Why it never ends

"……I try my best."

"Is there anything else you need to let me know?"

"Yes, but don't worry." Hesta said, "I want to retrieve some files to take a look, but my current permissions are not enough, and it is easy to leave search traces... I don't want anyone to know that I have retrieved those files. document."

"Let Yu Xuekun help you too?"

"I also don't want her to know what I checked."

"Oh...what are you looking for?"

"About Ava," Hesta replied, "some... projects and cases that Ava handled in the past in the province of Nia."

Hesta paced slowly in the room. After walking back and forth, she heard Qianye's answer.

"Let me think about it and tell you what to do."

"There's one more thing," Hesta's voice lowered, "About the chelate that was killed in Mei County before—"

"Are you still investigating this?"

"It's not an investigation, it's just some details that make me feel a little strange..."

"Don't touch this case, Jane." Chiba said, "It's over for now, don't restart it."

"...You know what happened, don't you?"

"It's hard to say," Chiba's relaxed laughter came from the other end of the phone. "Stay away from this matter, if you still want to leave District 14."

……

On Monday afternoon, Hestad finished her four-thirty daily class. When she walked out of the classroom, she saw Fawn standing in the corridor waving to her.

"Hey!" Fawn stepped forward, "Would you like to go home? I'll walk with you for a while."

"There are activities in the evening, for the poetry club."

"...Oh, I forgot." Fawn followed quickly, "By the way, why did you want to participate in the poetry club's activities?"

"You introduced me to them, and you asked me why I wanted to participate in their activities?"

"I introduced it to Lin Jiao and the others, not a poetry club," Fine corrected, "I don't see the point of this kind of club. Of course, if you are a lover of literature and art, then pretend I didn't say that - but I see you It doesn’t look like that.”

"Will I lose points if I join the poetry club now?"

"No, but it tends to be negative. Their poetry club has not updated its registration information for this school year. In a sense, it is not a formal club - you know that, right?"

Hesta shook his head, "...By the way, forget about the Meijun chelate for now. I have no interest in following up."

Fawn stood there dumbly.

"Wait!" She quickly caught up, "What happened?"

"I'm just a little tired," Hesta whispered, "Do you have Molly's personal contact information?"

"……who?"

"The president of the University of Technology, Sophie Morley." Hestad said softly, "You are studying for a second degree here, but you don't know who the president is?"

"She doesn't teach my classes."

"That means it's gone?"

Fan was about to say something when he suddenly found Hesta pressing the up button at the elevator entrance - today's classes were over, but she didn't seem to be planning to leave Wenhui Building.

"Where are you going?" Fawn asked.

"Principal room."

"What to do?"

"Block people." "Hey...wait a minute——"

"By the way, can I trouble you?" Hesta suddenly remembered something and took out an old book from his bag, "You should not be the only one who is staring at me every day now?"

"of course."

"Can you help me return this book to Yu Xuekun after you turn over?" Hesta said softly, "If not, I will give it to her on Wednesday."

Fawn took the old book handed over by Hesta, and she flipped through it casually. It was densely packed with common language and contained nothing extra.

Fine slapped the book back into Hestad's hand, "You're going to meet on Wednesday anyway, so you can pay it yourself."

"You can also take a look," Hesta did not take back her hand. She looked at Fawn, "and then return it to her after reading it."

"Are you recommending a novel to me...What is this book about?"

"Talk about how one person exerts power over another person."

"Huh?" Fawn's tone rose, "It doesn't sound like an interesting theme... How to develop it?"

"By making another suffer," whispered Hesta, "not merely in obedience, but inflicting upon her pain and humiliation, 'power consists in tearing the human mind to pieces, and then inflicting it upon itself upon its own will. It glues' - goes some way to explaining the question I raised with Yu Xuekun last Wednesday."

Fawn's eyes fell silent for a moment, and she was deeply impressed by the question: What is the meaning of such pain?

She looked at the cover of the book and then at the back cover, "...why do you think I need to read this book?"

"Feeling." Hesta replied, "After all, you are also the one attracted by my signal - I just suddenly realized this yesterday. I was a little mean to you before, I'm sorry."

"Huh?" Fawn frowned, and the elevator door opened at this moment. Hesta turned around and patted Fawn on the shoulder, "We'll talk about District 15 another time."

With that said, she walked into the elevator car.

"Goodbye."

Just as the elevator door was about to close, a hand suddenly stretched out.

"What else!" Fawn's face appeared in front of Hestad again as the elevator door opened. "I have to monitor you now. Your every move cannot leave my eyes. Otherwise, how can I communicate with other colleagues at night?" Shift change?"

"Well, I thought this would make it easier for you."

"What signal did you just say?" Fawn asked, "Please make it clear."

The elevator door slowly closed.

……

For three days in a row, Hesta went to the ninth floor of Wenhui Building to squat when she had time, but she was not able to catch Molly even once.

When she returned to Yu Xuekun's office in her regular clothes, she was greeted by Yu Xuekun's frosty face.

Hesta greeted him with a smile. She sat down opposite Yu Xuekun and put her left hand on her knee very obediently.

"So," Yu Xuekun spoke first, "when do you plan to leave District 14?"

"I don't know, it depends on the arrangements above." Hesta replied, "Anyway, we have to wait until the inspection period is over."

Yu Xuekun's expression was slightly confused, "Didn't you see the note I left for you on Sunday? There is also a book?"

"I have already spoken to Miss Chiba," Hesta replied. "She told me about the proposal but... I don't want to leave."

"why?"

"Actually, life here is not that bad. Whether it is the people here or the things that happen...well, I have learned a lot -"

"Learned a lot? What did you learn? Go back on your word? Go your own way?" Yu Xuekun sneered, "You can quickly start training with Qianye with these excellent qualities, why bother to stay in the 14th District and suffer?"

"It's not bitter," Hesta said, "My friends, I mean the new friends I made here, they have all lived here for more than ten years, decades... They can do it, and I definitely can too. Can."