Chapter 409 Picking Up Someone

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Tang Yue had no idea that the battalion commander she was thinking about had already gone to the battlefield of Bianyue Country and had just experienced a thrilling battle. When she contacted Commander Kang, she could tell from the words between the lines that Commander Kang was on the verge of a rage.

Tang Yue raised her eyebrows. Whatever. She couldn't stand the anger anymore. After explaining what needed to be said, she threw the machine into the space. She then put the things into the space and left the hotel.

He completely ignored the chaos that ensued after Commander Kang received the news.

Night fell again as Mosco panicked. Dongfang Yi and his family didn't go to work today for a simple reason: everything in their company and research institute had vanished, leaving them with nothing to do.

In this chaos, the entire city of Moscow came to a standstill. Aside from the homes of ordinary people who were not affected, the homes of the political officials and the wealthy nobles who had participated in the auction the previous night were now completely empty.

Lin Wanqing had already tidied up the house inside and out. "Xiaoyi, when will Xiaoyueyue come over?"

Dongfang Yi wasn't sure, "I guess it should be soon." Even the TV stations were shut down now. All the broadcasting equipment was gone. So they had no way to get the news.

Every household stayed indoors, focusing on protecting their property from being damaged.

Lin Wanqing felt uneasy and tried to calm her nerves by speaking. "Dongfang, have you told those families yet? Don't let them regret it when Xiao Yueyue goes there later."

Dongfang Qinghua pulled Lin Wanqing to sit on the sofa. He was also nervous, but as the head of the family, he couldn't show it. "Wanqing, sit down and rest for a while. Maybe when Xiao Yueyue comes, we'll start running away."

The other children were all eager to try. They really wanted to go back and take a look at China.

When Tang Yue arrived, she saw everyone carrying a small bundle, looking at her with hopeful expressions. "Are you all ready?"

Dongfang Qinghua nodded happily when she saw Tang Yue coming. "Xiao Yueyue, you're here. Have you eaten yet?"

"Yeah, I've eaten. Now that everything is ready, let's go."

Dongfang Xiao quickly approached Tang Yue and said, "Xiao Yueyue, how do we get out? There are armed soldiers everywhere outside, it's not easy to escape."

Tang Yue just smiled faintly and said nothing. As they went downstairs, the Dongfang family members were all stunned. There was a brand new 36-seat bus parked downstairs. "Oh my God, Xiao Yueyue, is this bus yours?"

Tang Yue nodded, "Get in the car and pick him up according to the address."

The few of them stopped talking and quickly got into the car and left while no one was watching. Before they reached the first pick-up point, Tang Yue saw from a distance two men with oriental faces carrying bags kneeling in front of someone.

At the edge of a birch forest near Moscow, Professor Kong Weihan huddled on the side of the road, blood oozing from the wound on his right leg.

His wife, Zhou Xiufang, was bandaging him with a torn Dacron shirt, while his daughter, Kong Xuemei, was watching carefully for the next move. This was already the thirteenth time she had prayed to God for a savior to appear soon.

"Weihan, how about we wait a little longer?" Zhou Xiufang's voice trembled, "The Dongfang family might be in some trouble." As a physics professor at the University of Moscow, she always maintained the restraint unique to intellectuals, but at this moment her eyes were full of anxiety.

Kong Weihan shook his head, his gray hair gleaming coldly in the moonlight. "We can't wait any longer. Yesterday I heard the soldiers say that if Moscow were to disappear like those other cities, all the experts would have to be secretly relocated."

He clenched the certificate of academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences in his hand. This certificate, which once symbolized honor, now became a death warrant.

"I can't go with them. If I leave, I might never have the hope of returning to China in this lifetime."

Zhou Xiufang wiped her tears and said, "What should we do now? Those people will catch up with us soon."

Kong Weihan forced a smile. "It doesn't matter. As long as we don't admit we're running away, they can't do anything to us. Right now, there's probably no medicine in all the hospitals in Moscow for emergency treatment. So, even if they catch us, they won't dare to go too far."

The worst-case scenario is that they just send us back home."

Kong Xuemei suddenly turned around and the telescope in her hand slipped: "Dad, Mom, they are chasing us!" Before she finished speaking, a chaotic sound of footsteps came from afar and gradually revealed their figures in the birch forest.

Three Russian soldiers armed with live ammunition appeared in the moonlight. The leading soldier, Nikita, was carrying an RPD light machine gun with a cruel smile on his face.

"Professor Kong, why are you still taking a walk so late? Why haven't you gone home yet?" Nikita lifted Kong Weihan's chin with the barrel of his gun. "I heard that your wife's family is in Erbin? The sausages there are really delicious." He deliberately made the word "sausage" sound particularly harsh, and the soldiers around him burst into obscene laughter.

Zhou Xiufang stood up and said in a neither humble nor arrogant tone: "We are residents of Russia, you are insulting us..." Before she finished her words, Nikita slapped her in the face and knocked her to the ground.

"Russian residents?" He glanced at them with disdain. "You really are taking advantage of others' misfortunes. You want to take advantage of the chaos in Moscow and escape? Do you have the ability to do that?"

Kong Weihan suppressed his anger and said, "We are just scientists and do not participate in politics."

Nikita suddenly struck his injured leg with the butt of his rifle, nearly causing Kong Weihan to faint from the pain. "Scientist?" Nikita whispered in his ear. "Chinese pigs should be working in a lab, not trying to escape their cages."

Just then, the sound of a car engine came from the distance. Nikita's face suddenly changed. He heard the sound but couldn't see where the car was. "Damn it, what's going on? Where is the car? Why can't I see it?"

The other two were equally horrified. "We didn't see anything either. Could it be? Could it be that gang of thieves?"

Nikita kicked Kong Weihan away. Although there was resentment in his eyes, he didn't dare to confront the thieves head-on. "You're lucky!"

After saying this, he and the other two soldiers quickly disappeared into the depths of the birch forest. Kong Xuemei helped her parents up and looked up to see a 36-seat bus rushing towards them through the darkness.

Tang Yue had her gun pointed, but those guys ran away. She had no intention of killing them.

Dongfang Qinghua was very anxious. "How did Lao Kong get hurt? And why did they come here? Didn't we agree to wait at home?"

Tang Yue knew these were the people she was bringing back home. She pushed open the car door and saw Kong Weihan and his family, covered in blood. Her eyes were emotionless. "Get in the car."

In fact, she didn't like people who didn't obey her, but thinking about herself, she put up with it.

Dongfang Qinghua immediately introduced, "Xiao Yueyue, this is Professor Kong Weihan, the first foreign academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He participated in the development of the RRDS-220 hydrogen bomb."

Then he turned to Kong Xuemei and said, "This is Professor Kong's daughter. She's pursuing a doctorate at Moscow State University on laser nuclear fusion."

Dongfang Qinghua was somewhat frustrated when he said this. "All of Professor Kong's research results have been used by the Russians, while they don't even have the most basic right to survive."

Tang Yue looked out the window. She heard the roar of a helicopter in the distance, but she ignored it and made no comment on Mao Ziguo's actions. She simply said, "Now, I'll take you home."

Kong Xuemei had been standing at the bus door, hesitating. Tang Yue wanted to close the door, but she didn't move. She raised an eyebrow, "What? Don't you want to leave?"

Kong Xuemei shook her head repeatedly. "No, it's just that I left in such a hurry that I didn't take anything valuable with me. Can I go back and get it? I really can be back soon."

"Xuemei!"

"Xiaomei!"

Kong Weihan and Zhou Xiufang spoke up at the same time, strongly disapproving of Kong Xuemei's approach. Kong Xuemei knew that this was wrong and wasting everyone's time, but...

She looked at her parents with a firm tone, "Mom and Dad, we don't know what our situation will be like when we return to China. If we don't have any money, how are we going to live in the future?"

"We have quite a bit of money. Even if we donate it back to China, it would be considered as foreign exchange income for China. It's not too much to ask for a place for our family to live, right?"