Why it never ends

Chapter 1149 Hiding
Chloe looked at her two friends in surprise, and after a while she remembered to ask, "...Does anyone of you have a driver's license?"

"I didn't." Lu Qizhen shook his head.

"You?" She turned to Gahodole again.

"No," Gahoduolei tilted her head, "but I can drive."

"How are we going to get into the city then?" Chloe stared at her naive friends. "If we get stopped, the three of us will be arrested again!"

Jia Heduolei frowned: "...Why didn't you think so carefully when you escaped at night?"

"We'll find a way," Lu Qizhen said, not looking worried at all. "I'll go find Hesta later and ask her to assign someone to us?"

"Oh, yes," Jiaduolei agreed, "You can ask her. She always seems to have a solution."

……

In the next few days, Si Lei finally settled down in the palace.

Although she had chosen an empty room on the second floor, Si Lei eventually chose to live with Wosunda on the first floor. This was certainly due to Hesta's suggestion - after all, this way she could be closer to these once enslaved women, but on the other hand, Si Lei himself had a good impression of old people like Wosunda.

Several times, she ran into Hina and her chess teacher when she got up for morning exercises. The two sat at the two ends of the chessboard, the girl's smile was bright and cheerful, and her tone was intimate. Out of some kind of intuitive concern, Si Lei would greet Hina when passing by, but every time, Hina looked away in displeasure, and only Dobini would respond politely.

That morning, Si Lei met the teacher and student again - Santa was blocked by Xina at the intersection for some reason, and the two had tense expressions and seemed to be about to quarrel again.

Santa saw Si Lei from a distance and shouted for her to come over, but before Si Lei got close, the indignant Xina had been pulled away by Dobini.

Later, Si Lei found out that Xina was still upset about the trouble that Santa had caused to Dobini's friends a few days ago, and was finding ways to cause trouble for Santa.

"Luckily you passed by," Santa said, "I have been avoiding this young lady these days. Today, I was thinking about other things and didn't pay attention to the road. As a result, I bumped into these two people..."

"You can call the guards." Si Lei said, "Didn't the inspector say last time--"

"How can we really call the guards for such a small matter?" Santa frowned and waved his hands repeatedly, "What if we really alarm the Inspector!"

"I think the inspector is very happy to be alarmed about this kind of thing." Si Lei said, "Alarm her a few more times and let her come out as an example. It will save you trouble and it will save her trouble too."

Santa was stunned for a moment, but soon shook his head.

"Forget it," Santa insisted, "Using Xina as an example? That kind of young lady is very difficult to deal with. Her temper is like a powder keg. She can turn hostile at any time. I don't want to mess with her."

At this point, Santa suddenly remembered something and continued, "Your key is friends with Mr. Dobini, so it's easy to deal with. Asking him to go might help. But, I'm afraid that young lady can't even deal with him. Looking at his appearance, he might have suffered more than others."

"What kind of suffering?" Si Lei said, "Maybe he has been telling Xina bad things about you, and he is resentful of you for driving his friend away last time - don't you think so?"

"He's a grown man, he won't do that." Santa curled his lips, "And Mr. Dobini even greeted me when we met these few days."

Si Lei frowned slightly. At this moment, she finally realized where the subtle discomfort she had felt a few days ago came from - as an elder, Dobini seemed to often hide behind Xina in conflicts, just like when she first met this man, Dobini let Xina and Santa compete with each other, and he stood by and did nothing.

"By the way, his friend," Si Lei recalled the scene of that day, "his name is Simon... uh, Simon——" "Simon Albareda." Santa's face immediately became serious, "Where did you see him again?"

“No.” Si Lei shook his head. “It’s just that I saw you were very wary of this person last time, and I haven’t asked you the reason yet—”

Santa immediately clenched his fists: "That man is a beast that is rotten to the core. You - you, and the inspector, you are all good people from the third district. How would you know what this kind of person has done in the city? I can't go into details, but we have a lot of children here. If he dares to step in, I will fight him!"

Si Lei was about to ask in detail, but before he could open his mouth, Santa looked up at the clock, then clapped his hands, and hurriedly ran into the yard, saying goodbye to Si Lei as he ran - but Si Lei caught up with him.

"Where are you going?" Si Lei asked.

"The inspector said that many reporters will come this afternoon and will stay the night here!" Santa walked with great speed. "I have a lot of work to do here, officer. If you have anything to say, can we talk about it another day? I really can't take care of it all here..."

"Are there reporters here?" Si Lei was very surprised. "Do you know what reporters come for?"

"It seems like she is here to visit our school." Santa said, "You should ask her for details. I, I can't explain it clearly."

Si Lei smiled and stopped: "You are busy."

After watching Santa leave, Si Lei hurried upstairs and went to Hesta's study. When he pushed the door open, Hesta was cleaning the table. She had just finished her breakfast with a document and was now collecting the crumbs and puff pastry crumbs on the paper and then wiping them into the trash can.

"Are you free? I heard a reporter is coming this afternoon?"

"Have."

Just as Si Lei sat down, there was a knock on the half-closed door behind him. Lu Qizhen poked his head in: "Excuse me..."

Si Lei and Hesta looked towards the door at the same time. Lu Qizhen was a little surprised: "Ah, I'll come back later."

"No, come in." Hesta said with a smile. She looked at Si Lei, "Wait for me for a moment. Her business will soon."

"Should I step aside for a while?" Si Lei asked.

"No, no," Lu Qizhen said quickly. She walked quickly to Hesta's desk and said, "This is the pass for Ms. Ende and Ms. Zoe to enter the city. You need to sign it..."

"Hmm? Zoe's coming with you too?"

"She told me to come over with my pass and have it signed for you," Lu Qizhen said softly. "She said if you don't agree, you don't have to sign it. She doesn't mind."

"She wants to go, doesn't she?"

"Yeah." Lu Qizhen nodded. "She said that the last time you went to see a play together, something unexpected happened, and you didn't see anything..."

Hesta picked up a pen and signed his name at the bottom of both Zoe and Ende's documents.

"And, uh, Chloe," Lu Qizhen said, "We've already agreed that she will squat in a big luggage bag and go with us."

"No problem." Hesta said softly, "Just take care of yourselves."