Why it never ends

Chapter 1154 Blacksmith
Eleven felt a little confused. After listening for a while, she realized that what Stella showed to everyone should be the article "Fear" that Kiki had written before.

People kept making exaggerated expressions and looking at Kiki with approval.

Eleven frowned almost immediately, and the uncomfortable feeling from before came back, as if a caterpillar had crawled into her sleeve, making her feel uncomfortable all over.

Everyone here is performing... People's praises are louder and louder, and the words they use are more exaggerated, but no one is really laughing.

But it seemed that Kiki didn't think there was anything wrong with it at all.

People asked Kiki a lot of questions. Kiki could understand some of them and answered them immediately. For some that she didn't understand, Stella would patiently explain them and Kiki would quickly understand them.

The atmosphere of the conversation became particularly heated when Kiki was asked about her ideal career. Everyone showed great interest and praise for a girl who aspired to become a "barrister."

During this process, Stella talked eloquently about the practice of educational equity in Districts 12 and 3, while Xia Ying nodded and supplemented from time to time.

Eleven looked for a while, then turned his eyes elsewhere, looking for Hesta. However, Hesta was whispering to another person, who seemed to be Teacher Xia Ying, who had just arrived a few days ago. Eleven ran to the two of them and circled around them twice. Hesta didn't seem to notice her. She was a little frustrated, so she ran back to the center of the crowd and squeezed next to Qiqi.

At this time, someone in the crowd noticed Eleven. Although the child looked a little nervous, someone took the initiative to step forward, bent down and greeted Eleven: "Are you also a child who goes to school here?"

Eleven glanced at the other party and raised his head: "Yes!"

"What is your ideal?" the man asked, "What do you want to do when you grow up?"

Eleven didn't understand, so Qiqi beside her translated for her in a low voice.

Although Eleven had hardly given this question much thought, she gave her answer almost immediately: "When I grow up, I want to be a blacksmith!"

This time, no one was needed to translate for her - when she had been to the blacksmith's shop before, Eleven had specifically asked how to say "blacksmith". She particularly liked the hot furnace, the hum of the blower, and the exciting sound of hammering metal.

However, everyone around them started laughing at once, and Eleven frowned again. Of course, she could tell the difference between the two laughters - they were completely different from the laughter that she had just given to Kiki, which was filled with praise and approval. There was no meaning of "very good" or "very great" in it, only the surprise of "how could she say that".

——And, Kiki also laughed.

Although it was only a short moment, and although she restrained herself almost immediately, Eleven still captured that moment clearly. After a moment of confusion, a strong emotion of shame and panic surged up.

"What's so funny? What are you laughing at!" Eleven's eyebrows suddenly became ferocious, but before she could react, Hesta's hand was already on her shoulder.

"what are you doing?"

Stella finally realized the problem and started to save the situation - after all, the horseshoe that Eleven had made before was still hanging in Hesta's study in the palace. What's wrong with a child liking to be a blacksmith? Doesn't this just show that the farm's education is developing in an all-round way!
However, no matter how much she said at this moment, it was useless, after all, Eleven could not understand so many complicated words.

Many emotions rushed up at once, and Eleven didn't know how to express them even in her native language. Her face quickly turned red, but she couldn't think of what to do. Finally, with some uncontrollable anger, she shook off Hesta's hand and rushed out of the crowd without saying a word.

"Eleven!" Hesta called out, but Eleven didn't even turn around.

"Master Inspector, please take a photo with Qiqi, ah, and Ms. Xia Ying... is that okay?" Hesta turned around and said, "Okay."

Several people walked quickly to the window, and the shutter sounds came one after another. Eleven, who had run halfway, squatted behind a column and looked back - Qiqi stood in the front, Hesta and Xia Ying stood behind her, one of them holding one of her shoulders.

The three of them looked at the camera without smiling. Qiqi was nervous, while Hesta and Xia Ying maintained their usual style - gentle expressions, but no obvious smiles.

The three of them stood together, as if taking an important group photo.

At the sound of shutter clicks, Eleven retracted her head. She couldn't explain why she ran, nor why she couldn't help but look back halfway through. She felt very uncomfortable at the moment, as if someone had suddenly pulled away a chair she was sitting on, causing her to fall to the ground.

Eleven picked his nails, his palms were wet, and every time he felt like he was about to cry, he would let out a strange cry.

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In front of the theater, Endai stood contentedly - the last time she came here, her seat was disturbed by chelate before she could even get warm. This time, she could finally watch a serious play in a serious theater seriously and comfortably.

"Qizhen," Jia Heduolei suddenly turned around, "I noticed that you have been absent-minded. What are you thinking about?"

"...Ah, no," Lu Qizhen suddenly raised his head, "I... was just replying to messages."

"Whose news is this? Your boyfriend?"

"Yes, he suddenly said he wanted to come see me—"

"Don't let him come!" Chloe turned her head sharply, "It was agreed that it would be just the few of us tonight! No one else is allowed to come in the middle of the night."

"Yes, yes..." Lu Qizhen nodded tiredly, "So I'm trying to persuade him..."

"What's there to persuade?" Zoe snatched Lu Qizhen's phone at a tricky angle again, "He doesn't know where you are now, so don't talk to him, and he will naturally give up."

Lu Qizhen was confused for half a second, and suddenly realized - yes.

Zoe lowered her head and turned on airplane mode for Lu Qizhen's phone, and changed the notification to silent.

"Why don't you leave your phone with me tonight?" Zoe put the phone in her pocket. "I saw that you were quite energetic when you came out, but now you look listless. Even if the news is important, you can reply tomorrow morning, okay?"

"But what if the farm—"

Ende turned back at the right time: "If there is any big news at the farm, they will contact us if they can't contact you."

"Anyway, you're free!" Zoe patted Lu Qizhen's shoulder, "Let's go! Let's go check the tickets!"

Several people walked towards the ticket gate and soon merged into the long line. Lu Qizhen stood there, still a little dazed, looking up at the huge poster hanging outside the theater. In the picture, the flame-like red hair of the Hesta woman fell from the night sky like a waterfall.