Soul to the Rhine

Chapter 122
After being confused in the darkness for a long time, Rosia kept sleeping. It felt like she had slept for a century. When she struggled to open her eyelids, she saw a strange color above her head, surrounded by white walls and beds. She Just lying on one of the beds.

This place is very strange, yet inexplicably familiar.

"Ah, Sia, are you awake?"

A voice with surprise came to her ears. She turned her head and looked over, and saw a female nurse walking quickly from the desk at the door. The female nurse looked very familiar, but her mind was still in chaos. Can't remember the name.

"Are you okay now? Can you see me, can you hear my voice?" The female nurse waved her hand in front of her eyes.

Rosia nodded and opened her mouth to ask where it was, but her stomach growled.

The female nurse couldn't help but smile, and patted her shoulder gently: "Don't worry, I'll bring you a bowl of porridge right away."

She turned around and left. Rosia looked around again and realized that this was a simple ward. So she was rescued?What about Heinrich?

She eagerly wanted to sit up, but her body was far weaker than she imagined, and she couldn't lift her body even after moving for a long time.After a while, the female nurse came back with a bowl of porridge. Seeing her actions, she quickly put the porridge bowl on the bedside cabinet, reached out to help her sit up, and placed a pillow behind her.

The female nurse picked up the bowl, scooped some with a spoon and put it to her mouth. Rosia's stomach had long shrunk. She had been hungry for so long. She saw things at this time like a wolf seeing a sheep, and reached out to grab it. , but was suddenly dodged by the female nurse.

"You have been hungry for too long, and your digestive function has partially degraded. Now you can only eat porridge, and you can't eat too fast." The female nurse refused to give her the bowl, and only fed her with a spoonful. One day, Rosia was still dizzy from hunger, but the female nurse took the bowl away, unwilling to give her any more food.

"Hungry..." Rosia reluctantly opened her mouth to speak. She had no thoughts in her mind at the moment, she only shouted subconsciously based on her most primitive feelings.

The female nurse shook her head and placed the bowl on the bed next to her. Rosia felt anxious and was about to get out of bed to get it, but was stopped by someone.

"Xia, you can't eat anymore now, your stomach won't be able to bear it." The female nurse blocked her body and put a hand on her back. She felt that there was no meat on it and was as thin as a skeleton. She couldn't help but feel sour in her heart. The man was pressed on the bed again, his eyes were red: "Xia, what's wrong with you? What happened to you?"

Rosia was stunned by her expression and didn't understand why she had such a reaction. However, the female nurse looked like she was about to cry. She leaned her head towards her, hugged her thin body with her arms, and said in a sad voice: "You are not Were you taken to Paris by your brother? There was no war there, so I thought you would live a good life, but why are you here again and still so sick? "

The sad voice drilled into Rosia's ears little by little, like the sound of wind blowing away the fog that covered her eyes, causing her body to tremble slightly.Feeling the warmth on her body, she seemed to remember something. The scene of two people running away from Mezieres and Calais in France under heavy air raids appeared in her mind.She stretched out her hand hesitantly, slowly placed it on the female nurse's back, and asked, "Ilana?"

"Oh, it's me!" The female nurse raised her head, her eyes already dim with tears, but she slapped her with a flat mouth: "You bastard, you only recognized me now, it's a pity that I was so anxious when I saw you. "

"……Ha ha."

Rosia sneered. The two hadn't seen each other for more than two years. Firstly, she didn't expect to meet an acquaintance here, and secondly, she just woke up and her brain was not clear, so she really didn't recognize anyone.

Ilana let go of her hand, raised her sleeves to wipe her tears, and asked again: "How did you get here? When the people in the village went hunting, they met you passed out on the ground on the road, so they carried you back. , how could you be so sick?"

"It's a long story..." If she wanted to tell her what she had experienced in the past six months, she would have to think through it carefully.Rosia stretched out her hand to rub her head, and was about to speak when she suddenly remembered something and quickly grabbed Ilana's hand: "Heinrich... where is the SS officer? Do you only see me?"

Seeing her reaction so fiercely, Ilana couldn't help but laugh after being startled. She patted her hand and said, "You two fainted together and must be carried back together. He is much stronger than you and he woke up the day before yesterday. .”

"Oh." Rosia breathed a sigh of relief.

"However, your brother seems nothing like you. He pointed a gun at me as soon as he woke up. I am so scared that I dare not look at him even now." Ilana still has lingering fears when she thinks of the scene that day.

"Hehe!" Rosia laughed dryly. It's a good thing that he didn't shoot and kill impulsively. Do you expect him to open his eyes and smile at people like Sleeping Beauty?

But, "He's not my brother."

Yilanna's eyes widened: "Not brother? Then who is he, could it be your boyfriend?"

Rosia looked helpless and spread her hands: "It should be."

"..."

The two stared at each other for a while, and Yilanna suddenly stretched out her hand and patted her on the shoulder vigorously: "Okay, you have made a boyfriend without saying a word, then when do you plan to get married, go to Berlin or Paris?"

Rosia laughed dryly again and stopped talking.

Ilana didn't pay much attention to it and just babbled: "Let me be the bridesmaid then! But I have to wait for another two years. My current task is to provide medical support here and I will stay until next year. You can’t go back until summer, how about you?”

"I should have volunteered to assist."

"Well, you are so happy." Ilana pouted in envy. She wanted to say something more, but suddenly she heard footsteps at the door. She suddenly tensed up, like a mouse seeing a cat, and stood up quickly: "Sia Xia, I have something else to do, please rest here first, I’m leaving.”

She panicked, as if her butt was on fire, stood up and rushed to the door. At this time, a person came in outside the door. When the two met, Ilana quickly lowered her head and walked around, and a thunderous voice sounded outside. Voice: "Hey, Ilana, where have you been for so long? Don't you know how busy it is over there?"

"I was wrong doctor, let's go now."

After a burst of running sounds, there was no movement outside.In the room, Heinrich was walking over, raised his eyebrows when he saw her waking up, and sat down on the nearest chair.

"It took so long to wake up, it's too weak."

He was so venomous as soon as he came to his mouth, and Rosia didn't really want to offend him, but considering that the two of them had lived and died together for so long, she had no choice but to continue communicating with him: "What are you doing?"

"I went to help." He said lightly: "This is Kharkov, where our army is stationed. It is still safe at present. I have registered your name in the medical point. If you can transfer it, you will follow along." To Smolinsk.”

"I don't care, it's the same everywhere." Rosiya shrugged slightly. Smolinsk is not safe, and you can still recover here.Besides, she was quite happy to have just met Elana. The two hadn't seen each other for a long time and they should have a good chat together.

"In this case, if you want to follow me, then stay here first. I may have to wait for a new appointment order."

"..."

Who wants to follow you, you narcissist.

Heinrich was in good spirits. If he had seen her alive normally, he would probably have gone out. Today, it was rare for him to chat more.Perhaps because the two of them had been together for a long time, Rosia no longer had the awe of him at the beginning, so she talked about something in a haphazard manner, and she was quite happy.

It's just that she just woke up today, and her body is still a little weak. It didn't take long for her to lose energy and her eyelids drooped.Seeing this, Heinrich went out directly and let her rest by herself.

A few days later, Rosia finally recovered after being injected with antibiotics and getting enough rest. This illness took her nearly a month, and she was now able to get out of bed and walk around. Looking at the calendar, it was already April, and spring flowers were already blooming outside. Open season.

Kharkov is a city next to Rostov, and its strategic position is also very important, but it is currently occupied by the German army.The place where she lives now is an ordinary large village in Kharkov. Most of the people here are German soldiers, but the civilians are generally Soviet.

The civilians living in the closed mountainous area were simple and honest, and did not understand what war was at all. At first, they were not used to the arrival of the German army. However, because there was no resistance, the German soldiers who were generally tired of the war did not go on a killing spree and settled here. Come down.With the passage of time and interactions in life, the soldiers and civilians gradually began to feel like a family.

When Soviet hunters went out to hunt, they would share some of the food with the German army. The German army would occasionally leave livestock such as horses in the hands of these civilians and bring them something as payment.

Spring in the Soviet Union is not much different from other places. When the sun rises, the sunlight shines particularly brightly on the earth. There is a sparkling river in the village. At this time, the river is full of Soviet women washing clothes. There were even some German uniforms in their tubs, which surprised Rosia, who had experienced a hellish escape, and found it difficult to understand.

After recovering from a serious illness, she has no job here, so this rare good time is used to go sightseeing by the river. Yilanna sneaks in and borrows two reclining chairs for the elderly from a nearby farmer's house, so the two sit side by side On the bank of the river, I watched Soviet women on the other side washing clothes.

There are not only women in this village, there are also many girls about their age, but men are rare, and most of them have been recruited by the Soviet army.

Ilana got a plate of blackberries from somewhere and placed it between the lounge chairs. The two of them looked like they were sunbathing on the beach.

"Aren't you busy today?" Rosia turned to look at Yilanna. This girl was very afraid of her immediate boss. He was a military doctor, a lieutenant, and he was very strict. Whenever she saw her slacking off, she would feel pain scold.

"It's not busy. All the soldiers have gone out. There are no wounded at the medical point now. The old man just asked me to come out and have fun."

"...It's really rare." Rosia dropped a blackberry in her mouth and suddenly became confused: "The soldiers are out? Where are they?"

Ilana shook her head: "I don't know that, but I saw your boyfriend also went out. Why don't you ask him before he comes back."

Forget it, just hope Heinrich would tell her that it would be better to wait until the iron tree blooms.

Ilana was chewing blackberries in her mouth, and suddenly turned her head and asked curiously: "What is your boyfriend's name? I think he has a high military rank and is not easy to mess with. I don't dare to talk to him."

Rosia was speechless: "Why are you chatting with him?" Looking for excitement?And your boyfriend is so awkward.

"Of course it's useful. I think the old man respects him a lot. After all, getting familiar with him can help him support me. Don't let the old man abuse me like this and treat me like an animal."

"This is not easy to handle. He usually doesn't pay much attention to people. If you keep wandering in front of him, you might get shot."

Elana's face drooped instantly.

Rosia shrugged: "But I think if you can give him a lot of delicious food, maybe he will remember you immediately."

"Really?" Ilana's face lit up again: "But... is it that simple?"

Rosia nodded, tilted her head and thought for a while: "Perhaps if you praise him a few more times, his memory will be more profound."

"..." Ilana was speechless and glanced at her: "Is he such a person?"

"That's right!" Rosia grabbed two blackberries and threw them into her mouth. She finally found a good friend she could trust, so she stopped hiding it in her heart and said, "Foodie, afraid of pain, arrogant , is extremely narcissistic, has a bad personality, is cruel, and is a bitch, and he probably has all the problems you can think of."

"..." Ilana already looked as if she had been struck by lightning, as if she could not imagine that the arrogant and handsome officer could be so unbearable.

"When I was at my aunt's house, this guy would often grab food for me, and he would even make some sarcastic remarks when he got angry. When he got impatient, he would tell me to get out. You can't even imagine that when I saw him, he looked like Sheep meets wolf,” Rocia complained.

"Uh……"

"Didn't you say last time that he pointed a gun at you as soon as he woke up? This is so normal. I have been pointed at by him countless times." Rosia thought of that period, and her mind was filled with clicking sounds, too. Filled with righteous indignation: "He also raised a dog, which is just like him. He only knows how to eat, and he has become a sperm."

"Sia..."

"Once in Paris, I was attacked with him. He was injured and hid secretly. My aunt asked me to go and see his injury, but he threw me out two or three times."

"Um, Sia, you..." Ilana hesitated.

Rosia didn't notice anything strange about her, but still complained: "Every time I see him, I feel awkward and disgusted. I must have done a lot of evil things in my previous life to be with him. Even in the Soviet Union, there was no one." It's a good thing, it's been lingering around the corner of hell all day. Thinking about it, the most courageous and proud thing I did in my life was to slap him twice."

"Siya, don't..." Ilana was already on the verge of crying, and she raised her hand tremblingly and pointed behind her.

Rosia angrily stuffed two blackberries into her mouth, bit hard twice, then raised her head and asked curiously: "What's wrong with you? Are you scared just by listening to it?"

"No!" Ilana was powerless to say anything and only motioned for her to look back.

When Rosia saw this action, she suddenly felt an unknown feeling, as if two sharp swords were piercing her body from behind.She turned her head stiffly and saw Heinrich standing behind him with his arms folded across his chest, eyes narrowed dangerously, a half-smile on his face, and his expression was exactly as she described.

"..."

(End of this chapter)