Chapter 2688

After returning home in the evening, Sokov was about to go into the kitchen to cook, but was stopped by Anna: "Misha, you go to the study and read. I'll leave tonight's dinner to me. I'll call you when it's ready." "After that, he took the initiative to get into the kitchen.

Since Anna wanted to take the initiative to cook, Sokov just wanted it. He turned around and entered the study, sat at the table, turned on the computer, and started browsing information.

As soon as I connected the chat software, Lao Hu from China sent a message: "Xiao Lin, I heard that what happened that day caused you trouble. Are you okay?"

Sokov knew that Lao Hu was talking about not sending Mr. Cai to the airport that day, and Lao Tan later came to ask for an explanation. Then he told Lao Hu roughly what happened next. Of course, considering that Lao Hu was a bit loud-mouthed and couldn't hide secrets in his heart, he did not tell the other party that he was the one who sent Wang Juntao and others to the cell through his connections, so as to prevent the other party from telling others about the matter and causing trouble to himself. Causing unnecessary trouble.

After listening to this, Lao Hu was silent for a long time, and finally said: "Xiao Lin, I'm really sorry for causing you so much trouble."

"This matter has passed, there is no need to mention it again." Sokov said lightly: "Old Hu, when you deal with people in the future, you need to be more careful to avoid others taking advantage of your face for favors."

"Yeah, I remember."

Sokov knew in his heart that it was easy for a country to change its nature. Even if Lao Hu promised well now, maybe in a few days, the scar would be healed and the pain would be forgotten. As long as others said a few nice words to him, he would be in trouble again. I went to help all the time, but in the end I wasted time and favors, but the benefits were all for others.

But as a friend, I have said all I can say. What Lao Hu does in the future is his business, so there is no need to worry unfounded.

After finishing the chat with Lao Hu, Sokov continued to browse the information, looking for things that were useful to him, so that he would be able to use them even if he went back to the past.

Just when he was immersed in watching it, he suddenly heard Anna calling to herself: "Misha, dinner is ready."

Arriving in the kitchen, Sokov saw two plates on the dining table, both filled with pancakes. He asked Anna with some surprise: "Is this what you cooked for dinner?"

"Yes, I make Ukrainian potato pancakes and Ukrainian meatloaf." Anna nodded and said, "Potatoes are peeled, ground into paste, and then fried into thin pancakes. Meatloaf is made of ground beef. Or pork stuffing, I added onions, mushrooms, carrots and other vegetables and baked it in the oven. "

Sokov went on a trip to the countryside today and didn't even have time to eat lunch. He was so hungry that his chest pressed against his back. Seeing that Anna had cooked dinner for him personally, he was not polite and sat down to eat.

Anna sat next to him, holding her chin in her hands, looking at Sokov with a smile.

After seeing the other party eating a piece of potato cake and a piece of meat cake, he asked: "Misha, how does it taste?"

Sokov looked sideways at Anna and said, "Same as you."

"Like me?" A confused expression appeared on Anna's face: "What do you mean?"

Sokov put down the knife and fork in his hand, tapped Anna's nose, and smiled: "Of course it's as delicious as you."

After hearing this, Anna was stunned for a moment, then her face turned red, and she said shyly, "It's disgusting, I can't even eat properly."

"Hey, what I said is true." Sokov said with a dry smile: "How about we go to the bedroom to try it out and then come back for dinner?"

Anna snorted coldly and slapped Sokov on the forehead with her hand: "Let's eat honestly first. There are some things that we can talk about after dark."

When the two of them were immersed in dinner, Anna suddenly asked: "By the way, I went to look for you at noon today, and Lena said that you went out with a girl. Who is that girl? Where did you go?"

Sokov couldn't help shuddering. He knew very well that if he didn't explain this issue clearly, Anna would probably fall out with him. He hurriedly explained: "Oh, that's Police Victoria, who came to my store to investigate last time." The one who committed the arson asked me to accompany her to her villa in the country to pick up some things for her great-grandmother.”

"Why does she want to go with you?"

"Because her family lives downstairs from my house." Sokov pointed downstairs and continued: "She has a 99-year-old great-grandmother with whom I get along very well. She wants to take things away from the countryside. When you come back, you will definitely think of me.”

"Go to the country villa to pick up things." Anna looked at Sokov and asked with a half-smile: "Didn't you do anything else?"

"No, absolutely not." Sokov replied righteously: "If you don't believe it, you can pay the public food first and then come back to continue eating."

"Okay, okay, stop joking and concentrate on eating. If you don't eat, the pancakes will get cold."

After dinner, while Anna was washing the dishes, she curiously asked: "Misha, you said that Victoria's great-grandmother is 99 years old. What do you, a young man in his twenties, have in common? Go to the countryside to pick up important things for her?"

Hearing Anna's question, Sokov hesitated for a moment, thinking in his mind, how should he answer the other party?

After thinking about it, he decided to reply to Anna with the same words he told Victoria, lest she become friends with Victoria one day, compare each other, and find that she was lying, and then she would have to rack her brains to explain. Half Day: "A few days ago, when I was helping Officer Victoria move her things home, her great-grandmother saw me. I must have been her superior at that time. Victoria told me that her great-grandmother suffered from Alzheimer's disease and was in a state of consciousness most of the time. In my unconscious state, let me follow her wishes and admit that I was her former superior."

"Is this really the case?" Anna asked dubiously.

"certainly."

"I think your explanation is too far-fetched. Is it possible that you are lying to me?"

Sokov said without changing his face: "Anna, if you don't believe it, I can take you to Victoria's house and let you ask her face to face."

Anna thought for a while, then shook her head and said, "Forget it, I'd better not go, I don't know her." She wiped her hands with a towel, and then grabbed Sokov's arm, "I believe you don't Would lie to me about this."

Seeing that he finally got through, Sokov breathed a sigh of relief. He was about to go back to the study to continue reading the information, but he heard Anna continue to ask: "Misha, when are we going to Sochi?"

Sokov thought for a moment: "Let's wait another ten days or so."

"Ah, how long do you have to wait?" Anna pouted and said, "My boss said starting next week, he will close the store for a while and wait until the end of July to reopen."

"I also want to go to Sochi immediately, but there are still many things to do." Sokov said to Anna: "First of all, I made an appointment with my friend to have a party at a villa in the countryside in a few days. Do you want to do this? Got it.”

"Yeah, I know. What else?"

"Also, we need to start paying the stall fee for the next month on the 26th of every month." Sokov continued: "If we leave after attending the party, within two days, it will be time to pay the shop rent. I can't just Are you going to Sochi and rushing back? So, I think it’s best to wait until the rent is paid before going to Sochi, so that we can choose the time to stay in Sochi according to the specific situation.”

Upon hearing this, Anna felt that what Sokov said made sense, and nodded in agreement: "Well, it won't be too late to go to Sochi after paying the rent for the shop."

While the two were talking, Sokov's cell phone rang. He picked it up and saw that it was Victoria calling.

Sokov answered the phone, because in front of Anna, he asked in a businesslike tone: "Officer Victoria, what's the matter?"

"Misha, something is wrong with my great-grandmother tonight. After seeing her medals and certificates of honor, she has been sitting there talking about it." Victoria said hurriedly on the phone: "Can you come down and chat with her? ?”

Perhaps because she was worried that Sokov would refuse, she also specifically added: "The bureau just called me and said that there was an emergency case that I needed to go back to handle. My great-grandmother is like this. I don't feel safe leaving her alone at home. Can you come and stay with her?"

If Sokov was at home alone, he would definitely agree to the other party without hesitation, but at this moment Anna was staring at him eagerly, so before answering this question, he took a special look at Anna. Anna saw Sokov's eyes turned towards her, snorted heavily, and then turned her head to the side.

Seeing Anna's appearance, Sokov, who knew her well, immediately understood that the other party did not object to his going to Victoria's house, and quickly replied: "I'll be there right away."

After hanging up the phone, Sokov decided to take a preemptive strike and asked before Anna could finish speaking: "Anna, will you come with me?"

"I want to watch TV at home." If Sokov hadn't asked this question, Anna might have wanted to follow him and have a look. But when Sokov asked, she immediately shook her head and said, "You can go alone. ”

Since Anna had no objection, Sokov quickly left the house and came to Victoria's house downstairs.

"Misha, you're here!" Victoria saw Sokov appear at the door, grabbed his hand, pulled him to the bedroom, and said: "It's been a long time since I came home. "For hours, my great-grandmother was sitting on the couch, holding her medal and talking about it, and it was scary."

Sokov walked into the bedroom and saw Lida sitting on the lounge chair in front of the window, holding the box he brought back today in his arms and mumbling non-stop. It was indeed a bit scary. Fortunately, it doesn't get completely dark until around eleven o'clock in this season. Otherwise, someone like Lida would definitely scare others.

Sokov came to Leda and squatted down, grabbed her wrinkled hand, and asked with concern: "Leda, what are you talking about?"

When Lida heard someone talking to her, she turned to look at Sokov, with a smile on her face: "Misha, you're here!"

"Well, here I come!"

"When I was holding the medal, many former comrades appeared in front of me." Lida turned her eyes to the window again and said with excitement: "They have been chatting with me just now, telling what happened that year."

Sokov couldn't help but shudder when he heard what Lida said. He once heard someone say that when a person is about to die, his dead relatives and friends will appear in front of his eyes. Lida said that she saw her former comrades. Could it be that She said that her life had reached the point where it was exhausted.

Thinking of this, he stood up, came to Victoria's side, and whispered: "Vika, are you going to the police station now?"

"I'm not going." Victoria shook her head and explained specifically: "When I called you, I heard a woman talking next to you. I was worried that if I asked you to come over to accompany my great-grandmother directly, she would not agree, so I could only pretend to There is something wrong with the bureau, so I asked you to come over and help me take care of my great-grandmother, so that she won’t object to your coming over.”

Sokov gave Victoria a thumbs up: "Vika, your trick is indeed effective. If you hadn't said so, maybe my friend would have come with me."

"Misha, what do you think happened to my great-grandmother?" Victoria looked at Lida and asked with a sad face: "Why do you keep talking about her?"

Sokov organized the vocabulary in his mind, and then said slowly: "Vika, you may have to be mentally prepared. A situation like Lida's is very similar to a flashback. Even if she is fine at the moment, maybe The next moment, there was no movement. You thought she was just sleeping, but in fact she was dead."

Hearing what Sokov said, Victoria said "Ah" in surprise: "No way, Misha, you said that my great-grandmother has reached the point where she has run out of oil?"

"It's almost done." After all, Sokov is not a doctor. He has no idea what Lida's condition is now. He can only say in an uncertain tone: "After all, she is almost a hundred years old now. Can she live to... After all, there aren’t many people her age.”

Victoria held Sokov's arm and said in a panic: "Misha, can you stay with me? I'm worried that something will really happen to my great-grandmother later, and I can't handle it alone."

Seeing the decisive female police officer, who was at a loss because of his great-grandmother's poor condition, Sokov felt compassion in his heart. He nodded and said: "Don't worry, Vika, I will be here for a long time." Wait for a while and see what changes happen to Lida next.”

Victoria brought two chairs in from outside, and sat side by side with Sokov behind Lida, quietly listening to her murmurings. Lida's voice was sometimes loud, sometimes soft; sometimes clear, sometimes vague.

Victoria couldn't help but ask Sokov a few words if she could hear the content clearly, and Sokov would also search the memories deep in his mind to give the other party a reasonable explanation.

In this way, the time reached twelve o'clock unknowingly, and Lida, who kept talking, finally calmed down.

Seeing her head resting motionless on the back of the chair, Sokov's heart couldn't help but wonder, could it be that Lida just left like this?

He quickly stood up and walked over, put his fingers under Lida's nose, and found that she was still breathing steadily. He breathed a secret sigh of relief, and turned to Victoria behind him and said, "Vika, she is asleep."

Victoria quickly got up and made the bed, and at the same time said to Sokov: "Misha, please help me carry her to the bed."

Sokov put the skinny Lida on the bed, covered her with a quilt gently, and then said to Victoria: "Vika, it's getting late, I'm going back first. If anything happens, remember to call me. "