"Maybe three or four days, maybe even longer." Zhao Xiaohai replied.
"Then I probably won't be able to accompany you when you go back to China this time." Sophia said quietly.
"Why?" Zhao Xiaohai asked in surprise.
"I'm going on vacation and going home." Sophia answered concisely.
"Go home?" Zhao Xiaohai frowned. Honestly, he absolutely didn't want Sophia to leave him now, because if Sophia left, Ivanov and his people would definitely transfer someone else to supervise him. From the current situation, it seemed that nothing could be worse than this.
"Well, go home," Sophia's words were a little hesitant. The word "go home" was really unfamiliar to her. If it weren't for the man who was the only one who made her heart beat in the past twenty years, and that "home" which had no warmth at all, she would never be willing to go back in her life.
"Then, when can you come back?" Zhao Xiaohai had a headache, but he didn't dare to say anything more at this time. After all, that would be too explicit.
"I know what you're worried about," Sophia saw through Zhao Xiaohai's thoughts. She bit her lower lip, rolled her eyes at him, and then said, "I will recommend Colonel Yolinin to temporarily take over my mission. He is..."
Sophia stopped talking here, she glanced at the driver, and then whispered something into Zhao Xiaohai's ear.
I don’t know what Sophia said, but Zhao Xiaohai frowned and nodded repeatedly.
"Don't be too happy too soon. I need to be paid for my help to you," Sophia said with a stern face, slapping away Zhao Xiaohai's big hand that touched her waist. "I want to take two boxes of those cigars you brought to Comrade Ivanov this time. My father's birthday is in a few days, and I want to bring him two presentable gifts."
"Of course, of course. Ah, it's a birthday present for my future father-in-law. Are two boxes of cigars enough? If not, I'll bring a few more boxes." Zhao Xiaohai became energetic as soon as he heard the purpose.
Sophia's father was definitely a high-ranking Soviet official, and maintaining a relationship was very necessary.
"It doesn't have to be that much, it's just a normal birthday," Sophia refused.
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