Why it never ends

About 10 minutes later, the noise of the dishwasher coming from the kitchen came from the kitchen. Hesta, who was waiting in the living room, stood up to check. The maintenance man was squatting in front of the machine to observe its operation.

"Are you ready?" Hesta asked.

"Okay, your dishwasher is not broken." The master patted the machine and raised his head, "Everything is fine."

"OK?"

"Because there is water in the chassis of your dishwasher, the float switch is always turned off. Did you know? There is water under it, so the machine is always powered off..." the maintenance man gestured, "you young people can search online for a video about such a problem. Just check it out, there’s no need to call someone to come to your door..."

Hesta was half-understood, but said thank you anyway.

Before leaving, the maintenance man passed by the living room and pointed at the flowers on the ground, "Can I take a few to go?"

Hesta understood it for a moment, then nodded, "You take it."

The maintenance man leaned down and carefully picked up four or five intact flowers from the messy ground. He put the flowers in his hand and left happily.

The whole house became quiet again. Hesta stood in the empty living room, her eyes slowly moved up and landed on the door at the entrance to the second floor.

Hesta stood there for several minutes, and finally walked up the stairs and knocked on Ding Xueyang's door.

"...What's wrong?" Ding Xueyang's voice came from the room, "Can't the dishwasher be repaired?"

"It's fixed." Hesta stood outside the door, "Are you okay?"

"Oh...I...I'm fine."

Silence fell in the room. Hesta stood in front of the white wooden door. After waiting for a long time, he did not hear any footsteps - Ding Xueyang had no intention of opening the door.

Hesta waited for a while and then said, "I have an evening class at 06:30, so I have to go out at six o'clock. Before that, I am in my room. If you need me anywhere, just call me." If you open the door or call me, I will come up when I hear you."

Hesta lowered her head and saw the light and shadow changing slightly in the gap between the floor and the door. There was a slight dragging sound of chairs in the room, but the door still did not open.

"...Thank you." Ding Xueyang whispered, "Thank you for your hard work. You...go and have a rest."

Hesta went downstairs.She pulled out the chair at the dining table, sat alone in the living room, and then listened intently to what was going on upstairs.

The setting sun outside the window gradually set in the west, and the shadow moved slowly behind her.

At [-]:[-], the sound of the elevator opening was heard in the corridor - Xu Ruyi was back.The moment she opened the door, Xu Ruyi exclaimed, but soon realized what had happened. Then, she saw Hesta sitting in the living room.

"Ah...Jane...? You, when did you come back."

"Four o'clock." Hesta stood up, "Your daughter is in the room upstairs, alone."

"Okay...I'll go up and take a look."

Xu Ruyi put down a huge satchel, and the glass food boxes in the bag clinked together, making a slight sound.

Xu Ruyi walked quickly towards the stairs, and suddenly turned around halfway, "Are you hungry? There should be a prepared dinner in the refrigerator. If you are hungry, just take it out and heat it up——"

"I still have class at 06:30," Hesta picked up her schoolbag, "Since you're back, I'm going out." "06:30?" Xu Ruyi glanced at the clock, "Then go quickly, you're already late now ah--"

The moment he left home, Hesta suddenly felt relieved.She shook her head, trying to shake off all the complicated thoughts behind her, and then ran with all her strength again.

All evening, Hestad could no longer focus on class.She sat in the back row of the classroom and fell asleep. The whole afternoon's concentration consumed more of her energy than she imagined. She had many dreams in her hazy state, one after another.

In the last dream, she returned to the Shengming again, but this time there was no one on board.

In the terrifying sea breeze, Hesta in her dream decided to go to Anna's study. However, when she opened the familiar iron door, there were no longer stacked round bookshelves behind the door. Tan Yi's Duke's Residence.

A flash of lightning illuminated the dim living room, and Alvira stood not far away, with a pale face... and smiled at her.

Hesta opened her eyes suddenly, and the bright white light from the ceiling made her feel a sting.In the distance, in the center of the lecture theater, the teacher is still writing hard in front of the green blackboard. Except for the students in the first two rows who are listening carefully, most of the students are doing their own things quietly - such as the girl on Hesta's right. , she directly put on her earphones and silently took notes on the small screen at hand, as if she was taking an online class from another teacher.

At eight o'clock sharp, the evening classes ended. Hesta carried her bag and walked out. The dizzy feeling during the day came back. She yawned several times and walked in the opposite direction of the crowd.

"Hey!!" A familiar voice came from behind. Hesta turned around and saw the girl who had talked to him on the second floor of Wenhui Building striding towards him.

Hesta urgently searched for her name in her mind. At that time, she had even written her own name.

what do you say that is……

Oh, Lin Jiao!

"Why are you going this way? Aren't you going back to the dormitory?"

"I don't live in the school now." Hesta replied softly, "It's closer this way."

Lin Jiao was startled, "You're not going to the family area, are you?"

"Yeah." Hesta nodded, "We have to go through the family area and then cross the road."

"I heard that that area has been unsafe these past two days. Have you ever encountered it?"

Hesta shook her head, "What exactly is unsafe?"

"I've heard that too, but I'm not sure," Lin Jiao replied, "It seems like there are perverts who follow girls who walk alone. Anyway, be careful if you want to pass by."

The two briefly exchanged greetings. During the conversation, Hesta noticed that there were still several girls in black waiting not far away.When Lin Jiao took the initiative to end the conversation and say goodbye to Hesta, the girls also waved to Hesta in a friendly manner.

Hesta watched them disappear at the top of the stairs, and suddenly felt more vitality in her body.She didn't waste any time and immediately trotted towards the family area - at this time, except for a few small supermarkets on campus, there were almost no people downstairs in the entire family area. The orange street lights illuminated the deserted street scene, which really looked like that. A bit of a weird atmosphere.

However, she circled the entire family area four or five times, but failed to encounter any suspicious pedestrians. After wandering for nearly 10 minutes, Hestad had no choice but to walk home without interest.

She had completely memorized the way back, and even if her mind was completely empty, she would still return the same way.

Hesta took a deep breath before pushing open the familiar door.

"I am back.