On the first day of December, Ji, who came back from Kirov, fawningly picked up Maya, who had been staying at Weiran's house for half a month. By the way, he also took away half of the scanned copy of the project.

After seeing off Jima and Maya, Weiran also found an excuse to go to the former site of Yudino Library to look for clues, drove away from home, and slowly drove upstream along the Volga River.

However, after arriving in Yudino, Weiran did not step on the brakes. Instead, he turned the steering wheel to the north and drove along a dilapidated road into a forest covered with a thin layer of snow.

He found an open space with no one around and stopped the car. Wei Ran took a deep breath, reached out and opened the Soviet Medical Encyclopedia on the passenger seat, took out the Nagant revolver inside, and then took out the

A Rocket polar pocket watch.

"Whether you can have a good year depends on this..." Wei Ran gritted his teeth and reached out and took out the metal book.

However, one second, two seconds, three seconds, more than ten seconds passed. Wei Ran looked at the metal book held in his left hand, then at the revolver and pocket watch held in his right hand, and finally refused to give up.

He glanced at the metal quill stuck on the cover of the metal book, motionless like a dead body.

"Why didn't you react? Are you moving?"

Wei Ran accidentally poked the quill on the cover with the barrel of the revolver in his hand, then without giving up, picked up the pocket watch and placed it on the cover of the metal book.

However, from beginning to end, this metal book showed no reaction at all.

Resisting the panic in his heart, Wei Ran threw aside the gun and pocket watch in his hand, and looked over and over at the metal book in his hand. He even tried to pick out a few things inside and look at them.

This book is not broken, so why is there no response?

Wei Ran tried to pick out the quill stuck on the metal cover, but unfortunately, it seemed like it had grown on it and he couldn't pick it out at all.

Forcing himself to calm down, Wei Ran put away the metal book and picked up the revolver on the passenger seat again.

If... no, there is no need for if, then although the metal book is a three-no product of unknown origin, there is no possibility of any malfunction or other problems.

Since there is no problem with the metal book, then the problem appears with the pistol and pocket watch. But what is the problem that makes this metal book give up?

After some hard thinking to no avail, Wei Ran simply restarted the car, turned around and returned to Yudino, and continued to drive five or six kilometers upriver. Finally, under the guidance of passers-by, he found the library that had been rebuilt in a prosperous part of the town.

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Compared with the original location, the location of this rebuilt library is much better, and it basically belongs to the CBD of this town.

There was also a basketball court built next to the library. Although the weather was extremely cold at this time, there were still several young men on the basketball court divided into two groups fighting for a slightly tattered basketball.

Parking the car in the parking space on the side of the library entrance, Wei Ran strolled open the glass door of the library.

The heat that hit his face made him shiver, and then he saw on the exhibition walls on both sides of the door were fixed various card bookmarks that those gangsters had dug out after Wei Ran bought the old books.

He had just asked the old man named Sergey to take these things away from his home not long ago. Unexpectedly, when he came this time, they were already fixed in the exhibition wall.

He even saw a girl who was probably in high school, standing in front of the exhibition wall, taking pictures of a colorful card, and whispering to the young man next to her that it was a book she had put in when she was a child.

of.

Without stopping, Wei Ran walked into this library with only one floor but a large area with a smile on his face.

As far as the eye can see, there are not many bookshelves in the middle of the library. Instead, there are tables placed by the windows. At this time, there are three or five old men and women sitting at the tables, or

I am reading a book, or holding a cup, leisurely looking out the window at the young men playing basketball, recalling the strong and vigorous figure of my youth.

Of course, in addition to these elderly people, there are also some children who are also sitting obediently on the other side of the bookshelf at the table that is at least half as short, looking at their favorite books seriously. The difference is that these little bean sprouts

There is a glass cup filled with milk on the table in front of you.

While he was observing the environment, at the bar on the side of the door, an old man followed the movement and looked over.

"Mr. Victor, why are you here?" Sergey asked in a surprised voice.

"Come and take a look." Wei Ran walked to the bar with a smile, "Do you need me to apply for a loan card?"

"Of course not"

As Sergey spoke, he took down a white porcelain cup from the cup holder above his head, "Black tea or coffee? Of course, we also have hot milk only for children."

"Milk Bar" Wei Ran gave an answer that was beyond the other party's expectations.

"no problem"

Sergey put the white porcelain cup back in the cup holder, took a transparent glass from another cup holder, took a large glass of slightly hot milk from the thermos bucket behind him and pushed it to Wei Ran.

"Why is it so expensive to get a loan card here?" Wei Ran took the cup and took a sip, then pointed at the poster on the wall behind the bar.

“This is more than just a bookstore”

Sergey also took a glass of milk for himself, took a sip and said, "We are close to the railway line here. You know, being next to the railway line means danger. After all, adults are busy at work."

"Child?" Wei Ran raised his eyebrows.

"Not just children, but also old people."

Sergey added, "The elderly also need care, so the best way is to have a place like this. Our library card is indeed a bit more expensive, but both the elderly and children can get a dinner and unlimited food from here

Milk, coffee, black tea, and even help call an ambulance if necessary.”

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Is this a nursing home with a small dining table care class and day school? Wei Ran instantly understood the existence of this library.

"Mr. Victor came to us, maybe not to buy used books?" Sergey took the initiative to change the topic of Q&A.

"Do you want to buy back those old books?" Wei Ran asked with a smile.

"Um..." Sergey grinned awkwardly, "For now...it's not necessary for now."

Wei Ran smiled and did not delve deeper into the matter. Instead, he asked, "Sergey, is the previous library still there?"

"That library has been demolished a long time ago." Sergey spread his hands. "It was demolished the day after you bought those old books."

Before Wei Ran could say anything, Sergey tentatively asked, "Victor...Mr. Victor, is there anything important hidden in that library?"

"Why do you ask?" Wei Ran asked curiously.

After a moment's hesitation, Sergey sighed, "To tell you the truth, more than half a month ago, before I went to your house to buy back those old books, a woman with a Ministry of Internal Affairs certificate came to see you.

I asked the same question."

"This?" Wei Ran asked, finding a photo of Aunt Lola from his phone.

"It's her"

Sergey nodded and hinted frankly, "Although I don't think she is really from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, I have no reason to refuse the 10,000 rubles in cash she offered."

"So you won't refuse the 10,000 rubles in cash I offered?" Wei Ran had already taken out his money clip as he spoke.

Sergey licked his lips and nodded without thinking, "Who would refuse?"

"Tell me what that woman asked? How did you answer her question?" Wei Ran said as he pushed the counted 10,000 rubles in cash to the other party.

"She first asked the same question as you, where is the library?"

Sergei spread his hands, "Of course, she came a little late, and the library had been demolished at that time. Then she asked about Sersi Koka and whether his home was still there.

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After a pause, Sergey pointed to the children not far away and replied, "I know Sersi. When he was the librarian, I, like those little guys, spent time in the library every day.

In the library, even though we didn’t have a borrowing card, he was still happy to let us in.”

"Can you tell me about Selsi's family?" Wei Ran asked, taking a sip of milk, "For example, his parents."

"I don't know that"

Sergey spread his hands, "I have never met his parents since I can remember. I only remember that he met a woman who used to work here, and then they got married and had children. Later... around 1982, I

I don’t remember clearly, but he quit his job and left here, and never came back since then. From then on, managing the library became my job.”

"Does he have any relatives here?"

"He has a sister who married upstream to Volgask."

Sergey talked about it, "The woman also asked this question at that time, or I asked many people in the town before I found her address in Volgask. But unfortunately, that woman passed away a year ago.

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According to the neighbor next door, her husband also passed away a long time ago, and it seems that due to physical reasons, they did not even leave a child."

When Sergey said this, he also picked up the milk on the table and took a sip before continuing, "Then the lady who paid seemed to have moved into that shabby house with two girls, one older and one younger.

I was the one who rented the car for them at that time."

"There are still ten thousand rubles here." Wei Ran shook the banknotes in his hand, "Tell me something that the woman doesn't know."

"Things I don't know..."

Sergey thought hard for a long time, and finally patted his forehead and whispered, "There is indeed something that the woman didn't know at the time. The previous library was actually Sersi's home."

"What did you say?" Wei Ran was stunned.

"What I said is true"

After Sergey took away the second message fee from Wei Ran, he looked around, put some cut fruits and three small pastries on a small plate, walked out of the bar and asked Wei Ran to follow him, and said as he walked,

"You are lucky. Someone must know about this, and he is in the library now."

While talking, Sergey brought Wei Ran to a table. On the left side of the table sat an old man, and on the right sat two old ladies who looked to be in their early sixties.

Looking at the two old ladies covering their mouths and snickering while whispering to the old man opposite, it was obvious... well... that suddenly made men envious of the old man who had dirt buried under his eyelids for being so old.

Can flirt with girls.
To be continued...