Why it never ends

Chapter 1028 Old Man
"I don't agree!" Li Ge almost jumped up from his chair. "No matter how short of people you are, you can't get an expert from the abolitionist faction to teach you children!"

"Rico, listen to me..."

"You'd better not come to ask for my opinion, but since you are here, I tell you that I can't agree to live in the same place with such a person! How could you have such an idea - how could you have such an idea!?" Rico paced back and forth in the room, "Why did you let her come? When the time comes, she will stand on the podium and lecture the children on why the death penalty must be abolished -"

"We can make some rules," Hesta said. "She can't put her personal political views on the table—"

"Is this the rule you can follow when you make a date with someone? If she--"

"Rico, can you please let me finish what I'm saying?"

Rico folded his arms and stared into Hesta's eyes with a sharp gaze.

"When Stella first recommended it to me, I had the same attitude," Hesta said, "but she told me something else..."

Rico slapped his thigh hard: "No matter what she told you--"

"Rico," Hesta reminded softly, "I'm not finished yet."

Rico's mouth sank again.

Hesta cleared his throat. "This Ms. Pakat has been staying in Nia Province for the past ten years. She started an educational pilot project with the support of a respected local official. But two years ago, that official passed away, and the schools she helped to set up lost their pilot qualification from the Ministry of Education the following year. She came to District 12 for this reason, because some officials here claimed to be willing to support her educational philosophy, but unfortunately..."

Li Ge endured for a long time, but still couldn't continue listening. She covered her forehead with her hands and paced back and forth in the room anxiously again: "I don't understand! Jane! Which official supports her and which official doesn't support her has nothing to do with us!"

"It does matter," Hesta also raised his voice, "because I know the official from Nia Province - did I talk to you about Ava Morgan when I was on the ship before? She is an amazing person, and she has helped me. If she thinks that Pacat's educational pilot is valuable and worth a try, then I think we can temporarily put aside some of our differences -"

"You're not here to ask for my opinion, you're here to convince me!" Rico finally understood. "You've already made up your mind, right? Regardless of whether I support you or not, you have to get this Pacat Bodudel to be your child education expert so that he can help you safely pass the review of the city hall here—"

"No," Hesta said, "I just want to give her a chance for an interview. Rico, look at me. If this education expert wants to participate in the future operation of the school, he must live in our farm for a long time. I can't pick someone you can't accept for no reason. This is asking for trouble!"

"You are asking for trouble now, do you know that..."

Rico was full of complaints and was about to vent them. She had decided not to reason with Hesta and directly used her ultimate means, "This place either has her or me, or it's either her or me. You decide what to do." However, when the words were on the tip of her tongue, this rogue trick of forcing the other party to make a choice suddenly reminded Rico of the night she encountered Sahame not long ago.

She suddenly felt a little discouraged, as if not long ago, she had forced Hesta to choose between the two.

Right now, Hesta just wants to set up a school on this plantation. Rico asked herself, she didn't seem to care at all what the school would look like...but when she thought that she might have to live on the same farm with that hypocritical old lady in the future, she felt uncomfortable.

But this level of discomfort can’t be said to be unbearable.

"You're really annoying." Li Ge's voice suddenly dropped. She muttered and scratched the back of her neck. "You can interview her yourself. Anyway, if this person comes, don't let her live in our house. I have no other opinion."

Hesta looked at Rico in surprise. The man in front of him had been tough just a second ago, but for some reason, he suddenly relaxed.

Rico held up his index finger and said, "Tell her to stay away from me when she comes."

Hesta fell into deep thought, "I'll try my best."...

The next evening, Pacat appeared at the gate of the plantation.

After hearing the news about Stella, the old lady drove directly from Saint-Lome.

Due to Rico's request the day before, Pacat moved directly into Stella's studio. Seven or eight young people were sleeping on a big bunk bed in the inner room, but now they packed up their things and left a space for the old lady to put a bed.

Hesta watched Stella constantly unloading the old lady's luggage from the car, and couldn't help but step forward to block Stella's way.

"Let's talk about the interview later?" Stella said, "Pakat hasn't had dinner yet!"

"...Why did you move here directly?" Hesta frowned, "If I don't pass the interview——"

“If you fail the interview, then the old lady will come to seek refuge with her daughter,” Stella smiled and patted her chest, “Don’t worry, I won’t cause any trouble for you!”

Hesta walked toward the inner room.

The messy room yesterday was even emptier today. A closer look revealed that everyone had piled their unpacked suitcases in the attic on the second floor. A young girl wearing a newspaper hat was stirring a plastic bucket with a stick. Hesta went up to take a look and found that it was filled with rose-red paint.

"What are you doing?" Hesta asked.

"Pacat said the white walls are too monotonous. The cabinets here are all light blue, and this bright rose red would be the best match!"

Hesta continued walking inside and saw two people dismantling an old wooden cabinet in the backyard.

"What are you doing?"

"The door of this locker is a bit of a hindrance," one of them looked up, "I'm afraid Carter will ask us to just take it down. It can be used as a nice storage rack."

"…Where are the Pacats?"

"there."

Hesta turned around and saw an old lady with a cane directing two farm children to pick flowers. The children roughly plucked the flowers and plants that the old lady wanted. The children laughed when they heard the old lady shouting "gentle, gentle" behind them.

When the children ran back to the old man, Pakat had already prepared a few pieces of chocolate and placed them in the palm of each child in turn.

The children immediately ran away, and one of them looked back and said, "Next time you want to pick flowers, call us!"

Pakat turned around holding the wildflower and almost bumped into someone - Hesta stood silently behind her.

"Hello, nice to see you again." Hesta looked at her, "Ms. Pacat."