When the dazzling white light subsided, Wei Ran returned to the basement again. He looked at the light bulb hanging on the ceiling above his head, and then looked at the metal book on the table. After confirming that he had returned to his own world, he relaxed slightly.
He took a breath and deliberately focused on the subsequent experiences of those people written with the metal quill.
"Hope and despair in the eternal night"
Artur, dancer Petra and others were sent to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp on March 8, 1941 because their identities were exposed. From August 1941 to January 1942, they died in the concentration camp gas chambers, shot and forced labor.
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Postman Frank, on March 8, 1941, completed the mission of delivering intelligence and killed the traitors. After returning to the Siren Tavern, he rescued Karen, mathematics professor Juliet and others. He sent Karen to Switzerland to meet Einstein, the son of the former owner of the Siren Tavern.
After joining up with Ritchie, he joined the resistance movement and established an underground post office. On April 27, 1945, he was accidentally shelled and killed during the Battle of Berlin.
Singer Mia was shot and killed by a chain dog on March 8, 1941, for covering Karen and the secret basement. Frank hid her body in the secret basement.
Karen, as a waiter at the Siren Tavern, assisted Frank, Artur and others in delivering intelligence from September 1940. After the incident at the Siren Tavern Intelligence Station, he was sent to Switzerland for temporary refuge. In late May 1945, he accompanied Egypt
Rich returned to the port of Kiel and began rebuilding the Siren Tavern.
In 1950, she married Erich and had a son. Several letters from Frank’s lifetime were left behind. After the Siren Tavern was rebuilt, they were hidden in the secret compartment of the desk in Mia’s room.
Juliet, after the incident at the Siren Tavern intelligence station on March 8, 1941, chose to join forces with British intelligence personnel to continue cracking the German radio encryption system. In the summer of the same year, she joined the British Bletchley Park Telecommunications Department. After the war, Juliet returned to the base.
After meeting Karen and Erich in Port of Seoul, he committed suicide by jumping into the sea. His relics were buried in the family cemetery by Erich's mother.
As Wei Ran sighed, the metal quill pen started another line and continued to write, "As exiles, all the efforts we have made even if we only kill one enemy, then all the things we have done and all the sacrifices we have made have become
The victory is of great significance. But the betrayal from our compatriots is far more painful and humiliating than the wanton trampling of the motherland by the invaders."
At this point, after the metal quill pen started a new line, it actually listed the detailed address of the cemetery in Ferm Village, and the page slowly turned to the back.
"The village of Ferm is the family cemetery of Erich's mother?"
Amid Wei Ran's exclamation, the metal quill paused for a moment before continuing to write the last line of words under the red vortex, "Mathematics can crack the most complex encryption system, but it can never calculate the filthiness of the traitor's heart."
With a soft clang, the metal quill fell on the wooden table where Juliet had been busy working at her desk.
Reaching into the red whirlpool, Wei Ran shook his head helplessly after taking out the contents. This was perhaps the smallest gain in history - just a pen that he had originally used as identification.
Pulling out the pen cap and looking at it, he sent it back to the red vortex and put away the metal book. After one last look at Mia's bones, Wei Ran left the basement, put on rubber gloves and opened the drawers of Mia's desk one by one.
I took it off and started to inspect it carefully.
It didn't matter that he checked. There were far more secrets hidden in this desk than he expected! In addition to a few letters signed by Karen found in the bottom of one of the drawers, he also found a few letters signed by Karen in another drawer.
In the mezzanine of the floor, I found a thin diary.
Ignoring the few letters from home with some water stains and dried marks on the envelopes, Wei Ran carefully opened the diary that had no signature and no time stamp.
After just reading a few pages, a knowing smile appeared on his face. It can be seen from the lines that this diary covers a huge time span. The first page records that Karen had just been raped by her brother Frank.
The hesitation when Frank was sent to Switzerland and the worry about Frank returning to Germany.
The record on the second page shows Erich's despair and grief after learning the sad news of Mia's death, as well as the little girl Karen's inner self-blame and uneasiness.
By the third page, the content above has turned into the joy of knowing that the war is over, and the anticipation of returning to the Siren Tavern to meet my brother.
The content on the fourth page records the despair when the Siren Tavern has been rebuilt, but her brother has not returned yet.
The content of the next few pages turns into details of the lives of two decadent young people, Erich who lost his lover and Karen who lost his brother, comforting and encouraging each other in the rebuilt Siren Tavern.
When he turned to the eighth page of the diary, Karen used neat handwriting to reveal her love for Erich, as well as her confession and shame for the dead singer Mia.
On page ten, it records the scene when she, Erich and Erich's mother buried Juliet's relics in the cemetery, and her shock at the history of Erich's family.
According to Karen in the diary, Erich's grandfather was not only a cavalry member of the 1st Saxon Guards Heavy Cavalry Regiment, but he was even barely considered a declining noble.
But Erich, who was half-Jewish, dismissed this. Instead, he often complained to Karen that his mother always demanded him according to aristocratic standards, making him wish he was a true "pure-blooded Jew."
At this time, Karen is the happiest, because only by talking about these little troubles can they temporarily forget the relatives they lost in the war.
At the same time, on this page, there is also a photo of Mia taken while she was singing on stage.
By page 18 of the diary, what Karen recorded has turned into Erich's excitement, happiness and longing for the future when he accepted himself.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! From here on, in just a few pages, the recorded content covers the marriage of the two of them, the birth and death of their first child, and the birth of their second child.
Hesitation and hardship of life.
In addition, after the death of Erich's mother, they hesitated when they planned to sell the gold bars left by Frank to improve the family's living conditions, as well as her quarrels, reconciliation, mutual forgiveness and other trivial matters in life with Erich.
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When he turned to the last page, the handwriting on the page had changed significantly, and the content was also extremely brief. There was only one sentence, "Dear Karen, actually I have been peeking at your diary.
In fact, I know all these secrets. Finally, thank you for your lifelong companionship and the happiness you have given me. - Your Erich."
Gently closing the thin diary, Wei Ran did not touch the letters again, but sorted them one by one and placed them all on the desk that had been restored to their original state.
After leaving the room, Wei Ran stood at the door of the rebuilt Siren Tavern, looking up at the blue sky. After a long silence, he took out his cell phone and dialed the number of his employer, Sauron.
"I have arranged a hotel for you"
As soon as the call was connected, the employer Solon said enthusiastically, "Victor, do you want to come and have a look? If you are not satisfied, I can help you arrange another hotel."
"No, Mr. Solon, please check out the room." Wei Ran said in a calm tone.
"What's wrong?" Sauron asked in surprise, "Wait a minute, Victor, you didn't find out something so quickly, did you?"
Turning around and looking at Mia's room on the first floor of the tavern, Wei Ran did not answer the other party's question directly, but said in a different way, "If it's convenient, come and take a look."
"Wait for me, I'll be there soon!" Soran hung up the phone before he finished speaking.
After looking at the phone in his hand and then at the tavern behind him, Wei Ran sat directly on the steps at the door, but never went in again.
According to his initial plan, even if he found clues, he would have to wait until he returned to China for the Chinese New Year before telling the other party. After all, he wanted the client to feel that the 300,000 euros were worth the money spent.
But considering that the employer Solon, who is eager to do business, may renovate the house at any time, the desk that hides all the truth may be taken out of his mind and thrown away as garbage.
And the diary and the letters he had no intention of reading could not be taken away and then returned to the other party when he comes next time. What if the wealthy Sauron turns this house into a blank?
A major renovation of the house would be great fun.
As for the drawback of finding out the truth in less than half an hour, at most it is just that the other party thinks he is lucky and plans to default on the debt. However, the profit this time is already low enough, even if he loses again, where will he lose?
Besides, didn’t I learn a skill?
Before he could comfort himself, his employer Soren rode a beach motorcycle and ran over along the windy beach.
"Did you find out so quickly? Did you find any key clues?" Sauron asked excitedly after stopping the beach motorcycle with a beautiful flick.
"That's right!" Wei Ran allowed the other party to pull him up, patted the dust on his butt and said, "Let's go, I'll take you to have a look."
After hearing this, Sauron, who looked curious, immediately took out his mobile phone and called his father via video call. After the video call was connected, Wei Ran also led Sauron to Mia's room, first pointing out
He pointed at the letters and diaries placed on the table, then pulled out another drawer and gently pushed up the innermost vertical board of the drawer, revealing the hidden compartment on the bottom of the drawer.
"These things were all found in the secret compartment of the desk drawer. This kind of secret compartment was very common in the last century, so I tried to look for it, but I didn't expect to find something." Wei Ran said.
Demonstrating the secret compartment on the desk, he said nonsensically, "Also, that diary may have the answer you want."
"Tell me what's in that diary," the old man who looked to be in his fifties or sixties urged on the phone screen with great interest.
Upon hearing this, Sauron, who was also full of curiosity, immediately placed his mobile phone on the flower pot on the window sill, picked up the thin diary and started reading.
Seeing this, Wei Ran quietly exited the room, sat on the steps at the door of the tavern again, took out his wine bottle and took a big sip, silently looking at the bay reflecting the sunset in the distance, thinking about the end of the war.
Finally, what on earth was the woman named Juliet thinking when she jumped into the sea from here?
