Tough Siberian Nikita ordered a heating pad and got Japanese bride Mizuha instead. They don't share a single word, but Google Translate works miracles — the most absurd compliments turn out to be the most sincere. Maybe the wrong order wasn't wrong at all.
Story opening
Narrator: December in Siberia isn't just cold. It's a philosophy. Nikita Gromov trudged three kilometres through snow to pick up the heating pad he'd ordered a month ago on AliExpress.
Nikita: Package for Gromov. Order number... well, it's a long number.
Narrator: The stock clerk Valentina Petrovna peered over her glasses as though he'd asked for the moon. She disappeared into the depths of the warehouse and returned with a parcel the size of a small wardrobe.
Nikita: That's... that's not a heating pad.
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01
The Surprise Package
Nikita picks up from the post office not a heating pad, but a live Japanese bride.
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02
Cucumber Diplomacy
Nikita tries to explain the situation to Mizuha, and an accidental compliment through the translator melts her heart.
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03
The Permafrost Thaws
The moment of farewell arrives — and both realise the translator has nothing to do with it anymore.
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