Why it never ends

In his sleep, Su Lei found himself in the corridor outside Bishop's restaurant at some point.

The red carpet was extremely thick, and every foot seemed to be stepping on soft water plants. She wanted to ask loudly if there was anyone around, but she couldn't make any sound, as if she was underwater.

Suddenly, she found a young man standing at the end of the corridor, his age was similar to many young people on this ship.

The boy in his baggy uniform looked at her motionless.

A premonition rose in Su Lei's heart, and she stepped forward quickly, wanting to talk to the boy, but for some reason, no matter how she ran, the distance between the two never decreased.

Suddenly, the boy turned his head and looked to the side, as if someone was calling him, he took a step back, turned and walked towards the corner of the corridor.

Su Lei was extremely anxious, and she started to run wildly, but the corridor receded even faster, and the road covered with red carpet began to distort, deform, and even crack——

Su Lei suddenly opened his eyes.

Even though she had realized that she was dreaming just now, she could still feel her heart beating wildly at this moment, as if the running in the dream really existed. She stretched out her hand to cover half of her face, breathing heavily.

"Are you dreaming?" Hesta's voice came from not far away, Su Lei looked sideways and saw that Hesta was still lying on the bed.

Su Lei stroked his hair, "...you're awake too."

"It's been a long time since I woke up," Hesta replied, "but I don't remember."

Su Lei let out a long breath, and fell on the bed again. She felt that she must have slept for a long time, but it was strange that after being awake for a long time, sleep seemed to not only make her feel refreshed, but intensified her feeling of exhaustion. .

She rubbed her forehead for a while, then turned her head, and saw Hesta lying flat on the bed and looking at the ceiling, her expression seemed very focused.

Su Lei followed her gaze and looked up, "What are you looking at?"

"Counting the thread," answered Hesta, "I find it seems to be in strict symmetry."

Su Lei laughed silently.

Hesta turned his head sideways and looked at Su Lei, "You just called out a name,"

"……what name."

"Xiao Yu." Hesta whispered, "Who is this?"

Su Lei's throat twitched slightly, but she didn't answer. She turned over and sat up, stepping on her cotton slippers, "...how about the others, why are there just the two of us in the room?"

"Miss Chiba and Rico are outside, discussing the next shift, and should be back soon."

Su Lei looked at the alarm clock on the table, and was taken aback when he saw the hour hand pointing to 7, "We slept all day?"

Hesta yawned, "I can sleep through the night."

Su Lei walked to the hanger absent-mindedly, and she quickly took off the coat hanging on it, shook it off, and put it on.

"Let's get up first, I'm going to sleep now, I guess it will be early in the morning when I wake up again... Get up and move around, I can resume my routine tonight."

"Could you give me a hand?" Hesta smiled, "I'm a bit weak right now."

Before the words fell, Li Ke pushed the door open and entered.

"Good evening, ladies, we can order now. If you don't want to go to Bishop's again... hey," Li Ke looked at Si Lei, "Why are you wearing Jane's clothes?"

Su Lei lowered his head in a daze, only to realize that he was indeed wearing Hesta's uniform, and her own black jacket was still hanging on the hanger beside her.

"I'm really sleepy, I said why is this dress so big..." Si Lei took off one sleeve, "Come—"

Suddenly, Su Lei let out a deep scream, Li Ke and Hesta were startled at the same time, one stepped forward quickly, and the other turned over and fell to the ground.

Si Lei clutched his neck and sat back on the chair, "Don't be nervous, don't be nervous, I'm fine—"

Just as he was talking, Si Lei put down his hand—the palm was covered with blood.

"Is it okay? Why is it bleeding?"

"It's okay, I just got scratched by something," Si Lei grabbed

Touching the uniform on the side twice, "What is this..."

The heads of the three of them moved together, and there was a blue metal etched knife on the collar of the uniform that Si Lei was holding, on which was written "seeking help is the act of the strong".

"……brooch?"

Hesta breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately sat down covering her chest. She closed her eyes and waited belatedly for the pain to pass.

Li Ke took out alcohol cotton balls and Band-Aids, and quickly completed the wound treatment after simple disinfection.

"Others' brooches hang on their chests, and yours hangs on their necklines. Look, Su Lei has become the first victim." Li Ke laughed, "Fortunately, the shave wasn't deep, and a few centimeters to the side should be rubbed." to the artery."

"But I've been wearing it like this for more than half a year...it's fine."

"I was not careful. I haven't been feeling well since I woke up," Su Lei said in a low voice. "Maybe I'm hungry... Order me a veal with white sauce."

"I'd like minced meat pie, plus a tuna salad..." Hesta suddenly remembered something, "What day is it today, is there a cheese pot in the restaurant?"

"Don't worry about the cheese pot, can you finish the whole thing?" Li Ke took the tablet in the room and operated it, "Let me have Wulian stew... For dessert, I will choose today's special of the restaurant, okay? ?”

The other two made an OK gesture at the same time.

"This brooch is quite special," Si Lei looked at the blood-stained eclipse, "I haven't noticed the words on it before... Is this a souvenir of some event?"

"No," Li Ke replied, "it was given by a teacher at the base. I also got one before, but I don't know where I put it."

"teacher?"

"Well, the teacher in charge of our mental health," Hester replied, "Valenti Wiggin."

Viking……

Looking at the sentence on the eclipse, Su Lei suddenly remembered that she also knew a Viking, but that "Viking" had changed his surname to Clifford...

Many past events came to mind, and Si Lei sighed softly.

"It makes sense, this sentence." Si Lei put the brooch back on the coffee table, "Dare to ask for help, which in itself means courage."

Li Ke glanced at her, "... Is this how you understand this sentence?"

Si Lei frowned, "Why not?"

"Just... the literal meaning, asking for help, is the behavior of the strong, because only the strong know how to ask for help."

Su Lei frowned even tighter, "We seem to be expressing the same meaning?"

"No, not at all." Li Ke shook his head, "To successfully ask for help, first, you must have people around you who can really help you; second, they must be willing to help you; Look them in the eye. Anyway, I’ve seen a lot of people who have a problem and want help from others, and they either find it boring or cause more trouble for what they say-they don’t know who to turn to and how to turn to it .”

Hesta groped for a while, "You mean, asking for help is... the privilege of the strong."