When Sokov returned to the table and sat down, everyone did not notice anything strange about him. Instead, they felt at ease with him leaving the division headquarters to find the guard company commander. Only Kopalova, sitting opposite him, cast a meaningful glance at him.
"Comrade Rezakov," Sokov, who kept dodging Kopalova's eyes, looked at Rezakov and asked in order to liberate himself from the embarrassing situation as soon as possible: "When will you leave the city? "
"We have been to various defensive positions in the afternoon and chatted with many soldiers in the tunnels. Coupled with the defensive tactics you just told us, it can be said that our interview mission is over." Rezakov replied. : "Tomorrow morning, the front army headquarters will send an armored boat to pick us up."
"Comrade Rezakov, I want to ask." Sokov asked Rezakov nervously: "Will there be any vacancies on the armored boat by then?"
Hearing Sokov's question, Rezakov couldn't help but frowned. He thought to himself: "What does Colonel Sokov mean by asking this? Is he planning to take our armored boat and escape to the east coast?" Really?" Thinking of this, his three-point favorable opinion of Sokov dropped directly to negative.
"Comrade Colonel." Rezakov said with a straight face: "I think even if I agree to bring people, I'm afraid the sailors who come to pick us up will not agree."
Seeing that Rezakov politely rejected his request, Sokov did not continue the request, nor did he give up this rare opportunity. He got up and walked to the telephone not far away, asked the operator to connect to the health team, and said to the person who answered the phone: "I am the division commander Sokov, ask Asiya to bring Lilia and Anton to the division headquarters. .”
After making the call, Sokov walked back to the table and sat down. He said to Rezakov with a smile: "Comrade Rezakov, don't reject me first. Wait until you see the person you want to send away." , and then decide whether to reject me."
Sokov's calm attitude raised doubts in Rezakov's mind. He secretly asked himself: "Who will Colonel Sokov ask us to take out of the city? Is it the more important wounded?"
A few minutes later, Asiya appeared at the division headquarters with her four children. Although the children were still wearing ill-fitting military uniforms, their faces had been wiped clean. Sokov stepped forward and said hello to Asya, then held a child by one hand and came to the table.
The stunned Rezakov pointed at the four children and asked in surprise: "Comrade Colonel, are these the children you plan to let us take away?"
"Yes, Comrade Rezakov." Sokov nodded and replied: "They are all orphans who lost their parents in the war. It is obviously inappropriate to continue to stay in the city. If possible, I hope you will Can take them away."
"Comrade Colonel." Rezakov looked at the four pitiful children, and the softest part of his heart was touched. He nodded vigorously and said generously: "Don't worry, when I leave tomorrow morning, I will definitely let you They got on the boat and left with us."
"But, when we get to the other side, how should we place these children?" Kopalova is a lesbian and thinks about the problem more carefully: "We can't just leave them alone."
"Kopalova, look what you said, can we leave them alone?" Rezakov turned to look at Kopalova and said: "I will take them to Moscow and send them to a children's welfare home. They will be properly accommodated there.”
"Asia, please take the children back first." Seeing that Rezakov had agreed to him, Sokov's heart in his throat returned to his stomach again. He waved to Asya and said: "I'll let you know when we leave."
Just when Asiya was about to leave with the children, Kopalova stood up and said to Rezakov: "Comrade Editor-in-Chief, I have nothing to do now anyway, I will go and take care of the children."
"Go on, go on." Rezakov said reasonably: "When we set off, you can take the child with you."
With Rezakov's permission, Kopalova stepped forward and took Asiya's arm, and asked with a smile: "Your name is Asiya, right? I heard that you are still Misha's wife?"
Hearing Kopalova address Sokov so affectionately, Asya couldn't help but have a puzzled expression on her face. She asked cautiously: "Misha, who is this...?"
Cold sweat broke out on Sokov's head. How dare he tell Asiya that this was his former girlfriend? Isn't that just asking for trouble? He could only say vaguely: "Friend, A former friend. It is also very unexpected to meet again here today." Fortunately, Asiya did not go into details. After hearing this, she just nodded and left with Kopalova and her four children.
When Asya and Kopalova left, everyone else in the room had puzzled expressions on their faces. Especially Rezakov, he asked curiously: "Comrade Colonel, how can you and Kopalova be friends?"
"To tell you the truth, Kopalova used to be my girlfriend." Sokov knew that sooner or later he would not be able to hide the matter, so it was better to just say it. But when he revealed his relationship with Kopalova, the confusion on everyone's faces became even stronger. He quickly continued: "The reason why I didn't recognize her is because I was hit by a cannonball in a battle last year. I was stunned, and when I woke up, I couldn’t remember many things. If Seryosha hadn’t secretly told me just now, I wouldn’t have known that Kopalova was my girlfriend.”
After Sokov's explanation, everyone felt that this was really the case. When the teacher and Kopalova met just now, they were like two strangers who had never met before. The relationship was that the teacher had lost his memory due to an injury. .
"Comrade Colonel," reporter Avdonin, who had been silent until now, suddenly asked, "If you had not lost your memory due to the injury, would you have married Kopalova?"
"Comrade Avdonin!" Before Sokov could answer this troublesome question, Rezakov next to him got angry: "Please don't trouble Colonel Sokov with personal issues."
Seeing Avdonin's eyes full of hostility, Sokov thought about the question he just asked, and immediately understood that he might be Kopalova's suitor. He learned about his previous relationship with Kopalova. Finally, there was natural hostility in my heart. But as a married person, Sokov naturally would not be jealous of this reporter. He smiled lightly and said lightly: "Comrade reporter, you are overthinking. What is my relationship with Kopalova? Then It's all in the past tense, there are no what-ifs. On the contrary, if you like Kopalova, I think you can boldly pursue her. As long as she is willing, this is not a bad thing."
After listening to Sokov's answer, the hostility in Avdonin's eyes disappeared. He apologized to Sokov with some embarrassment: "I'm sorry, Comrade Colonel, I was confused just now and I was very rude to you. Please forgive me." Forgive me for my mistakes..."
Sokov didn't wait for him to finish speaking, raised his hand to interrupt him, then turned to Rezakov and said: "Comrade Editor-in-Chief, you have had a busy day today, you must be tired, I will ask someone to take you to rest. Wait until daybreak and then send someone to escort you to the river."
