At 5:40 pm on October 1st, Wei Ran, who seemed to have fallen into a paint bucket, limped out of the birch forest with the help of Ji Ma, holding a wooden stick.
This whole day's experience was definitely not a good one, even if he was found by Ji Ma again and again, he was almost dead. He also encountered a buck in heat. If he hadn't reacted quickly and fired a shot in time, he would probably have died.
He was now hung on the antlers as a trophy. But even so, in panic, he still fell over and almost twisted his foot.
Fortunately, by accident, he found a blackboard only the size of an induction cooker panel on the trunk of an oak tree, and successfully left his name on it.
"Jima, how many times have I been hit by you today?" Wei Ran asked weakly as he sat on the steps at the door of the counseling center.
"17 times"
Ji Ma's face was full of regret, "There is obviously still time, why can't you just keep going and find the second blackboard?"
"Then you can get the ransom of 40,000 rubles?" Wei Ran mocked with an evil look on his face.
"Twenty thousand" Jima stretched out his scissor hands, "Even if I catch you 20 times, I can only get 20,000, and the other 20,000 belongs to Mr. Culp."
"This profiteer!" Wei Ran cursed through gritted teeth.
"Thank you. I appreciate the compliment"
Culp walked out of the consultation center and stretched out his hand with a smile, "Twenty thousand rubles, after paying the ransom, you can go back to the dormitory to change clothes, and then prepare for dinner."
"Take it." Wei Ran took out several large tickets from his wallet and handed them to the other party. The latter handed half of them to Jima next to him in front of him.
"Alright Jima, take him to the dormitory and come over for dinner after changing his clothes."
Culp put the ransom money in his pocket and said as he walked to the counseling center, "At 7:30 in the evening, on the first floor of the counseling center, you still have two hours of German classes. Every minute you are late is 10,000 rubles."
"Let's go, I'll take you to the dormitory." Jima gloated and pulled Wei Ran to stand up.
"Jima, you should follow suit. This is what Mr. Nicholas means."
"Can I refuse?" Ji Ma asked with an ugly face.
Culp turned around and said seriously, "No, I have already called your mother. She asked me to tell you that if you dare to sneak back, I will break your legs. Ji Ma, cherish this rare opportunity to learn.
Well, if your Chinese friend hadn’t paid enough tuition, you wouldn’t have had the chance to take classes.”
"I know." Jima's mouth twitched, but he finally agreed with difficulty.
Helping Wei Ran enter the consultation center, the two brothers climbed up the stairs to the second floor of the consultation center and each got into their own rooms.
Wei Ran closed the door tiredly. Wei Ran, who had been tired all day and had been cheated out of 20,000 rubles, finally had some comfort. Among other things, the dormitory provided by Karp was absolutely spacious, and it looked like a suite of at least fifty or sixty square meters.
The decoration is definitely luxurious.
There is even a bathtub big enough to soak your whole body in the separate bathroom. In the cabinet at the entrance, there is a complete set of clothes from underwear and socks to tops and bottoms, boots and even gloves. Even the luggage I threw in the truck
The boxes were wiped clean and placed in the corner.
He took off his clothes and threw them into the washing machine. Wei Ran took a comfortable hot bath and then lay down on the bed at a certain time to take a nap. Last night, he was disturbed by all kinds of movements all night, and during the day he was in the birch forest.
Ji Ma has been a target all day long, and now he is so tired that he touches the pillow and starts snoring.
When the alarm clock woke him up, Wei Ran felt that he had slept for less than five minutes, but looking at the screen of his mobile phone, he saw that there were only fifteen minutes left before class. He hurriedly changed his clothes and ran downstairs.
By the time he arrived, Ji Ma was already waiting for him in the lobby on the first floor.
"I knew you had to take a nap," Jima said while stuffing a stack of bacon-wrapped blintzes into Wei Ran's hand, "Let's eat something quickly while there is still time."
"Thank you for still thinking of me." Wei Ran took a few mouthfuls and stuffed them into his stomach, and then followed Jima into a classroom next to the bar.
To his surprise, the person in charge of giving lectures turned out to be the aunt at the front desk. However, compared to her dress last night, this aunt not only wore a decent suit, but also wore light makeup. Although her figure was slightly out of shape, she still
His temperament has undergone earth-shaking changes.
"Find a place to sit down by yourself."
The attitude of the aunt at the front desk was much more enthusiastic than last night. While handing out the teaching materials to the only two students, she introduced softly, "My name is Dalia, and I will be in charge of your German courses in the future.
Medical courses and etiquette courses, of course, today we are a German class, so let’s start with the simplest letter pronunciation and how to greet other people’s mothers in German.”
Is this even okay? Just learn swear words?
Wei Ran looked at the dignified and elegant teacher Dalia with dumbfounded eyes. For a moment, he couldn't figure out what kind of greeting he wanted to teach.
However, after the two-hour class ended, Wei Ran, who had learned a lot of swear words, was surprised to find that he had actually remembered a lot of "greetings", especially in the last ten minutes of this German class, Dali
Ya organized a scolding between him and Jima, which was a real practice of what he learned today.
The first magical German course ended with some unfinished content. Dalia motioned to Jima to follow her out of the classroom, but Culp walked in with two document bags.
"How's your German class going?" Culp, still wearing a suit and ties, asked kindly as he sat across from Wei Ran.
"Very interesting" Wei Ran gave an ambiguous evaluation.
"The courses here are very interesting," Culp said while opening the file bag, taking out the contents and laying them flat on the table.
"This is..." Wei Ran looked at one of the documents on the table. Isn't this the medical file he brought over?
"I found it when I was helping you pack your luggage today," Culp said matter-of-factly, not feeling anything wrong with going through other people's things without permission.
"I'm helping Mr. Nicholas investigate something."
"I know." Culp pushed another document to Weiran. "This is something I investigated based on this medical record. It may be able to help you."
Wei Ran picked up another file and flipped through it. Not only did it contain detailed information about the owner of the medical file, but it also had a detailed introduction to Oakleaf Insurance Company, which he had never been able to find before.
After he finished reading more than a dozen pages of documents, Culp asked directly, "Victor, I want to know why you only brought this medical file? Can you tell me what you found?"
Wei Ran hesitated for a moment and came up with the excuse he had thought up in advance, "I just think the reason why he was killed is too simple."
"that's it?"
Wei Ran nodded, then shook his head, "Originally, these were the reasons, but after reading the information you gave me, there are more reasons now."
"Tell me more," Culp urged.
"This insurance company," Weiran pointed to the phrase on the medical file and explained, "Oak leaf, this is too reminiscent of World War II. A German company uses oak leaf as its name. It's hard not to think too much about it.
.And according to your investigation, this company was destroyed by a bomb in 1985, and the ampoule also disappeared in 1985. Is it possible that he died in that explosion?"
Culp shook his head in disappointment when he heard this, "Didn't Mr. Nicholas tell you? The ampoule disappeared in April 1985. There was a two-month gap between them. It is difficult to say that there is any connection between them."
"What month? April?" Wei Ran exclaimed in surprise.
"Is there a problem?" Culp asked, staring into Wei Ran's eyes.
"No..." Wei Ran, who was about to lie to try and get through it, quickly stopped and said in a different way, "I have to think about it before I can give you the answer."
Culp thought for a moment and then nodded, "From now on, after the last class every day, I will take half an hour to help you investigate and analyze it. If you need anything during the process, you can always ask it."
"No problem, I won't be polite if necessary." Wei Ran couldn't help but yawned as he said, "But Principal Culp, can I go back and rest now?"
"sure"
Culp said with a smile, "Have breakfast at 6:30 tomorrow morning, and start your hunting game with Ji Ma at 7 o'clock. It will end before 3 o'clock in the afternoon."
"What else?" Wei Ran asked with a sad face.
"When will you find three blackboards in one day and be caught by Ji Ma in single digits, when will this hunting game end." Culp stood up, "Okay, now go back and get some rest early."
Watching Culp leave the classroom, Wei Ran reopened the information on the table. He had not originally expected to get the results of the investigation so quickly, but since the other party had already seen the medical file, there was no need to continue hiding it.
Already.
What's more, he also saw the words "German Youth League" in this document. If he continued to investigate with this clue, he might be able to find the real murderer soon.
