Conquering the world from the Kaiser's driver

Letitia's mother pulled her to sit on the sofa with her father and the young man, while Lin Shangzhou could only sit on a small sofa nearby.

The young man took one look at Lin Shangzhou and a look of surprise appeared on his face. Lin Shangzhou also noticed the change in his expression and began to wonder: Does he know me?

It didn't take him a few seconds to figure out that this guy might have seen him in the newspaper.

The young man took the initiative to stop talking to Letitia's father, and Letitia's father looked at Lin Shangzhou with a scrutinizing eye. After looking him up and down, he asked, "Are you my daughter's boyfriend?"

"Well, hello uncle, my name is Fritz Hipper, you can just call me Fritz."

Lin Shangzhou nodded and spoke very politely.

Letitia's father snorted coldly and said:

"Although I don't know how my daughter met you during those few days in the city, I hope you can stay away from my daughter. She is engaged to this Aignolt next to me."

His words made Letitia say angrily:

"Dad! What are you talking about? How can it be considered an engagement if I don't agree? I don't want to marry someone I don't even know!"

Letitia's father immediately scolded:

"Sit down, what do you know? Egnot is young and promising, and he runs a factory for your uncle Shite. How can a boyfriend like you, who has unknown origins, compare to him?"

(You run a factory, no wonder you know me...)

When Lin Shangzhou heard Letitia's father say that the young man owned a factory, his doubts were dispelled. It was impossible that the factory owner had not heard of such a big event as the one he led the workers to strike.

"Not only did you suddenly run away without saying a word and leaving a note, you also took my money. Did you know that I was in need of money?"

Seeing that her husband was getting angrier and angrier, Letitia's mother hurriedly tried to persuade him, "Don't be too angry. Didn't Letitia apologize later?"

The man glared at her and continued, "Will an apology be enough? Didn't you spend the money?"

Lin Shangzhou was very angry at what the father said. Was his daughter not as important as a few hundred marks?

Hearing her father's words, Letitia stood up angrily and yelled at him:

"Money, money, money. Money is indispensable all day long. Am I not as important as money in your eyes?!"

"You are a girl who only knows how to spend money but not how to make money, what do you know!"

"You are the same, investing all the time. You have squandered all the fortune my grandfather left you! How much money do you still have? Fortunately, my grandfather passed away early. If he knew that you married me off for money without caring about my happiness, he would definitely be disappointed."

Letitia's father glared at her, but he could not say a word, because what his daughter said was true, and he had almost squandered all the inheritance left to him by his father.

He pointed at Lin Shangzhou and shouted at Letitia unreasonably: "You are my daughter anyway, you have to marry whoever I tell your family to marry, break up with him!"

Tears flashed in Letitia's eyes, and she yelled at her father, "I won't. Don't think that you can tell me what to do and interfere with my feelings just because you are my father. I have had enough of you!"

"well…"

Letitia's father was so angry that his face turned red. He pointed at Letitia and said, "From what you said, you don't want to be my daughter anymore, right? If you don't want to be my daughter, then don't be my daughter! Anyway, I still have your brother at home. It doesn't make any difference whether you are in this family or not."

Hearing that her father was going to kick her out of the house, Letitia wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with her sleeve, then took a deep breath and said to him: "Okay! This is what you said! If you don't want to be my father, then don't be my father. I don't want a father like you! Since this family doesn't welcome me, then I will leave!"

Now Letitia's mother and the young man named Aignor anxiously tried to persuade the two of them, but Letitia and her father remained indifferent no matter how they persuaded them.

In a hurry, Letitia's mother looked at Lin Shangzhou and said to him: "You are Tia's boyfriend, you should persuade her as well."

Lin Shangzhou wanted to persuade Letitia that a complete break with her family might be good for her, but it would also be a lifelong regret. However, Letitia might not listen to his advice.

Just as he was about to say something, Letitia broke free from her mother's hand, walked to Lin Shangzhou, took his hand, pulled him up and walked towards the door.

Letitia's mother hurriedly chased after him and tried to keep her daughter, but was scolded by her husband.

"You want to leave, right? If you leave, don't come back!"

"Also, take off your clothes before you leave. I bought them for you, so leave them here!"

Lin Shangzhou was stunned. How could this father say that? !

Letitia stopped where she was. Her chest was rising and falling violently, indicating that she was trying to suppress her emotions. After a few seconds, she gritted her teeth and said, "Okay...Okay...This is the clothes you bought for me. I'll take it off for you!"

She released her hand that was holding Lin Shangzhou's right hand and began to really take off her clothes.

Letitia's mother and the young man hurried to dissuade her and Letitia's father, but her father remained unmoved.

Before she took off her clothes, Lin Shangzhou grabbed her wrist and said to her father, "How much is the dress on Letitia? I'll buy it for you!"

He didn't expect the father to say that, and he didn't expect Letitia to actually take off her clothes. How could this be possible?

"snort…."

Letitia's father snorted coldly, and his attitude softened. After a few seconds, he said, "Two thousand marks, can you afford it?"

After hearing the price, Lin Shangzhou's face darkened. This man really didn't treat his daughter as his own daughter.

"Two thousand marks, right? Okay, I'll give it to you."

Lin Shangzhou took out his wallet from his pocket with his other hand, held the wallet against his chest, pulled out two thousand-mark bills from it, and threw them forward.

Seeing Lin Shangzhou throw out two thousand-mark bills, Letitia's father nodded and said, "Okay, take her away."

Lin Shangzhou put away his wallet and took Letitia away.

On the way back to the car, Letitia lowered her head without saying a word, letting Lin Shangzhou hold her hand and walk forward.

After returning to the car, Lin Shangzhou quickly started the car and left the town.

He stopped the car on the road outside the town.

Turning his head to look at Letitia, Lin Shangzhou could hear her trying to hold back her tears, so he said softly, "It will feel better if you cry."

He took out the handkerchief he carried with him and handed it to Letitia.

Looking at the white handkerchief handed to her, Letitia could no longer control her emotions and burst into tears.

Looking at the crying Letitia, Lin Shangzhou felt very sympathetic. He expected the process to be like meeting his parents normally, and then persuade Letitia's parents to agree for them to be together.

Who knew it would turn out like this - Letitia broke up with her father.

He had never experienced or seen anything like this before, so he couldn't wait for Letitia to stop crying.

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Chapter 57: Outing (Part )

Letitia cried for an unknown amount of time until her voice became hoarse and she gradually stopped crying. The handkerchief in her hand had long been soaked with tears, and her eyes were red and swollen from crying.

Hearing Letitia stop crying, Lin Shangzhou said to her softly: "Do you feel better?"

"Hmm... a little better..."

Letitia sniffed and turned her head to look at him.

"Fritts, thank you for helping me."

"Today I am your "boyfriend", that's what I should do."

After that, he frowned and said angrily: "And I didn't expect your father to be so excessive and regard money as more important than his own daughter.

Letitia blew her nose with her handkerchief and said, "He is just like this. I have never seen him change at all since I was a child."

Looking at Letitia who was still unhappy, Lin Shangzhou hesitated for a few seconds and then said, "But is it really okay for you to break up with your father like this? You still have a long way to go in the future. If you really break off the relationship, you may regret it in the future."

Letitia shook her head without hesitation, with a look of determination on her face.

"Regret is for the future. I don't regret it now. I've had enough of him."

"All right…"

Since Letitia was so determined, Lin Shangzhou had nothing else to say. He personally could not accept this way of breaking with parents, but he would not say too much. After all, he saw clearly the attitude of Letitia's father towards her. Rather than being a father, he was more like a businessman who treated his daughter as a commodity.

"Fritts, thank you for helping me maintain my dignity just now."

Letitia turned to thank him, and Lin Shangzhou waved his hand and said:

"You're welcome. Which man would be willing to watch his 'girlfriend' take off her clothes in front of others? Your father... Never mind, let's not talk about him."

Looking at Lin Shangzhou, Letitia suddenly thought of the two thousand marks he had just paid for her... That was two thousand marks...

"Fritz...the two thousand marks..."

She stammered, how am I going to pay it back?

Lin Shangzhou shrugged and said:

"I'm not doing charity, so you'll have to earn money to pay me back later."

"Fine…"

Letitia's mood suddenly became bad again. She found that she had left her father's control, but seemed to have fallen into the control of another man.

2000 marks, based on her weekly salary of 10 marks, how long will it take her to pay it back?

Lin Shangzhou looked at Letitia's little face and laughed. He started the car and said to Letitia:

"Let's not talk about this for now. I'll take you to meet other Chinese people in Strasbourg."

“Other Chinese in Strasbourg?”

Letitia became a little curious. She had only met two Chinese people so far, Lin Shangzhou and the worker she met at the factory in the morning.

Lin Shangzhou nodded and said:

"Well, didn't you meet my friend in the factory this morning? They are a group of students who were deceived into coming to Germany. Some of the rich ones chose to go to school, while some of the poor ones worked."

"As their compatriot, I should go meet them and help them if I can. I admire what some of them do."

"whats the matter?"

"Those rich students helped some poor students pay their tuition fees, and then rented an apartment for them to live in. I should go meet them."

Lin Shangzhou thought of what Lin Wenhua said that day. He really admired those who were willing to spend money to help their classmates solve their problems. Being in a foreign country, it would not be too much for them to abandon others, but they chose to help their classmates.

"So how are you going to help them?"

Lin Shangzhou shook his head slightly and said, "I haven't thought about it yet. Just giving money directly is definitely not an option."

"We'll have to wait until the local authorities see their situation. We don't know what their living conditions are like right now."

“Well, let’s go then.

Lin Shangzhou then drove back to the city of Strasbourg and headed towards the apartment where the international students were located according to the address given by Lin Wenhua.

More than 20 minutes later, he arrived at an ordinary apartment on a street in downtown Strasbourg. He got out of the car, took out the note and compared the house number to make sure it was indeed here. Then he put the note away.

"Is this where they live?"

"Well, it should be. I'll open the door and ask."

Lin Shangzhou walked up and knocked on the door, and it was opened after ten seconds.

The person who opened the door was a short young man wearing glasses. He was so excited when he saw Lin Shangzhou that he couldn't close his mouth. He obviously knew Lin Shangzhou. After he realized what was happening, he stuttered and said, "You...you...please wait a moment, I'll go get the newspaper..."

He quickly turned around and ran away. Lin Shangzhou felt a little strange looking at this man. This man was too excited.

"Looking at him, he seems to know you. Maybe he got to know you through the newspaper, right?"

Letitia stuck her head out from behind Lin Shangzhou and looked into the house, and saw the young man coming back with a newspaper.

“No should, just.”

The young man ran over and held the newspaper in front of Lin Shangzhou, pointed at the photo on it and said, "Sir, is this you?"

Lin Shangzhou replied in Chinese: "Yes, it's me."

“Ahhhh…”

The young man danced with excitement as if he had seen his idol. When he saw Lin Shangzhou standing outside the door, he realized that he had not invited him in.

He quickly stepped aside to invite Lin Shangzhou and Letitia to come into the house, and he shouted loudly to the stairs: "Squad leader! Come over and see who's here!"

Lin Shangzhou looked towards the stairs and heard a young man's voice a few seconds later.

"Heping, what are you yelling about again? Is Wenhua back?"

The young man walked down the stairs and rubbed his eyes in disbelief when he saw Lin Shangzhou. How did the person in the newspaper come here?

"Are you... Herr Fritz Hipper?"

The young man asked respectfully in German. Lin Shangzhou smiled and replied in Chinese: "Well, my name is Fritz Hipper, but my other real name is Lin Shangzhou. I hope you can call me by that name."