Chapter 088: Unexpected Surprise
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The car rental company drops off the car in Manhattan, very close to Sokolov's daughter's school.
After Evan finished returning the car, the group took their luggage and took Xiao Qi and Xiao Jiu to wait in front of Sokolov's daughter's school in advance. They planned to pick up their daughter from school with Sokolov and stop by his house as a guest.
In front of everyone was a private secondary school. Sokolov's daughter, who is 13 years old this year, chose this school for her as soon as he arrived in New York, which is also the school with the largest number of foreigners in the area.
Sokolov looked at his watch and said excitedly: "There is still half an hour after school, and I want to surprise them." β
Never before had Sokolov looked forward to anything. On the battlefield, he is very calm, even cold. In life, however, he was a loving father and a responsible husband.
Zhao Erhu smiled: "Master, I didn't expect you to be so funny, you are usually so serious." β
Kevin also laughed: "Yes, Sokolov, I didn't expect you to like this kind of prank played by children!" β
Sokolov smiled "haha" and said: "When my daughter was very young, I was always out on missions and rarely came home, so she was especially happy every time I came home."
Once, I came home suddenly without informing them, and I will never forget her surprised expression. Since then, I rarely tell her when I come home, and I love seeing her surprise the most! β
Sokolov said as he stared at the school gate, a feeling of happiness that the B group had never seen before.
Han Long looked at Daniel and asked, "Master, I remember that your home seems to be in New York!" β
Daniel sighed and said softly, "yes." Or so it was. My family did live in New York before. However, since I left the CIA, I haven't been back. β
Han Long nodded slightly.
Everyone in Group B knows what happened to Daniel before, and Daniel must be the saddest one in front of him.
Because apart from Sollov, only Daniel has ever had a family. They didn't want Daniel to be reminded of his previous painful experience, so they didn't continue the conversation.
At this time, a Russian woman in casual clothes walked to the school gate. The man was in her thirties, tall, with a bag in her left hand, and she was looking down at the time, looking inside the school from time to time.
Sokolov pointed excitedly at the woman and said, "You see, that's my wife Sophia. When I was away, she picked up and dropped off my daughter every day. β
Bruce took a few steps forward and confidently observed Sokolov's Sophia, he suddenly stretched out his thumb and said, "Sokolov, you have such a good eye, this ...... It's not like my impression of a Russian woman. β
Sokolov patted Bruce on the shoulder and said, "Hahahaha, Bruce, not every Russian woman will gain weight after giving birth, it has to do with diet and exercise habits. β
"That's it! Bruce, what do you think?! Irina asked.
Bruce didn't dare to look at Irina, smiled awkwardly, and continued to say to Sokolov: "Hey, Sokolov, aren't you going yet? β
"No!" Sokolov shook his head and said, "I'm going to wait until my daughter comes out before she appears, so that I can surprise both of them at the same time!" β
Bruce gave Sokolov another thumbs up.
After a while, the school bell rang, and students began to walk out of the school one after another.
When a Russian girl in a dark school uniform and a ponytail walked out, Sophia immediately greeted her.
The girl took a few quick steps and put her arms around Sophia's waist, and the two of them were very close. Sophia helped the girl brush the hair on her forehead, and after a brief chat between the two, she turned around and walked towards Yang Fan and them.
"That'...... That's my daughter Yelena. Sokolov said excitedly.
"What a beautiful little girl, worthy of us Russians." Irina stood aside and said, "Hey, Sokolov, aren't you going yet?" β
Sokolov seemed to have suddenly regained consciousness, he hurriedly handed his luggage to Zhao Erhu, and immediately ran to Sophia's mother and daughter.
When the distance was less than ten meters, Sokolov waved and shouted: "Sophia, Yelena, I'm back!" β
Sophia was the first to spot Sokolov, she covered her mouth and dropped her satchel on the ground.
Yelena, on the other hand, pointed at Sokolov with wide eyes and shouted, "Mom, look! It's Daddy's back! β
Then, she ran quickly to Sokolov and put her arms around him, who lifted Yelena up.
The people next to him all turned their heads to look at this scene, Yelena was already a teenager, and this kind of behavior was a little childish. Everyone could also see that they were father and daughter who hadn't seen each other for a long time, and they didn't say anything, just cast envious and slightly surprised glances.
Sophia also hurriedly picked up her satchel and walked quickly to Sokolov's side. Sokolov put down Yelena, and the three of them hugged each other tightly.
Yelena happily threw herself into Sokolov's arms, but Sophia went to lay on Sokolov's shoulder and silently shed tears.
The family of three just hugged each other for a whole minute before parting. Sokolov pointed to Yang Fan and the others, and the family walked towards them hand in hand.
Yang Fan looked at the happy family walking towards him, Yelena walking in the middle, with an expression that with you and I are the happiest people in the world, she took Sokolov and Sophia's hands and strode forward together.
At this time, Yang Fan inadvertently caught a glimpse of a girl behind Yelena who was very familiar, probably twelve or thirteen years old. He couldn't remember where he had seen her, but he was sure he had seen her.
As soon as Yang Fan was distracted, the girl was gone, and when he looked for it again, he couldn't see any trace of her.
Chapter 088: Unexpected Surprise (
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Sokolov walked to Yang Fan's side and introduced his wife and children to them, and Sophia said with a little crying: "Welcome! Sokolov often mentions you to me, let's hurry home, I'll cook some special dishes for you today. β
Yelena also likes everyone, but she prefers Natalie, Irina, and Anna, and she has a good chat with the three of them.
Of the three, her favorite was Irina, probably because they were all from Russia.
However, the ones who attracted Yelena more than Irina were Xiao Qi and Xiao Jiu. Yelena was completely conquered by these two little ones, she kept stroking them, and personally led them together in the direction of the apartment.
The apartment of the Sokolov family is very large, with a total of 3 bedrooms and a study. The living room is also very large, and although so many people come at the same time, the home is not very spacious, but it is not crowded at all.
Irina and Natalie took Xiao Qi and Xiao Jiu to Yelianna's room, Sokolov poured coffee for everyone, and everyone sat in the living room and chatted. After a while, he went into the kitchen to help Sophia cook.
Group B sat in the living room watching TV and chatting about light-hearted topics.
Yang Fan walked to the floor-to-ceiling window of the living room with his coffee, where he could see Yelena's school, and he remembered the familiar face he had just seen, but no matter how much he thought about it, he couldn't remember where he had seen her.
"Just saw a familiar face?" Anna walked over and asked.
"Hmm."
Yang Fan nodded and said, "It's a little girl, although it's just a flash, it's very familiar, and I feel like I've seen it before." But I can't remember where I've seen it. β
Anna patted Yang Fan's shoulder and said, "Okay, don't think about it for the time being if you can't think of it." You're only going to make your mind more confused, and maybe you'll remember it when you're calm. β
"Boss, come on!" Natalie shouted from Yelena's room.
Yang Fan didn't know what was going on, and he and Anna came to Yelena's room together.
Yelena was sitting on the bed, and Irina and Natalie were sitting on either side of her, both staring at each other with their eyes looking hostile.
Xiao Qi sat at Natalie's feet, Xiao Jiu sat at Irina's feet, after Yang Fan came in, Xiao Qi's eyes rolled around, looked at Yang Dan, looked up at Natalie, and finally lowered his head.
And Natalie and Irina are both evenly matched and about to go to war.
"You ...... What's going on? Yang Fan asked tentatively.
Yelena looked at Natalie and Irina respectively, and finally looked at Yang Fan, and said helplessly: "Brother Yang Fan, we just talked about who is more powerful in Russia or Israel. Sister Irina and Sister Natalie quarreled, Sister Natalie said that she had won Sister Irina, and Sister Irina also said that she had won Sister Natalie. So...... Sister Natalie wants you to testify. β
"What?!"
The coffee in Yang Fan's mouth almost didn't spill, he didn't expect that these two people were still fighting, and they were still in front of a little girl.
He looked at the two of them, and could only say helplessly: "Both of them are very powerful, and they both have their own strengths, and they have won each other in their respective areas of expertise." So, that...... It's that they are all very powerful, and no one is more powerful than the other! β
"I knew it!" Yelena put her arms around the necks of the two of them respectively and said, "I know that Sister Natalie and Sister Irina are the most powerful. β
Natalie and Irina don't seem to be angry, and neither of them pays attention to each other. In front of Yelena, the two of them were as naΓ―ve as children.
Yang Fan shook his head helplessly, he didn't expect that these two people were not as mature as a little girl when they were angry.
Anna also shrugged her shoulders helplessly, Yang Fan was just about to turn around and leave, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw a group photo on Yelena's desk, and that group photo happened to have the girl he saw just now.
Yang Fan immediately turned around, he was just about to walk in to get the group photo, when he suddenly realized that this was a little girl's room, so he retracted his steps, smiled and said to Yelena: "Hey, Yelena, can I take a look at the group photo on your desk?" β
Yelena looked back at the picture and said, "Oh, yes. This is a group photo of our class. β
As she spoke, she let go of Natalie and Irina and took the photo to Yang Fan.
Yang Fan took the photo and looked at it carefully, this is a group photo of the whole class. The girl who let Yang Fan and the familiar one stand on Yelena's left, it seems that they have a good relationship, Yang Fan carefully looked at the girl's face and tried to remember.
Finally, he remembered that this was Annie, the same Jenny who disappeared with her sister in Thailand!
"Do you remember?" Anna asked.
"That's right, it's Anne, Anne of Thailand! It's Annie, who disappeared with my sister! Yang Fan said excitedly.
"Are you sure?" Anna also took the photo and looked at it.
"I'm sure, this must be Annie!" Yang Fan said firmly.
"Brother Yang Fan, do you know Annie too?" Yelena asked curiously.
"Yes, yes, yes! I know her! Yelena, is this Anne your classmate? Are you familiar with her? Yang Fan asked eagerly.
"Well, she's my best friend. She is from Thailand and is 13 years old like me. She said she had been here four years ago with her sister! Yelena said.
"Four years ago...... ...... came with her sister."
Yang Fan kept repeating these key words, and he was almost sure that this was the little girl back then. And the sister in Anne's mouth is likely to be her sister Yang Yan.