Why it never ends

In a novel sense of urgency, Hesta quickly ate everything in the bowl and went back to her room to pick up her packed backpack.This scene made Hesta suddenly recall the scene of the previous mission. Everything was immediate and direct. They were in perfect harmony and did not waste any time in any link.

From the moment they both rushed out of the entrance with their bags on their backs, Ding Yuqing started laughing.She took Hesta into the elevator, and they each occupied a corner of the elevator in silence. When the elevator door opened again, Ding Yuqing pulled up Hesta's left sleeve and started running again.

Hesta followed Ding Yuqing leisurely, laughing again while watching her run.The two ran for about 30 meters. Ding Yuqing stopped panting. She turned around and saw Hesta standing behind her with a calm face. She couldn't help but be a little surprised, "...you, you are not tired?"

"You also need to exercise more." Hesta replied, "That's how far it goes."

"Are you in a hurry to go to school?"

Hesta looked at the time - it was only 10:[-], and there were still [-] minutes before class, so there was plenty of time.

"I'm not in a hurry," Hesta replied, "but don't you have class at eight o'clock in the morning? You should just go over now and not be late -"

"No, I'm already late now!" Ding Yuqing replied cheerfully, "We are late since the morning reading at 07:30!"

"then you--"

"Let's go!" Ding Yuqing grabbed Hesta's sleeve again, "I'll buy you a cup of coffee!"

……

The two of them walked through the streets and alleys, and Hestad vaguely felt that the general direction was still heading towards the University of Technology, but the streets and alleys they passed through were always separated from the main street by a row of buildings.

Finally, the two stopped at the door of a cafe that was half-opened. The interior here was a little dark because the lights were not turned on. Most of the chairs were still lying upside down on the table. There was only one waiter standing outside the bar wiping the table. Not far behind her, a young man with long hair said something excitedly.

The moment Hesta pushed the door open, the man spoke urgently: "I must see Mrs. Kajia again——"

"Ah, there are guests." The waiter interrupted the conversation. She smiled at Ding Yuqing, then turned to the man and said, "Let's go."

However, the man did not move. His sad look seemed to indicate that he was still brewing something. The waiter issued a warning before he spoke: "We are about to start business today. Are you sure? Do you want to Will you continue to stay here?"

The young man was immediately filled with shame and anger, and could no longer say a word.

"Sorry." The man said goodbye with a trembling voice, "Anyway... tell her I was here."

He ran out of the restaurant in despair and almost bumped into Hesta.

"Who is that person?" Ding Yuqing asked, "I don't think I have seen this face before."

"There's no need to remember it." The waiter threw the towel back into the recycling basket. "This is too annoying. Kajia won't like it."

"Really?" Ding Yuqing tried to look back at the man's back, "But I feel like he looks pretty good...?"

"It's impossible. At least there won't be anything going on with him in the next few weeks."

"Are you so sure?"

"Yes," the waiter led Ding Yuqing and Hesta to a table and lowered his voice, as if saying a spell: "...the base of his tongue is strained."

Before Ding Yuqing could react, the waiter had straightened up and returned to her normal posture.

"any drinks?"

Ding Yuqing laughed, "Two cups of black coffee."

After the waiter left, Hesta looked at the decoration here. When she entered, she noticed that the store had no signboard, only a line of handwritten white text on the dark blue wallpaper on the right side of the bar.The wallpaper did not fit well with the wall. From this, Hesta recognized that there was another line of shallow marks under the wallpaper, but she could not see what it was for the moment.

"This cafe was newly opened this spring." Ding Yuqing said with a smile, "This used to be a bar, called 'Yongwu Place'." "Where is it now?" Hesta stared at the words on the blue wallpaper. , "Is that the name of the store?"

"Yes," Ding Yuqing nodded, "'if we stop pretending'."

"...Is this the name of the store?"

"Correct."

“I wouldn’t have thought this was a place to drink coffee unless you told me.”

"But this name is very good," Ding Yuqing said, "I came in when I passed by for the first time, just because of this name - as soon as I saw it, I felt that all my problems were contained in this sentence .”

Ding Yuqing also looked at the wall. Soon, she took a deep breath and looked back at Hesta, "Is going to college fun? Compared with middle school, do you feel any difference?"

"I don't know," Hesta replied. "I haven't been in a regular school."

"Then have you ever thought about what you will do after graduation?"

"It's too far to think about this now, because-"

"It's not far." Ding Yuqing held her face with her hands, "Growing up happens in an instant. Everything feels far away to you now. When you realize it, you will start looking for a job."

"...Then maybe, I'll go back to the army."

"Can you still go back?"

"You can go back," Hesta replied, "We are always short of people there."

The waiter brought two cups of coffee. Ding Yuqing's cup had nothing but coffee, and the small plate at Hesta's hand came with an extra sugar packet and a small biscuit.Hesta felt that the other person's eyes stayed on her hair for a long time - but this kind of thing became so common after entering District [-], she simply pretended not to notice it.

"What about you?" Hesta tore open the wrapping paper of the cookies, "What do you want to do in the future?"

Ding Yuqing took half a sip of coffee, but never took her eyes away from Hesta, "The army... is a place that makes you passionate?"

"Yes, I am more familiar with the life there." Hesta replied, "What do you want to do in the future?"

"...To be honest, I don't know either." Ding Yuqing leaned on the chair, "I just don't have the answer, so I want to hear other people's ideas - such as yours."

"Is there nothing you like to do now?"

"A lot, but nothing of value."

Hesta raised her head, "Value?"

"I can't make any money," Ding Yuqing tapped her fingers on the table, as if playing a discontinuous rhythm, "Don't you have this anxiety?"

"I'm not too short of money."

Ding Yuqing chuckled, and quickly looked at the person in front of her with admiration, "... Sometimes I also hope that I am a person with low desires."

"What do you need money for?"

"I don't have to do anything, I just need money," Ding Yuqing said softly, "I need a lot of money... a lot of money."