After staying in the bumpy carriage for nearly fifteen minutes, the GAZ military jeep carrying Zhao Xiaohai and Sophia stopped in a large residential courtyard on the outskirts of Blagoveshchensk with the inertia of an emergency brake.

"Get out of the car, we're here." Sophia said coldly without even looking at Zhao Xiaohai, then pushed the door and got out of the car.

"Where is this?" Zhao Xiaohai got out of the car, looked around and asked.

The courtyard before him was clearly no ordinary residential area, for the entire compound was heavily guarded. Soldiers stood guard at the entrance, and watchtowers, searchlights, and electric fences lined the walls... At first glance, it resembled a prison. However, the facilities of this "prison" were rather extravagant. Take, for example, the small parking lot where Zhao Xiaohai and his companions stood, where over twenty Soviet-made Lada sedans were parked. Anyone who lived through the 1980s and 1990s knows that during that era, Soviet-made Lada and Iri sedans were considered luxury vehicles in China. They were stylish, fuel-efficient, and reliable, and in some ways, they were no less capable than Western or Japanese cars.

"This is the real branch headquarters," Sophia glanced at Zhao Xiaohai, hesitated for a moment, and finally replied, "Comrade Zyuganov wants to see you. Let me tell you, he has a bad temper. You'd better put away that cynical attitude, otherwise it will not do you any good."

"Oh?" Zhao Xiaohai took two quick steps and moved closer to Sophia's back, grinning and saying, "So you have a good temper, then? Otherwise..."

"Shut up!" Before Zhao Xiaohai could finish his speech, Sophia, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped and turned around, staring with her eyes and said in a low growl.

As the saying goes, "Once bitten by a snake, you'll be afraid of ropes for three years." Sophia's low cry suddenly reminded Zhao Xiaohai of that unlucky night a dozen days ago. That woman had also said "Shut up" before launching a vicious crotch kick. The pain was still fresh in his memory, so instinctively, he reached down with his arms, swiftly blocking the vital area between his legs.

Zhao Xiaohai's instinctive crotch-protecting action made Sophia couldn't help but smile, but she quickly concealed this smile.

"If you don't want to stay in the ward for another ten days or half a month, then don't talk nonsense in front of me." After saying this coldly, Sophia turned her head and continued walking towards a small building not far away.

"Hey, interesting." Zhao Xiaohai shrugged and muttered to himself, not at all embarrassed by his ugly behavior just now.

The decoration of the purely European-style red building cannot be called luxurious, but it exudes an elegance that is hard to conceal. Passing through the hall with four marble columns, Zhao Xiaohai followed Sophia and stepped onto a staircase facing the door.

The atmosphere in the building was quite quiet, and not even a single figure could be seen. The footsteps of the two people walking echoed back and forth in the building, making a "click, click" sound, which had a certain rhythmic feel.

The two of them went straight up to the second floor, one after the other, then turned into a corridor and finally stopped in front of a red-painted double-door door. Zhao Xiaohai looked at the sign on the door, which read "Major General Zyuganov's Office" in Russian.

"Come in, Comrade Zyuganov is waiting for you inside." Standing in front of the door, Sophia first knocked on the door, and then without waiting for the person inside to answer, she pushed the door open a little, and then said to Zhao Xiaohai.

Zhao Xiaohai was astute. From Sofia's seemingly impolite gesture, he sensed that this major-ranked female officer definitely had a special relationship with Major General Zyuganov within the same school. The Soviet Union was a country that valued privileged rank, and this ethos was even more pronounced within its military. Therefore, a major wishing to enter a major general's office was expected to knock first and then loudly announce their name and rank. Sofia's direct action, pushing the door open, was clearly a breach of etiquette. This suspicion was reinforced by the consideration of Sofia's name: Zyuganovna. This patronymic was quite interesting. Could it be that this beautiful, hot-tempered and rude major actually had a major-general father?

"What are you looking at?!" Seeing that Zhao Xiaohai didn't come in, but stared at her cunningly, Sophia couldn't help but scold him and pushed him on the shoulder, "I told you to go in, did you hear me?!"

"Ouch!" Zhao Xiaohai was thinking about the relationship between Sophia and Major General Zyuganov. He never expected that this woman would push him at this time. Therefore, without being prepared, he swayed his body, pushed the door open, and rushed in.

Unfortunately, the room inside the door was covered with a thick, reddish-brown cashmere carpet. Zhao Xiaohai, who had rushed into the room, had already lost his balance, and when he tripped over the edge of the carpet, he lost his balance even more. With a startled cry, he fell flat on his face, landing hard on the carpet.

"Are you crazy?" Fortunately, the carpet in the room was very thick, so Zhao Xiaohai didn't fall seriously. He didn't bother to check the situation in the room. He just got up from the ground and turned to shout at Sophia outside the door.

"Shut up!" Sophia took two steps into the room, took off her hat and shook her hair. Her action was indescribably cool, but the words that came out of her little mouth made Zhao Xiaohai extremely unhappy.

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