Why it never ends

Chapter 1011 Growing up
The two of them came to the door of the apartment one after another, and Hesta began to take out the keys as usual. In the dim light, she weighed the keys in her hand over and over again, but she couldn't find the one at home.

"Is it this bunch of keys?" Rico also began to search his pockets. "Use mine—"

"Strange..." Hesta held the key chain under the lamp, and as she swung it, she suddenly remembered that there were two special guests in her apartment tonight - she had just given her keys to Boheng last night.

Behind him, Rico had already opened the door.

The living room is very quiet.

The children were already asleep, and the table was a mess, filled with small pots and bowls for cooking, and almost all the tableware in the house was taken out and used. Ende sank on the sofa to keep watch, just like she used to do when she was with Tan Yi.

She waved her hand: "You're back, Yu-Jane."

"good evening."

There was a sound of water coming from the bathroom.

"It was that man," Ende said. "He said he was your friend and showed us your keys and the note, but we didn't recognize your handwriting. Theresa said you must be busy, so she didn't let me call you and wait for you to come back to verify."

"Yes, it's my friend." Hesta said softly.

Rico was stunned for a second, but soon realized who Hesta was talking about: "Is it the one who left you a message in Saint-Lome before?"

"Ah."

The bathroom door opened, and the white light from inside shone into the dim living room.

Bo Heng looked at the three mercury needles in the living room, and finally his gaze fell back on Hesta: "...Is everything going well?"

Hesta glanced forward and said, "Let's talk on the balcony."

The two walked towards the garden behind the apartment, one after the other. Ende and Rico looked at their backs until the balcony door was closed from the outside.

Rico heard Ende sigh very softly.

"What's wrong?" Rico raised his head.

"Are you also a friend of Eureka's?"

"We were on the same base when we were in the reserves."

Endai said softly, "When I was in Tan Yi two years ago, I carried out a mission with her..."

Ende paused for a moment and looked towards the balcony again: "We were about to part ways, and we agreed to have dinner together, but Eureka didn't come. Victoria told us that she was sick, very sick. We wanted to go see her, but the base wouldn't let us."

Rico responded and smiled, "She's much better now."

"Yes, not only has the disease been cured, but he has become a complete adult, just like Victoria and the others..." Ende pressed her chest in disbelief, "Is it my problem? I can't feel any difference between myself and two years ago... Why do everyone seem to have grown up?"

Rico didn't answer immediately. She walked to the table, picked out a relatively clean bowl from the pile of dirty dishes, walked to the sink and rinsed it casually with water.

Rico squatted down and searched for convenience food in the locker, and suddenly he felt a pang of sadness in his nose.

She stopped and felt a lump in her throat.

"I... don't quite understand."

……

Hesta and Boheng climbed over the balcony and came to the garden inside the apartment. Hesta stopped next to the iron chair where Qiqi and Shiyi often played and asked, "What did you want me to do for you when you left the message before?"

"Before I could say anything, you've already solved everything." Bo Heng said, "You destroyed several military bases of the Liberal Party one after another tonight... I came here just for this matter."

"How do you know it was us?" "I have news." Bo Heng's fingers circled around his ears gently, "I'll know when your meeting tonight is over."

"You are quite well informed."

Bo Heng blinked briskly. "That's still not as fast as the reaction of AHgAs. The Liberal Party in District 12 has been expanding in the past six months, encroaching on the territories of many revolutionary organizations... Last month, they directly killed a group of guerrillas who were dissatisfied with them--"

"I can't help you with this kind of thing." Hesta interrupted Bo Heng directly, "Generally speaking, we don't get involved in local armed conflicts. If they hadn't invaded the AHgAs safe zone tonight, we wouldn't have intervened at all."

"I know." Bo Heng said softly, "That's exactly what I hope you can do."

"……what?"

"The Liberal Party of District 12 has been receiving secret assistance from AHgAs," Bo Heng looked at Hesta, "Of course it's not just you, there's also the coalition government of Districts 3 and 12. If it weren't for these weapons and supplies, they wouldn't have been able to grow to this point in a few years..."

"What is your source?"

"I can't reveal it for now." Bo Heng said, "But I can tell you with certainty that this is absolutely true. You can find a chance to confirm it yourself... I believe that as long as you check, you will definitely find traces."

Hesta turned her back. She thought about it carefully, took a few steps on the soft soil of the garden, and stopped again: "Okay."

Looking at Hesta's back, Bo Heng suddenly sighed: "You are completely different from when you were a child."

Hesta turned around and said, "Really?"

"You were skinny and small back then," Bo Heng raised his hand and measured his waist, "So tall? So tall?"

"It's been many years." Hesta lowered his eyes slightly, "I didn't expect to meet you here."

Bo Heng didn't say anything, just smiled.

"How did you escape from the convent that night?" Hesta asked. "I remember Sister Gelding locked the cage."

"It was my teacher, my later teacher," Bo Heng answered. "He was wandering around the Severn Mountains at the time and happened to be near the monastery that night. He was also a mercury needle - but he had never joined the AHgAs - he noticed something unusual in the monastery and smelled the scent of mercury needle's first awakening."

"He saved you."

"When I woke up, I asked him how you were doing," Bo Heng said, "He said not to worry, he saw the mercury needle and rushed over, so you and the other children must be fine."

"He was the one who brought you to District 12?"

"Yes."

Hesta nodded thoughtfully: "Have you been to District 14, then?"

"Where?" Bo Heng showed a puzzled expression.

"District 14," Hesta repeated. "Do you still make clippings?"

Boheng finally understood what Hesta was asking. When he was in the monastery, he would cut out and collect all the news about District 14. At that time, he dreamed that one day he could go to District 14 to take a look.

"...That was a wish I had a long time ago," Bo Heng shook his head. "I have been living here my whole life and have traveled all over District 12."

"Don't you want to go back to your hometown?"

"This is my hometown, Jane."

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