember to take more photos so that they can be clearer."
"What are you doing?" Suisui quickly put the box of paste aside and hurriedly checked the SLR in her hand.
"A client of mine wants to see how his ex-wife is doing." Wei Ran pointed to the other side of the road, "The person living in that house is my client's ex-wife."
"Your studio doesn't even choose this kind of job now?" Suisui looked at Wei Ran strangely, "Are you a pervert, or is your client a pervert?"
"It's just for money to do things." Wei Ran knocked on the glass helplessly, "Pay attention, finish the work as soon as possible and we can find a place to play for a few more days."
"Oh!" Suisui immediately raised the SLR in her hand, stretched the lens out of the half-open car window, and pointed it at the house on the other side of the road.
Almost at the same time she was getting ready, Katenka in disguise also walked weakly from a distance to the door of the house, and then fell to the ground with a weak foot.
It wasn't over yet. Katenka, who pretended to fall, walked towards the house in a decent manner, raised his arm with great effort and pressed the doorbell.
At the same time, the former's weak cry for help in English with a strong Maozi accent came from the cigarette box-sized thing she had left in the car.
