Why it never ends

Chapter 318 Message
After getting off the plane, Turan went to the "White Ship" first. The old shop of "White Ship" has been replaced by Mrs. Daria's granddaughter.Turan bought some of Hesta's favorite canaret before heading to the reserve base.

Friends who have been friends for many years suddenly met, and both of them shed tears happily.

In the afternoon, Turan began to study the medicine Hesta was taking recently. She looked at the boxes one by one, and suddenly pushed a blue box in front of Hesta's eyes, "Lico has taken this before, and I remember that the side effects are very serious. Big... how are you doing, are you feeling sick or dizzy?"

"will not."

"That's good."

Hesta raised his head, "...When did Li Ke take this medicine?"

"It's the first half year when you came to the base. Has no one reminded you that she was not mentally stable at that time."

Hesta blinked, "...I have no impression."

"Doesn't this just mean that Lico is recovering well?" Turan held Hesta's shoulders, "You will too."

Hesta closed her eyes, "I feel like I'm... trapped in this body, Turan."

"Don't worry," Turanwen said, "take your time, it will be fine."

On the first night in Tanyi, Turan and Hesta lay on the same bed and talked about the past. Hesta fell into a drowsy sleep until she caught the key word "Lico", and she opened her eyes, "Lico When are you coming?"

"She can't come here for the time being, because she was deported back then...Miss Chiba tried some methods, but they were all rejected by the coalition government in the end, but it doesn't matter, don't worry, she will be here in two months. The boat you headed to District [-] is waiting for you—she won’t disembark by then, so theoretically it doesn’t count as setting foot on the land of District [-].”

"How long are you going to stay this time?"

"One month, this month I won't go anywhere, just stay with you at the base."

"It's been so long, what about your... those projects?"

"Hey, don't mention it," Turan sighed, "I finally applied to a laboratory that studies the pathogenesis of chelation disease last fall. When I looked at the pre-admission list, I found that the [-] people I recruited I was the only girl, so I asked PMRC to re-check whether there was any hidden discrimination in the admission, but when the list was officially announced, the lab directly crossed out my name.”

"...how dare they do that."

"Yes, how dare they? I spent the whole winter of last year writing complaint letters and interviewing various academic fairness organizations in the first district. In the spring of this year, the professor in charge of that research group was finally expelled from the university and the research institute. All the management above the level of executive director in the city have also been replaced."

"Sounds good?"

"Not good! Very bad!" Turan sat up suddenly, "My time is all wasted on this kind of thing... That professor has a lot of criminal records - just because she is a woman, so every time she The explanation of claiming that I recruit people based on ability rather than gender has passed. If I hadn’t had an AHgAs background and finally alerted Office 006 to intervene in the investigation, this matter would have been closed in the end.”

Hesta looked at her, "Then what are your plans next?"

"It's a blessing in disguise." Turan twisted his hair and lay down again, "I applied for a young scholar program newly established by the Ava Morgan Foundation last year, and they will provide me with three-year financial support , it means that I am now an independent scholar, and it just so happened that several research institutes in the second district and the sixth district have sent me invitations——I haven’t decided where to go, anyway, it’s not bad.”

Hesta clapped his hands lightly, "Congratulations."

……

In the following days, Turan did spend every day in the underground hospital at the base. Hesta was unable to move, so she helped him with many things, such as going to the province of Niah to help Hesta pick up the letters and books placed there. , to send an unsigned postcard to a woman named Tina in the Independence Prison. More often, she sits at the table next to Hesta and works, and turns back when Hesta needs help.

Since the lower body is prosthetic, Turan can freely control her height. She occasionally uses this function to tease the doctors and nurses here. Most of them still remember the girl who escaped from the underground hospital. Turan has become their colleague, and everyone is more kind to her.

At the end of March, Turan and Hesta learned from the news that Ava had passed away last winter, and both of them fell into silence in shock.

Immediately afterwards, the news mentioned that in order to commemorate this pioneer who has made huge waves in the world for nearly 20 years, Tanyi City Hall has prepared a special commemorative event. Tomorrow, [-] aircraft will fly to various wastelands to perform combat missions The fighter planes flew over the city together, and dropped flowers on the ground along the central axis of Tan Yi's city.

Each flower is tied with a poem, most of which come from Ava's hand-picked books.

The underground hospital has strict rules and regulations, and Hesta is absolutely not allowed to leave without an appointment in advance.The two discussed together for a while, and decided to ask Chiba for help. They left the base very smoothly the next day—it was just that the two thought that Chiba would wait outside and travel with them, but on this day Chiba Ye never appeared.

At ten o'clock in the morning, Turan drove Hesta alone to a square, and the air defense sirens sounded like whimpers from all directions. Before them was a clear sky, and they saw fighter planes flying overhead from a distance, skimming over the city .

The two stood against the sun and tried their best to look at the sky. In the rain of loose flowers, they each took one flower.

Turan turned around and handed the flowers to Hesta.

"Come on, exercise your fingers, and tear down the verses on it."

Hesta accepted the challenge, and with trembling fingers, she unwrapped the first note.

Turan leaned over and read in a low voice:

"A curse from the depths of a woman's heart
very salty, very bitter, very good" (1)

The past suddenly reappeared, and the bits and pieces of the past at Ava’s house flashed back in Hesta’s mind like a movie. She remembered every conversation she had with Ava, Ava’s sarcasm and comfort, those book clubs, and every moment there. The face of a woman was in a trance for a while.

"……simple?"

"I'm fine," Hesta came back to her senses, she shook her head, "I'll come again...to dismantle the second flower."

Hesta took a deep breath, but her hands trembled even more. The warm spring sun shone on her face, illuminating her whole body.

The note was unfolded, and it was written——

it's getting late
Too much to talk about

It doesn't matter, it's too late tonight, there's still tomorrow. (2)

——End of this volume——

(1) From a poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, I read the quotation in "How to Suppress Women from Writing", and the author of "Suppression" read the quotation in "Women in Literature", what is the original text ,I did not find it.

(2) From Rumi's "Into the Orchard in Spring"

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