Why it never ends

Chapter 415 The Door

Hesta suddenly regretted talking about Anna's message with Rico - Rico is very smart, even if she didn't mention the first meeting with Anna at all, she guessed that Chiba was acting suspiciously in the whole matter .

"I don't think so." Hesta could only speak bluntly, "Perhaps this is also one of Anna's arrangements, she just wants to see us suspect each other—"

"What's the plan? It's none of Anna's business. I'll just talk about Qianye. With her ability, she told you to watch the night, why did she let you run around—"

"I don't know...but I don't want to ask either."

"Do you want to ask or dare not ask?"

"...Why do you think so?" Hesta frowned, "The trust between us——"

"Listen to me, I have always trusted Qianye, but it was trust in her ability: she said she would do something, and she would be able to do it, and that's all I believe in. If one day she promises If something doesn't work out, I immediately suspect that she has a different purpose at all—and it's based on trust in her ability."

"I agree with this to a certain extent," Hesta said in a low voice, "What I'm questioning is what you said 'dare not', there is nothing in it, I just..."

"I know Qianye is very good to you, and you have always been very harmonious, because she has never used any powerful means on you before—"

"She won't in the future, even if I sometimes have reservations about her, it's definitely not because of 'dare not'—"

"Do you think I dare not dare to say anything?" Li Ke interrupted Hesta again, "Of course I know that you didn't speak out because you were afraid of her, but because you were afraid of telling Chiba all these things. After talking about it, you will suddenly find that she is no longer the Chiba you trusted before!"

"...Rico."

"I've wanted to say it a long time ago," Li Ke took a deep breath, "If you really trust someone, you shouldn't hold back at this time, you should ask Qianye what he thinks ——Last time I suspected that you, Su Lei, had the same reaction. Can you maintain trust without asking, even if you already have doubts in your heart? I see a lot of things that are boring in my heart, and finally something goes wrong——When did you change your mind? You've got to look around like this, you've never been like this before."

"Don't read Lico... I have a headache."

"Tomorrow I will ask Qianye what is going on, will you listen when I come back from asking?"

Hesta was silent for a moment without answering.

Rico withdrew her hand. She supported her face with one hand and looked at Hesta, "Do you remember the few days when you first came to the base, I rarely showed up?"

Hesta thought for a while: "...I don't remember."

"During that time, I was arguing with Liz. I even wrote the online application for changing the apartment, but I kept it in the draft box and didn't submit it."

"...and this kind of thing," Hesta raised his head with a puzzled expression, "what are you arguing about?"

"I don't remember the specific quarrel, I just remember that time, I especially hated her..." Li Ke narrowed his eyes, "'hypocrisy'."

"Hypocrisy?" Hesta propped up the mattress with his left hand, and half-raised his upper body, "You can't blame Liz for anyone who is hypocritical—"

"You're pretty hypocritical now."

Hesta was dumbfounded for a moment.

"You people have a habit, but if you see a door that is ajar, you will assume that it cannot be opened. You will always have this kind of tacit understanding-it will be impolite if you get closer, and you will be misunderstood and misunderstood if you get closer. Rejected, but you care about the person behind the door, how can you not break in and have a look?
"Liz told me a story about a porcupine before, has she told you about it? Just two porcupines keep warm in winter. They will sting if they are close, and cold if they are far away, so you need to find a suitable place to be warm. They don’t hurt each other—she likes to listen to these far-fetched stories. Askia is very prosperous. I don’t think she has even seen a porcupine. When a porcupine sleeps in winter, it is tightly attached to each other. Sticking it backwards and sticking it sideways... porcupines are not stupid, they always put away their thorns when it is safe, so how can they stab other pigs at every turn?"

Just as Hesta was about to say something, Rico continued.

"I know your logic, 'humanity is not testable, if you value a relationship you should avoid putting it to the test'. You both have that self-awareness - stop before things get out of hand, stop before you become Stop before hysteria, so as to leave room for yourself and others... You are all civilized people, you are advanced."

"Rico..."

"Do you know what I think?" Li Ke lowered his voice, but his voice still carried some uncontrollable emotions, "If things really get out of hand, I would rather not have that room and find out what happened. What, how do you know that the person behind the door doesn't want to open the door for you, or that she is too weak to open the door, maybe...the person on the other side also needs you?"

Hesta looked at Lico with a complicated expression, and the two looked at each other for a long time, and Lico looked away first.

"One of the things I regret the most now is that I didn't write a complaint letter to Office 004 after knowing that Liz helped the police station from time to time... This is the one thing I regret the most, just because I know Liz has her own Thoughts, she always has a reason."

Hesta closed his eyes and hugged Rico again.

"I beg you all to stop engaging in these cloudy things," Li Ke whispered, "If you want to know something, just ask it clearly."

"...There will be no answer."

"How do you know that you haven't even spoken?"

"I know." Hesta replied, "Tomorrow, no matter what you ask Miss Chiba, she will definitely not say anything."

"Then what are you going to ask?"

"It's the same." Hesta recalled what he saw tonight, with a low voice, "'If you want to understand everything, you must stand in the game yourself. If you don't take risks, you can't enter the game'——Anna has already written everything in the letter Understand."

Rico was silent for a while.

"Maybe that's why I can't stay in the third district. I can never figure out, and I can't be bothered to figure out what's going on in the minds of you people."

"District [-], is it fun?"

"It's fun," Rico twirled Hesta's hair with his fingers, "Come and find me when you don't have a mission, and you'll know."

"That shouldn't be too long...maybe next summer."

"Summer is good. Although tourists flock to the island in summer, I know several archipelagos that are not open to the public. If you come, I can take you fishing. There are still islands on the main land of District [-]. Several forests available for hunting in the fall.

(End of this chapter)