Chapter 25: Drinking at the White House

Zhou Ming woke up at 10 o'clock the next morning. He walked out of his room and saw Katerina sitting on the sofa in the living room. The TV was on, still showing the scene from Swan Lake. The four little swans were still dancing beautifully, but Katerina obviously wasn't interested in watching it right now. Her mind was on other things.

As soon as she saw Zhou Ming come out, she immediately stood up subconsciously, staring at him with her eyes fixed on him. However, after a moment, she sat back down again, not sure what had come to her mind.

Seeing Karolina like this, Zhou Ming couldn't help but feel a little amused, but he didn't really laugh out loud. Instead, he said to her with concern, 'Miss Karolina, why do you look so unwell? Did you not sleep well last night? You are my most important guide here in Krisco, so you must take care of your health!'

These words of concern made Kareina want to lose her temper on the spot. The reason was simple: what happened last night and what Ming said to her had exceeded her ability to process. Perhaps there were also some reasons related to the long journey. In any case, the result was that she had lost sleep for the whole night.

Katerina tossed and turned in bed for several hours, unable to sleep. She wanted to rush into Zhou Ming's room several times and strangle him to tell him what was going on and what his plans were, but she finally resisted. After 7:00 a.m., she thought that Zhou Ming might be getting up soon, and she couldn't sleep anymore, so she got up and, as Zhou Ming had seen, sat in the living room watching Swan Lake until now.

At this moment, many thoughts flashed through Katerina's mind, but in the end, she said, 'Thank you very much for your concern, Mr. Zhou Ming. I just hope that you can trust me and tell me your thoughts.'

Zhou Ming understood Katerina's thoughts, but there were just some things he couldn't say to her.

Zhou Ming went to wash up. In fact, there was another detail here that was easy to miss, but Karelina noticed it. That was when Zhou Ming went out, the guy over there also came out almost at the same time. According to Karelina's intuition, this was definitely not a coincidence, but he got up after hearing the movement from Zhou Ming's side. But how keen and vigilant does one need to be to do that?

Karelina knew that it was Zhou Ming's bodyguard, but she hadn't paid much attention to him before. Now that she thought about it, what kind of person was he? How did Zhou Ming manage to attract such a powerful figure to be by his side?

Amidst all these chaotic thoughts, Karelina became increasingly curious about Zhou Ming.

After about ten minutes, Zhou Ming** and Karelina went down to the hotel restaurant to have something to eat before going out. Originally, Karelina was going to take Zhou Ming directly to the White House, because it was already ready there and they could just go directly there. But what she never expected was that after they went out, Zhou Ming didn't want to go to the White House. Instead, he asked her, 'Are there any large shopping malls or supermarkets nearby?'

Katerina was stunned. She looked back at Zhou Ming with a puzzled expression and said, 'Of course there are, but don't you want to go to the White House? What do you want to go to the mall for?'

'To buy a bottle of vodka! Didn't I say last night that I was going to go find your Mr. Nikolic for a drink today? How can I go without wine and snacks? I can't go empty-handed, and I can't let Mr. Nikolic invite me. That would be too much of a shame,' Zhou Ming said.

Katerina was at a loss for words in response to Zhou Ming's words. She did remember that Zhou Ming had said last night that he was going to the White House to have a drink with Nikolayevich, but at that time Katerina just thought that Zhou Ming was joking, so how could she have thought that he would actually do it.

Now the situation in the whole of Krisco is so tense, with thousands of troops and intelligence forces surrounding the White House. Normally, it is isolated from the outside world. Now that Zhou Ming has finally had the opportunity to get in, but he is just going to have a drink with Nikolaevich. Are you kidding?

No matter what Kareina thought, Zhou Ming insisted, and Kareina had no choice but to take Zhou Ming to the nearby shopping mall first, where they bought a bottle of good vodka and caviar black bread. Originally, Zhou Ming wanted to pair it with peanuts, but according to Kareina, the side dish on their side was caviar and black bread, so Zhou Ming had to go with the flow and take these things to the White House.

Zhou Ming and his friends walked to the White House. It was still dark when Zhou Ming arrived in the early morning. What's more, they ran into patrolling Soviet soldiers when they arrived. They quickly went to the hotel to rest, and didn't have time to properly visit Krisco, the capital of a superpower.

It was okay for Zhou Ming, but if it were someone a little older, they might have a bit of a red complex. After all, this is China's big brother, and many people yearn for it.

However, the buildings here are also very distinctive, mostly dominated by red and beige. For example, the more famous Mulin Palace and Red Square are both warm colours, which I'm afraid is also related to the long winter and low temperatures here. This kind of warm-coloured building will give people a hint in their hearts, making them feel less cold.

After another ten minutes, Zhou Ming and the others arrived at the outer perimeter of the White House. The situation here was just as everyone had feared, with thousands of troops surrounding the outside, and a fence made of tanks and barbed wire completely blocking the White House.

Inside, there were more than a thousand people from opposition groups, holding banners and signs. Although there was a barricade made up of more than ten cars, the fighting spirit of the Russian people meant that none of them hid behind the barricade. Instead, they stood on the cars or used their bodies to block the tanks, waving their arms angrily and shouting, pointing at the soldiers' noses and cursing, filled with righteous indignation.

'My God, Katerina, you really came?'

A shout suddenly came from the direction of the sound, and Zhou Ming and Katerina looked in the direction of the sound and saw a woman in a professional uniform standing on the side of the road, looking at them with surprise.

This woman was also a very beautiful Northern Russian beauty. In particular, the uniform she was wearing gave her extra points. Didn't you see the people coming and going on the street, all looking back at her? However, she was still a bit inferior to Karolina. After Karolina appeared, the people who were originally looking at her all went to look at Karolina, and some even flirtatiously whistled at Karolina.

Through Kalelina's introduction, Zhou Ming knew that it was Zhurayeva. She would prove her identity as a journalist and take them in.

Zhurayeva was surprised, and in fact Kalelina was also surprised. She saw Zhurayeva and hurriedly trotted up and said, 'My God, Zhurayeva, you really came out? I can't believe it. Isn't the White House already surrounded?'

'The White House is indeed surrounded, but since there are many opposition civilians there, it has not reached the point of particularly strict control. I am not a big shot either, so I was allowed to come out,' Zhurayeva explained.

'I see. Then I'm sorry, my dear Zhurayeva, we were delayed by something just now, so we kept you waiting for a long time,' said Kareina.

'That's fine, as long as I can see that you are safe and sound, that's great!'

While speaking, Zhurayeva looked at Zhou Minghe and **. Karolina, of course, understood what she meant, and immediately introduced them: 'These two are my friends Zhou Minghe and **, whom I told you about last night. They are both going to enter the White House with me.'

Zhurayeva first greeted Zhou Minghe and **, and then said, 'That's no problem. When you go in a little later, just say that you are both reporters, and the soldiers at the door won't give you any trouble.'

Afterwards, Zhurayeva saw what Zhou Ming and ** were carrying in their hands and asked curiously, 'But what are these things you are holding in your hands? If there are any contraband items, that won't do, because no matter how lax the army is, these things will definitely be checked.'

After listening to Kareina's translation, Zhou Ming took the initiative to open the bag and explain to her, 'Miss Zhurayeva, don't worry, these are definitely not contraband items, just a bottle of vodka, some caviar and black bread.'

Just as Karolina had been when she heard about these things before, Zhurayeva also couldn't react for a while when she heard about these things. She also looked left and right at Zhurayeva and Karolina, and finally said with great puzzlement, 'I'm sorry, did I hear it wrong or did you make a mistake? I don't understand why you want to bring these things into the White House. Is there something mysterious about these things?'

Zhou Ming shook his head and said, 'No, these were just bought from the mall, no fakes. Don't underestimate these things, they could bring me hundreds of millions of dollars in wealth!'

'Hundreds of millions of dollars in these things?' Rulayeva felt even more like her world view was collapsing. She just couldn't figure out how these vodka and caviar and black bread, which at most only cost tens of thousands of dollars, could bring hundreds of millions of dollars in wealth. Has this Chinese person gone crazy thinking about money?

Looking at Ruyaeva's expression, Katerina knew that her thoughts were also in disarray, so she said to her, 'They went in to find Mr. Nikolavich. These things were actually prepared for him, because we all know that Mr. Nikolavich likes these.'

Although Zhurayeva still couldn't figure it out, at least Kalelina's words provided her with a line of thinking, and she could only tell herself that this was the answer.

'Okay, I understand. I will arrange this matter. It's getting late, so let's hurry back to the White House first. After all, it's dangerous out there, and if anything were to happen, it would be trouble.'

Rulayeva said, not noticing the problem with her words at all, because at this time, the army was completely surrounding the White House, and the army was still ready to attack the White House at any time, not to mention that when she called her in the early morning, she said that the prime minister and the ministers had to escape. Under these circumstances, how could the White House be safer than the outside?

But at this time, Zhou Ming of course did not care about these things. After all, the most urgent task was to get inside the White House first!

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