Conquering the world from the Kaiser's driver

Chapter 175 Uncomfortable Morning

At six o'clock in the morning on the 12th, Lin Shangzhou slowly got up from the bed after seeing the sunlight coming in. He sat up and turned his head to look at the curtains that were marked with golden marks by the sunlight. Despite the blocking of the curtains, he still felt the sunlight was a little dazzling. In order to make his eyes feel better, Lin Shangzhou raised his left hand and placed it in front of his eyes to block the sunlight.

After his eyes adjusted to the environment, Lin Shangzhou rubbed his sore eyeballs. He turned around and sat on the edge of the bed with his feet in his shoes. He sat on the bed for a while and then stood up and tried to stand up.

But the pain in his head reminded him that he almost didn't sleep the whole night. He had never stayed up all night since he came here. Staying up all night today made him feel very uncomfortable. Lin Shangzhou wanted to lie down and close his eyes to see if he could fall asleep.

He did what he said and leaned onto the bed, resting his head on the pillow and closing his eyes.

This time, he really fell asleep, but it was only a short time. He woke up in less than an hour.

Before waking up, Lin Shangzhou had a painful expression and frowned as if he had a nightmare. As if to avoid falling into the nightmare again, he opened his eyes suddenly, revealing his bloodshot eyeballs.

His dry and astringent eyes made him very uncomfortable. Even though he had just had a nightmare, Lin Shangzhou still closed his eyes. He didn't intend to sleep, he just wanted to give his eyes a rest for a while.

A few minutes later he opened his eyes again. At the same time his stomach was protesting against him for not sleeping all night. Hunger forced Lin Shangzhou to sit up from the bed again. This time the pain in his head became more intense. He rubbed his temple with his right hand with a painful expression, and it took him a long time to recover.

After the pain in his head subsided, Lin Shangzhou put on his shoes, stood up, walked to the curtains, and opened them. After the curtains were opened, dazzling sunlight shone in. From his position, he could just see the rising sun outside. The dazzling sunlight made his eyes a little uncomfortable. After opening the curtains, he turned and walked towards the door.

When he came to the door, he reached out and opened it. He walked towards the living room as usual. He was going to sit on the sofa and wait for breakfast. After sitting on the sofa, the soft touch of the sofa made Lin Shangzhou realize that this was not his home.

After thinking of this, he looked at the table in front of him again. It was empty and there was nothing on it. He also did not hear the friendly voices of the past. No one called him to have breakfast, nor did they make breakfast for him - because his uncle had passed away yesterday.

He was the only one sitting alone on the sofa in the empty room. Before Lin Shangzhou had time to feel sad, he fell into another trouble: he could not hear any other sound except tinnitus.

This tinnitus became louder and louder unknowingly, and finally became like noise. Lin Shangzhou covered his ears with his hands, but it was useless. He could still hear the tinnitus that was like noise.

The tinnitus made him feel extremely uncomfortable. Lin Shangzhou closed his eyes and shook his head in the hope of getting rid of the noise from his brain. However, after shaking his head vigorously, he not only did not get rid of the tinnitus, but instead felt a severe pain in his brain. The pain and tinnitus made Lin Shangzhou show a painful expression. He fell headfirst on the sofa, closed his eyes and covered his ears, hoping to relieve the abnormality in his body.

At this time, in addition to the tinnitus, Lin Shangzhou also heard another sound. This ordinary but strange sound was so clear in the tinnitus. He sat up from the sofa as if he had found a life-saving straw, opened his eyes and looked at the door.

He heard someone opening the door with a key.

The sound of the door opening became clearer and clearer, and the tinnitus gradually decreased. Although the pain in his head was still there, Lin Shangzhou felt much more comfortable. At least the tinnitus was gone.

He wanted to get up and open the door for the visitor, but before he could stand up, the door was opened. He looked at the person standing behind the door in surprise. He couldn't understand why she came here so early in the morning.

The person who opened the door and walked in was Letitia, holding a bag of food in her hand. After opening the door, she put the key in her pocket and walked into the room carrying the bag.

"Good morning, Fritz!"

Letitia greeted Lin Shangzhou enthusiastically. Lin Shangzhou was somewhat happy about Letitia's arrival, but his expression did not change at all. He replied calmly, "Good morning."

Letitia approached Lin Shangzhou and was shocked and worried when she saw his bloodshot eyes. She asked hurriedly and concernedly:

"Fritts, did you not sleep well last night?"

Lin Shangzhou didn't say anything, just nodded.

"Then why don't you go get some sleep?"

"No, I have to go to work later--"

Lin Shangzhou shook his head and yawned uncontrollably, causing a few tears to flow from the corners of his eyes. The crystal clear liquid as big as beans slid down his cheeks and dripped from his chin onto the sofa. These were not the only tears. More and more tears flowed from his eyes unconsciously, and it seemed that he could no longer control it.

Letitia noticed Lin Shangzhou's tears, and she said to him, "Fritts...are you okay?"

"Uh...it's okay."

It was only after Letitia reminded him that Lin Shangzhou felt the tears on his face. He quickly stopped crying and wiped away the tears on his face with his hands.

Letitia looked at Lin Shangzhou suspiciously. He didn't look like he was okay, but she just sighed and walked towards the kitchen with the bag. She said as she walked, "I'm here to make breakfast for you today. Your hand is injured, so let me take care of you until you get over your sadness."

Hearing that Letitia wanted to take care of him, Lin Shangzhou hurriedly opened his mouth to refuse. As soon as he uttered a syllable, Letitia turned around and said seriously: "I don't allow you to refuse."

After that, she walked towards the kitchen without looking back. Lin Shangzhou swallowed his words back. He didn't expect Letitia's attitude to be so tough.

He raised his hand and looked at the wound on his left finger. After hesitating for a while, he decided to accept Letitia's kindness. In his current condition, he really needed someone to take care of him, otherwise there was a possibility that his finger would be cut off while cooking.

Ten minutes later, Letitia prepared breakfast for Lin Shangzhou. Not long after breakfast, Lin Shangzhou prepared to go out to work. Although Letitia persuaded him to rest at home, the deputy editor-in-chief Goebbels was on the first floor anyway, so he just needed to tell him. He was the boss, so it was okay for him to not go to work for a day.

Lin Shangzhou shook his head and disagreed. He wanted to find something to do to divert his attention, otherwise his mind would always be in chaos.

Letitia had no choice but to agree to let Lin Shangzhou go to work, but she also followed Lin Shangzhou to the newspaper office.

After going downstairs, Lin Shangzhou unexpectedly found that his car was parked on the side of the road. Next to it was Louis' car, and Louis was standing next to the car and greeting him.

Seeing this scene, Lin Shangzhou quickly realized that it was Louis who asked someone to drive the car over.

After thanking him, Lin Shangzhou got in the car and took Letitia to the newspaper office.

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Chapter 176 As usual

After arriving at the newspaper, Lin Shangzhou walked into the office area as usual. When he pushed the door and entered the room, the employees focused their attention on him. Lin Shangzhou knew why they looked at him like that, so he forced a smile and said to them, "Don't look at me like that. I feel okay now."

After saying that, he walked towards his office, with Letitia following closely behind him. When they arrived in front of the office, Lin Shangzhou was stopped by Goebbels.

Goebbels said to him with a look of regret and concern: "If you want to rest these days, then take a rest. I am here. I will take good care of those things. You don't have to worry about them."

"That won't work. I can't put all the burden on you."

Lin Shangzhou shook his head vigorously, which caused another pain in his head. However, this time it was still within an acceptable range. He just frowned slightly and did not react too violently.

Goebbels had done enough for him and the newspaper, and Lin Shangzhou didn't want to put this matter on him. Goebbels' work was already heavy enough, and he didn't want to add to his pressure.

Goebbels looked at Lin Shangzhou and said to him in a tougher tone: "Do you think you can get things done in your current state?"

But thinking of his current state, Goebbels felt that he could not speak to him so directly and harshly. He had seen the changes that Lin Shangzhou had experienced after his uncle's death. He also discussed it with Louis last night and believed that the biggest breakthrough for Lin Shangzhou to improve his mood and get out of the shadows would be the people close to him.

The two agreed that Lin Shangzhou must need comfort from others now, but the comfort from their friends would not be of much use. What he needed was comfort from his relatives or family.

Unfortunately, Lin Yangyu was his only relative and family. Now that Lin Yangyu has passed away, Lin Shangzhou is left alone in this world.

He does have friends like them around him, but friends and family cannot be equated, and Lin Shangzhou is also a Chinese. They believe that Chinese people value family more than people from any other country in the world. What's more, Lin Shangzhou only has one relative, Lin Yangyu, and his importance to Lin Shangzhou is self-evident.

Although this was not exactly a breakthrough, the two of them still started thinking about how to boost his spirits, and the final result of their discussion was to rely on the girl who was closest to Lin Shangzhou other than them.

Letitia and Noah are the ones who are expected to become Lin Shangzhou's wives in the future. A wife is a family member. Even though Cecilia is blocking the way, it is obvious that he cannot rely on Cecilia now. She is not here, and there is no affection between the two of them, so he can only rely on these two girls.

Noah followed Alexandrine to Flanders Wallonia, and their attention naturally shifted to Letitia. Letitia and Lin Shangzhou have always maintained an ambiguous relationship. Although their contact has become less after coming to Berlin, it does not mean that their relationship has become weaker.

Goebbels stepped aside to make way for Lin Shangzhou, who opened the door and walked into the office. When Letitia walked in, Goebbels whispered to her, "Fritts, please help me. I hope you can help him out of this predicament."

Letitia nodded and walked into the office.

Goebbels stood there looking at the door of his office and prayed that Lin Shangzhou would recover as soon as possible. He had a premonition that if Lin Shangzhou could not get over the grief of his uncle's death in time, then his future might be completely different from the current path.

After standing for a few seconds, Goebbels turned around and returned to his office. The employees also started their work. Because of what happened yesterday, they would be busy next.

In Lin Shangzhou's office, Letitia sat on a chair and watched Lin Shangzhou, who seemed to be working. He flipped through the documents on the table over and over again. He looked at the contents and turned his head to think about something. He needed to think about what to do next and how to make a fuss about his uncle's death to get those racists punished.

Coming up with a solution was not a difficult task. On the contrary, it was very simple for Lin Shangzhou. In the past, he only needed to think for a few minutes to come up with a good solution. But now, no matter how he thought about it, the only thing that appeared in his mind was - his uncle's death.

Echoing in his ears were the words that the nightmare had said to him in the nightmare that lasted less than an hour not long ago: "You killed my uncle."

In his dream, a guy who looked like his previous incarnation appeared. He didn't know whether it was his previous incarnation or just a nightmare that troubled his mind. The nightmare accused him of killing Lin Yangyu and said that he had not shed a single tear for Lin Yangyu from yesterday to now, and he didn't care about the so-called "uncle" at all.

In the dream, Lin Shangzhou's mind was so confused that he couldn't think of any words to refute that guy. He could only be forced to endure his abuse. Finally, he couldn't stand him anymore and forced himself to wake up.

He didn't want to think about what the nightmare said in his dream, but no matter how he tried to avoid it, the harsh words kept echoing in his ears along with his uncle's death in his mind.

"You don't care about your uncle at all. You have never considered him as your own uncle."

"You killed his nephew first, and then you killed him, you are a complete murderer!"

……

Every word in the nightmare was something that Lin Shangzhou didn't want to think about, which made it impossible for him to concentrate on thinking about what he wanted to think about.

"Fritts, is there anything I can help you with at work?"

Suddenly, Letitia's voice pulled Lin Shangzhou's brain back from chaos. He looked up at Letitia standing in front of the desk. He looked at Letitia's face and a hint of doubt arose in his heart: Where is Kevin?

"Letitia, why did you come in too? Where's Kevin?"

Lin Shangzhou asked his doubts. After hearing this, Letitia felt a little dissatisfied, thinking that he didn't pay attention to her after he came in.

Letitia curled her lips but didn't express her emotion. She said to Lin Shangzhou, "Kevin has gone to deal with other things. It seems that it will take a few days, so I will be your secretary temporarily during this period..."

"you…"

Lin Shangzhou subconsciously wanted to question Letitia, but the next second Letitia's words made him swallow his words back.

“Just like the old days.”

He looked up into Letitia's eyes. He seemed to see his current haggard appearance in those blue pupils, and then nodded.

"Ah."

In the following time, Lin Shangzhou handled some simple tasks with the help of Letitia. Letitia deliberately picked up some unimportant things for Lin Shangzhou to do in order to distract his attention. The effect of this was very obvious. Lin Shangzhou's condition was much better than when he first arrived.

At ten o'clock in the morning, Letitia was sitting in a chair flipping through the newspaper that Lin Wenhua had brought in a few minutes ago. The content on the newspaper surprised her very much. It was a newspaper from the Central Daily News. The article strongly condemned the actions of the racists and called on people to oppose these extreme guys.

After seeing this, the first thing Letitia thought of was to tell Lin Shangzhou about it, but then she thought it would be better not to mention it to Lin Shangzhou now.

Letitia turned her head to look at Lin Shangzhou, and was surprised to find that the editor-in-chief of the newspaper, who was supposed to be working semi-seriously, was actually asleep on his desk.

"Just go to sleep."

Letitia felt a little relieved. She put down the newspaper, tiptoed to the door, opened it and went out. She borrowed a blanket from outside that some employee used to stay in the newspaper office at night, and then walked in. She came to Lin Shangzhou and gently covered him with the blanket.

After standing beside her and watching him for a while, Letitia left the office.

She thought Lin Shangzhou's condition had improved a little, but what she didn't realize was that Lin Shangzhou, who was lying on the table, had his brows furrowed and had not relaxed.

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Chapter 177: Drinking to relieve sorrow

"You haven't shed even one tear for your uncle. You're not his nephew at all! You don't even consider him as your uncle!"

Lin Shangzhou suddenly opened his eyes, raised his head from the table and looked around in horror. He gasped for breath, and his tense heart relaxed a little after realizing that he had woken up.

He took a deep breath and leaned back in the seat. He reached out and wiped the sweat from his forehead. After wiping the sweat, his arm slid down and placed it over his eyes.

This was a nightmare exactly the same as the one he had in the morning. He dreamed of a nightmare that seemed to be the previous one again, and this dream continued the content of the nightmare in the morning. The nightmare scolded him, and his mind was in a mess in the dream, and he could only passively accept it just like in the morning. His brain could not think of any words to refute the nightmare, as if what he said was true.

Lin Shangzhou shook his head slightly and stopped thinking about the nightmare. He stood up and wanted to go to the toilet. Just as he was about to get up, he felt numb and weak in his right leg. No matter how hard he tried to move his right leg, it did not move.

"Don't sleep like this next time."

Lin Shangzhou pounded his right leg while talking to himself, because it was normal for the leg to be compressed and temporarily lose sensation when sleeping on the table, and there was nothing to worry about.

After sleeping for an unknown amount of time, Lin Shangzhou now felt that he was a little better, but he himself was not sure whether he was better or not. He did fall asleep, but he had a nightmare that made him feel very uncomfortable.

After sitting in the chair for a while, he slowly stood up with his hands on the table. Only then did Lin Shangzhou realize that he was the only one in the office. Letitia was gone, and it was very quiet outside without a sound at all.

He looked up at the clock on the wall, and when he saw the hour hand pointing after 12, he understood what was going on. It was lunch time, and everyone should go home or eat. It was normal that there was no one in the newspaper office at this time.

Lin Shangzhou walked out of the office and stood at the door looking around the office area. He only saw a few employees who were sleeping on the table like him before. After seeing them sleeping, Lin Shangzhou tiptoed to the door, opened the door and walked into the corridor. After standing in the corridor for a few seconds, he walked towards the stairs.

The reason he left was simple - he was hungry and wanted to go out for something to eat.

Lin Shangzhou left the newspaper office and wandered aimlessly on the street. He wanted to eat something, but didn't know what to eat. After wandering around for about half an hour, he walked into a bakery and bought a piece of bread to fill his stomach.

He sat on a bench by the roadside and ate the bread in his hand. After resting for a while, he stood up and prepared to go back to the newspaper office. After moving his feet a few steps, Lin Shangzhou turned around and returned to his seat. He thought of what Goebbels said in the morning: "If you want to rest these few days, take a rest."

Lin Shangzhou, whose mental state had recovered a little, thought that Goebbels was right and that he should indeed have a good rest. He couldn't do anything well in his current state and staying in the newspaper would be a burden. It would be better for him to wait until he recovered before going back to work.

While thinking, Lin Shangzhou looked up at the blue sky, then closed his eyes, and then suddenly opened his eyes. As soon as he closed his eyes, the nightmare appeared in front of him, and his shrill voice also rang in his ears.

But this overwhelmed the state he had just recovered. Next he had to prepare for his uncle's funeral, and then deal with the possible reaction of the right-wing media to this incident. In short, there were still many things to do. How could he rest?

His brain fell into chaos again. With his confused thoughts, he stood up and walked aimlessly to one side of the road. He kept walking on the streets of Berlin like this. When he was tired, he sat on a public seat to rest. When he had rested enough, he stood up again and walked aimlessly along the road.

Lin Shangzhou didn't know why he was doing such a meaningless thing that would cause others to worry. He knew that he should return to the newspaper office now, otherwise Letitia and the others would be very worried. But he wanted to find something to do, and walking around aimlessly could be considered as something that could distract his attention.

After walking for an unknown number of hours, Lin Shangzhou stopped and looked up, seeing a beer bar. He turned around and faced the small beer bar, wondering whether he should go in and have a beer.

Along the way he also figured it out. The nightmare's rhetoric was very simple. He just said that he had not shed a drop of blood for his uncle from yesterday to now. This was nonsense of PUAing him.

Didn't that bastard say he had never shed tears for his uncle? Then he might as well go drink some wine. When he's drunk, it's easier to vent his emotions. Then he can cry loudly and vent his sadness.

Thinking of this, Lin Shangzhou made up his mind and walked into the beer hall. He pushed open the door and walked into the store, then went straight to the chair next to the bar and sat down.

The bartender saw a customer coming and stepped forward to serve him. Before he had time to ask Lin Shangzhou what he wanted to drink, he saw Lin Shangzhou take out a hundred-mark bill from his wallet and put it on the table and pushed it in front of him.

He looked at Lin Shangzhou in confusion. The bartender couldn't understand what this guest wanted to do.

"Give me a beer, refill if I'm done, and keep doing this until I cry."