The proprietress and the other girl laughed again, unscrupulously and stupidly, for to them it was just a habitual joke, a general joke. Fang Boqian saw that the girl suddenly showed a charming attitude and stuck to that person at this time, and pestered him delicately, and he was just trembling in the face of all this, and he didn't have the courage to push her away at all, which made Fang Boqian feel very uncomfortable. Fang Boqian was surprised that when that person's eyes looked up at him, he still looked panicked and flattering. The woman next to her also made Fang Boqian feel terrible, she suddenly came to her senses from her drowsiness, full of malice, and even her hands trembled with excitement. Fang Boqian threw some money on the table and wanted to leave, but she didn't go to get the money. "If he upsets you, I'll blast him out, dead dog. He had to be obedient. Have another drink with me, come on! She suddenly turned into an extremely charming look and leaned towards Fang Boqian, and from her transformation, Fang Boqian immediately understood that she was doing this to show that person and torture him. As she did these movements, she quickly squinted at him. Fang Boqian really didn't want to see this scene, and with every movement she made to Fang Boqian, the man began to twitch, as if he felt a soldering iron burning on his limbs. Fang Boqian didn't pay attention to her, just stared at him, seeing how the anger, anger, jealousy, and possessiveness in his heart swelled up, and how he quickly suppressed it, and she was just shaking her head. Fang Boqian shuddered. She leaned closer to him, and Fang Boqian could feel her body, which was also trembling from being immersed in the brutal atmosphere of the game. Her dazzling face, the smell of inferior incense powder, and the heat on her soft flesh made Fang Boqian feel disgusted. In order to push her away from herself, Fang Boqian reached for a cigar, and while he was still looking for a match on the table, she shouted at the man again: "Bring the fire!" ”

When he came to serve Fang Boqian under such a deliberate embarrassment, Fang Boqian was even more surprised. Fang Boqian found the match himself as quickly as possible. Even so, the man who heard her shouting stumbled over as if he had been whipped with a whip, and quickly put his lighter on the table, as if he would burn at the slightest touch of the table. For a second, Fang Boqian looked at him, and there was endless shame and obvious resentment in his eyes. This kind of humble gaze, this man's gaze shot into Fang Boqian's heart. Fang Boqian obviously felt the woman's insult to that person, and he felt as if he had also been humiliated.

"I am grateful to you," Fang Boqian said in German—and she shuddered—"You'd better not bother. After saying these words, he stretched out his hand to the man, and after a long hesitation, Fang Boqian felt him stretch out his wet and bony fingers, and heard him suddenly tremble and squeeze out a thank you. His eyes met Fang Boqian's for another second, and then he ducked back under his drooping eyelids. Fang Boqian insisted on asking him to sit with them.

"May I ask your name?" Fang Boqian asked the man.

“Sebelin。” The other party replied simply in German, and took a big sip of wine, probably for fear of embarrassing his surname, he did not tell Fang Boqian the detailed name.

"Mr. Schbering, you are a major officer in the Imperial German Navy, why are you here?" Fang Boqian asked quietly.

Hearing Fang Boqian say his identity, the man in front of him was taken aback.

Fang Boqian looked at the other party's reaction, and couldn't help but feel a little proud in his heart.

Although he got along with Lin Yiqing for a short time, he still learned a lot of things with his cleverness.

That day, he learned that he did not give the pipe band appointed as the "Weiyuan" ship, Fang Boqian felt as if he fell directly from the sky to the ground, and smashed his ass into eight petals, which was called a heartache, Xu Shoushan was also very embarrassed after learning the news, especially knowing that he had replaced Fang Boqian to appoint the pipe band as "Weiyuan", he was even more embarrassed, but Fang Boqian understood that this matter had nothing to do with Xu Shoushan, and Xu Shoushan was also kind to inform him of the news in advance, so he did not blame Xu Shoushan, but just sighed for his life. But when he learned that he would visit Europe with Lin Yiqing as Lin Yiqing's attaché, he swept away his decadence and immediately cheered up again.

Of course, he understood that it was by no means unreasonable for the red man in front of the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces to choose himself as an attaché.

In Fang Boqian's view, this is a more opportunity to soar than being the captain of "Weiyuan". is because during his visit with Lin Yiqing, he did everything that Lin Yiqing asked him to do, and he would take the initiative to do what Lin Yiqing sometimes didn't expect.

Like this time, Lin Yiqing arranged for him to come to Volkeng Shipyard for inspection, Fang Boqian can be said to have been in good spirits, not only wrote a detailed report, but also collected a lot of relevant information about Volkeng Shipyard. And after seeing the person in front of him who couldn't lift his head in front of the dusty woman, he suddenly had an idea.

"He's been kicked out of the Imperial Navy. A retired major. The girl let out a sarcastic laugh, "He's nothing now, honorable guest of the Qianguo." ”

"Are you...... How can you see it? The man named Shi Bailin stared at Fang Boqian deadly.

"It's very simple, your coat is not a military uniform, but your shirt is, and the other is your lighter, which can only be used by officers of the rank of major." Fang Boqian smiled, "They told me everything. ”

Shame appeared on Shi Bailin's face again, and he slipped the lighter into his pocket, as if he was afraid that no one would see it again.

"What about you? Dear guest, you are also a naval officer, right? The navy of His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Qian? The girl smiled, "May I ask your honorable name?" ”

This time it was Fang Boqian's turn to be surprised.

"You don't need to be surprised, it's not often that warships with dragon flags arrive here." The girl raised her glass to Fang Boqian, and then drank it all, "I see that you are from the East, and when I think of the Qianguo warships that have arrived these days, I will naturally think that you are a Qianguo person, not a Japanese." ”

Fang Boqian understood and told her his name.

"Did you know? Mr. Fang, if it weren't for the fact that he foolishly thought that his business was better than everyone else, and ended up sinking his ship by accident, he would have become a colonel without retiring. She put down her wine glass heavily, glanced at Shi Bailin, and walked away, "You can have a good chat with him, if you can give him a chance, I believe he will seize it." She said without looking back.

Hearing her words, Shi Bailin actually shed tears.

She, the hostess, and the other girl all left, leaving the two men in the house.

Fang Boqian didn't need to look to feel the humility in Shi Bailin's eyes, and he also noticed that Shi Bailin's lips were squirming. Fang Boqian knew that Shi Baisen wanted to talk to him, and in his consciousness, he was very curious, but his mind was very confused, and the two were mixed together, and in this vague consciousness, he neither encouraged him to say anything, nor did he stop him from saying anything. Shi Bailin cleared his throat a few times, and Fang Boqian found it difficult for him to speak. The cruelty of the woman just now unconsciously infected Fang Boqian, and he saw the struggle between shame and spiritual pain. Fang Boqian didn't help him, but made them more and more silent among themselves. Schbersen felt the tension between them more and more intensely. The silence, sharp and full of inner cry, was like a string that could not be tightened, until at last, as if at first he was still quite frightened, hesitated, and broke the silence with a word.

"You've ...... You've ...... Mr...... I just saw a very strange scene inside...... Excuse me...... I beg my pardon if I bring up that incident again...... This must be strange to you, though...... I'm ridiculous...... The woman...... She's actually ......"

Shi Bailin paused, something choked his throat. Then his voice became very low, and he whispered quickly, "That woman...... Actually, she is my wife. ”

Fang Boqian was so surprised that he almost jumped up, but he quickly continued, as if to justify: "That is...... She used to be my wife...... Five years, no, four years ago...... Over there, my hometown...... Sir, I don't want you to think of her as a bad woman...... The way she is now, it may be my fault. She hasn't always been like this...... I...... I was the one who tortured her...... Although she was very poor, I married her, and she didn't even have a dress, no, nothing...... And I have money...... I mean, I have property...... But not very rich...... Or at least I was very rich at the time...... You know, sir...... I used to be - she was right - very economical...... But before it was not only me, sir, before I was unlucky, I now curse that saving...... My father is like this, my mother is like this, and all people are like this...... Every coin I earned by working hard...... She's vain and wants pretty things...... But she was poor, so I always told her...... I shouldn't have done that, I know now, sir, for she is haughty, very haughty...... Can't you believe she's what she looks like she is...... That's a lie...... She's hurting herself by doing so...... It's just that...... She's just there to irritate me, to torture me...... And...... Because, because she was ashamed...... Maybe she's gone bad, but I'm ...... I don't believe it...... Because, sir, she used to be nice and very nice......"

He wiped his eyes, still immersed in extreme excitement. Fang Boqian couldn't help but stare at him, for the first time he no longer looked ridiculous in Fang Boqian's eyes, and even when he called Fang Boqian "sir" cautiously and in a low voice, which was only said by the inferior class in Germany, Fang Boqian no longer felt uncomfortable when he heard it. His appearance has also become beautiful because he is trying to speak his heart. His gaze froze, and he stared at the stone floor, as if trying to spit out something that choked his throat in the flickering light.

"Yes, sir," he said, taking a deep breath, and in a completely different, deep voice, in a voice that seemed to come from the tender world of his heart, "she used to be fine...... Good to me, she is grateful that I saved her from poverty...... I also know that she appreciates me...... But...... I...... Want to hear that...... Again and again...... Again and again...... I feel very comfortable hearing this thank you...... Sir, that's a, an indescribable happiness, I feel, I feel like a better person...... If...... If you know, you're just a bad guy...... In order to hear this phrase again and again, I would rather spend all my money on it...... She was very proud, and when she realized that I was going to hear this, to hear this thank you, she became more and more reluctant to say it...... For this ...... That's it, sir, that I let her always come to me...... I never give her the initiative anymore...... It was a pleasure to see that she had to come to me and beg me for every dress, every ribbon...... I tortured her like this for three years, getting worse and worse...... But, sir, it's all because I love her...... I like her arrogance, I am willing to always prostrate at her feet, I'm crazy, so whenever she asks, I get annoyed...... But, sir, I don't really want that...... Every time I get a chance to insult her, it makes me feel better...... Because...... Because I had no idea how much I loved her. ”

He paused again, apparently forgetting where he was. He spoke involuntarily, as if he had just woken up, and his voice grew louder and louder.

"I know that...... These...... It was when I was ...... What an abominable day...... I refused to give her mom a little money, very, very little money...... Actually, I'm ready, but I think she'll do it again...... Beg me again...... Yes, what am I talking about...... Yes, that's when I found out. When I came home in the evening, she was gone, and only a note was left on the table...... 'Hold on to your stinky money, I don't want anything from you anymore.' ’…… There were only these few words on the note, and nothing else...... Sir, I was like a madman, three days and three nights. I sent people to the river, to the forest, and I gave a lot of money to the police...... I've been to all the neighbors, but they're just laughing and gloating...... Any, nothing was found...... Finally, someone from another village told me the news...... He saw her...... She was with a soldier on the train...... Drove to Berlin...... I went with him on the same day...... I gave it all my money...... I lost a lot of money...... They have come and stolen my money, my servants, my stewards, all the people, all the people...... But I swear to you, sir, it doesn't matter to me...... I stayed in Berlin until I spotted her in the crowd, and a week had passed...... I walked over to her......" he gasped hard.

"I swear to you, sir...... I didn't say a harsh word to her...... I cried...... I knelt down...... I gave her the money...... All my money, all the money was in her hands, because I knew it then...... I can't live without her. I love every strand of her hair...... Her mouth ...... Her body, everything, everything...... I'm the one who pushed her down the fire, I'm ...... As I walked over, all of a sudden, her face turned as pale as a dead person...... I bribed her boss lady, a pimping woman, a mean and nasty bad woman...... She leaned against the wall, her face as pale as lime and bloodless...... She's listening to me. Sir, I think she ...... Yes, she almost seemed happy to see me...... But when I talk about money...... I do this, I swear to you, just to let her know that I don't think about it anymore...... She spat at me...... Afterward...... Because I still don't want to go away...... She called out her lover, and they laughed at me...... But, sir, I kept going, day after day, and I knew that the scoundrel had left her, and that she was in difficulty, so I went to her again, and went again, sir, but she scolded me, and tore up the money I had secretly put on the table. When I went back later, she was gone...... I have done nothing to find her again, sir! For a year I wasn't living at all, and I swear to you, I was always following her until I finally learned that she was here...... At...... In a very poor place. He hesitated again, and the last word was already like a gasp of death in the midst of death, and then the voice grew lower and lower.

"I was so shocked...... Beginning...... Then I thought, "It's me, it's me, who made her like this...... I think how much she has suffered, poor man...... She's actually so proud...... So...... Like you've just seen...... Sir, I was always thinking about her, and when I went to sea, I accidentally caused my ship to run aground, and I was kicked out of the navy and discharged early...... I just want to give her everything now and make up for my mistakes, but I can't do it anymore...... I have nothing left......"

"Don't say that, Major Sbering, you still have a chance." A smile appeared on Fang Boqian's face, "If you are willing to serve the Great Qian Empire Navy and give full play to your abilities, I assure you that your wife will return to you willingly, everything depends on your loyalty to the Great Qian Empire's navy and the satisfaction of the Great Qian Empire's government with you." ”

"Sir! I swear in the name of a glorious officer of the German Imperial Navy and a devout Christian that I am willing to serve the Imperial Navy with all my might! Dedicate my loyalty and personal skills! Until the very end of my life! Shi Bailin looked at Fang Boqian and said excitedly. (To be continued.) )