Why it never ends

Chapter 448
"Forget it," Hesta smiled, "it doesn't matter."

The sky in the distance had dawn light, and the sea level in the east was turning from black to dark blue. The five people all looked towards the sunrise at the same time. In this hazy morning light, Hesta felt a little sleepy.

Li Ke stood up and walked towards the edge of the viewing platform, "It's coming soon, don't doze off!"

Hesta blinked hard, trying to wake herself up, she turned to look at Su Lei, "Officer Su Lei is also from District [-], right?"

"Yes."

"I suddenly discovered that there are many people from District [-] on this ship," Hesta said softly, "You, Anna, Miss Chiba..."

"You count as half." Qianye said suddenly.

"Well," Hesta nodded, "I count as half."

"Why did you go to the third district?" Si Lei looked at Qianye, "You are such a powerful character, the mercury needle in the fourteenth district was willing to let you go?"

"Where do I want to go, how can anyone trap me?" Chiba tilted her upper body slightly, and loosened her neck, "If you don't want to stay there, just change to another place."

"How did Officer Su Lei come to the third district?" Hesta asked.

"...Uh," Su Lei was stunned for a while, as if thinking about how to answer this question, she raised her head, her voice was a little uncertain, "Strictly speaking...smuggling?"

Everyone turned to look at her.

"Are you kidding?" Chiba frowned, "When did you come to the third district?"

"In 14, in the spring of 4614, I remember," Su Lei recalled, "I was 23, at that time."

Hesta cast a curious glance at Su Lei. She often forgot that Su Lei was an elder 20 years older than her—in 4614, she was only two years old at that time.

"Twenty years ago, there were no such passenger ships going back and forth between different regions," Qianye said, holding his arms in his arms. "At that time, chelation disease was rampant, and it was a big deal for people in livable areas to cross regions—how did you smuggle them? "

"Maybe... it can't be counted as smuggling?" Su Lei said softly, "I found a bag, which contained a lady's ID and two tickets."

"and then?"

"Then I took the documents and went to the pier, checked the ticket, quarantined, boarded the ship..." Su Lei looked at Chiba, "It's gone."

"Impossible," Qianye frowned, "No one on the boat found out that you and your identity information did not match? There must be a few days between you picking up the boat ticket and finally boarding the boat to prepare, right? People didn’t report the loss? Unless you’re so smart that you picked up the boat ticket and went to the pier, otherwise—”

"I did go to the pier on the back foot." Su Lei replied, "As for the inspection on the ship... I can't remember clearly, anyway, I just came here."

"Just, directly..." Qianye rarely showed surprise, she paused for a moment, and let out a heartfelt sigh: "...you can, Si Lei."

"The situation was special at the time, so I didn't think about it that much..." Si Lei looked ahead and narrowed his eyes, "Well, it's better to say that I didn't think about anything at the time."

Hesta sat up enduring the pain, she was completely whetted by the story.

Gustav looked at Su Lei curiously, "Then... what about your family? Your parents, brother, won't you scare them by leaving so suddenly?"

Su Lei laughed, but didn't answer.

"And then?" Hesta asked again.

"Later when I came to the third district, those documents caused me some trouble, so I disposed of them all," Su Lei recalled in a calm tone, "The next year, the Victory Day amnesty, with the identity, I can do anything. It was much more convenient, and at that time I met a lot of people who were willing to give me a hand..."

Su Lei raised his head, "That's it, until today."

Hesta looked at Su Lei quietly. She still had many questions in her mind, and she wanted to speak, but felt that it was unnecessary.She imagined a young Su Lei walking on the street alone in the early morning. It might be raining or misty, but it must be a quiet time with few people... Otherwise, Su Lei might not have picked up that bag .

When does man embark on an unknown ship?

Think nothing, leave nothing.

Hesta imagined this feeling, and she wasn't sure about Su Lei's answer, but she knew that when a person fell into a place where there was nothing to lose, the courage to go forward could easily emerge from the bottom of her heart.

You can go anywhere, you can do anything...

As long as you can leave this place, as long as you can break through this pass!
"What's wrong?" Su Lei looked into Hesta's eyes, "Why are you looking at me like this..."

Hesta blinked and smiled.

"I just suddenly remembered a truth that Miss Chiba told me when I was a child," Hesta said softly, "She said that there are three kinds of people in this world who flout the rules and are difficult to deal with..."

"What are you talking about? Why don't you look at the sky!" Li Ge ran back, "If you don't look at the sky, it will be full light!"

Everyone raised their heads. In front of them, the light orange clouds had piled up brilliant colors on the sea surface. The sky light gradually faded to gray, green, light blue, deep blue...

It's already bright.

Rico grabbed the back of Hesta's wheelchair and pushed her around in a half circle.

"Look behind you, Jane!"

For a moment, Hesta held his breath.

Behind her, half of the night sky is still shining with stars, and the calm sea is shining with night waves, like a foreign land that is still sleeping.

The poles of light and darkness actually appeared at the same moment.

"Turn around again... Li Ke, push me around again."

Rico laughed, and she pushed Hesta to draw a huge circular trajectory on the viewing platform.The light and darkness in front of him was changing every moment, and Hesta was like a blind man who had never opened his eyes, completely overwhelmed by this strange sunrise on the sea.

The sun gradually rises from the east, illuminating everything.

Chiba looked at Hesta and Rico not far away, and suddenly felt in a good mood.

"Qianye," Si Lei turned sideways, "Shengming, can it really not return?"

Chiba smiled, "You don't need to ask any more."

"What is more important than human life?"

"Yes," Chiba opened her arms, her elbows resting on the fence behind her, "...more lives."

Si Lei frowned puzzled.

"Let's stop talking about this issue, shall we?" Qianye smiled and turned to look at Gustav, "Look, your little friend survived to see the sun today—be happy, Si Lei, and don't always look so sad of!"

"but--"

"Li Ge!" Qianye had already got up and walked towards the two people in the distance, "Don't push too fast, it's easy to fall—"

Si Lei stood where he was, and heard Gustav's cry from behind him.

(End of this chapter)