The business deal with the Germans proceeded very successfully, but Xia Lei was only a contributor. He provided the Germans with what they needed, but he wasn’t the one that received their submarine technology in return. Instead, Xia Lei received a shipyard company, which just so happened to be China’s biggest military warship manufacturer. Nearly every Chinese warship was made there.

Half a month later, Kang Naqiao left with Germany’s tech staff, leaving behind Sylvia. And on the same day that the Germans left, Annina arrived at Thunder Horse Military Factory, and the construction of Xia Lei’s new building had also just finished. The building was erected quickly because it was made from pure wood. The carpenters simply built with the materials they were provided. Tiling and decoration also didn’t take much time either.

Xia Chenghe moved out of the villa, while Sylvia moved into the new house with Annina in tow. The two German women now found companionship with one another and even lived in adjacent rooms. Xia Lei no longer needed to worry about the two of them facing a foreign culture alone since they had each other, which would hopefully deter them from wanting to return to Germany. Sylvia ultimately didn’t build some sort...