Before leaving for Tomsk, Manturov did not say anything about the inspection to Katya, nor did he leave any notes, let alone other Komsomol cadres about it. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Katia was quite worried about Manturov's sudden departure.

On the one hand, she was worried about whether her boyfriend was taken away by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Manturov's position is so high, and Yezhov and Ekh were also cleaned, and the possibility of being purged is quite high.

On the other hand, she was also worried about whether Manturov was going to play hide and seek with her and test whether the other party cared about her, so she deliberately left Novosibirsk and came back after a while.

Of course, as the first secretary of the state party committee, Manturov still had a lot of work on his hands, and at that time it was a period of rapid development in Novosibirsk, and there were still many projects to manage at hand, so naturally he would not run for no reason, let alone spend time playing hide and seek.

In this case, Katia ruled out the second possibility, Manturov would never choose to leave suddenly at this time to play hide and seek.

But the first possibility is too pessimistic, and Katia can't accept the fact that Manturov was purged. Until she receives any reliable information, she remains optimistic.

The reason why Manturov did not leave the message of leaving was to make Katia learn to cherish him and make Katia love him more. But in the end, it was Manturov himself who really learned to cherish each other.

The next morning, the day of Manturov's return, Katia went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, found Oshinov, and asked him if Manturov had been arrested.

When Osinov heard Katya's question, a bewildered expression appeared on his stiff face. Manturov caught? How can it be? Osinov thought to himself.

"Comrade Voroshilova, no, Comrade Manturovna, why do you ask that? How could we possibly arrest him? He is the first secretary of the state party committee, the leader of the three-person team, and we have not received any information from the central government, how can we arrest him? ”

"That's right, yesterday, Vorodya didn't go home, and he never left any message. So I suspect he may have been arrested by you. ”

"Didn't come home?" Oshinov smiled lewdly: "Comrade secretary, he...... It can't be a night out at another woman's house, right? ”

Katia, of course, didn't want to believe it, she knew what kind of person her husband was. Although Manturov is lustful, he is also a person who adheres to ethics and will not casually go to a second woman for pleasure.

He is deeply in love with Katia, and he has already married Katia, a woman with good looks, and it is difficult to find a more beautiful woman to have fun.

"No, he wouldn't do that!"

Osinov took out a box of cigarettes from a drawer, then a cigarette from the cigarette case, lit a fire, took a puff, and said: "No woman will believe that her man goes out to fool around, but men are naturally lustful and like freshness, and when lust comes, it is difficult to control it." ”

"No, I know this person very well, and no matter how strong he is in faith, he will not do it. Besides, he already has me, will he still be able to look down on other women? ”

"Yes, he has you, but has he been with you? Can I get those from you? ”

"This ...... Not really. In any case, he wouldn't do anything like that, send someone to help me investigate his whereabouts, and if he has any strengths and weaknesses, I don't think you'll have a good time. ”

"Don't worry, I'll send someone to investigate." After speaking, Oshinov picked up the phone, dialed it a few times, and after getting through, he said to the person on the phone: "Help me find out the whereabouts of Comrade Manturov." "Then it was closed.

"Comrade Manturovna, I have already sent someone to investigate, go back and wait for news. I think there will be results tonight. ”

"Okay, I'll wait."

Why was Osinov able to accurately predict that there would be a result in the evening? Because he knew full well that Manturov would return by train in the afternoon and return to Novosibirsk in the evening.

Before leaving, Manturov had already instructed all the cadres who knew about it not to leak the news of his trip to Tomsk, and not to let Katia know about it.

No one dared to disobey the words of the secretary of the state party committee, and even the head of the state bureau of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Osinov, had to keep his mouth shut.

"Oh, by the way, is he going to fall asleep in the state government building? He's been in charge of so many jobs lately, can't he be so tired that he falls asleep? ”

"See for yourself."

Katia left the state office and went to 18 Red Avenue, but searched the entire building, but did not see Manturov. Anna, the only good friend you can trust, is not there.

"Volodya, Aniya? Did they go and open a house? No! No, it won't! Yes, go to Yakov. Katia sat in Manturov's office chair and said to herself.

At this time, Chernenko passed by the door, saw Katya sitting in Manturov's place, walked in and said hello. "Isn't this Comrade Manturovna, Second Secretary of the State Committee of the Komsomol? Are you here for the First Secretary? ”

Katya stood up and said: "Comrade Chernenko, do you know where he is? ”

Chernenko smiled and said: "I know, but I can't say. ”

"Why? Do you know when he'll be back? ”

Looking at Katya's nervous look, and recalling Manturov's words at the beginning, Chernenko decided to answer the question truthfully: "It's soon, tonight should be here." ”

"Do you know what he's going to do?" Katia asked.

"It's some official business, Comrade Romanova and Comrade Yakov also went."

Before leaving, Manturov had instructed Chernenko "not to let anyone know where I had gone", but he did not say that he could not let anyone know what he was going to do, when he would return, and with whom he was going. That's why he dared to answer Katia's question truthfully.

Hearing Chernenko's answer, Katya understood everything. Didn't you tell me on a business trip? Playing missing is it? Good! I'll play with you!

Katia returned to Manturov's apartment at 16 Red Avenue, packed up all her clothes, all her belongings, and went to the apartment where Anna shared.

Anna's apartment has two more bedrooms, originally intended for Katia and Anna. But after Katia moved to Manturov's house, there was a living room that remained empty, and Katia still kept the key to the apartment, and the vacant house was not reported to the government housing department, so it was still not arranged for outsiders to move in, and it was not reduced to a collective apartment.

After moving her luggage, Katia returned to the Komsomol to continue her work. There wasn't a lot of work that day, and Katia did it all half an hour before she left work.

In order to keep the mystery and prevent Manturov from learning about his disappearance from any means, Katia did not go to the cafeteria for dinner, but went to a colleague's house.

At nine o'clock in the evening, when Manturov returned to his apartment, he did not find Katya. At first, he thought that Katia was just busy with work and left work late.

But by ten o'clock, Manturov noticed that something was wrong. He recalls his secrecy before his departure, recalls his past with Katya, analyzes her personality, and concludes that Katia is also playing missing.

"Bell bell bell, bell bell bell ......"

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