Why it never ends

Chapter 1098 Listen to advice

"…That's the truth."

The elevator door opened, and Stella helped Pakat out. She quickly sorted out her thoughts - yes, Hesta was a mercury needle, and she obviously had a lot of combat experience...

"But, Jane——"

Through the glass window, Hesta had already seen Ximoya and her car standing outside the hotel. Before Hesta raised her hand to greet her, Stella pressed her wrist and said, "Jane! Listen to me!"

Hesta was stunned for a moment, because Stella's expression was more serious than ever before.

"...You talk." Hesta nodded, "I'm listening."

"Has anyone ever told you that you are sometimes very insightful, sharp, and even to the point...but sometimes you are extremely insensitive, especially in some situations where you never feel threatened?"

Hesta narrowed his eyes slightly: "What do you mean--"

"That's because you lack the vision and experience like me," Stella continued eagerly, "You are different from me. Fights can't hurt you, bullets can't hurt you, and even among your mercury needles, you can come and go freely because you are in a leading position. So you are not like me, not as sensitive to these little things - but Jane, the devil is hidden in the details, some dangers, when you really see it, everything is too late."

"...Well, I will pay attention." Hesta replied calmly, "I will be more alert tomorrow morning--"

"This guy didn't listen to what I said at all," Stella turned around and said to Pakat, "Sorry, I may have to stay. Can you do it alone?"

"Of course. Besides, I'm not alone. Someone's already waiting outside to pick me up," Pakat nodded in full understanding, as if he was not surprised by Stella's decision. "But you have to be very careful."

Hesta realized the seriousness of the conversation just now. She frowned: "...You two have to go. If I encounter any danger, it will be easier for me to get away alone. Okay Stella, I know you are worried about me, and I also said that I will pay attention-"

"It's not a question of whether or not to pay attention. It's a question of whether or not to see it." Stella looked directly into Hesta's eyes. "This matter has been decided."

Hesta covered his forehead again, his voice a little more annoyed: "Stella, you can't--"

Stella also raised her voice, “I can, because you need me!”

Outside the hotel, Ximoya knocked on the French window.

"...Let's go." Hesta no longer insisted.

Outside the hotel, two soldiers stood behind Simoya. When Hesta and the other two walked out of the door, they came forward to help. One of them lifted Pakat's luggage bag and held her up, while the other kept holding a gun, alert to changes in the surroundings.

Ximoya glanced at Stella: “Didn’t you say two people?”

"Something changed suddenly, so she stayed to move with me." Hesta replied.

"I'm so glad you didn't tell me 'the plan is cancelled'," Ximoya muttered in a low voice, and then looked at Hesta with a subtle expression, "When this mission is over and you have free time, I need you to spend an hour with me. I have important questions to ask you."

"Okay." Hesta answered with almost no hesitation.

Stella and Hesta stood there, watching Ximoya and Pakat go away. Hesta heard Stella breathe a sigh of relief.

She turned around and found Stella looking at her with bright eyes.

"Okay," Hesta said, "now you can tell me in detail why I need you to stay?"

Stella held her breath. At this moment, she finally realized why she suddenly had a strong intuition that she must stay. She just didn't want the same tragedy to happen again. "...I can't explain more in words, but thank you, Jane." Stella closed her eyes and adjusted her breathing. "You know, I really found an incomparable advantage in you today..."

She suddenly laughed, her eyes moistened: "You are a person who listens to advice."

……

That night, Stella slept in her clothes, but Hesta was not sleepy. She just sat by the window and watched the sky gradually brighten.

She hadn't felt this way for a long time. This moment reminded her of the time when she was at Ava's house. At that time, she was active at night and hid during the day, often waiting for the moment of attack at night.

She looked back at Stella who was sleeping, and suddenly remembered the first meeting with the old man at Ava's house. At that time, she asked Ava, why do you want to help me? Ava said, based on a common destiny.

Hesta tilted his head.

Stella had said something similar to her a few days ago, something like fate brought me here... or something like that.

But, to be fair, the closer Hesta was to Stella, the less she liked her slickness. Stella seemed to have a pair of eyes that were always capturing changes in the outside world. She not only observed, but was also ready to adjust her actions at any time. This made her seem like she had no real core. She would act like what you wanted.

This was true for everyone on the farm, for Arevalo and his guests, and probably for Hesta himself.

Just at that moment, Stella showed a rare stubbornness. When she suddenly said seriously, "I can! Because you need me," Hesta had a sense of reality that he had finally hit the boundary of this person. It was as if at that moment, Stella's language was no longer a tool to confuse and comfort, but a real wall, showing her unshakable determination - and this was exactly what moved Hesta the most.

Some vague sleepiness arose.

fate.

Hesta thought of the word again.

If such a thing really existed in this world, it was clear that she was walking on a dangerous and difficult road at the moment.

Hesta seemed to have returned to the wooden house in the forest north of District 14. Si Lei sat beside her and wrote the two words "life and death" vertically on the ground with a piece of charcoal - the two words shared the same horizontal line.

A thin line between life and death.

A faint sound of footsteps came from outside the door, and Hesta's eyes opened instantly. She listened quietly for a while, then reached out and tapped Stella's feet.

Stella looked up at her sleepily.

"Here it comes." Hesta said softly.

"...What's coming?" Stella asked blankly.

The footsteps first entered Bo Heng's room next door. After a moment of silence, a chair was dragged - probably someone stood up.

Hesta looked towards the entrance of his room.

There was a knock on the door.

"Jane," Boheng's voice came, "Are you awake?"