Why it never ends

Ksenia felt that Hesta's loneliness was due to her temporary inability to escape, but Hesta had not yet had time to think about this. When she looked at the profile of Ksenia discussing the text with others from a distance, a thought fell on Hesta's heart like thunder:

She seems to be turning me into another person...

Once this idea came up, Hesta found a lot of evidence: She had been panicked in the past, but she had never been as panicked as she was in the study room last time; she also struggled to reply to messages from friends, scratching her head to think about her words. It's a good idea, but it won't cost more than an hour just to say "ok" like last night.

It seems that all simple things become complicated once you get to Ksenia. At the same time, many complicated things suddenly became simple when meeting her. For example, when Ksenia finally saw her and waved to her from a distance, Hesta immediately put all these thoughts aside. to the back of the head.

It doesn't matter, Hesta thought, she's calling me.

……

Originally, Hesta was worried that being a non-drama club member would appear too abrupt, but Ksenia was obviously not the only one calling friends today. Since a batch of new props ordered by Teacher Wu arrived today, many members of the drama club called their friends to come over and help.

As soon as Hesta saw that she was about to exert her strength, Hesta thought that the main team was coming. Unexpectedly, as soon as she picked up a box, four or five members of the drama club immediately rushed over to hold her down and refused to let her go. When holding heavy objects, he would only give her a few flimsy red-tasseled spears to give her a sense of participation.

"Jane!" Ksenia came out from the backstage again, holding a chess box in her hand, "Come here!"

Hesta handed the red tasseled guns in her arms back to the people around her, and walked quickly to Kseniya, "What's wrong?"

"Let's play chess!" Ksenia said with a smile, "I have all the lines correct, and I will be empty until they finish it."

"But..." Hesta looked at the movers walking in the aisle.

"You don't have to worry about these things," Ksenia looked at her, "I called you here, not to tell you to do work."

"...Where to get off?"

"This way."

Ksenia led Hesta to the dressing room. At this moment, there were many people here with pens and paper changing lyrics. When everyone has confirmed their parts, Teacher Wu will organize everyone to rehearse without going off the script. . Ksenia opened the chessboard and began to place the pieces together with Hesta.

"I heard from Teacher Chen what happened to Mrs. Kaja," Kseniya said. "I heard that you are planning to have a game of chess recently?"

"She only said that she would help me make an appointment with someone. If she doesn't have time, let's talk about it later."

"Do you know that the school is strictly inspecting the external relations of various clubs recently?"

"What is the strict investigation?"

"It's mainly the funds brought in by the external liaison departments of various societies. Chen Lingshuang - Mrs. Kajia - seems to have invested an astonishing amount of money in this area. Many societies have money to hold cross-school leagues and welcome parties in recent years. It’s all because of the sponsorship I got from her.”

"So..." Hesta thought of something, "Is it the drama club too?"

"We didn't," Kseniya said. "Originally, our classmates from the External Relations Department also made an appointment with her, but Teacher Wu stopped her very sternly at that time. At that time, everyone didn't understand. Now it seems that Teacher Wu still has Vision…”

Hesta couldn't help but raise her eyes and glance in the direction of Teacher Wu - it was the old man whom Yugali wanted to take the initiative to take care of when he climbed the mountain last time.

"Can I talk to that Teacher Wu later?"

"Okay." Ksenia said softly. She had already laid out her chess pieces. "Shall we start?"

"it is good."

Hestad played this game a little absent-mindedly. From time to time she raised her eyes to look at Ksenia opposite. Ksenia's eyes were lowered, as if she was always thinking about everything that happened on the chessboard.

"By the way, I also heard about the outcome of Zuo Wentao's incident," Kseniya said suddenly, "Do you already know?"

"I know." Hesta replied, "Ms. Morley responded to my email last night and said that she had continued to report the matter. If there is new information, she would notify me again."

"She is still so persistent..." Hesta noticed the regret in Ksenia's words, "Are you familiar with her?"

"Not too familiar," Ksenia shook her head, "but I heard my boss talk about this new principal before, saying that she has some innocence that is inappropriate for her age."

"……Innocent?"

"She has dealt with several teacher-student conflicts in the school before, but neither side accepted her kindness," Ksenia said. "I don't know the details, but I heard the boss mentioned that she was dissatisfied with District 14. I’m not familiar with this system, and I don’t know how to train my own people in the system... In fact, no one in the school listens to her.”

Hesta was a little surprised.

"You mean..."

"She's not like other school leaders," Ksenia said. "She always takes the side of the students."

Hesta breathed slowly.

"It's your turn." Ksenia tapped the chessboard lightly, "Haven't you decided on the next step?"

"Oh..." Hesta came back to her senses, and she couldn't help but smile, "Let me think about it again-"

"Ksenia, someone is looking for you."

A voice interrupted the conversation between the two. Kseniya turned around and saw her mentor standing at the door of the dressing room.

"I'm going out for a moment," Ksenia stood up from her stool, "My boss."

Hesta looked in the direction she indicated and saw a middle-aged man wearing a women's suit standing there.

Just as she stood up and took steps, Ksenia suddenly stopped again, "Jane."

"Ok?"

"When playing chess, you don't have to point your sword at every move," Ksenia looked at the chessboard and said with a smile, "If you really don't know how to move the piece, you can also make a futile move and wait for your opponent. Make mistakes, or wait for a better opportunity to attack."

"Oh," Hesta was stunned for a moment, then she lowered her head and stared at the chessboard again, "Okay."

……

"Teacher Zhou." Ksenia walked to the door, "Look for me."

"Sign this." The middle-aged man smiled and handed over a document and a signature pen.

"what is this?"

"Promise letter." The middle-aged man replied with a smile.

Ksenia took the file and asked, "Is it related to the Nova Project?"

"Correct."

"Let me see……"

"The primary election has been passed. The re-selection interview will be held in three weeks, and the results will be available within one week. The whole process will be very fast." The middle-aged man said softly, "Although your project is relatively stable, you cannot take it lightly. Do you understand?"

"...I know, I will balance my energy," Kseniya replied. She scanned the letter of commitment handed over by her tutor at a glance, "Teacher Zhou, what exactly is this..."