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Chapter 1 [Sisterhood and Daughters] Act 1 Death

China in 2012

In a lecture hall of a medical university in China, the melodious flute of "Colorful Clouds Chasing the Moon" came out. hua.

Inside, a girl in a khaki woolen trench coat is standing on the podium, with ten fingers flute, and melodious music wafts in the huge classroom.

At the end of the song, the students sitting upright in the room stood up and gave her thunderous applause:

"yes, that's so nice! Senior Sister Lan Yuwei is so powerful! ”

"Can you teach me, Senpai?"

The classmates gathered around and asked.

Yu Wei took the bamboo flute, bowed to the classmates around her, and smiled slightly: "Hobby, awards, awards-" Before the words fell, her mobile phone rang in the bag she put on the podium. She took out her mobile phone, saw the caller ID, and her good mood disappeared immediately, and an ominous premonition arose.

Sure enough, the cry of my friend Hu Ruotong came from the mobile phone: "It's not good, Weiwei!" Come to the hospital, aunt, she's dying—"

"What!?" Yuwei's complexion changed greatly, and her whole body seemed to be soaked in ice and snow, and she couldn't stop shivering. She didn't have time to apologize to her younger students, so she left the lecture hall and went straight to the school gate, raised her hand to stop a taxi, and headed for the hospital.

"At this time, although my mother's condition is strict, the indicators are still stable. Why did the illness suddenly worsen dramatically? Now that my mother is critically ill and my father has passed away at an early age, what can I do? ”

Panic, fear, and anxiety surged like huge waves, frantically slapping Yuwei's heart and causing a burst of pain. As soon as the car stopped, she covered her chest and hurried to the ward where her mother was. Ruotong sat on the edge of the bed, hiding her face with her hands, crying uncontrollably.

"Time is running out, you can accompany her." When the two old men saw Yu Wei coming in, they spoke indifferently, and then walked out of the ward without looking back.

"Such heartless and senseless words? From her grandfather and grandmother!? As an elder of relatives, is it so indifferent that even Ruotong, who has no blood relationship? Yuwei looked at them, and then at Ruotong, who was crying in a mess. In an instant, the past came to her heart, and a wave of anger rushed up from the bottom of her heart, she grabbed a few steps, stopped them at the door of the ward, and glared angrily: "Get out!" Don't let me see you again! After saying that, she turned around and kicked the door of the ward with her foot slammed shut, pounced on her bedridden mother, and cried bitterly!

Due to the long-term suffering of illness, Yuwei's mother has long been sallow, her body is withered, and she is so weak that she even has to struggle to speak. She opened her eyes with difficulty, but they were a pair of blue eyes, which were as blue and deep as the sea in spite of her illness.

Yes, Yu Wei's mother is a mixed-race child, and her father is German, so Yu Wei herself has 1/4 German ancestry. Thanks to her mother's careful teaching, she has been fluent in German since childhood. But she didn't mention this qiē in college.

Looking at her weeping daughter, Yuwei's mother smiled faintly, and looked at Hu Ruotong beside her: "Xiaotong-I want to say a few words to Weiwei, you-"

Without waiting for her to finish, Ruotong nodded, got up and left the ward. Studying forensic medicine, she is very clear, but Yuwei's mother is now 'back to the light'. She gently closed the door and sat on the chair in the corridor, but her boyfriend's chuckle came from her side: "Xiaotong, are you sure you can get 'it'?" ”

"It should be possible, don't worry, okay?" Ruotong glanced at most of his body that was covered by the newspaper, frowning and complaining.

In the room, Yuwei still hugged her mother tightly and couldn't stop sobbing.

The mother forced herself to smile, but her breath became weaker and weaker: "I am sick from hard work...... Doomed to be cured...... I heard Xiaotong mention that the school gave you a ...... to study in Germany What are the quotas? ”

"Yes." Yu Wei nodded, secretly smiling bitterly at Ruotong's well-informed and fast-talking. Yesterday afternoon, she had already declined the advice of Professor Yip, the head of the department, just so that she could take care of her only relative without distractions.

"Such a rare opportunity...... Should...... Cherish ......" Yuwei's mother coughed violently, Yuwei hurriedly got up and stroked her back, "Mom, you have to rest well, don't be too ......" Yuwei's mother shook her head lightly, stopping her words, she looked sideways at the bedside table, and motioned for her daughter to open the drawer.

Yu Wei took out a diary with a pure black cover from it and looked at her mother with a confused expression.

"That's it. The ...... your grandmother left behind," the mother's breath became a little rapid, "she ...... Before he died, he had a last word...... I want to go back to Germany to find my biological father...... That is, your grandfather...... But I never got it...... So promise me...... First, bury half of my ashes in China and go to my native Germany...... Scatter the other half into the Rhine...... Second ...... "She jerked her face sideways, and a mouthful of blood splattered the sheets scarlet!

Yu Wei hurriedly wiped the blood from the corners of her lips with a tissue for her mother: "Mom, take care of your illness!" Say no more! ”

But her mother continued: "Second...... Take this diary with you...... Go to Germany to find your grandfather...... Remember...... You have to wait for the 'one qiē to end before opening'...... Your grandfather is—" Suddenly, her expression froze, and her words stopped abruptly. At the same time, a screeching sound of "drops" sounded - the pulses on the ECG machine turned into a lifeless straight line.

"Mom!! Don't leave me-" Yuwei hugged her mother tightly and cried, "Dad went early in the morning, and now you're gone, how can I live alone!?" Mom, wake up! I beg you ......"

In the midst of bursts of crying, Ruotong and her boyfriend walked in, Ruotong hugged Yuwei's shoulders and couldn't help comforting her. The boyfriend standing beside her glanced at Yuwei, and then glanced at Ruotong, a glimmer of light flashed in her dark eyes, fleeting.

A few days later, in the early morning, Yuwei's mother was buried in a corner of the suburban cemetery. In the huge cemetery, only Yuwei and Ruotong attended the funeral, which looked extremely deserted.

"Thank you, Ruotong." Yu Wei held the urn in her hand and looked at her haggard friend, with an apologetic expression, "These days, the student union of the department is busy, and my mother died suddenly, without your support and help, I am really going to collapse." ”

Ruotong held her hand and shook her head gloomily: "Weiwei, see outside." I lost my parents when I was nine years old, and those relatives would rather leave me out in the cold at an orphanage than raise me. Only my aunt took me back and raised me single-handedly, and as a relative, I should send her on her last journey. ”

Yu Wei's heart was sour, and she hugged Hu Ruotong tightly and cried loudly. Since then, except for her good sister Ruotong, she has no one to trust.

Suddenly, a melodious ringtone came from the bag. Yu Wei took out her mobile phone, saw the caller ID, looked hesitant, and finally connected the phone. She was talking on the phone, but she didn't notice that behind her, Ruotong was turning around and walking to a tombstone not far away, where her boyfriend was waiting for her.

"Can you please be in a hurry?" Ruotong glared at her boyfriend and said, "She went to school this time, and she almost agreed to the school, can't you bear with it?" ”

The man lit a cigarette and spat out the green mist: "Xiaotong, without 'it', it is very difficult to establish yourself in this city. You don't want me to be a 'slave' just after I graduate, do you? ”

Ruotong was speechless for a while, looked back at Yu Wei, who was answering the phone, and sighed faintly.

***

Volume 1: Impressions of the Rhine, Chapter 1 [Sisterhood, Daughterhood], Act 2, Betrayal

"Condolences change! Little Blue. On the phone, Professor Ye's voice was full of pity, "Please offer your condolences for me." According to the secretary of the student union of the department, you are in a bad mood these days? Your body matters! By the way, do you have any new plans for studying in Germany? ”

Yu Wei hesitated for a moment and said apprehensively, "I think it is also a good choice to go directly to the graduate school of this university." ”

"You kid!" The professor's wry smile came from the mobile phone, "I know that your relatives have passed away, and your mood is very chaotic, so I won't persuade you anymore." Just remember what I said to you last time, right? First, the University of Munich requires excellent students who are fluent in German, and the rest of the students in the whole school have no advantage except you; Second, this is the only admission quota obtained by our school, if you don't go, other students are not qualified, what a pity to waste in vain? ”

Yu Wei held up her mobile phone and silently listened to Professor Ye's analysis: "Xiaolan, the ancients: read thousands of books, travel thousands of miles. Studying abroad will be an excellent exercise for your life, don't refuse to be so simple. Moreover, Hu Ruotong came to me the day before yesterday and recommended you to me again and again. With such a friend cheering you on, what are you worried about? Remember, 'Don't miss the time'. ”

Professor Ye's words made Yu Wei deeply surprised, thinking that Ruotong had been too concerned about her study abroad recently, and as a person who was taught by her mother together, her German was no less than her, since there was only one place to go abroad, why didn't she fight for it, but repeatedly recommended herself to the professor? It seems that she is anxious to get herself out of China.

She casually said a few perfunctory words to the professor, then hung up the phone, and turned around to ask Ruotong for an explanation. But looking around, but couldn't find anyone, she dialed Ruotong's phone, who knew that when she was about to connect, she heard Ruotong talking to a man in a low voice behind a nearby tombstone.

She hesitated for a moment, then quietly took a few steps forward, listening intently.

"Do you think I really can't bear to let you be a 'house slave'? Who doesn't know how much is the down payment for commercial housing today, and how much is the installment payment? Only if she went abroad could I take the opportunity to ask for the property to be changed to my name. Maybe she, like her grandmother, fished a gringo abroad and won't come back! Don't worry, she is very talkative, and she will never refuse to agree, and I don't want to be Guo Haiping or Guo Haizao. ”

"Hehe, Xiaotong, you are really amazing! With such meticulous logical thinking, he deserves to be a top student in forensic medicine. The man chuckled lowly.

Yu Wei clutched her chest violently, staggered back a few steps, and felt that her body was cold inch by inch. I couldn't believe that these words came from Ruotong's mouth.

I see!

No wonder Hu Ruotong told her mother about the school's recommendation for her to study abroad? Is it any wonder that she is highly recommended in front of Professor Ye? This qiē is just for the mother's real estate.

In the past, it was all about "sisterhood"! Those meticulous care and meticulous help are all disguises! Hu Ruotong didn't treat her sincerely at all, I'm afraid that in order to get the house left by her mother, she didn't know how many days and nights she had already calculated. is such a Hu Ruotong, I didn't expect her scheming to be so deep, and it really matches her bold and cheerful style on weekdays.

Yu Wei covered her lips, turned around and left angrily.

But I didn't know that the male voice behind him said with a smile again: "But Xiaotong, you have gone too far." So I thought of a better way, that is, just get along with the owner of the property, Lan Yuwei? She is recognized as a talented girl and school flower of your medical university, and you can see how beautiful her eyes are—there is a hint of blue hidden in the pitch black. What about you? Her appearance is not good, how can she compare with her? ”

"You! You've gone too far! Ruotong stood up from behind the tombstone, her clothes were still not fully dressed, she pointed to her boyfriend's face, and trembled: "For you, I did everything!" Are you so negative that you are worthy of the feelings you have had for so many years? ”

Ruotong's boyfriend laughed loudly, straightened up lazily, squinted at her, and said with a hint of disdain in his tone: "Do you think that a person who does not hesitate to betray more than ten years of friendship and betray good sisters for the sake of family property, what qualifications do you have to say about me?" ”

The wall clock on the wall was already pointing to eleven o'clock at night, Yuwei returned home, looked at Ruotong who was already asleep in the bedroom, clenched her palms, but did not turn on the chandelier after all, for fear of waking Ruotong. She climbed onto her high bed, touched the lamp, and dimmed the light, because of this, she didn't notice that there were two clear lines of tears on Ruotong's cheeks.

Taking advantage of this dim light, Yuwei took out a few forms from her bag and filled in her name without hesitation.

The next day, she came to the school, walked through the tree-lined path, and walked directly to Professor Ye's teaching building.

It's March now, and the winter cold is beginning to subside. Countless peach blossoms bloom and fill the garden with fragrance, shrouding the entire university in crimson.

A gust of wind blew through the branches, and the petals of the trees fluttered one after another, falling on the eyebrows of Yuwei standing under the trees. She took a deep breath of the sweet fragrance from the wind, removed the petals, and quietly gazed at her favorite flower, knowing that once she handed over the things in her hand, she was afraid that it would be difficult to see such a bright spring scene for a long time.

Anyway, now that the friendship is gone, the family affection is gone, and it is not a good thing to leave this sad place.

Thinking of this, she didn't hesitate, knocked on the door of the professor's office, and handed the application form in her hand to Professor Ye with both hands.

"Good, good!" Professor Yip straightened the frame on the bridge of his nose, looked at his protégé, and lit a cigarette. In fact, he also wants to try his best to retain Yu Wei, a talented woman with excellent character and learning - not only because she was the top student in the college entrance examination that year, but also the winner of the school's full scholarship and various awards in the past three years, and at the same time served as the president of the student union and other positions.

The most important thing is that she has become the popular figure that the boys in the school are chasing, because of her appearance.

It is rumored that as soon as she entered the school gate, she attracted a burst of astonishment and admiration, and her beauty was admired even if she had seen many so-called "school flowers" and "class flowers" teachers. In the past three years, she has become more and more beautiful, especially the blue halo hidden in her jet-black eyes, like a blue sky that suddenly appears in the endless night. I hope that this trip can make her more excellent and become China's second 'Lin Huiyin'."

He smiled happily: "Work hard at the University of Munich and don't let me and the school down." ”

Yu Wei stared at Professor Ye's excited expression, puzzled. Although she is the only one in the Department of Medicine, there are more than 100 students studying abroad in the whole school, how can she be so proud and excited? After thinking for a moment, he still didn't have the slightest clue, so he had to leave the office first.

Seeing Yu Wei's figure disappear, Professor Ye took out a phone book from the drawer, flipped through a few pages, and then picked up the receiver and dialed out a string of numbers. After the other party was connected, he exchanged a few words of greeting, and then said, "Allright, Dr." schmitt！ (Done, Dr. Schmidt!) ）

Soon after, the department informed Yuwei that the procedures for leaving the country had been completely completed.

During this period, in order not to be embarrassed by meeting Ruotong, Yuwei went out early and returned late. As for Ruotong's boyfriend's enthusiastic sweet text messages, she didn't even read them, and deleted them cleanly.

The departure hall is crowded with people, and after a few minutes, people start lining up to get through the guò checkpoint.

Yu Wei looked at Ruotong with a reluctant face, took out a file bag from her bag, and handed it to her: "This is the real estate change book you have been thinking about for a long time, be careful not to lose it!" ”

Ruotong was stunned when she heard this, and looked at her in a daze, but she didn't dare to reach out to take it.

"Why don't you dare to accept it? Isn't that what you want? Yu Wei glanced at Ruotong's slightly panicked look, and her voice was cold, "Fortunately, you brought it up." Otherwise, I really don't know what the good sisters who have grown up together under the same roof for more than ten years like and covet. Please take care of this remuneration carefully, and don't fall into the hands of others, otherwise the gains outweigh the losses! ”

Ruotong grabbed Yuwei's sleeve violently, and tears burst out of her eyes: "No, no!" Vivi, please listen to me, he's—"

"Enough!" Yu Wei raised her hand and shook off her hand, not angry but laughing, and said slowly word by word, "Hu Ruotong, now I understand that the so-called good friends, good sisters, and more than ten years of relationship are worth just a set of real estate!?" With that, she shook her long hair and walked to the inspection door without looking back.

The plane took off into the air, drawing a long white line in the blue sky.

Through the cabin window, Yu Wei looked down at the gradually blurred ground, remembering Ruotong's previous expression, and her anger did not subside.

From the time my mother was critically ill to the time she went abroad, from beginning to end, she gave up her friendship for many years for a house? Once upon a time, she firmly believed that even if her mother died, Ruotong would still be by her side and accompany her.

Therefore, without family affection, you can only protect the only remaining friendship. So much so that she forgot her mother's entrustment for a while, and planned to go straight to the graduate school of the university, find a stable job after graduation, and live in that city with Ruotong from then on, so that this friendship will last forever, but I didn't expect the reality to be so cruel! This friendship that seems to be able to grow old in the wilderness can't withstand the flames of reality after all!

After a two-hour flight, Yuwei arrived in Beijing, the capital of China, where she will transfer to Munich, Germany.

As soon as she got off the plane, Yuwei dialed Ruotong's number. After two hours of careful consideration, especially remembering Ruotong's look before getting on the plane and the sentence that she was interrupted by herself before she could finish speaking, she sighed, forget it, let's ask her what the hell is going on.

But no matter how you dial, the message from the phone is always that the other party has turned off the phone.

She turned off her phone gloomily, could it be that more than ten years of friendship was broken like this? In fact, she was really reluctant, she said those words to her at the time, but she was too angry, angry that she gave up the friendship between the two for so many years for a man who was not worthy at all, but deep down in her heart she still couldn't give up this friendship.

The past is vivid, when she was a child, she was often bullied by her classmates, and if she didn't have Ruotong's protection like a big sister, she wouldn't know how to survive that terrible childhood. Looking up at the sky, there was not a single cloud in the clear blue sky. At this moment, the sound of passengers being reminded to board was heard on the radio in the waiting room. She sighed lightly and dialed again, but there was still an indifferent female voice on the phone: I'm sorry, the user you dialed has been turned off, please dial again later!

Putting away her phone and lifting the small bag containing her mother's ashes beside her, she turned her head to look out the window: goodbye, my motherland. Goodbye, Ruotong.

Yuwei didn't know that the moment the plane she was on went straight into the sky, Ruotong walked out of the airport in a trance, and was ruthlessly run over by a speeding truck, and the gurgling blood stained the file bag!

No matter how many calls came from the capital, she could never see it again.

***

Volume 1: Impressions of the Rhine, Chapter 1 [Sisterhood, Childhood Idiot], Act III, Cause and Effect

Sit on the ground and travel 80,000 miles a day, survey the sky and see the river for a day.

This morning I was still in my familiar hometown, but in the afternoon I was already in this strange and foreign city.

Looking up at the many Gothic-style spire buildings of the University of Munich and the blonde-haired pedestrians passing around her, Yuwei was a little stunned for a while. Fortunately, with the guidance of several students at the school gate, she found the medical school smoothly. I didn't want the other party to read her recommendation form, so I led her directly to the dean's office of the medical school.

"That's what Dr. Schmidt, the president of my hospital, requested." Faced with Yu Wei's doubts, the man shrugged his shoulders and responded briefly. After a while, he knocked softly on the door of an office, "Mr. Dean, that Chinese student has arrived." ”

The door opened suddenly, and out of it came a short, stocky, slightly bowed man in a suit. He smiled kindly at Yuwei and hugged her with open arms: "Dear Mia, welcome to study at the University of Munich." By the way, do you like the German name? ”

"Thank you, Dr. Schmidt, for the name." Yu Wei nodded and smiled, "It turns out that I have the honor to study in your school, thanks to your strong recommendation, Mia is very grateful." ”

Dr. Schmidt touched his beard with a smile, and after expressing his sorrow for his mother's death to Yuwei, he straightened the frame on the bridge of his nose, picked up a document from his desk, and praised it, "Your research report is really good, published in this book by Pro." In the famous academic journal sent by Professor Ye. Among the outstanding students enrolled by our school this year, you are clearly one of the best. ”

Yu Wei looked at Dr. Schmidt's expression, but she didn't smile, and secretly wondered in her heart that there are many talents in the Chinese medical community, how could this well-known medical professor who is famous overseas order her alone? What was even more surprising was that although she had never met Dr. Schmidt before, she felt that he was not a familiar person, as if she had known him for many years.

After the pleasantries, Dr. Schmidt sent his son, Jacob, to lead Yuwei to the dormitory. Seeing Yu Wei, who was talking and laughing with Jacob and leaving, he slowly took off his glasses, and a hint of sentimentality appeared between his wrinkled brows: "Dear father, I have finally found the person you have been thinking about for a long time, and I am about to fulfill your long-cherished wish." ”

Along the way, Yu Wei listened to Jacob's introduction and became familiar with the overview and overall layout of this well-known university. Jacob was stunned when she opened the dormitory that had been arranged for her, and the room gave her an inexplicable sense of familiarity, as if she had lived here a long time ago.

After only a moment, Yu Wei put aside this strange thought, quickly packed all her luggage, carefully took out a blue and white porcelain jar from her bag, and made up her mind to fulfill her mother's will. It's just that my mother died before I could say my grandfather's name, how to find his traces in this vast sea of people?

He may be the same as his grandmother, who is long gone, right?

The next day, Yuwei took a four-hour train to the city of Maynes and headed to the banks of the Rhine. Gazing at the ashes in her hand rising in the wind and slowly falling into the heart of the river, she smiled with tears in her eyes—now, her mother can finally return to her hometown.

Unlike in the motherland, March in Germany is sunny and windy, but there is still a chill in the wind. A gust of wind blew, and Rain Weiser shrank and cocked the collar of her trench coat. Looking around at this unaccompanied foreign country, I suddenly remembered the dispute with Ruotong before leaving and the prompt sound in my mobile phone, and my heart suddenly became sour.

In fact, thinking about it in hindsight, how could Ruotong have a temperament and ask for real estate by such unscrupulous means, regardless of his long-term friendship? The answer can only be instigated by her boyfriend, after all, a woman in love has an IQ equal to zero, and what she thinks about in her heart is naturally her lover.

Thinking of this, Yuwei dialed Ruotong's mobile phone again and tried to apologize to him, but from beginning to end, the cold prompt from the mobile phone was still the one when she was in Beijing: I'm sorry, the user you dialed has been turned off, please dial again later!

She smiled abruptly, secretly thinking that Hu Ruotong was probably still angry at her previous words.

It turns out that he is a nostalgic person after all. Besides, even Hu Ruotong, who is usually very arrogant, has love, where is her love?

smiled bitterly, and suddenly felt that someone beside her was looking at her, she turned her face sideways, and saw that there was an elderly woman next to her, and the other party looked at her in a daze, and her face was extremely surprised.

"Hello, why do you look at me like this?" Yuwei looked at her in confusion and subconsciously touched her face, "Do I have anything on my face?" ”

The old woman smiled kindly when she heard this, but her eyes were a little dazed, as if she was looking at another person through her: "No, I just think that when I see you, I think of the girl in World War II." She pointed somewhere on the riverside, "Anyway, I opened a hostel there and met the girl. It's incredible, you look almost exactly like her! Oh, by the way, there was a handsome man like Apollo who was with her, and they looked like a couple. ”

"Really? Do you know the name of 'that girl'? Yuwei asked curiously, with wide eyes. When I remembered my mother's life, I said more than once that she looked like her deceased grandmother, and also mentioned that my grandmother had studied in Germany and returned to China alone and gave birth to her mother. So the "girl" and the man in the old woman's mouth are not her maternal grandfather and grandmother?

When she raised her eyes and wanted to ask the old woman again, she found that the other party had long since disappeared. She smiled wryly and took out the diary from her bag, intending to look for clues from it. But as soon as her hand touched the secret button on the diary, her mother's last words sounded in her ears - "Open it again when the end of the qiē", she hesitated and retracted her hand.

"Mom, did Grandma tell you when she was alive, when exactly was it 'over'—" She looked at the diary and sighed softly. Perhaps because of all the way around, she suddenly felt sleepy, so heavy that she couldn't lift her eyes. Looking at the sky, it was not too late, so he walked under a big tree, leaned against the trunk, and fell into a deep sleep.

At this moment, another man came slowly. The erected trench coat obscured his face, revealing only a pair of blue eyes. At first glance, it resembles the eyes of Jiyuwei's mother. But if you look closely, you can see that these are a pair of eyes that have no sense of color, shining with a cold and inorganic light like a blue gem.

He walked up to the sleeping Yuwei, carefully examined her face, stretched out his hand and stroked it gently, and finally his eyes fell on the diary in her hand.

He put his hand on the diary, and suddenly, the diary emitted a dazzling light, wrapping Yuwei's body tightly and soaring into the sky. In an instant, layers of dark clouds gathered in the originally clear sky, and heavy rain poured in!

"Cause and effect are endless." The man stood in the pouring rain, ignoring the number of people around him hurrying to take shelter from the rain, and muttered, "It's time to end that curse......