Why it never ends

Several people entered the corridor leading to the backstage through the small door on the side of the auditorium. Before they arrived, they heard many anxious urging sounds coming from there, most of which were confirming the final personnel positions and prop information.

Many people in costumes passed by Eleven. The sequins and exaggerated headdresses on their bodies aroused strong interest among the children. She almost immediately put Lin Jiao's instructions behind her. After looking around, she quickly locked onto a dressing table. Just as she was about to rush over, she was lifted up in the air by her collar.

"Let-let me-"

Eleven screamed at the top of his lungs, and the next second Hesta held her waist with one hand.

"Don't run around." Hesta looked into Eleven's eyes mercilessly, "Running around, let's leave now."

"You can't see it even if I leave!"

"Then don't watch——"

"simple?"

Hesta heard a familiar voice, and she turned around. In the whole noisy and chaotic environment, Ksenia was standing four or five steps away from her, holding a head of fiery red hair.

Ksenia was wearing the traditional costume of the Hesta people. There were many hairpins on her originally long apricot-brown hair, which was firmly fixed on her scalp with a thick layer of hairspray, showing a kind of quilt. Over-sculpted strangeness.

"It's really you!" Kseniya's eyes widened a little, "I just felt like I saw you on the side of the stage, and I thought I was wrong!"

Hesta was speechless, her eyes fell on the red wig in Ksenia's hand.

"You, you are today..."

Eleven took the opportunity to break free from Hesta's hand, but before he could run a few steps, Lin Jiao grabbed his shoulder and dragged him back into Hesta's hands.

"Take care of your little friend." Lin Jiao struggled to control Eleven who was charging like a bull, "You—"

Eleven tried to pull away but to no avail. Her cheeks were red with anxiety and she screamed and cried.

Hesta was a little dazed at first, but now she encountered Eleven going crazy again, and she seemed a little absent-minded for a moment. Kseniya squatted down with a smile, grabbed a few candies from her pocket, and whispered something to Eleven. Eleven stopped crying, frowned, peeled off the candy wrapper, and took one in her mouth. .

"Sorry." Hesta grabbed Eleven's arm.

Ksenia raised her head and said, "Why are you here?"

"...Lin Jiao brought me here." Hesta looked at Lin Jiao aside, her voice still a little confused, "I didn't know you were here too -"

In the distance, a young girl suddenly shouted Kseniya's name. Kseniya turned around and said, "What's wrong?"

"Did you see Sinan's hat? He said he didn't have it in his duffel bag—"

"It's all at Teacher Wu's place!" Ksenia frowned, "Tell him to stay well and don't worry about his hat!"

"okay!"

"Are you busy?" Hesta said quickly, "If you are busy, I won't disturb you."

"Haha, that's it. I have almost all my own things," Kseniya raised the hairband in her hand, "That's all that's left."

"Shall I help you?" Lin Jiao asked.

"Ah good!"

Several people came to the dressing table, and Hesta stood diagonally behind Ksenia.

Looking at Ksenia in the mirror, she was speechless for a moment. “How have you been recently?” Kseniya asked, “I heard something about Teacher Zuo, and he seems to have been targeting you.”

"...That's it." Hesta smiled, "What else can he do to me?"

"I wanted to ask you out a few days ago to look at this outfit, but I thought you might not be in the mood to care about such things recently, so I gave it up," Ksenia said softly, "Do you think it's restored enough? I am I found some photos and altered them myself. Some of the embroidery patterns were too complicated, so I just cut out some scraps of fabric to make collages - I feel like the effect would be good offstage?"

"Everything is fine." Hesta replied softly, "It looks good."

"Really?" Ksenia laughed, "I was worried -"

"Ksenia! Sinan asked you if it would be convenient for you to confirm with Teacher Wu whether his hat is there or not. He can't figure out where he put his hat and his whole body is feeling bad!"

Ksenia took a deep breath, then lowered her head and tapped the screen of her phone as if she was wearing a mask of pain. Behind her, Lin Jiao looked in the mirror and adjusted the position of her hair. After looking left and right, she straightened up and said, "Okay."

"...Thank you." Ksenia's eyes did not leave the screen, "It was a big help."

"Where is Xiao Shuren? I'm here to find her." Lin Jiao said softly, "Where can I find her now?"

"Don't go now, she is busy right now." Ksenia whispered, "Come back later when the play starts. She will stay on the left side of the stage."

"Okay. I'll come back later." Lin Jiao took a step back, "Then I wish you a smooth debut."

Kseniya turned on the phone, shook her head and sighed, "Thank you..."

"I'm leaving first," Hesta said softly, "I wish you -"

"Ksenia, my hat -"

A voice cut off the last sentence of Hesta, and another familiar figure broke into the mirror of the dressing table. Mesnan, dressed in coarse linen clothes, stumbled over. Before he could get closer, he saw him standing in Kseni. Hesta next to Ya. He stopped walking for a moment, and his expression became slightly frozen for a moment.

Kseniya got up angrily and walked to Mesnan in a few steps, "Didn't you see the message I sent you? Teacher Wu has already replied to me. She is keeping your hat, and you are still running away." What are you doing here?"

"Uh...I..."

"Where's your flute!?"

"...here it is." Mei Sinan immediately took out the bamboo flute fastened to his waist, "I'm ready."

"Go back quickly!" Kseniya frowned and urged. Then, she changed her expression and looked back at Lin Jiao and Hesta, "I'll see you off."

"No need, just get busy."

"Send you to the corridor," Ksenia insisted. "Today is really not a good time to chat. Let's make an appointment to have a good get-together after this busy period is over..."

Speaking of this, she suddenly looked at Hesta, "You said you asked for my number a long time ago. I was still wondering that day. Why did you ask me for my contact information in such a serious manner? Ha, it took so long. Yeah, you haven’t sent me a single message—"

Hesta suddenly stopped.

"Because I always feel that we will meet again."

Lin Jiao and Kseniya also stopped at the same time.

Ksenia turned around, "...huh?"

"I always feel that a more suitable opportunity will arise," Hesta said seriously, "but I am worried that if I don't leave your contact information that day, I will completely lose news about you."