red moscow

Chapter 2670

Sokov followed Anatoly to his shop and quickly solved the small problem with the notebook.

"Misha," Anatoly said hesitantly after seeing Sokov repair his notebook, "Did Aksara tell you that something happened at home and he needed to go back for a while?"

"Well, that's what she said." Sokov heard Anatoly say this and realized that Aksara's sudden departure seemed to have some hidden reasons, so he quickly asked: "Anatole, is there anything else?"

"Yes." Anatoly nodded, and then said seriously: "Aksara is pregnant!"

"Pregnant?" Sokov was stunned after hearing this. He thought that he and Aksara had never had any intimate contact. Even if she was pregnant, it had nothing to do with him. But he was very curious about whose child Aksara was pregnant with: "Who is the father of the child?"

"I don't know who it is," Anatoly said, shaking his head. "I only know that she has been very close to several Azerbaijani bosses who sell leather jackets in recent months. I think the father of the child should be one of them."

"What is Akshara going to do?"

"What else can we do? Of course we have to give birth to the child," Anatoly said. "When the child is one year old, we will give her to her mother to take care of her. Then she can come to Moscow to work."

Sokov couldn't help but frown after hearing this. According to Anatoly, it would be at least two years before he could see Akshara again. It seemed that he would need to hire another employee when the peak season came, so that he would not be too busy.

"Anatole, I know that Ukraine, like Russia, has free medical care." Sokov asked casually, "Aksara gave birth in the hospital, was it free?"

"Yes, it is free." Anatoly nodded and said, "According to relevant regulations, when the child is born, the relevant department will directly pay a subsidy of one thousand US dollars to Akshara. In addition, there is another subsidy of one thousand US dollars, which will be paid in installments within three years."

"That's great," Sokov said with a smile, "Giving birth in a hospital doesn't cost money, on the contrary, you can get subsidies from the relevant departments. By the way, a child without a father won't be harassed when he registers his household registration in the future, right?"

"How is that possible?" Anatoly continued, "When a mother leaves the hospital with her baby, the hospital will notify the relevant department. When issuing subsidies, the relevant department will give a certificate for the child's household registration. With this certificate, it is a very simple matter to register the child."

After chatting with Anatoly for a while, Sokov returned to his shop.

There were no customers in the store, and Lena and Ada were sitting at the door chatting.

Sokov took out his cell phone and checked the time. It was only a little after one o'clock and it was still early to get off work, so he said to the two of them, "I have to go out for something. I'll be back before get off work ends."

After driving out of the market, Sokov drove directly to Lubyanka.

He clearly remembered that after he was seriously injured on the battlefield, he was sent to an underground hospital opposite the Lubyanka. He wanted to see if the hospital was still there.

When he arrived at the open space opposite the Lubyanka Building, Sokov did see the container that was inserted diagonally into the ground.

But when he walked over, he found the door was locked. The lock was rusty and he didn't know how long it had been closed.

"Sir, what are you doing here?"

Sokov heard someone talking behind him and quickly turned around. He saw two men in black suits standing next to him and a black car parked not far away.

Seeing that Sokov did not answer, the person on the left asked again: "Sir, what are you doing here?"

Sokov saw that the two men were not ordinary people. Maybe they came from the Lubyanka building. If he couldn't say anything today, he might be detained. He quickly organized his words in his mind and said, "You two, wasn't yesterday Victory Day? I heard from others that during the Great Patriotic War, the underground hospital opposite the Lubyanka had received many wounded senior generals. I happened to be free today, so I came here to take a look. Who knew there was a rusty big lock hanging on the door."

Hearing what Sokov said, the two looked at each other and saw the confusion in each other's eyes.

The man on the left asked, "Sir, who told you this?"

"Yesterday on Victory Square, I heard someone specifically mention this incident when he was introducing the Great Patriotic War to others."

"Sir, I think you have been deceived." The man on the left said, "This underground hospital was established in 1987 and was used to test for occupational diseases. The Great Patriotic War had been over forty years by then, so how could it possibly house wounded senior generals?"

"Oh, so that's how it is." After hearing what the other party said, Sokov quickly apologized and said, "That was my mistake. I'm leaving now."

As he drove away from Lubyanka, Sokov muttered to himself: What on earth is going on? When he was injured in the 1987s, he was indeed sent to this underground hospital. When Asia pushed him out for some fresh air, he could clearly see the Lubyanka building across the street many times. How did this hospital, which was still in operation in the s, become a small hospital built in for occupational disease examinations?

When Sokov drove past Lenin Street, he went specifically to his first residence.

He parked his car on the side of the road and walked to the door of the unit.

The big iron gate is closed, and to get in, you must press the correct password.

Sokov thought about it and the password seemed to be "1234", so he stretched out four fingers and pressed four rusty keys at the same time.

Unexpectedly, the big iron gate opened.

He walked into the unit and found that the duty room on the ground floor was empty, but the bright lights in the corridor made the inside as bright as day.

Since no one questioned him, Sokov boldly came to the room he had lived in before and knocked on the door twice. But there was no movement inside, so he knocked twice again, but there was still no response, proving that his judgment when he passed by here in the morning was correct, and there was indeed no one living here.

Since there was no one there, there would be little point in breaking in, so Sokov turned and left.

Standing outside the building, Sokov stared at the familiar buildings around him, wondering where he should go next.

He quickly remembered that after he moved out of here, he moved to a large compound not far away. He could drive over and see if the compound was still there.

Sokov drove and soon arrived near the compound.

Although he didn't know who was living in the compound now, Sokov knew from the barbed wire on the wall, the sentries standing guard at the door, and the police patrolling with police dogs that there must be important people living there, otherwise the security would not be so strict. Just as Sokov was about to drive away, a black kitten ran out from the green belt on the side of the road and stood in front of Sokov's car without moving.

Sokov thought the kitten looked familiar, a bit like the black cat Luna that he and Asiya had raised back then. So he opened the car door, got out of the car, walked a few steps towards the black cat, and tentatively called out, "Luna!"

Unexpectedly, as soon as he stopped shouting, the little black cat came over, circled around Sokov twice, and then kept nudging his pants with its head.

Seeing the kitten being so intimate with him, the muscles on Sokov's face twitched violently a few times: "Damn it, what's going on? Why is this little black cat so close to me? Is it really the cat that Asiya and I raised?"

When Sokov turned around and got back into the car, the little black cat also got in and sat skillfully in the passenger seat. It looked up at Sokov and meowed a few times, as if urging Sokov to drive faster.

Sokov smiled and shook his head, started the car, and headed towards the market. Although he still had many places to go, he gave up because he knew very well that even if he went to those places, he would not be able to find any information about himself. After all, he searched the history yesterday and could not find a person named Sokov. He could not explain what he had experienced. It was just a long dream.

Back at the market, when Sokov appeared in front of Lena and Ada holding Luna, they both showed a look of shock on their faces: "Misha, did you just go to the cat and dog market to buy a cat?"

"No." Sokov shook his head slightly and said, "I picked it up on the road."

"It's still a little cat girl." After checking the kitten, Lena asked curiously, "What are you going to name it?"

"Luna, how about this name?"

"Not bad, not bad, a very good name."

"Misha, can you give me this cat?" Ada took the initiative to ask Sokov: "You know, I will go back to my villa in the suburbs to farm in a few days. There are many small animals in the forest. If I have a cat, many small animals will not dare to enter the house."

Sokov knew very well that Ada's villa was just a wooden house in the woods outside the city. No one was at home all year round, and it was unbearable for snakes, insects, rats and ants. Giving Luna to her could also help her look after the house. Even if Ada came back to work and no one was at the villa, Luna could survive in the woods.

"Okay, Ada, then I'll give Luna to you."

Ada took Luna, thanked Sokov, and then held Luna in his arms and started to tease her. Luna kept looking at Sokov and made a series of noises from time to time, as if protesting Sokov for giving her away so casually.

It was time to get off work. Ada put Luna into a small paper box and was about to leave when he met Anna who just walked in.

Anna saw the paper box in Ada's hand and asked curiously, "Ada, what good things did you buy?"

"It's not something I bought," Ada said. "It's a kitten Misha gave me." As he spoke, he opened the lid and let Anna see the kitten inside.

"Oh, this kitten is so cute." Anna liked Luna very much after seeing her. She turned to Sokov and said, "Misha, have you forgotten that I also want a kitten? Why don't you give it to me?"

Sokov complained in his heart, thinking, "Sister, I just came back from decades ago, and many things are still a mess. I haven't figured out anything yet, so how could I remember that you like kittens?" However, this was in a public place, and Sokov still had to maintain his image, so he could only bite the bullet and say, "Oh, Anna, I'm so sorry, I've been so busy lately that I forgot about it. How about this, if you really like cats, I'll take you to a cat store some other day to see if there's one that suits your taste, and then buy you one."

Ada, who was originally feeling complacent because he had picked up a cat for free, suddenly felt that Luna in the box was no longer attractive when he heard Sokov say that he was going to buy a good cat for Anna.

After Ada left the store, Anna took Sokov's arm and asked in a clipped voice, "Misha, where are we going to have dinner today?"

"How about buying some vegetables and we can go home and cook it ourselves."

"No, no, I want to eat out."

Sokov asked helplessly: "Then tell me, where do you want to eat?"

"Let's go to Kievskaya Metro Station." Lena, who was standing nearby, suggested, "There's a Mumu buffet restaurant there, right at the dock."

"Okay, okay." Sokov had been to that restaurant many times before, so he knew the cost of living there. It was definitely better than buying groceries and cooking at home, so he nodded and agreed: "Then let's go to the Mumu restaurant at the Kiev subway station."

On the way to the Kiev subway station, Sokov heard Anna say to Lena: "Lena, I have already agreed with Misha to go to Sochi in a while. You can come with us then."

Lena glanced at Sokov who was driving and said hesitantly, "This is not a good idea. You two should go. I won't join in the fun."

"Lena, since Anna has invited you, as her best friend, do you want to watch her be disappointed?"

"Well, since you have invited me so kindly, it would be rude to refuse you." Lena said, "Remember to call me when you leave."

The two girls sitting in the back row talked about going to Sochi for a while, and then somehow changed the topic: "Anna, someone is having a party at a villa in the suburbs in a few days, are you going?"

Anna quickly glanced at Sokov and said guiltily, "Forget it. Those who attend the party are basically strangers. I can't find anything in common with them. I won't go."

"If you don't want to go, then I won't go either." Lena said, "Tomorrow at work, I will find that guy and tell him clearly that neither of us will go to his party."

When Sokov arrived, he found that the parking lot was full of cars. Just as he was trying to find a parking space, Lena opened the door and got out of the car, saying to Sokov, "Misha, take your time to find a parking space. I'll go in first and take a seat."

After Lena left, Sokov asked Anna curiously: "Anna, since Lena asked you to go to the villa in the suburbs to attend the party, why don't you go?"

"I don't want to go. It's too chaotic." Anna shook her head and said, "It was relatively normal at the beginning of the party, but things changed after everyone got drunk. A large group of men and women ran to the swimming pool outside the house to swim, and some people were taking photos and videos with digital cameras next to them."

"Is there any problem with swimming?" Sokov asked puzzledly, "Are you worried that you might drown if you get drunk and go into the water?"

"No, Misha, do you really want me to say those unspeakable things?" Anna stamped her feet anxiously after hearing what Sokov said: "That place is like the filming site of a romantic action movie. Do you think I can just go there casually?"

(End of this chapter)