Why it never ends

Rico let out a long "um", she looked at Hesta, and suddenly showed a faint smile.

"What are you laughing at?" asked Hesta.

"I think it's interesting." Li Ke drew an arc in the air with his hand, "All these things are quite interesting... Will Anna still be on the second floor tonight? If so, I'll go down and find her for a drink. "

Hesta glanced at the time, "It should be."

"How long does she usually stay?"

"I don't know. If there are too many people, she may stay later."

"Aren't you coming?"

Hesta shook her head, "I don't have anything to talk to her about right now, wait until I finish the book."

Rico glanced at the book in Hesta's hand, and then looked straight at it, "Sometimes I really want to remind you..."

"Ok?"

"You know Anna is kind of weird and unbelievable, right?"

Hesta raised her head slightly, "I know, how many times she lied to me...Are you worried that I will still be fooled by her?"

"It doesn't matter what she says, or what she puts in these books she gave you... don't take it too seriously, okay? Just act like we're playing a game that's going to end sooner or later—"

"Of course!" Hesta said eagerly, "How can I take these things seriously!"

"Okay." Li Ke stood up on his knees, "I'm going to change clothes."

……

After leaving the room, Su Lei stood quietly on the stairs alone.She took a deep breath to calm the violent churning emotions in her heart.

On the short dark steps, she suddenly heard Rico's laughter behind her - Rico was joking with Hesta in the room.Su Lei couldn't hear their words clearly, but he could feel the lightness that only belonged to young people.

At this moment, many images flashed back in her mind: Hesta's face, Chiba's face, Anna's face... Their expressions at certain moments were so similar that their eyes and eyebrows , mouth and nose will achieve a strange overlap in Si Lei's mind.

Su Lei's gaze gradually moved down until it landed on the room where Gustav was living at the moment - there was no sound behind the door, only a faint light came through the crack in the door.

Looking at the door, Si Lei's expression turned from tired to solemn, she moved her wrist joints silently, and walked slowly to the door.

Just as she was about to raise her hand to knock on the door, another hasty knock on the door suddenly came from behind her.

Su Lei turned his head and saw Jacqueline standing outside the glass door. She looked sweaty and short of breath, with curly hair on her forehead and sideburns, but she still tried her best to squeeze her mouth together and squeezed out a slap to Su Lei. Smile.

Su Lei immediately stepped forward to open the door, and she glanced at her watch—it was already 35:[-].

"...Why are you still here at this hour, didn't you go to the dinner party?"

Jacqueline didn't answer right away, she looked at Su Lei: "Do you have time now!"

"What?"

"Mr. Fiance and the others want to see you."

"They?" Si Lei frowned slightly, "Who else is there besides Fayence?"

"Fayance, Adams...they are the ones anyway," Jacqueline clasped her hands and looked at Su Lei beggingly, "Not far away is the apartment over there, look—"

"Stop talking about that," Su Lei patted Jacqueline on the shoulder, "It's getting late, you go upstairs—"

Jacqueline took a step back.

"Jacqueline?"

"... Mr. Fayence said that if I really don't want to go to the dinner... yes, I don't have to go."

"'Should'? Why does Fayance say that?" Si Lei stared at the person in front of him, "Do you believe what he said?"

"He has a reason."

"What reason?"

"...Anyway, there is a reason. It's very complicated. It's hard for me to explain it to you," Jacqueline sighed. "You can ask it yourself."

Su Lei glanced at the corridor, but there was no one there.

"They want to see me, why don't they come by themselves?"

"It's too late," said Jacqueline, "they're worried it's not safe to come out like this, so..."

"Isn't it safe for me to go out?" Si Lei said coldly.

"You are different!" Jacqueline said immediately, but her voice suddenly became softer, "...you should be fine."

Looking at Jacqueline's face, Su Lei felt that everything was absurd. Just as she was about to chase away the guests, a hand suddenly went around his shoulder from behind - Li Ke suddenly appeared behind her at some point.

"Let's go," Li Ke pressed forward with half his weight, "Jane said she would be there too."

Jacqueline was taken aback, "Wait a minute—"

Su Lei looked back sideways, only to realize that Hesta was already sitting at the door. She was sitting in a wheelchair, lazily propping her face with her left hand.

"...When did you—"

"I wanted to go out and have some fun," Li Ke said softly, "and when I came out, you opened the door for her... We didn't mean to eavesdrop."

"What do you mean Jane is with me?" Su Lei said in a low voice, "Aren't you with us?"

"Didn't you say that I want to go out to blow some air by myself, and I've been suffocated to death in the room."

As soon as the words came out, Jacqueline from the corner of her eye was relieved, and Li Ke looked back at Hesta with a complicated expression—it was too obvious.

"Alright, let's talk about what we just said," Su Lei said, still looking in Hesta's direction, "Let's go."

"Wait." Hesta said suddenly.

Several people looked at her at the same time, and saw her grabbing the armrest and slowly getting up from the wheelchair.

"Who will help me carry the wheelchair down?"

……

Rico went out first.

The two elevators at the elevator entrance stopped at the sixth floor in unison, with two distinct no-passing signs blocking the door, and the entrance of the stairs beside it was full of various debris used to block the door.

Rico briskly jumped over the blocking chain, pressed the down key, and the brass pointer quickly rotated to the number five.

The moment the elevator doors closed, she saw Su Lei pushing Hesta forward, and Jacqueline trotting ahead of them.

Rico stared intently at the scene until it was completely cut off by the metal door.

She had a premonition that there would be another battle tonight, but there was no suspense about the outcome.

The elevator descended slowly, and when it reached the second floor, Li Ge also pressed the number 6 before leaving the car—just like what Su Lei would have done before.

The Hard Rock Bar was empty tonight. Rico came in and asked a few times. A crew member poked her head out from the backstage and asked her how many people there were. She said there was only one. superior.

"It's hard for me to come down, so let her ignore the night banquet?" Li Ke propped the table, "Anyway, there are no guests from us at the banquet tonight?"

"Yes, there are very important guests." The crew member replied, "But... Anyway, wait a moment, I will ask for you."

After a while, Anna and Putina appeared at the same time.

Li Ke didn't react until then, "...Did you come down together?"

"It's so boring to talk alone," Putinna laughed. "After all, it's more lively up there."

Anna looked at her: "Hello, Ms. Saul."