Why it never ends

"She and Xiang Hanshan met in high school, you know that, right?"

"I heard Han Shan mentioned it," Hesta said, "The two of them met in the club."

In the night market street near the school, Hesta and Fawn were sitting on the outdoor seats of a food stall.

It was not yet four o'clock, most restaurants were empty, and the night market stalls had not yet been set up. There were not many students in sight on the whole street, and everything was deserted.

Fawn ordered a large bowl of boiled peanuts. The rich aroma of nuts and spices were mixed together. Fawn liked it very much and ate a bunch of them in minutes. During the conversation, she inadvertently glanced towards Hestad's side - the tabletop in front of Hestad was still empty, but the peanut shells in front of her had already piled up into a small mountain.

"You want to eat too -" mid-sentence, Fan suddenly realized something, "Do you want me to peel it for you?"

"I don't like peanuts, thank you." Hesta whispered, "They met in the club, and then what?"

"Grandpa Xiang Hanshan started her career by making medical equipment. After her father's generation, hundreds of flowers blossomed. Her father and several uncles were good at everything. They made more money than they could spend in a lifetime. For most people, , being born in a place like Song Xueyuan is like winning the lottery, not to mention being born with a silver spoon in her mouth... But maybe it's because she is lucky, a bit too lucky, this person has always been a bit Inexplicable."

"baffling?"

"How should I put it, existential crisis?" Fawn said with a smile. "People live too easily, and they can't help but think, 'What's the point of my life?' - this kind of question is a trap. If you think about it seriously, you will Trapped in it, a good person will go wrong if she thinks about it. I guess the reason why she became good friends with Lin Jiao is because Lin Jiao never thought about this kind of problem——"

"...You know Lin Jiao never wants to?"

"Aha, let me change my words...Lin Jiao has never been troubled by this kind of problem." Fan grabbed the toilet paper roll beside him and wiped the juice on his hands very sloppily, "You don't have to follow this Let me use some force, she is obviously not that kind of person."

"It sounds like Lin Jiao's family background is not bad?" Hesta said softly, "After all, she also lives in Songxueyuan."

"On the contrary, when the two first met, Lin Jiao's mother had passed away for many years, and the house her family of five lived in was not as big as Hanshan's bedroom." Fawn said, "You may not have seen it. The house that was converted into a bicycle shed in an old-fashioned community is more than ten or twenty square meters. It is difficult to turn around in the house on rainy days.

"When Lin Jiao first entered high school, she was almost expelled because within a month of enrolling, she started a small group that helped people write their homework. At first, she did it by herself, but later she found that there were too many rich people in the school. After that, she recruited a few more seniors to join the team. Others were responsible for doing homework, and she was responsible for recruiting new employees and dividing accounts... When she was reported, she had already earned a little over 5,000, right? Half a year's salary of an ordinary person."

"It's amazing."

"Yes, she later made a self-examination in front of the whole school and refunded the money. Considering her family's difficulties and her attitude of admitting her mistake, the school did not pursue the case further - but do you think she stopped later?"

"...If you say that, it means there is no more."

"Haha, but she has learned to be smart and no longer does her classmates' business. She made a fake identity to help college students write their final papers, which cost one thousand and five rupees each, because 'there are rich and idle wastes in the university. More'." Hesta looked at her watch and said, "...I have classes tonight, can you pick up the key points?"

"Okay, okay... Lin Jiao, I believe you can feel it too. She is very good at concatenating detailed information to deduce the true appearance of things, and her execution ability is also very strong. She basically never went home during the winter vacation of her freshman year of high school. She has been They all stayed together with Xiang Hanshan. Lin Jiao also attended the events that Xiang Hanshan attended... I also met them at that time, in Pingjing, in the core city."

Hesta's eyes changed slightly, "...the two of them went to the Core City?"

"Ah."

"Can the core city of District 14 be visited casually? Ordinary people——"

"Let me remind you that those who are as rich as Xiang Hanshan can no longer be considered ordinary people." Fawn said softly, "She went with her father. Not only can she go, but she can also bring her own Go with good friends.”

"what activity?"

"A certain investiture ceremony. After all, this kind of ceremony also requires an audience...but I can't remember who it is." Fawn replied, "After the ceremony, in addition to the fixed dinner, everyone will usually be organized in Let's spend half a day visiting the core city together, and then take a look at the mother city from a distance... Lin Jiao and Xiang Hanshan got lost during the visit. Xiang's father didn't notice, and he didn't call the police until more than two hours after they left. . I was on duty at the time. After receiving the alarm, I went out to look for people and brought these two back to the team from the edge of the mother city."

"...What did they see?"

"Then you can only ask them themselves." Fawn replied, "But in short, Lin Jiao began to have a fanatical belief in survivalism. After that, her actions attracted our attention, but the relevant information so far has not been They only circulated within the Mei County workstation - we have not reported it, and neither the coalition government nor Office 2 are aware of their existence."

"Why didn't you report it?"

Fawn put his elbows on the table and leaned his forehead in the direction of Hesta, "Have you ever entered the Mother City?"

"No."

"...Hey, there's no point in lying. In 4626, you were the core of the 'Grand Palace Maid' riot in District , right?" Fine stared into Hesta's eyes. "There were at least two chelates at that time. Breaking through the defense of the Mother City, how could you, as the mercury needle involved, never enter the Mother City?"

"I'm not lying," Hesta replied calmly, "This is related to the way I fought during that period. In those years, I rarely participated in direct attacks on chelates. Most of the time, I was used as a bait to cause chelates. Pay attention to create hunting opportunities for colleagues. In the fifth area, considering that the chelate had been staying on the edge of the mother city and had no signs of breaking into the core position, the combat plan formulated by Office No. 2 was made by me. Lead out the three chelates in turn.”

"They didn't let you in?"

"No need." Hesta replied, "I just need to stand at the entrance, and the chelate will smell my scent. The primary purpose of that battle is to avoid fighting inside the mother city. Of course, our ambush site must be chosen. Outside the Mother City.”