"Kidnapping?" Angelina asked, a bit confused. Anna nodded, "Yes, there was an uncle in our village who went to Irkutsk to take care of his daughter. Later, he met Your Uncle. You are really good-looking, unlike my dad and brother; their faces are all hairy and ugly. As Ji Yue grew older, they wanted to find a decent boy to take care of me and Eva.
Eventually, they set their sights on Your Uncle. At that time, he wasn't even taller than me; he was skinny like a stick. Uncle Popov would scare him a little, and Your Uncle would cry loudly.
"Really, Auntie?" Angelina chuckled at the thought. Anna nodded with a smile, "But Your Uncle was very handsome when he was young. He didn't have any strange smells; even if he didn't shower for two or three days, when I hugged him, I could still smell the faint scent of his shower gel.
If he had long hair, I would have thought he was a girl. Eva and I adored him; we clung to Your Uncle every day, afraid he would run away from us.
At first, Your Uncle resisted being with us because we had physical defects. He would often wake up in the middle of the night, confused. He would tuck us in tightly and sing us songs.
Later, we encountered a brown bear weighing over five hundred pounds. To save us, Your Uncle charged at that big guy alone. It was from that moment on that Your Uncle changed; he became brave and his temper flared.
When Oleg and Nikola were young, they often begged to go to the amusement park in the city. We would go to Irkutsk once a month and frequently encountered local drunks who looked down on people from Huaxia.
Your Uncle never argued with them or cared about how many there were; he just swung his fists and fought them. At first, I worried about Your Uncle getting hurt, but every time it was those drunks who ended up in trouble. Over time, we got used to it.
"How many did he fight at most?" Angelina asked curiously. Anna thought for a moment, "Hmm, maybe over ten? One time we were out late and passed by a bar when some drunks targeted Eva and me, wanting to bully us. Your Uncle picked up a piece of broken brick and charged in, fighting them all the way into the bar.
My older brother is a police officer in Irkutsk. When he brought people to the bar, aside from some customers huddled in corners, the floor was covered with those shouting in pain. Your Uncle was sitting at the bar with a cigarette in his mouth, smiling and greeting my brother.
"Wow! Is Uncle that amazing?" Angelina exclaimed.
"Of course!" Anna tightened her grip on Angelina's shoulder. "Every morning before five o'clock, Your Uncle starts exercising. If you wake up early enough, you can go watch him. Oleg and Nikola often end up crying after being beaten by him."
"Nikola! What are you thinking? You can't even get this simple tune right?" Xu Li's scolding interrupted their chat. Anna stood up and hugged her husband from behind: "Let them practice on their own for now; they'll get better with more practice."
Xu Li sighed and waved his hand: "You all practice by yourselves. When you think you're ready, come find me to record your songs. All of you just dream about it but aren't willing to work hard; you'll never amount to anything."
After saying that, he turned off the equipment and left the Recording Studio with Anna. Angelina made a face at Xu Weixia, who was scratching his head before grabbing a fruit platter and heading to the living room. Peter was sitting on the sofa with a big chair pulled up, playing games on his laptop with an anxious expression—he probably was about to lose again.
"Uncle Andong? What are you doing?" The headphones muffled what Uncle Andong was saying as the two began bickering. Angelina sat nearby eating grapes while watching Peter play games; she wasn't interested in playing herself but found it amusing to watch others play.
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