On their way back from the gun test, the car radio was blasting the popular song ‘Little Apple’*. “You are my little, little apple… I love you so much I’ll never get sick of you…”

Annina sang along and even did some dancing.

The lyrics of this song, plus what happened earlier made Xia Lei smile a wicked smile. 

Xia Lei did not encounter anything special on their way back to Jingdu. Ahn Suhyeong’s people did not appear and he did not discover anyone suspicious. 

Xia Lei brought Annina to get the roast duck and asked for a private room. He ordered dishes. 

“Lukas,” said Annina in German, “The international light weapons exhibition in Moscow is starting soon. We have to make preparations.”

Xia Lei replied in German, “I’ve already asked Senior Tang Tian-Long to help me do the applications. We should go visit him on our way back and ask about the application progress.”

“Then I’ll have to prepare more guns for the exhibition,” said Annina. 

Xia Lei smiled. “Don’t worry. It might be difficult to go to countries in the west but Russia is no...