Reborn in Russia as a Big Shot

76. I can endure it.

"Calm down. Have you even figured out the situation before you run away?"

Li Xiang calmly walked to the wardrobe, picked out an autumn outfit, and began to change.

"Let's run first, just in case they try to catch me. If everything's alright, I'll come back," Galina said nervously.

"Use your brain. Even your brother has been arrested. This is clearly an attempt to eradicate the Tambov gang."

"At this moment, the core members of the gang, once they receive the news, are most likely thinking the same thing as you: to run away immediately and go into hiding."

Where is the most convenient place to flee?

"My first choice is Finland. I don't even need to find a smuggler. I can just steal a speedboat from the beach and get there in two and a half hours."

"If you were the commander of this operation, what would you do?"

Galina was terrified when Li Xiang questioned her.

"Deploy defenses at sea."

After changing his clothes, Li Xiang took a few more outfits from the closet and stuffed them into his travel bag.

"Can you outrun radar or a helicopter? Once you're at sea, you won't even have a chance to speak. If you don't stop for inspection, bullets will be fired immediately."

"You're a sitting duck."

Galina admitted, "I was indeed panicked, thank goodness I came to you."

"We can't go by sea, so we'll have to go by land? There will definitely be roadblocks everywhere."

"I hid in the truck!"

"You shouldn't have run away." Li Xiang handed the packed travel bag to Galina, then turned to Zhang Baizhi in Chinese, "You rest, I have to go out for a bit. You're asleep, you won't know anything."

"Okay." Zhang Baizhi was a little nervous, but still remained calm.

"Here you go, I'll find you a place to hide it first."

"Where are you hiding them? Why are you carrying so many clothes?"

"It's cold." Li Xiang comforted Zhang Baizhi with a look, and left with Galina, saying as they walked, "The Tambov Gang has been operating in St. Petersburg for so many years, infiltrating countless people from civil servants to the police system, at all levels."

"The fact that they were able to arrest your brother without any warning means this is definitely not a local operation in St. Petersburg. It's very likely that the Kremlin directly commanded the operation and deployed the Federal National Guard."

"Since he was transferred from outside, he won't stay long."

"Take the blockade of the Gulf of Finland as an example. With such a long coastline, a large-scale blockade for one or two weeks is possible, but can we send patrol ships and helicopters every day for months on end? Law enforcement also needs to consider marginal costs."

"Don't scare yourself. Not many people know about your relationship with the Kumarin family, and this operation may not involve you."

"You should hide away and lay low for a while. If anyone asks, just say you're on a business trip. Once the Federation people have left, you can decide whether or not to run away."

In metropolitan areas like Moscow and St. Petersburg, household registration information has been fully digitized, but smaller cities with smaller populations are still stuck in the paper era.

Furthermore, information is not shared between states.

If someone commits a crime in St. Petersburg and is wanted by the police, they could easily cross the border into another region without any information being updated.

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Most of the old state-owned factories from the Soviet era built underground civil defense projects, especially state-owned enterprises in large cities like St. Petersburg.

Hongxing Factory also has it.

It has long been abandoned.

It was damp and musty, and no one would rent it even as a warehouse.

Li Xiang and Galina then called on Wuyun Gerile and Dajiao to work as laborers. The four of them sneaked into the civil defense project under the cover of night.

Uncover the tarpaulin.

Galina stared in disbelief at the dazzling array of supplies before her. "How did you manage to hide so much stuff here?"

"Nonsense, money laundering is a criminal offense. If they actually find any evidence, are you planning to obediently spend a few years in jail?"

"There's a diesel generator here too, turn on the lights." All the supplies here were brought by Wuyun and Dajiao, and she knew exactly where everything was stored.

Galina quickly walked around to familiarize herself with the surroundings, then sighed, "This place is indeed quite well hidden, but if someone really comes in to search, there's nowhere to run. It's all a gamble."

"You might have to stay here for a month or two, so think of anything you need as soon as possible." Li Xiang lifted another tarpaulin and beckoned to Da Jiao, "Come on, let's get to work. You handle the cement, and I'll lay the bricks."

"Are you trying to build a wall here and seal me inside?" Galina finally understood.

"The Red Star Factory has gone out of business, so where can we find the blueprints for the civil defense project? Once the wall is built, even if someone sneaks in, they won't know there's a space behind it."

Galina instructed, "You mustn't forget about me."

"Don't worry, even if they forget, I'll remember," Wuyun comforted Galina. "I'll come see you every other day and tell you about what's happening outside."

"Look on the bright side, maybe this will all be over in three to five days."

"There's a hammer over there. If you really can't take it anymore, just break through the wall yourself." Li Xiang handed the keychain back to Galina. "Keep your things with you."

"Keep it with you," Galina reminded her again. "Don't lose it. Actually, I don't know what this key is for. I'll have to ask my brother when I get the chance; he gave it to me."

"It's just in case."

-

This wall doesn't look very big, but four people have been working on it all night and it's still not finished.

As dawn broke, Li Xiang left first.

Unexpectedly, when I returned to my residence, Zhang Baizhi had already left.

Marina sat on the sofa, smiling as she looked at Li Xiang.

"Why didn't you give me a heads-up before you came? I could have sent a car to pick you up from the airport." Li Xiang said calmly as he began to take off his clothes.

Marina took the clothes and pants from Li Xiang and apologized, "I wanted to surprise you, but I didn't know you had someone here."

"I don't have anyone here," Li Xiang said, feigning ignorance.

"She mistook me for you. She hugged me as soon as she opened the door. She was even wearing a police uniform, which made things quite awkward. I never told her I was your girlfriend. I wasn't originally."

Marina said gently, "You took off your underwear too, and I washed it all for you. I don't know what you were doing, it's so dirty."

"Just throw it in the laundry basket, Sister Wuyun will come and collect it." Li Xiang wanted to go to bed after taking off his clothes.

"You still have mud on your face. Go take a shower and wash yourself clean before you go to sleep, okay?"

Li Xiang suggested, "Let's go together."

"Go take a shower, I have important things to discuss with you later." Marina pushed Li Xiang into the bathroom, closed the door, and breathed a sigh of relief.

I caught you cheating on me with other women, and now I have to appease you.

"Get me a bath towel, you'll see it when you open the closet."

Marina went to find a bath towel and brought it to Li Xiang.

As soon as he opened the bathroom door, Li Xiang pulled him inside.

"Stop it, my clothes are all wet."

Li Xiang suddenly asked with a serious expression, "Should I listen to you, or should you listen to me?"

Marina bit her lip and said, "I'll listen to you."

Li Xiang handed the bath sponge to Marina, asking her to help him lather up with shower gel, and slowly said, "You're not angry that you bumped into a woman in my room?"

"A little."

Li Xiang shamelessly said, "If it were me, I would be furious. You still don't care about me."

"How can you be like this?" Marina complained. "I didn't bring any luggage, and you've gotten all these clothes wet."

"We have plenty in the warehouse. Just go online and pick out yours, and you'll get it right away."

Marina wrapped her arms around Li Xiang's neck and said, "I know you already have a son, and I don't mind. I don't need you to give me a title. I just want to have a child with you too."

"I'll think about it." Li Xiang didn't give a direct answer.

"Anyway, I don't use contraception. If I get pregnant, I'll have the baby. I've already told you."

"I can endure it," Li Xiang said with a smile.

"Why don't I believe it?"