Knocking on the door of Pupil Art in Yuanshen

"You said you came from outside?" Renata asked, squatting under the light and blinking her big aqua eyes.

She hugged the little bear, tightened her white cotton nightgown, and sat beside the small bed, looking very curious.

She looked at Zhaoyue carefully and felt that his temperament was different from anyone else in Black Swan Port. Only in the doctor, she had seen a similar aura, but it was not quite the same.

Furthermore, the snow-colored cloak and white lining were something she had never seen before. She didn't know about ferrets. The few animals here were sled dogs.

"To be precise, it's Moscow," Zhao Yue occupied half of the bed, leaning against the wall, looking at the structural diagram of Black Swan Port in her hand, raising her pen from time to time to make notes.

"Moscow?" She became even more excited and hurriedly asked all her inner fantasies.

"I heard that there are beautiful little dresses, all kinds of cute dolls, and colorful flowers in Moscow. Is it true?"

"...It's everything you said," Zhaoyue paused for a while, looking at her sapphire blue eyes that seemed to be shining, she slowly put down the drawing and started talking about Moscow.

"Not only these, but also spacious and bright classrooms, a grand and solemn castle..."

He talked about the Golichna Estate, the Red Square, the Kremlin, the Soviets, and even explained the Lenin.

He knew that Renata probably couldn't understand it, so he didn't use many words to modify it. He just used the simplest, fairy tale-like sentences to tell about Moscow, the city covered in ice and snow all year round, and the brightest pearl in Eastern Europe.

Although the words were simple, Renata listened with interest.

Many of the things he told were things Renata had never heard of.

Renata has a little secret. Unlike other children, she can swim in Black Swan Harbor on full moon nights, chasing her black snake friend who is like a father and brother.

Under the white jade-like full moon, no one could restrain her, because whether it was the nurse, the sentry, or the doctor, they all seemed to have fallen into eternal sleep.

She can run into various restricted areas, including the red-roofed library, which is the only building in the entire port and the one with the most knowledge.

Normally, only researchers can enter, and even nurses cannot go beyond the bounds. But just that night, anywhere in Black Swan Port was open to her.

But the night was long and short, and every time she could only read a few or dozens of pages before leaving.

Because she wanted to catch up with her friend, the black snake as big as a train, and thank it in person.

The name "Zorro" was what she saw in the book.

Likewise, she was curious about Moscow, which to Renata was simply a paradise where God existed only in descriptions.

Every year at Black Swan Port, children who reach school age are sent to Moscow to study at the request of Dr. Herzog, the port director, because of their good performance.

I hear this every year, but no one has ever returned from Moscow after going out, so there is no way to verify it.

In Renata's view, perhaps life in Moscow is so good that those people never want to return to this desolate and lively land of ice and snow.

It might be that it was too difficult to come back, but no one had doubted that Moscow might just be a beautiful lie.

But the sentries and nurses at the port acknowledged the existence of Moscow and seemed to have come from Moscow.

Renata also believes in Moscow, because she is different from other children. She knows that her biological father and mother are in Moscow, and maybe they are still waiting for her to go back. After all, she is their only daughter.

It must be like this. She encouraged herself deeply in her heart and even clenched her fists.

She became more and more excited, feeling that she might be immersed in these longings tonight and unable to sleep.

At this time, the alarm buzzed, the police lights illuminated the snowy field with blood, and the searchlights pulled out dazzling white lampposts. The entire port was like a giant beast waking up.

Renata was startled. An iron fence suddenly fell outside her small room. A "rumbling" sound was heard in the corridor. The security system was sealing off this floor.

"Lie down and pretend to sleep, don't you understand this?"

Listening to this voice, Renata said, "Why don't I understand, but you..."

She paused, and then she climbed into bed and pretended to be asleep. The thumping sound upstairs became more and more obvious.

That was the sound of the nurses throwing away their drinks and cards and rushing downstairs. The Moscow friend she had just met had completely disappeared, as if they had evaporated out of thin air.

Without any time to think about it, Renata hugged Zorro tightly, relaxed her body, and lay on her side with a peaceful sleeping face.

After a while, she felt that the light in the corridor was blocked by someone, but this feeling only lasted for a while, and then there was the sound of boots clicking against each other.

It was obvious that the nurse seemed to have gone far away, but the cunning Renata still maintained a motionless posture for a long time. It was not until she felt that a figure appeared out of thin air at her feet that she quietly opened her eyes and sat up again.

"...That is," she was full of doubts but didn't know how to express it.

"There is an outside intruder, and your doctor sounded the alarm." He continued to hold the structural diagram and said concisely.

"Foreign intruder," Renata chewed on the word, not quite understanding it.

For decades, Black Swan Port has only had a handful of visitors, let alone intruders.

"..." Zhaoyue glanced at her and didn't bother to explain, but she didn't expect that the little girl had an epiphany right after.

"Speaking of which, are they like you?" She hesitated, looking unsure.

"You understand quite well..." He stretched out his hand and flicked Renata's forehead, "But the alarm has nothing to do with me. It's someone else. Don't even think about reporting me... No one will believe you."

"Ah?" She touched her red forehead and whimpered a few times.

She didn't think about reporting it. Really, let alone Zhaoyue's ability to disappear out of thin air, it was unlikely that the port guards would be able to catch her.

Next, Renata is a wild child, and she has no sense of collective honor.

For her, Zhaoyue is a new friend from Moscow. Even for those gorgeous stories, she will not betray Zhaoyue.

"I'm leaving first," Zhaoyue put away the drawings and prepared to go to the underground laboratory to find out. His target was the cold storage where embryos were stored.

It contains Herzog's greatest efforts, and it is also one of the goals he wants to take away during this trip.

If possible, he hopes to take Renata away with him. Whether the blood of the Tsar is true or false, it is necessary to try it.

Even if there is even a little connection, the Golicina family can make it happen, and Renata will truly become a relative of the royal family.

But... why the almighty Golicina cannot control the Black Swan Port, there are still many problems involved.

There was a reason why General Golichina refused to delegate power, but more importantly... Zhaoyue planned to lure the snake out of its hole.

Bondarev, no matter who he really is, is too dangerous.

Compared to the dangers lurking in the shadows, he still prefers enemies exposed in the open, which makes it easier to kill them directly.