Chapter 454 Are you a locksmith?
Two days later in the evening, Xiao Peng walked out of Cologne Cathedral and took a deep breath of air.
After spending two days in the dark and damp basement of Cologne Cathedral, surrounded by hundreds of coffins, there is nothing better than breathing some fresh air.
And there is another reason: he needs quiet time now.
Don’t ask him who Jingjing is!
Unable to restrain his curiosity, Xiao Peng read all the history books on the Hohenzollern family. If you ask him what he thinks?
Two words: "regret"; three words: "very regret"; four words: "extremely regret".
He wanted to wash his eyes right now because he was afraid of getting stye.
After reading the history books of the Hohenzollern family, Xiao Peng felt that he had seen all the "evil" in the world.
What the hell are these nobles? There aren't many good people there. Most of them are either having sex or on their way to having sex. No wonder Louis X had 413 "dragon beds" at the Palace of Versailles. These beds were really not just for show!
Things like siblings marrying and having children are minor matters; whether or not the children are their own is still a question. The relationships among the nobles are, frankly, one of mutual "cuckoldry." There are even more shocking "habits," such as animal liking, pedophilia, and one noble who kept 32 male concubines! Whether his children are his own or his concubines is a matter of metaphysics—those who cuckold others will always be cuckolded...
What else do they do besides sex? All kinds of torture! Tortures beyond the bounds of humanity...
But it's okay this way. Xiao Peng has been to some places, but how long has it been since he strolled alone in a city and calmly observed the scenery?
When Xiao Peng saw the city of Cologne, he was reminded of Changsha, China, thousands of miles away. He suddenly realized that the two cities were very similar in some aspects.
The two cities, one with the Rhine River and the other with the Yangtze River, both suffered severe damage during World War II, with more than 90% of their buildings destroyed. Now they have both recovered. Cologne has become the fourth largest city in Germany and the "education center", while Changsha has become the provincial capital and the "cultural capital".
Compared with other German cities Xiao Peng has visited, Cologne is considered a "young" city. After all, it was destroyed once during World War II. Most of the buildings in this city were built within half a century. Compared with other cities with buildings that are often hundreds of years old, this place is indeed "young".
Walk along the River Leine until you reach the Hohenzollern Bridge, which is covered with various locks hung by couples.
Western couples seem to particularly love padlocks. You'll see them hanging anywhere there's a bridge or a cable car, symbolizing faithful love. Considering their high divorce rate, these locks clearly don't serve a purpose...
Xiao Peng was still strolling there when he suddenly heard the sound of metal hitting metal.
Following the sound, I saw a girl there, struggling to hit a lock on the bridge with a small hammer. It was obvious she had some emotional issues, without even asking.
Xiao Peng looked at the girl. Because of the angle, he could only see her from behind. She was tall and looked about the same height as him. Her blonde hair was casually tied in a ponytail. She wore a brown turtleneck sweater and jeans. There was a blue down jacket hanging next to her. She must have taken it off because she was too hot knocking on the lock and it was hanging next to her backpack.
Xiao Peng thought for a moment and stopped, leaning against the guardrail as he watched the girl hammering on the lock. He was amused after glancing at the lock; no wonder it hadn't budged after all this time. There was a 'gentleman' padlock hanging there, the size of an adult's fist.
Xiao Peng has several of these locks on each of his sailboats. Each lock weighs over four pounds and is made up of 41 parts. It's renowned for its strength, boasting a tensile strength of an astonishing 17 tons! Trying to crack this lock with just a small hammer? It's a formidable undertaking.
He lit a cigarette and slowly watched the girl hammer.
Just like he'd said of himself: He wasn't entirely good, nor completely bad. What if this girl, upset and unable to bear it, jumped into the Rhine? It wasn't that Xiao Peng couldn't save him if she jumped, it was simply that Xiao Peng was too lazy to swim in this weather. Although Cologne's winter was milder than those places where temperatures often dropped to -20 or -30 degrees Celsius, it was still around -3 or -4 degrees Celsius.
Perhaps because she smelled the cigarette in Xiao Peng's hand, the girl stopped what she was doing and turned around to see Xiao Peng. Only then did Xiao Peng see the girl's face clearly.
The girl didn’t have any heavy or elaborate makeup, just light makeup. Xiao Peng’s first impression was: Wow, her eyes are so beautiful!
Her appearance is not the type that makes people feel amazing at first sight, but she has a pair of impressive eyes: the corners of her eyes are slightly upturned, which gives her an oriental look. More importantly, her pupils: the deep blue eyeballs are very similar to the eyes of the sea.
Chinese people always refer to foreigners as "blond and blue-eyed." In reality, blue pupils aren't common in foreign countries; they're generally bluish-gray, and dark blue pupils are even rarer. Even though Xiao Peng has been abroad for so long, he's only seen about five people with dark blue pupils.
"What are you doing here?" The girl asked with a frown when she saw Xiao Peng standing behind her leaning against the fence, but her tone was not very good. This was understandable. If someone was doing something seriously and someone was standing behind them watching, they would not be happy either.
Xiao Peng noticed that she was speaking English, so he replied in English: "Don't worry about me, just continue doing your thing."
The girl snorted coldly after hearing Xiao Peng's words and turned back to continue knocking on the lock. Perhaps because Xiao Peng was standing behind her, she knocked even harder. After Xiao Peng finished his cigarette, she was still there, "ding ding dang dang".
"It's ridiculous, isn't it?" Xiao Peng was just about to light another cigarette when the girl suddenly spoke.
Xiao Peng nodded: "It's really ridiculous."
After hearing Xiao Peng's answer, the girl glared at him and said, "What makes you say that what I did is ridiculous! Have you ever been in love? Do you know the feeling of being betrayed? Do you know the sadness and anger? Can you understand that feeling of helplessness?"
Xiao Peng coughed twice and said, "Beauty, your behavior is ridiculous! If you knock on this lock like this, you won't be able to break it even if you knock on it with the small hammer in your hand for several days. You have to knock here. Although this lock is very strong, it has a problem that there are too many internal parts. This position happens to be where there are the most internal parts. If you knock on this position, it is easy to cause mechanical failure in the lock and it will be easily opened." He said while pointing to a position on the lock.
"Are you a locksmith?" the girl asked with a blink after hearing Xiao Peng's words.
Xiao Peng shook his head. "I have this kind of lock at home, too. You can try it in the position I told you. Actually, I can help you knock it, but I think it's more appropriate for you to do it yourself. Come on, try knocking in the position I told you."
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