Why it never ends

Chapter 1235 Moment
Zoe's expression became somewhat subtle. She digested Hester's answer for a moment before speaking again: "So... you solemnly established a party, but the only Mercury Needle in the party is yourself?"

"Correct."

"Then why did you create such an organization in the first place—nobody comes here at all?"

“It will happen,” Hesta replied calmly, “at some point in the future.”

"...at some point, what point?"

Hershta's gaze returned to the documents on the table. She opened the document she hadn't finished signing and picked up her pen again to start writing.

“A special moment,” Hesta replied softly, his voice carrying a certain detached indifference. “It may be a long time coming, but it may not be too far off.”

Zoe immediately booed; she always regarded such cryptic conversations as a way of telling someone to leave—it was better to just tell her "go away."

“Then I wish you a speedy arrival of your special moment.” Zoe pressed her fingers together and mechanically waved toward Hester. “See you.”

The door closed quickly, leaving Hesta alone in the room once again.

Hershta stopped writing almost simultaneously. She stared at the table for a moment, then got up and went to the windowsill.

The sun was shining brightly outside; it was perfect weather for a stroll. Hester let out a barely perceptible sigh as he looked out the window.

She knew there was still a lot to do; the documents from the New Party awaiting signature were piled on her desk, and she hadn't even had time to open the draft farm regulations that Simona had sent her in her email...

But as soon as Zoe left, her conversation with Packart at noon immediately took over her mind again.

By now, she had calmed down somewhat and was able to review her conversation with the old man with a relatively peaceful mindset—a conversation that had a long prelude but an extremely abrupt ending. She still had so much to say, so many questions left unasked… Packart probably felt the same way.

Perhaps she should indeed find time to read Packart's past writings... but not now.

Hershta put her water glass on the table and decided to go for a walk to clear her head.

……

That evening, many people had mixed feelings.

Gabrielle and Lü Qizhen had a falling out—it seemed inexplicable, but Gabrielle actually knew what was going on.

During dinner, Lü Qizhen casually mentioned that she had run into Eunice in the library that afternoon, and that Eunice's face looked swollen. Gabrielle, as if suddenly provoked, angrily retorted to Lü Qizhen: "This has absolutely nothing to do with the teacher! Eunice hit himself!"
Lu Qizhen had only mentioned it casually and didn't pay much attention to it, but when she heard Jiaheduo mention "teacher" again, she immediately realized that it must be related to Boheng. A sense of responsibility from an elder made her chase after Jiaheduo to ask what had happened. Jiaheduo ran away quickly, like a gust of wind, leaving Lu far behind.

When they got back to their room, Jiahedore saw Eunice resting on the bed as usual. She was furious again and complained that Eunice had run around today and had caused Teacher Boheng a lot of trouble. Before she could finish speaking, Eunice jumped off the bed like a spring, and the two argued so loudly that they almost got into a fight.

At the same time of evening, Chloe reluctantly left Tin's hut, forced to face a cruel reality alone—she had truly humiliated her mother in front of everyone that morning.

The thought of Fatima's eyes, which seemed to freeze instantly, stung Chloe's heart. She knew she had to apologize to her mother tonight, no matter what… but what could she say?

I'm sorry, Mom, I embarrassed you because I said something that everyone already knew in public...

Chloe clutched her clothes in anguish. Suddenly, she felt resentment toward her father—wasn't he the one who started all this? Why could he always get away unscathed, while she and her mother had to suffer so much?

Back at the palace, Chloe dejectedly knocked on Fatima's door. After waiting for a long time, Fatima's servant finally opened the door. As usual, the servant lovingly took Chloe's shoulder and whispered, "Madam had a headache tonight and went to bed early."

Chloe returned alone to her and Sheena's suite, growing increasingly frustrated along the way. Was her mother really having a headache? Perhaps, but... she clearly didn't want to see an overly rebellious daughter.

Back in the room, everything was unusually quiet. Chloe stood in the living room for a while, then heard Sheena sobbing from inside the room.

For a moment, for reasons she couldn't explain, Chloe suddenly felt weary of life here, of everything here. Before being gripped by some weakness and self-pity, Chloe suddenly rushed into her room, pulled open a drawer, grabbed her robe, and ran out. Before the 7:30 curfew, she banged on Lü Qizhen's door.

Lü Qizhen opened the door quickly, but her expression was a little strange when she saw it was her.

"You don't welcome me?" Chloe asked immediately.

“No, I thought it was Gabrielle. She’s been acting a bit strange tonight,” Lu Qizhen said. “I thought she would come and explain to me.”

The two went inside together, and Chloe pointed to the sofa in the living room: "Can I sleep here tonight?"

"Sleep in my room," Lü Qizhen said. "The bed here is big enough for three people to sleep in."

Chloe breathed a sigh of relief, but then felt a wave of loneliness wash over her.

Here, she could hide in the tin hut during the day and sleep in Lü Qizhen's room at night. But when she left the palace and returned to her home in Emmanuela, where could she hide?

That night, when Chloe went to sleep, the children of the palace also drifted off to sleep.

After the lights were turned off, Qiqi lay in bed lost in thought. That afternoon, when she went to feed the fox, she happened to run into Eleven and Lutz.

Both of them looked very happy. Eleven taught Lutz to use the fourteenth district language to instruct the two foxes to sit down and extend their paws. The two foxes cooperated quite well, leaving Kiki, who was watching from a distance, in awe.

Qiqi knew that Eleven was good at taming animals. Back at the Orange Town Children's Center, Eleven had trained several dogs and animals there to be obedient. However, she didn't expect that Eleven could do the same with a fox.

At this moment, Qiqi recalled the scene from the afternoon, feeling no sleepiness at all. She didn't know how to describe her feelings at this moment, only that her whole heart seemed to have become empty.

She forced herself to close her eyes and think about what she had to do first thing tomorrow morning. Suddenly, someone poked her in the back.

Kiki turned around: "...Nady?"

A little girl named Nadi slipped a piece of paper onto Kiki's bedside table: "I'll give this to you on Eleven."