Summary

In Chapter 64, Dirk stayed in Meersburg with the Pfeiffer family for eight years. Then, Gerwig Pfeiffer’s second wife, Franz, and Moritz said goodbye to Dirk when he decided to leave. Dirk tried to give his nutcracker to Moritz, but the young man did not want it. Dirk traveled to different countries, hoping to go to Persia. In Chapter 65, Dirk became engaged to a Chinese woman named Wu Min. Dirk believed he could not love her as much as he loved Nastaran and felt uncomfortable that Wu Min knew so much about her family history, while Dirk knew nothing of his family. Fifteen years after leaving the Pfeiffer establishment, Dirk returned to Germany. Dirk set up a store in Munich to sell his carved figurines. One day, Felix entered Dirk’s shop. In Chapter 66, Dirk thought about Wu Min and how he had...