Why it never ends

Chapter 1148 Visit
"Two weeks... ago," Hesta muttered.

"And you have been stationed here for a long time," Si Lei said, "so I think Qianye will come to see you soon... or has she already come to see you?"

"Nothing." Hesta whispered.

"I think so." Si Lei nodded. "But anyway, this is good news for you, huh?"

"Not really." Hesta's eyes regained their composure again. "I thought you really got some solid news..."

"Isn't that enough?" Si Lei said, "I actually never believed that Qianye was dead - the timing of her accident was too coincidental."

Hesta raised his head: "...I really haven't asked you yet, officer, what is your attitude towards Miss Chiba? Are you still investigating what happened on the Shengming last year?"

"If I have the chance, I will certainly investigate further," Si Lei said, "but not for AHgAs, but for myself... Right now, my most important mission in District 12 is the mercury needle casualties case last year."

Hesta was silent for a moment: "What's the difference between doing it for yourself and for AHgAs?"

"You must be on Chiba's side, right?"

Hesta didn't answer.

"As for me," Si Lei said, "I haven't figured out whose side I should stand on yet."

Hesta asked tentatively, "Do you think you and AHgAs are not on the same side now?"

Si Lei laughed heartily again. She glanced at Hesta and whispered, "Let me ask you, Jane. If Qianye is still alive and extends an olive branch to you, but at that time, you find that she is doing evil, a kind of evil that you cannot agree with or accept. Of course, I am not necessarily referring to Qianye here, but someone like Qianye who has a huge influence on you. Will you really stand by her side without hesitation?"

Hesta thought for a while, "You found out something about AHgAs... a 'truth' that made you unable to trust them without hesitation and even forced you to re-choose your position, right?"

Si Lei glanced at Hesta again - Hesta seemed to have no intention of talking about herself at all. Although Si Lei was surprised by her sophistication, she also felt a little impressed.

After thinking for a moment, Si Lei was about to speak when Hesta continued speaking.

"And you came to my farm with this truth, right?" Hesta looked at her. "Although you have been here for a short time, officer, tell me, do you like it here?"

"I like it very much." Si Lei nodded calmly, "There is a kind of temperament here. I can't really tell what it is now, but it attracts me."

The two began to walk forward again. Hesta was half a body length faster than Si Lei. Si Lei looked at Hesta's profile and felt that she seemed to have something to say.

"You just asked me, if someone like Ms. Chiba, who has a huge influence on me, starts to do evil, and I cannot agree with or accept the evil deeds, will I still choose to join in?" Hesta did not look back. She looked at the distant horizon and said calmly, "When you asked this question, what was the answer in your heart?"

"I think..." Si Lei said slowly, "You won't."

Hesta smiled and turned back: "Then you can trust your intuition."

Si Lei laughed, almost sighing.

"But, I can also tell you very confidently, officer, that this will not happen," Hesta said solemnly, "You ask this kind of question only because you still don't know Miss Chiba well enough."

Si Lei looked at Hesta with a complicated look, as if he was weighing something, or letting go of something.

"Maybe," Si Lei said, "Maybe I really don't know her well enough--"

Her eyes swept across Hesta's profile, and she lowered her voice, as if speaking to herself:
"I don't know you well enough."...

In the attic in the southwest corner of the palace, Chloe sat by the window bored.

She was imprisoned here to reflect on her mistakes.

This was originally a viewing platform facing the old garden, but later the garden was moved and a large area of ​​land underneath was turned into a pond. It is beautiful, but after looking at it for a long time, it becomes a bit monotonous.

Suddenly, a head hung down from the window, which scared Chloe so much that she almost screamed, but then she found out it was Gahoduolei's face.

"It's you!?"

"You!" Gahodore added without a word, knocking hard on the glass. "Can you open this window from the inside?"

Chloe stood up subconsciously, then suddenly stopped: "...It can't be opened, this is a fixed glass window!"

The head of Gahoduolei, which was hanging there, suddenly turned upward and disappeared. Chloe moved forward in surprise and pressed her face against the glass, trying to expand her limited vision - but Gahoduolei was indeed gone.

No one showed up the whole afternoon.

At night, Chloe had no appetite at all. She fell on the bed and decided to skip dinner and go to sleep. Not long after she lay down, she heard the sound of keys turning outside. Normally, the food and drinks in the past few days were put directly into the small movable door under the main door, and the door usually did not need to be opened.

She sat up immediately and looked at the bedroom door vigilantly.

Lu Qizhen and Jia Heduolei leaned in one after another: "...Chloe?"

"You guys!" Chloe jumped off the bed, "How did you get in?"

"She went to find Jane Hesta," Jiahoduolei pointed at Lu Qizhen, "Hersta found a way to give us the key and told us to come back when no one was around."

"Oh," Chloe snorted, "She's so kind?"

"How long will you be kept here?" asked Gahoduolei.

"I don't know..." Chloe sat down again, dangling her feet in the air. "She said that I should reflect on my mistakes, but she didn't tell me when to leave."

Jia Heduolei and Lu Qizhen looked at each other.

"What about the musical?" they said in unison.

"What musical?"

"'Dagger and Sheath'," said Jia Heduolei. "Didn't we agree to go watch it together? It starts in two days. Qizhen said there will be a small gift at the first show. I want to go to the first show!"

"Then I can't go," Chloe said frustratedly, "My mom won't let me go. Didn't you see she's so angry..."

"Then do you want to go?" Lu Qizhen whispered, "If you want to go, then we can think of a way."

Chloe looked up and saw Lu Qizhen opening his palm and showing her the key to the front door.

"As long as you keep your mouth shut, we'll find a special time to pick you up in two days. When the time comes, just cooperate with us."