Having left Catherine's hospital room and reunited with Yelena, neither asked any questions nor did Gao Yang say anything. Regarding matters of affection, both Gao Yang and Yelena had strong confidence in each other, and indeed, there was simply nothing to say. Thus, all was glossed over in a vague confusion.
After spending a night in Punta Arenas, Gao Yang and Glolov departed. They could not wait until Catherine returned to the US before leaving, as Gao Yang still needed to go to South Africa to pay the remaining ten million US Dollars to Grand Ivan. Of course, the main reason was that Gao Yang truly dared not meet Catherine and Adele again.
As before, they first traveled to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil and then caught a connecting flight to Cape Town in South Africa. Once there, Glolov made his own way to Djibouti to return to the mothership, since Grand Ivan had not indicated he would meet anyone other than Gao Yang, so Gao Yang had to meet Grand Ivan alone.