Soul to the Rhine

Chapter 134 Afterword
Heinrich is back.

The passage of seven long years did not seem to bring any distance between the two of them. Those days seemed to have passed by in a dream, so after meeting, there was neither crying in each other's arms nor excited hugs.The two looked at each other in silence for a while, and then Heinrich walked to the notice wall.

The notice wall was full of missing persons papers. He looked at the photos on it quietly. After a while, he stretched out his left hand to tear off the paper with his own photo printed on it, folded it together and put it in his pocket.

The cheers, cries, and shouts of joy kept ringing in Rosia's ears.The couple next to her hugged each other so tightly that they wanted to rub each other into their bodies. She recalled the time when she first met Zobet. She suddenly felt that the reunion scene in front of her was quite weird, but it was undeniable that he was back. This is already the best ending.

Heinrich was much thinner than Zobet before, and the clothes on his body seemed to be draped on a skeleton.Of course, she also discovered the most obvious change in his appearance, that is, he would show a plain smile. This smile had no trace of haze, and was gentle and warm.But this change made her uncontrollably sad, because learning to smile in adversity was to cover up the unbearable pain so that she could survive the nightmare.

Heinrich walked up to her. Perhaps because he had not spoken often for several years, his voice was a little hoarse, and then he calmly said the first words the two had met in the past seven years.

"Have you made your home here?"

There is an address below the photo, and it shows a private address.

Rosia smiled and nodded: "Yes, it's not far from here. Let's go home."

Seven years later, Berlin has experienced destruction and reconstruction, and has long since changed. In many places, Heinrich knew what the original buildings were, but now he could not recognize them. He could only slowly follow Rosia and listen to her. A little introduction.

Although she had already said she was going home, Rosia still turned the person into the hospital on the way.

After working as a doctor for so long, even if she didn't pay attention, she had already discovered the abnormality of Heinrich's right hand.The hospital and home happened to be on the same road, and they had to come sooner or later, so I just finished the checkup today.

She has worked in this hospital for five or six years, and with her rich experience, she has been promoted to the director of thoracic surgery.Therefore, after entering the hospital, people greeted her from time to time and asked who the man behind her was.

A few years ago, she might have concealed it a bit, but now, she smiles and answers: "This is my husband."

Heinrich followed her into the office and cooperated obediently with a full-body examination.Because of Rosia, the doctor in charge gave the green light to the whole process, and it didn’t take long for the test results to come out.

Rosia calmly read through the inspection forms in the examination room, then folded them up and put them in his pocket.She tidied up the expression on her face and returned to the office with a smile on her face.

"The examination is over. Your health is in good condition. Except for malnutrition, anemia, and a fractured right hand, everything else is fine. Now, let's go home. It's almost past lunch time."

Heinrich nodded, stood up calmly, and walked out of the office.

His ability to memorize directions was far better than Rosia imagined. He only came in once and almost remembered the main roads, and he could walk out on his own without any further guidance.Rosia walked beside him, with a smile on her face, and pointed to a villa area in the distance.

"Have you seen it? Our home is there... Of course, I don't have that much money to buy such a house. I used part of your property, which was sent by the Swiss Bank before. Your property..."

"There is also this hospital. I have worked here for five or six years and have become the director of thoracic surgery. In fact, with my resume and wartime experience, even being promoted to deputy director is more than enough... Well, I am You’re bragging, don’t take it seriously…”

"By the way, Zobet is also at home. He came back two years before you. He was fattened by Aunt Mesa, but he is much more handsome than you. Can you tolerate others being on top of you..."

"and also……"

Her eyes were fixed on the river not far away, and she kept talking, but she never looked at the people next to her.finally--

"Rosia." Heinrich stopped, interrupting her ramblings.

"Ah? What?" Rosia turned around and stared at his chest with her reddish eyes, refusing to raise her head to meet his eyes.

Heinrich took a step forward, moved his right hand, raised it halfway and put it down again, then stretched out his left hand and took her into his arms: "I know you are unhappy, stop talking and cry."

Rosia bumped into his arms in a daze, but was froze by the cold air he brought from Siberia. In this summer, she suddenly couldn't help it.The emotions that had been suppressed for a long time along the way flowed out easily in this cold and temperatureless embrace.

She blinked and felt some pain. She didn't intend to cry at first, but she already found two streams of tears sliding down her cheeks.

The checklists in her pocket seemed to still have the warmth from the printer, which made her heart ache.In fact, as she said, Heinrich did not have any serious illnesses. He suffered from severe malnutrition, ischemia, and partial organ failure. These could all be recovered through slow treatment.However, the countless repetitions of some scars are more difficult to accept than a serious illness, and it is even more difficult to imagine how those inhuman sufferings came.

He has been walking very slowly, not only because of his physical weakness, but also because his legs and feet have been injured more than once, over and over again, with no end in sight.This is not the first time his right hand has been broken. On the dialysis, you can see the creases many times.In fact, every bone, joint, and rib on his body had suffered countless repeated serious injuries.And these scars were telling her what had happened in that distant world far away from the human world.

She always knew what he would experience in the bitter cold place of Siberia, but she couldn't imagine the scene.Because she had never seen books or movies about it, she didn't know what it was like inside, and the Soviet Union didn't reveal any news.She had also been deeply worried that he would experience pain more terrible than war, but she could not think deeply because she could not imagine any pain that would be worse than war. She could only believe that he would live, no matter what. No matter what price he paid, he would come back alive.

But now, she finally knows that those dark experiences have been left on his body like a carving knife, and he will never forget them in this life and forever.

He would never have any more innocent moments.

Rosia rested her head on his chest, sobbing and sobbing.Heinrich held her with his left hand and remained motionless, letting her cry.The two of them stood under the sycamore tree and seemed to have fallen into trance, while the people passing by looked at them ambiguously, with faces that I understood and a mean smile drifting past.

Heinrich didn't feel anything, but Rosia leaned in his arms and couldn't see anything.I don't know why, but she just kept crying, as if she had turned into a baby.In fact, she has rarely cried over the years, and things rarely make her cry. But today, as if something touched her tear ducts, she cried endlessly, uncharacteristically.Heinrich didn't know what was going on, so he kept holding her, which made time seem to stand still.

I don’t know how long it took before a bell rang in the distance.

Boom boom boom!
It's three o'clock!
It's already three o'clock in the afternoon!
……

Rosia was barely brought back to consciousness by the sound. She raised her head blankly and turned her head to look over, but she happened to bump into a person sitting on a bench by the river. The person kept staring at them with ambiguous eyes. It seems to have witnessed the whole process of the two hugging under the tree.

She quickly turned her head back and was stunned to see Heinrich's completely wet skirt, and she didn't know where her brain was bending.

It was just after one o'clock when she came out of the hospital. She also said that it was already past lunch time. Not long after leaving, the two started hugging each other, and then...and...

It's already three o'clock!
Rosia finally came to her senses, and when she raised her red eyes to look at Heinrich who looked calm, she was going crazy inside.

Who are these people, and what are these things?

Heinrich didn't know that her heart was turbulent, but he asked her with his eyes if she had cried enough.

Rosia was completely speechless. Looking at the people on the other side of the river, she felt embarrassed, her cheeks turned red, and she turned around and left.

Heinrich couldn't walk fast, so he had to take long steps and follow her.

After walking hurriedly for a short distance, a gust of summer wind blew from the river bank, which was cool and hit her forehead, making her gradually wake up.

At such an old age, small emotions will not last long and will be brought back by reason soon.She raised her hand to touch her face, feeling that the heat was still there and her eyes were swollen, and she couldn't help but feel annoyed.She turned around and saw that Heinrich was walking leisurely behind her to relax.

She was not far from home, and there was nothing she could do to hide it now. With her appearance, she probably had no choice but to go back and accept the ridicule from Aunt Mesa.

She met several neighbors on the road, and Rosia didn't dare to raise her head to say hello. The two of them arrived at the door one after another. She raised her hand and knocked on the door, and a childish voice immediately came from inside.

"Wait, wait, wait, I'm coming..."

The unique childish voice of a child came from behind the door. There was a subtle change in Heinrich's face, but before he could think about it, the door opened, and a little girl wearing pink stood there. The door, the little arms and legs, are at most three years old.

"Hello godmother!" She showed a sweet smile, then glanced behind her with her big eyes, a little confused: "Who is it? I haven't seen it before."

Rosia couldn't help laughing, squatted down and asked her: "Yes, you have never seen Lulu, then guess who he is?"

"Bad guy." She said without hesitation.

Both of them were taken aback.

"why?"

"Because my godmother cried, I was bullied." She explained confidently.

Rosia couldn't help laughing again, stretched out her hand to rub her little head, and stood up.

"She is Ilana's daughter. She came as a guest yesterday. Do you still remember Ilana, the nurse in Kharkov?"

Heinrich's face was dull for a moment, and then he quickly regained his composure, but Rosia could already tell that this guy couldn't remember.

At this time, another person came out from behind the door, it was Pino.

This guy has grown into a boy, in his teens, and is taller than her.Seeing Heinrich, his face became even duller.

"Brother Heinrich who doesn't wash his hands?"

"..."

"..."

At the moment when the two of them were speechless, he quickly put on his signature smile, reached out and lifted up the back collar of the little girl Lulu, carried it directly inside, and got out of the way: "Come in quickly, sister, you haven't eaten lunch yet. My aunt is worried."

Rosia smiled: "I worry if I don't eat a meal. Am I so fragile?"

Pino glanced at her eyes deliberately and exaggeratedly: "Yes, sister, you are not fragile at all. Your eyes were blown by the wind by the river."

……

A hint of embarrassment suddenly appeared on Rosia's face. She stretched out her hand and pounced on him with all her teeth and claws: "Come here, you brat, I promise not to beat you to death."

Pino immediately carried Lulu and ran into the house. The little girl suddenly felt that the trapeze was super exciting, leaving a series of piercing screams in the courtyard. Rosia had turned into a wolf and chased after him, leaving Heinrich alone. Stand at the door.

There are many cornflowers planted on both sides of the villa, with a faint fragrance floating in the wind.He smiled slightly and raised his steps to walk inside, but someone else walked out of the living room.

"Brother!" Zobet stood opposite him and smiled at him: "You are back!"

Heinrich paused for a moment, then continued to walk forward. When he came up to him, the two hugged each other.

He was really so thin that it was shocking. Standing next to Zobet, who was about the same height, he couldn't hide himself at all.And the touch of Zobet's hand was also hard, full of bones.

The two were speechless for a moment, but both smiled.

Because those dark years have passed.

The living room was already noisy because of Lulu. Ilana was extremely worried about her daughter. She also wanted Rosia to take good care of her when she came here this time. Unfortunately, Rosia was usually busy and it was rare that she was not available today. Work, but I went out again.

Pino himself is still a big child, and Aunt Mesa likes children to make noises, so the little girl can do more trouble than at home.She chased her daughter all over the living room and to the door, but saw her daughter bump into two long legs and was instantly dizzy.

Ilana was startled, grabbed Lulu with one hand, looked up again, and saw a figure that was very clear in her memory, standing in front of her.

"...Lieutenant Colonel Heinrich?"

Familiar, yet very unfamiliar, she was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Rosia, and felt her eye sockets wet for a moment.

Aunt Mesa had seen Heinrich a long time ago. Maybe she was timid about people, but she couldn't even react.

For so many years, she knew that Rosia had been waiting. Although she did not want to believe that Heinrich was dead, she also knew from others how difficult it was in the Soviet Union and how difficult it was for a high-ranking Nazi official like him to survive.

There were even many times when she didn't want Rosia to waste her youth in vain, so she vaguely mentioned letting her get married again.Anyway, the Führer is dead and the Nuremberg Laws have been abolished, so nothing can be done.But Rosia kept insisting on waiting, and there was nothing she could do.

Now, this dream-like scene reappeared before her eyes. Aunt Mesa felt that her heart was trembling. The child she had raised had finally found a home after going through all kinds of difficulties and dangers.

She stood up staggeringly, walked over and hugged Heinrich, tears streaming down her face, her lips moved for a long time without knowing what to say, and she just kept patting his back with her hands.

Heinrich also stretched out his left hand to wrap around her, with a quiet smile on his lips. After a while, when Aunt Mesa reacted, he let go of his hand and said: "Aunt, I'm hungry."

Rosia: "..."
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He's back, and the long race against time is finally over.

Rosia walked into the room and found her notebook in the drawer, ending her life after 1951.

This war and the disasters it brought have all come to an end. From today on, everything will be a new beginning and a new beauty.

Because Heinrich was in poor health, and most importantly, his right hand was inconvenient, Rosia took a three-month leave in the hospital on the pretext of taking care of her injured husband.

In fact, her popularity in the hospital, especially with the opposite sex, was very good. Although she had been insisting that she was married for five or six years, there was no man around for a long time, and she showed no signs of being married. Everyone thought it was just rejection. Their excuses, so the peach blossoms continue.

Until now, she actually asked for leave to go home to take care of her husband, which made everyone realize that she really had a husband, but his husband was a soldier who was captured during the war and only came back now.

Despite being heartbroken and devastated, Rosia still found it incredible when she took the leave note approved by the dean.

She must be crazy to take such a long time off and use all the excuses.There are obviously Aunt Mesa and Pino at home, and worst of all, there is Zobet...

She would never admit that she did such a stupid thing because she missed someone.

But no matter what, someone still has to be taken care of by her in the end.

The villa that Rosia bought is quite large in detail. It is a three-story single-family house with a large yard in the front, a small garden in the back, and a small lake.

Heinrich's favorite thing is to sit in the garden and look at the lake. In summer, when the weather is nice, sitting under the shade of a tree is perfect.Multiple organs in his body have failed to varying degrees. In addition to resting, if he wants to recover as much as possible, he can only drink traditional Chinese medicine.

Traditional Chinese medicine specializes in treating the root cause and is suitable for health maintenance. Unfortunately, it tastes too bitter and requires drinking it every day, which is almost unbearable for most people.

In fact, when he was in the Soviet Union, he had tasted it before, but it was second-hand, and he had never experienced the ecstasy of it.But now, after Rosia's unremitting efforts, in less than a month, he has fallen deeply into the fear of traditional Chinese medicine.

"Would you like to drink?" Rosia sat across from him holding a bowl with a threatening look on her face.

Heinrich looked at the dark liquid in the bowl expressionlessly and shook his head.

"Very good." Rosia smiled evilly: "I knew it would be like this, so this bowl of medicine will appear in your dinner."

Heinrich looked at her accusingly with his blue eyes open, and Rosia continued to smile evilly: "As a friendly reminder, Aunt Mesa is not feeling well tonight, so I will cook dinner."

Finally, he had to compromise: "Did you add honey?"

"This is Chinese medicine. Do you think it's honey and sugar water?"

Heinrich continued to look at the bowl of medicine expressionlessly, and after a while, he opened his mouth slightly.

Rosia had no choice but to pick up the spoon on the side, scoop a spoonful into his mouth, and couldn't help complaining: "What kind of hardship is a grown man afraid of? Haven't you eaten everything? You still disliked me for what I drank at that time Woolen cloth."

Heinrich wrinkled his face. The best Chinese medicine is to drink it up in one gulp. Early death and early rebirth are the most painful. He brought the bowl over and drank it all in one go.

It must have been too much suffering. His cheeks were bulging, and his face finally developed some flesh, which looked like a blowing squirrel, very naive.

Rosia looked amused and was about to laugh at him, but she saw a look of pain on his face and his left hand covering his throat.She immediately lost her smile, hurried over, and asked nervously: "What's wrong? Did you drink the dregs of the medicine and got stuck? Let me take a look."

The two of them were already very close, and Heinrich stretched out his hand to hold the back of her head and pressed his lips against hers.Rosia's eyes widened, but before she could react, she felt an unspeakable bitterness pouring into her mouth, and all those dark Chinese medicines... went into her mouth.

This bitter taste has exceeded the limit of human beings. Rosia wanted to spit it out, but it was completely blocked and there was no blind spot.Heinrich's hand moved down and rubbed her neck slightly. The cold feeling instantly made her whole body feel cold, her head tensed, and with a gulp, she swallowed all the medicine.

"tasty?"

"Ahhh, Heinrich! You and I are incompatible!!!"

The two had a "cold war" for two days, and finally, when Heinrich shamelessly delivered wrong information to Aunt Mesa, Rosia was forced to admit defeat.

But Heinrich also paid a price.

On that day, there was no one in the family. Aunt Mesa and Pino went to Frankfurt, went to Ilana's house to check in, and by the way fulfilled their godmother duties on Rosia's behalf. Zobet went to Munich.It is impossible for several people to come back within two days.

Rosia slept a little late reading last night and didn't get up in the morning.

Heinrich was lonely and cold. After waiting for a long time, breakfast did not appear in front of him. He wanted to make it himself, but he couldn't do anything with only one hand, so he had to find a spare key in the cupboard and open Rosia's door.

As an officer accustomed to acting recklessly, Comrade Heinrich had long forgotten that a gentleman could not open a lady's room at will. He only knew that he was hungry, so he opened the door spontaneously.

Ted woke up early. The dog that had followed him for two years was now a bit old. He no longer cared about the past and wanted to drive him out. However, Heinrich was still there, and with a glare, Ted gave up. Downwind, obediently went out.

The summer sun was warm and pleasant, and Rosia was sleeping soundly hugging the thin quilt. Unexpectedly, she felt suffocated. Her limbs struggled for a while, and finally she opened her eyes, just in time to see Heinrich's ice-blue eyes, so close at hand. .

"Why are you here?"

"Why are you sleeping so deeply, kissing you for 3 minutes without waking up."

Rosia blushed, stretched out her hand to wipe her mouth, and said, "What do you want to do again?"

"I'm hungry."

Rosia was so angry that she rushed to her forehead, wishing to knock him to death with a book, but she got angry too many times, and she couldn't get angry anymore. She got up resignedly: "Hand over the key."

Heinrich didn't move.

"Otherwise I won't cook."

He had no choice but to put the key on the bedside table.

It's really not a good time to have no one at home.Aunt Mesa had just left, and Rosia began to miss her endlessly, because it was too difficult to get up early to cook every day.

There were two fruit trees in the garden, and the fruits were ripe now. After lunch, the two of them had nothing to do, so Rosia decided to pick fruits.

The fruit trees are not very tall, but the delicious ones are all at the top, so it’s still a bit difficult given her height.Heinrich's right hand was inconvenient and difficult to remove, so he put his left hand around Rosia's waist and lifted her up, which was barely high enough.

Rosia stretched out her hand to pick off the top three fruits. As soon as she lowered her head, she touched Heinrich's lips. Both of them were stunned for a moment. The man reacted faster than the woman. He immediately decided not to let go. Just kept hugging people and deepening kisses.

The emotion reached the point where he couldn't help but take two steps back while holding the person in his arms. Unexpectedly, there was a small basket of fruits behind him. He tripped and the two of them became unstable and fell to the ground.

Rosia had a cushion to prevent her from falling, but Heinrich's right hand hit the ground, and he was gloriously injured again, adding to the injury.

This is retribution.

The world the two live in is sweet and sweet no matter what. Although Rosia feels that the two of them are too young to have any flirts, but I don’t know if they have no time to fall in love during the war, and they separated for several years after the war. Because of the long time, many things are still very green, but this greenness is different from others. They have a deeper understanding of each other.

Autumn is coming soon, the trees in the garden are still green, the lake is pleasant, and the temperature of the weather is just right.

After the two had lunch, they sat in the small garden to rest.The grass on the ground was very soft, and Rosia couldn't help but sit on the ground, leaning against the tree trunk behind her, while Heinrich lay on her lap, lying on the ground.

The two of them kept talking, and the sunlight cast spots around them through the leaves. Rosia felt warm all over her body, and she felt indescribably comfortable. She half-squinted her eyes and felt that her head was getting heavier little by little. The sounds in my ears became softer and softer, and gradually, only the singing of birds and the fragrance of flowers were left, and then, nothing was left.

Directly above Heinrich was her drooped head, she was already asleep.

After watching quietly for a while, he closed his eyes slightly.

When she woke up again, Rosia was still asleep, and she didn't feel any discomfort even after sitting like this.The wicker hanging next to her kept swirling around her head in the wind. Heinrich stared at her for a while, then suddenly propped himself up with his hands and moved slightly closer to her face.

Her mouth was itchy, Rosia subconsciously opened her mouth and bit it down, Heinrich reacted quickly and quickly moved down a little.The wind blew the willow tree over and hit her face. Rosia opened her mouth and bit it again. She bit off a green leaf, with red lips and green leaves. At that moment, it was particularly dazzling.

Heinrich stood up and kissed her again. The cold green leaves were torn between the lips by each other's friction and scattered in all directions. Rosia was still struggling in her sleep and didn't know it, but Heinrich had already half sat up. He reached out and held her face.

The green leaves were completely crushed, and the juice inside overflowed, like an intoxicating anesthetic, and he couldn't help but fall into it.Rosia struggled for a long time and was finally awakened by the grinding. However, as soon as she opened her eyes, someone covered her eyes with their hands. Her head was dizzy and she could not react to anything.

The warm breath sprayed on their faces, and both of them seemed to be intoxicated by the anesthetic, forgetting everything, and time stopped here.

I don't know how long it took, but Rosia was not only unconscious after being kissed, but even more dizzy. In a daze, she felt someone picked her up and walked out of the garden.

She didn't know why, but she was still confused by being kissed, and she didn't feel anything wrong even though she was hanging in the air.All the way back to the room on the second floor, neither of them let go of their lips. They changed places, but the effect of the anesthetic was still not affected.

"you you……"

She whimpered twice and was forcefully dragged into it again.

After a long, long time, everything was over, and she finally came back to her senses. She asked blankly without knowing anything, "What did you experience in the Soviet Union?"

Has all your nobility and coolness been eaten up by Ted?
　Did you see my notification?The notebook was broken, so I used my mobile phone to type for six hours, and finally I typed out [-] words. Woohoo~
　　
　
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