Chapter 7: The Misdirection of Fate

For the news that he is not interested in, Zhou Nan looks at the headline and ignores it, what he mainly wants to find is the policy announcement of the allies against Germany, because only by understanding these things can he know whether he can go to Germany to find Yannick and them.

In the newspapers, he saw the news of General Falkenhausen's release, but did not report where he was. Most of the reports about Germany focused on the demolition of German factories and the atrocities of the French army and the American army.

Suddenly, a piece of news made Zhou Nan stunned, his body stiffened, his brain completely lost its response, and the newspaper in his hand also slipped down.

There was an enlarged black-and-white photograph in the newspaper of a somewhat melancholy-looking man in a German military uniform without epaulettes giving a speech, in front of countless German people.

And this man should never still exist in this world, because his name is Rommel.

Since Arnhem two and a half years ago, Zhou Nan didn't know what the reason was, and he got a revelation about the future, and he was full of confidence in this period of life.

Because there is no one in this world who has the ability to know what this world will become in the future. With this ability, he has the confidence to face any difficult situation, because he believes that he can find a way to deal with it, no matter how difficult it is.

However, the future here does not know for some reason, and he has undergone unexpected changes. Rommel did not die last year, as he remembers, and has lived until now.

Zhou Nan immediately took all the newspapers in his arms and began to rummage, trying to find all the information about Rommel. He didn't understand why a person who was supposed to die had survived until now.

He had to figure out what was wrong.

When he found out all the information about Rommel in the newspapers, after reading the reports, he also completely figured out what was going on.

First of all, he did not become the commander-in-chief of the Western Front of France, as in another life, and was in charge of the fortifications of the Atlantic rampart, but at the beginning of 44 years, he was ill and lived in seclusion at his home in Ulm Herlingen.

This allowed him to avoid a direct confrontation with Hitler and save his own life.

After the defeat of Germany, he was arrested by the British and imprisoned. But just two weeks later, Churchill pardoned him.

Because although he killed many opponents on the battlefield, it was his duty as a soldier. Other than that, he was not involved in any massacres against civilians and was part of the plan against Hitler.

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill directly commented in his letter of amnesty: "Although you are a calm and cunning enemy, you are also a great general. ”

However, although Rommel was pardoned, he was strictly forbidden to participate in military work, and he is currently in charge of trade unions and coordination at the Industrial Committee of the Ruhr Industrial Area.

Although his ability to work is not necessarily outstanding, he has a high reputation in Germany. The suffering people of Germany were willing to obey his orders, and even the lawless soldiers of Anglo-American France respected him.

In the area he was in charge of, although he watched the French tear down their factories and take away their technical information, the number of violent cases and rape cases there was at least half lower than in other areas.

In fact, there is not a lot of information about him at all, but Zhou Nanren is in the army, and there is no outside information in the barracks. Only a few opportunities to get to the company, to the regimental headquarters, can get a little information from the outside world.

In order to maintain purity and stability, the army could not hear the radio or see the newspaper, but it also made Zhou Nan a blind and deaf man. In addition, he was preoccupied with writing his own book, and he didn't know the news until now.

Looking at these materials, he couldn't help but ponder, where the hell is this business pool?

After thinking about it, he had begun to look for information about General Falkenhausen.

In another life, General Falkenhausen was similarly exempt from prosecution. Later, four or eight years later, the Belgian government resumed its normal work, and tried to prosecute General Falkenhausen and sentenced him to 12 years in prison.

Later, however, he was acquitted three weeks later because there was conclusive evidence that he had freed many Belgian resisters through Zhou Nan's compatriot, Miss Qian, and that during his tenure as governor of the Belgian military government, he had pursued far more lenient policies than he was supposed to have carried out.

From then on, he lived in seclusion in Nassau, a very inconspicuous town in Germany, and died at the age of eighty-eight in six years.

Zhou Nan later visited his cemetery in Nassau in the 90s, and he was the only big man Zhou Nan knew and was cared for by him.

If the current history has changed, Zhou Nan's first reaction is that Yannick has leaked some heavenly secrets. And the closest to Yannick is General Falkenhausen, and Zhou Nan suspects that the beginning of all the butterfly effects should start with General Falkenhausen.

Rommel's change in fortune may have been due to General Falkenhausen.

But in the newspapers there is very little information about General Falkenhausen, and in the last six months there has been almost no information about him.

The newspapers of the past half a year were kept by Zhou Nan for Kelly, and the previous newspapers, after she read them, were used for other purposes or sold.

Nowadays, Europe lacks everything, and so does paper, and any country that Switzerland does should be meticulous and try to reuse any bit of resources when it comes to recycling.

Zhou Nan couldn't sit still, he got up and walked around the garden twice to calm down his mood. Stepping on the frozen ice and snow, there was a creaking sound under my feet.

The cold wind from the lake cleared his brain a lot, making him less panicked and dazed.

Now, he was almost certain that the change was related to Yannick, and if that was the case, then he didn't have to care.

Although, within a certain range, history has changed. But for human society as a whole, this change is insignificant.

Besides, no matter how strong the butterfly effect is, it can change history and people's destiny, but there are more aspects that cannot be changed.

For example, the law of the development of human science and technology will not change with the change of human destiny. Industrial development has changed from simple to complex, from backward to advanced, and this will not change.

No matter how big the changes in history are, Zhou Nan's advantage is still great. Everyone was struggling desperately below, but he was already standing on the shoulders of others and looking down on the beings.

Even if there are some changes, it will not affect his strengths and affect the relationship between him and Yannick.

In Zhou Nan's heart, the weight of this feeling is even greater than that of the whole world.

Whether it is another life or this life, Zhou Nan has a feeling of rejection. He felt like a guest in the world, and he felt out of place with everyone, even his nephew Tianzhu's family, who had been taking care of him.

Born in an Oriental family and growing up in a Western family, the fusion of two different cultural concepts in him also makes him not so pure in any way.

In another life, the main problem why he suffered so many sins was not how hateful he was, but the key reason was that he was inferior to society and could not be recognized by others.

No matter where he was, he was an anomaly, an outlier that could be spotted at a glance.

He lived innocently, upholding his inner feelings. But I have to say that he also lived a very failed life that life.

If he had been smarter, he would have disguised himself and would have been able to establish a good relationship with the domestic purchasing group when he was repatriated in four or five years. With his six years of experience in military supply in Germany, he was able to easily help the purchasing group complete the plan to pick up the bargain in the context of the break-up of German industry.

But he didn't.

After returning to China, if he is smarter, with his experience abroad and his proficiency in foreign languages, he can be a translator for the big people, and even a housekeeper. But Qing Gao and self-restraint made him end up being thrown into the battlefield, and finally lost his left hand on the battlefield.

Later, he had fallen into the dust, but he still didn't fit in with the people around him. He has always stuck to himself, which makes him not like a peasant, not like a qualified reformer.

No matter what kind of sport it is, he is the first to be pulled out and criticized. So much so that in the end, he got used to the pain and even began to enjoy it.

Looking at his life from another angle, Zhou Nan does not regret his simplicity and paranoia, because he has never compromised from beginning to end, and he has not violated his heart by giving in to the world.

He has experienced countless pains in his life, and he has not made a close friend, and his warmest memory is the twenty-year family relationship with Yannick's family.

So, this is also something he will protect for the rest of his life.

If he doesn't have friends, he doesn't care, and if he doesn't have love, he can not care, but if he doesn't have family affection, he has nothing in this world.

Even if it is his own nephew Tianzhu family, it is only a closer relationship than others brought by blood relationship, in Zhou Nan's opinion, it is far less pure than his relationship with Yannick's family.

When he was criticized, Tianzhu didn't dare to help, although this was because in that era, people's feelings were castrated. But if it were Yannick's family, Zhou Nan believed that they would all protect themselves at the cost of their lives, because they could too.

Later, his status became high, and he became the signboard of Taoism with calligraphy and painting, and he was considered developed. He can still take care of the Tianzhu family calmly, and he doesn't even have the slightest sense of blame, because this is because he has very low requirements for the Tianzhu family from the beginning, and he thinks that he is not the same kind of person as him.

In his previous life, there was only Yannick's family, and now there are more Audrey, in his previous life, he only had family affection, and now he has more love.

They are also the only ones who truly accept themselves as a misfit. Therefore, no matter how big the price is, he is willing to maintain this feeling.

As for friendship, it was difficult for him to enjoy it in his previous life, and now that he has this complex mentality, I am afraid it will be even more difficult to get real friendship.

He is satisfied with it now, and he will not hope for it anymore.