"Sir, why did you want to discuss the Berlin Wall?"
Although the merger of East Germany and West Germany was a major event that affected the world, it was still the Germans' family affair.
So Ludwig was rather cautious. It was like a foreigner discussing the two sides of the Strait with a Chinese person—they had to tread carefully.
Jiang Shiqi smiled. "It's like this. When I was in Prague, I met a friend from East Germany.
His father crossed the Berlin Wall seven years ago. Before the wall was torn down, he had always wanted to climb over it and find his father. But when that wall truly fell, he gave up."
"..."
Ludwig froze for a moment, then carefully asked, "Did your friend tell you why?"
Jiang Shiqi nodded. "He said that after his father left, his mother worried for seven years and cried for seven years. Now that she had finally let his father go,
it would be fine if his father came back on his own. But if he didn't... then they should respect the choices of both relatives and not disturb each other."
"Oh~"
Ludwig's eyes finally lit up. The nerves he had strained for nearly an hour were no longer numb.
Now this was an interesting way to chat, alright!
Unlike earlier, when he had needed to guess through a fog whether the other party wanted to discuss the weather or their age.
"I also know a friend who moved from East Germany to West Germany. He is a forging engineer, and he dearly loves his family. I, too, came to this mysterious land of the East because of my family."
"..."
Ludwig and Jiang Shiqi began chatting freely, and before they knew it, ten minutes had passed.
The people around them were utterly