father - home

After lifting the anchor, raising the sails, steering the helm, and adjusting the course, Joseph handed over the command to Zhao.Zhao did everything in an orderly manner, and Joseph cooperated tacitly. Coupled with Yu's humorous words and giggling laughter, it was a joyous experience.But all this has nothing to do with me, I don't exist, I was exiled, this is my punishment.

Once or twice, I caught a glimpse of Zhaozheng staring at me with a puzzled and suspicious look on his face, but when our eyes met, he quickly avoided it.And Joseph, as long as he was near me, his movements showed a kind of brutality.At the end of the day, you have to measure yourself against others, and there is no other way.

In the evening, as time passed, the color of the clouds became more and more intense, and finally became an orange sunset covering the mountains in the distance.The leaves are as brown as nuts, and the trunks are black and shiny as if oiled. The tranquil lake water is dyed the color of the sky, and with the shimmering waves, it seems to be burning red.Although the light was dimming as the sun went down, the temperature seemed to rise from the cessation of the relief wind that had been blowing all day, and the air was now thickening.

The sailboat approached Isla Mujeres, and I went ashore alone to pick up my mother at the monastery.

On the way back to the pier, my mother watched me as she walked. "Did you have fun?"

"Yeah." I nodded and found a topic to get rid of my mother's gaze. "Didn't Dean Catherine tell you anything?"

"What? What do you mean?" Mother really looked away.

"Jade."

"Obviously, isn't it? You've all seen it."

"Yes." Seeing my mother hesitated, I said, "Of course, if the dean doesn't want it, then just pretend I didn't ask. I mean Yu really wants to know."

"It's okay to tell you, it's all in the past. Katie (Catherine's nickname) doesn't want to make Yu unhappy."

"But she wants to know."

"Okay then." Mother paused, "Katie had a lover in China, the son of her nanny, surnamed Zhen, they all called him Xiang. Katie and Xiang grew up together, they can be called childhood sweethearts, and they love each other very much , Katie was going back to Germany to go to university, they said they would get married after Katie graduated. But in 1919, Katie's father died in China, and her mother took her younger brother back to Germany and told her that Xiang had killed her Katie did not believe it, and wrote many letters to Xiang, hoping to know what was going on. But all the letters fell into the sea and there was no reply. After graduating from university, Katie went to China despite her mother’s advice. So, she said she would go back, and she also wanted to make things clear. But the result disappointed her."

"how?"

"Xiang disappeared, Xiang's family disappeared. Katie searched for a long time, but found nothing. Later, she came back and became a nun."

"Could it be that Yu's father is Xiang?"

Mother nodded.

"Keyu's father doesn't seem to be named Xiang. How can the dean be sure?"

"Katie said that she has a Chinese name called Shanhu. Yu's father is named Zhen Jihu. No matter how the characters are written, the pronunciation means commemorating Shanhu. Therefore, Katie immediately concluded that Yu's father is Xiang."

Although such a coincidence is incredible, considering that Yu's father is very good at German, and even his illiterate grandma can speak a few words of German, I also think that Yu's father is probably Dean Catherine's lover in China.

"The dean..."

"Katie likes Yu very much. She hopes to see Yu again, but she doesn't know how Yu will think of her father and her after knowing this. Will Yu still want to see her?"

"Let Yu decide this."

"It should be." Mother agreed.

So, I will tell Zhao these, and I will find a way to meet Zhao tonight.I don't know if I should tell him about the origin of the Montblanc gold pen, he may have doubts.But I really don't want to tell him that this is my business, and I can't just cause him more pain.I can only support him to face the changes in his life and move on.Thinking of this, I felt my stomach sink.Up to this point, nothing seemed to matter, and I had nothing to fear.

Joseph didn't speak to me until after dinner, but I had to see him again.Anyway, I don't have a choice - I have to go.

I decided to break the pot, whistled out of tune, walked to his cabin, and hesitated for a few minutes.coward!I raised my hand and bumped against the hard wooden door.I forced myself to knock on the door before another ideological struggle began.I stood in front of the door like someone who has just taken drugs and wants to kill himself—with no choice but to wait.

However, there was no sound, I knocked again, still no sound.Ha ha.I laughed and turned around shaking like I was drunk, a sense of relief, no!His legs felt weak after hearing the suspended death sentence.

I walked back, past the wine cellar, and there was a light inside, and I wobbled into it.

Joseph looked up from behind the desk, and we looked at each other for a few seconds, neither of us saying a word.When I hesitated just now, knocking on the door from the main building to Joseph's cabin, and back here again, I didn't even think about what I wanted to say.At this moment, I couldn't see the face of Joseph standing in front of me clearly.The light above his head was so strong that it irritated my eyes and made it difficult for me to see his expression clearly.