Why it never ends

At night, on the rooftop of the main building, Lin Jiao frowned as Hesta finished talking about what happened in the afternoon.

"...So you're here just to ask me why those people are laughing?"

"Fawn said that you always analyze things in Habitable Land to the core. She suggested that I come and listen to your thoughts."

"Oh, have you seen Fawn?" Lin Jiao finally turned his body to Hesta at this time, "Where is it?"

"Just at school." Hesta replied, "She comes to school often these days?"

"Really! Why did she come to school?" Lin Jiao's eyes lit up, "How do you know each other?"

"I don't know what she is here for. Maybe it's for the second degree?" Hesta looked at the time and said, "Your activities tonight seem to be about to start. I don't want to take up too much of your time, so let's just skip the small talk."

"You... you are such a person," Lin Jiao looked back. The members of the poetry club behind him had formed a circle. They were talking to each other and wasting time. "Tonight is not the time to chat. When are you free tomorrow?"

"I'm going to go hiking tomorrow."

Lin Jiao was startled, "Is it with the drama club and the others?"

"Yeah." Hesta nodded, "Go in the morning and come back in the evening. It might be very late. How about the day after tomorrow?"

"Ksenia asked you on a date?"

Hesta didn't answer.

"I'm not free the day after tomorrow," Lin Jiao lowered his head and turned the watch on his wrist, "Then let's do it on Monday, Monday at noon."

"Okay." Hesta took a step back, "Then let me first—"

"Xiaoshu will also go tomorrow. It will be good for you two to be companions."

Hesta was about to leave, but stopped when she heard these words. She looked at Lin Jiao, "...I feel like you haven't finished what you said?"

Lin Jiao put his hands on his lower back and said with a smile, "It's not good to speak ill of people behind their backs, but it seems a bit meaningless to not say a word..."

"what?"

"Ksenia's roommates, please stay away."

"...Huh?" Hesta frowned slightly, "Why?"

"Comparing the two of them, well..." Lin Jiao took two steps on the spot and raised his head, "Damp."

……

Saturday came as planned.

At four-thirty in the morning, Hesta packed her things and went to the living room with her bag to find something to eat. As soon as she sat down with the bowl in hand, she heard footsteps. Ding Jiali came out wearing sportswear and carrying a black travel bag. He was also stunned when he saw Hesta.

"It's so early." Ding Jiali put the bag on the table and his eyes suddenly fell on the backpack behind Hesta, "Where are you going?"

"……Where are you going."

"Climbing the mountain." Ding Jiali pulled out a chair and sat down opposite Hesta, "Today we have a mountain climbing club activity -"

"Oh," Hesta breathed a sigh of relief, "Then we shouldn't be together."

"...bringing the drama club to play together." Ding Jiali looked at her, "What are you doing?"

Hesta put down the spoon in her hand with a complicated expression, "My friend from the drama club invited me to climb a mountain."

"What a coincidence!!" Ding Jiali couldn't help but clap, "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

Hesta raised her lips and smiled.

Ding Jiali sat at the dinner table chatting with Hesta. It wasn't until Hesta emptied the bowl that he slapped his head and realized that he hadn't gone to the kitchen to find anything to eat. "Look at me! I forgot that my mother couldn't get up these past two days. Hahaha, it's so funny. I'm just waiting here - why didn't you remind me?"

Hesta stood up with the bowl in hand, "You eat slowly, I have to pick up a friend."

"What kind of friend?" Ding Jiali stood up directly, "I'll drive you there together. Anyway, we're on our way."

"Need not."

"Why are you so polite!" Ding Jiali followed behind Hesta, "It's very quick to take my car -"

"Thank you." Hesta cut off Ding Jiali's words and stood in front of the entrance. "It's no trouble. Let's just meet at the gathering point."

Ding Jiali smiled and shook his head, "...Okay, I can't defeat you, see you later!"

……

At half past five, Hesta and Yugali took the last night bus to the meeting point in front of the city hall. The two of them saw two buses parked in the square from a distance. There was no one on the bus, and everyone was standing beside the bus chatting.

A steaming breakfast cart parked next to the crowd, and from time to time someone rubbed their hands and approached to ask for a price.

"What did you eat in the morning?" Hesta asked, "Have you eaten in the morning?"

"...I didn't eat," Yugali yawned. "I didn't hear the alarm clock when it rang. I went to bed twenty minutes late and didn't have time to make breakfast."

"Let's go." Hesta said softly, "I was in a hurry when I came out this morning and I didn't have enough to eat."

The two of them walked to the breakfast cart together. The late autumn morning was extremely cold. Yugali stood still and stamped his feet, looking around at the people nearby.

"Are these all your classmates?"

"do not know."

"Then why do you hang out with them?"

Hesta glanced at the person coming, "The one I know hasn't come yet."

Not far away, a white car slowly parked on the side of the road, and Ding Jiali got out of the car. He was not in a hurry to get closer to the crowd, but first leaned against the car and smoked a cigarette. Hesta looked at Ding Jiali's movements from the corner of her eye and saw a girl wearing a peaked cap running over there.

This figure looked familiar, and Hestad thought for a moment - it should be the person who carried the flag during the morning gathering of the mountaineering club last time.

"simple!"

Ksenia's voice came from one side, and Hesta and Yugali turned their heads at the same time. Yugali stood up straighter and looked at the visitor with a smile.

"Are you Eucalyptus?" Ksenia stretched out her hand to Eucalyptus, "Hello."

"Hello!" Yugali immediately held Ksenia's hand, "I've been troubling you these past few days."

"What's the trouble? I just forwarded a few messages... Have you brought enough things? Today's weather seems to be colder than expected." Ksenia looked up at the sky, "I hope it won't rain. Rain is good."

"It's hard to say, the weather in the mountains changes all the time." Hesta said, "Have you brought a raincoat?"

Ksenia smiled and said, "Have you ever climbed a mountain on a rainy day?"

"Climb over."

"Haha, then you don't need to find someone from the mountain climbing club to take you there."

Hesta couldn't help but look in the direction of Ding Jiali, "...I originally thought that there were only drama club activities today."

"There are so many people and it's so lively," Ksenia said with a smile, "It's also my first time to participate in the club's activities. I guess maybe the mountaineering club is more experienced in this area?"

Yugali was a little shy and listened to the conversation between the two. Not far away, young people gathered together in twos and threes to chat and laugh. Each of these fresh smiling faces was full of vitality. Yugali looked at all this, Couldn't help but smile.