In the smokey underground studio of the library, Wei Ran spent several hours scanning all the negatives in the box except aviation film into electronic versions.

In addition to these, he also scanned Grant's two albums in another box for archives.

He was thinking about exchanging the gold coins in the box he gave to himself with the metal notebook to exchange for these two albums.

However, when he took off the gold coins from the curtain of the box, the box could not be retracted from the metal notebook. In desperation, he could only put the gold coins back to their original position and scan and keep them for file.

When all this was done, it was already nine o'clock in the evening, and Suisui had given up on urging him to go back for dinner.

After stretching tiredly, Wei Ran returned all the films and boxes to their original state, and then, as if he had just remembered it, he took out the thing from the red vortex called "Tu Wan".

However, when Wei Ran saw the object hitting the floor with a "dong" sound, he was inevitably frightened. This special code is an E46 cluster incendiary bomb! All insurance was lifted, and there was also a cluster incendiary bomb with the word "exp" written on it!

Fortunately, the collision with the floor just now did not cause the incendiary bomb to explode, but this was already scary enough.

After calming down, Wei Ran couldn't help but curse again. This thing was useless to him, and it was useless at all!

Helplessly retracted the cluster incendiary bomb back into the metal notebook. He walked to the table and sat down, picked up the note he had written before and browsed it, then lit it into ashes, got up and left the library basement and returned to the next home.

"Are you willing to give up?"

Sui Sui, who was watching TV with a facial mask on the first floor, greeted him, then covered his nose and said disgustedly, "Why does it smell so much smoke on you? Go and take a shower and change your clothes, and leave food for you."

Hearing this, Wei Ran immediately stepped upstairs and returned to the bedroom, took a hot shower and changed into a comfortable set of pajamas.

When he walked out of the room, Sui Sui had already brought the dinner to the living room on the second floor and also helped him open a bottle of beer.

"What's going on with your work today?"

Sui Sui sat cross-legged beside her and asked curiously, "Why did you finish your work so late?"

“Some progress has indeed occurred”

Wei Ran took the beer handed over by the other party and replied, "The business introduced by Nenier is probably going to be successful soon."

"About when will we finish our business?" Suisui asked, "It's almost time for us to go back to China to prepare for the New Year."

"When are you going back?" Wei Ran turned his head and asked.

"Wait for you to finish your work?" Suisui asked, "If you are fast, I plan to go back in the middle of the month or at the end of the month."

"It's time"

Wei Ran agreed happily, "I will definitely finish my work before the end of the month. Speaking of this, what are your arrangements for the New Year?"

"All my employees follow us back to celebrate the New Year."

Sui Sui immediately said, "When they move freely, they will go wherever they like. In addition, Koko will also celebrate the New Year with us. By the way, Sebastian of the Elk Foundation will come with him for financial verification. That's all before the New Year, and there are no arrangements for the current year."

"Since that's the case, let's go back early this year." Wei Ran made a decision while eating and laughing.

"You seem to be in a good mood?" Suisui leaned forward and asked, "What's the good thing?"

"It's the Chinese New Year, I'm going home soon, I'm not in a good mood." Wei Ran replied with a smile, but at the same time, he shook his head secretly in his heart.

Suisui is the person who knows himself best and can detect changes in his mood the most. But he can't even say anything about those secrets to her.

After having dinner during this unspeakable guilt and chat with Sui Sui, the two returned to the room early and carefully studied the basic knowledge of biological genetics.

The next day came, Wei Ran got up early and started a morning jog with his dog Belia. As usual, Sui Sui was dragged out of the bedroom by the Kajianka sisters, and changed his clothes with sleepy eyes and started exercises that he could not avoid every day.

On this morning when snowflakes are floating in the sky but full of vitality, everyone who had breakfast was also devoted to their busy work.

Although he still has no investigations on the Spanish International Column and suspected Yugoslav guerrillas, he has started to become lazy again, so he finally returned to this relatively peaceful time and space. He always has to spend a few days to ease himself.

On the other hand, he was also planning to do something to make an excuse for himself to discover the Donnie brothers' photography box.

Because of this, he spent the whole morning to carefully select a few negatives from the album sent by Brad's grandchild, the gentleman also named Grant, and washed out large photos.

He asked a few unreliable girls who were idle and had nothing to do to help seal these photos into the photo frame and hang them in the library. Wei Ran took out his cell phone, raised his head and took a few photos of the photos, and then sent a dynamic without any text on social software.

These photos are group photos of Dumbo and White Whale crew members, group photos of the two crews when they were partying together, and photos of the dusty bombers. Without exception, there is no trace of Brad here.

Almost certainly, when taking these photos, Brad was also there, and he stood behind the camera holding the Kodak Gold Award camera with his own hands.

"Mr. Victor, is there anything else we need to do?"

These little girls who were pulled out of strength asked energeticly that they were idle every day and were eager to find something to do at this time.

"If you are bored, why not lower all the photo frames and wipe them." Wei Ran arranged a job that was not tired but was particularly time-consuming.

"I'm asking everyone to come and help!"

The little girl's leader Katyusha said, pressing the walkie-talkie hanging on her shoulders, and shouting all the other little girls at a very fast speed.

He gave the library to these young girls with confidence, but Wei Ran himself took out his cell phone and called Xia Shushi to voice the phone.

"What's wrong?"

After waiting patiently for about 20 seconds, Xia Shuseki's greetings also came from his phone.

"Is it inconvenient?"

Wei Ran asked simply, and also stepped into the basement of the library.

"Jin Qi, me, and my old man," Xia Shushi replied simply, obviously throwing back the question of whether it is convenient.

"How is the old man's body?" Wei Ran asked as if he was chatting about home.

"It's still like that, my body is quite tough."

Xia Shushi said, "Brothers just talk if you have something to do, so we two don't have to go around in circles."

"I plan to do something in the name of the old man," Wei Ran said as if he was waiting for the other party's words.

"In the name of my old man?"

Xia Shushi pondered for a moment and asked tentatively, "It has something to do with the Chaomoss Battlefield?"

"How did you guess?" Wei Ran asked with a smile.

"You are a historian"

Xia Shusei said, "Except for this matter, you need to borrow the name of my old man, I really can't think of anything he can help you with in other aspects."

"I can't hide it from you"

Wei Ran admitted with a smile as he walked into the studio, and then began to talk nonsense, "It is indeed related to the Chaomos Battlefield. I took a client's commission to find something. Now the things have been found, but those things were illegally entrusted from the north.

This process is not so legal. If it is leaked, my friends may get shots, and there are some things inside. "

"So my grandfather brought the things back from the battlefield?" Xia Shushi asked confidently, obviously following Wei Ran's thoughts, "Why do you have friends over there?"

"That's right, Mr. Xia brought it back from the front line back then."

Wei Ran answered the previous question and ignored the latter question. He really had friends over there, and his children were all in his own hands.

"I'm not happy with this"

Xia Shusei said straightforwardly, "All the seizures are due to the credit. Although I don't know what you like, the ones that can make you think about are probably valuable. Our old man has been observing the three major disciplines and eight points of attention all his life. How can he..."

"I have low awareness, but I have low awareness."

Wei Ran said, "But are you sure you don't look at what I want to deduct before saying this?"

"What?" Qin Qi's voice came from the microphone.

"The thing is still on the road, I'll send the photo later."

Wei Ran continued to make a lie without any pressure, "If you think this is OK, after I return to China, you two will suffer and go to Tianjin to find me."

"No, what are you, the mysterious person, who is interested in?" Xia Shushi asked more and more curiously.

"I'll send it to you now"

Wei Ran said, simply hung up the phone, and then packed and compressed the scans of the two albums left by Grant, and sent them through the email address provided by Kajianka.

A moment later, Xia Soseki also sent a message: it has been received and is downloading.

After extinguishing the screen of the phone, Wei Ran took out his wine pot and took a sip of cider, secretly thinking about the omissions in it.

He still wanted to keep the two albums taken by Grant during his trip to China after World War II, and even more wanted to keep the photos of the cruelest side of the war he took on the Chaomoss Battlefield.

After trying to exchange gold coins for those negatives and albums without being supported by metal notebooks, the current solution is the only feasible solution he can think of.

Grant's suitcase and even his body had sank into Datong River more than half a century ago. Now that he has "find" it, it may not be possible to be picked up by the volunteer soldiers of that year.

Among the old soldiers of the volunteer army he knew and lived, the two old men, Chen Qi and Zhao Shengli, were really not suitable to come forward, and he didn't even know how to ask them to help do this.

He was even more uncertain about how old Mr. Zhao Shengli would criticize or educate himself after listening to his request.

Since this is the case, Mr. Xia, who has suffered from severe Alzheimer's disease, became the only candidate.

An old soldier who remembers nothing, his grandchildren found some seized spoils suspected to have been brought back from the Chaomos battlefield at home, and happened to see his good friend looking for these things.

Although it may be a coincidence or a few, it can naturally leave behind those negatives and albums, at least, own their ownership.

Next, it would be enough for him to notify Mr. Grant, who would entrust his own good news at the right time.

There was only one reason that made him so much trouble. He was not sure whether Mr. Grant would be as neutral as Mr. Grant back then.

He was even more uncertain whether he would be willing to make public after the album and negatives were handed over to him. But at the same time, he could not take them down privately. Those photos needed to be admitted by descendants of the Donnie brothers.

Since he doesn't want to bet on the other party's character and position, he doesn't mind changing a relatively safer method.
To be continued...