Why it never ends

Chapter 920 Spell

"What?" Eucalyptus opened his eyes wide, "Are you saying that one of these people who came to visit you is really an acquaintance of yours?"

"Maybe..." Hesta was a little numb. The situation before her was difficult for her to digest. "I don't know."

Eucalyptus spread out the registration form on the table again. The "reason" part was written in the language of District 3, while the "name" part was clearly written in the language of District 14.

"Does this handwriting match your impression?"

"I can't recognize it," Hesta whispered, "It's been many years."

Eucalyptus fell into deep thought again. After a moment, she turned her head and said, "Could it be a liar? For example, someone heard that you had a friend like this or that, and used that person's identity to approach you?"

"That's also possible."

Hesta poured himself a glass of water.

Although she never gave up hope that Boheng would escape successfully, she thought less and less about this old friend over the years, and never thought that one day she would "meet" him like today.

Bo Heng was still alive? He had come to her house among a group of merchants, seeking help from a newcomer like her? Hesta was at a loss. What had he been doing all these years? How did he know she was here?

...And why is Bo Heng in District 12?

With so many questions unanswered, Hesta lay on the couch and covered his eyes with his arms.

She could no longer remember what Boheng looked like, but perhaps when he really stood in front of her, she would still be able to recognize his past shadow.

……

The next evening, when Hesta walked into the apartment door carrying some instant foods and a bag of bottled water, she saw Rico leaning against the square pillar outside the gatehouse.

The first time she saw Rico, she noticed two black names above Rico's left eyebrow - handwritten "Sahame R" and "Anlia Mara". The first letters of the two names were aligned with Rico's eyebrows, like a spell pressed on her eyebrows.

These two names must have been tattooed within a week, because the skin near the font is still slightly red.

The two smiled at each other, said nothing, and bumped fists.

"Why did you dye your hair black again?" asked Rico.

"Is it convenient? Where's Turan?" Hesta asked.

"In the core city, she was transferred there because of a shortage of manpower."

"How are you?"

"Not bad." Rico glanced at the bag in Hesta's hand. She pulled it over and saw that it was full of canned instant food and bread. "Is this what you're going to eat tonight?"

"Yes," Hesta answered, "I usually stay at home now, so as not to--"

"Let's go," Rico pulled Hesta and was about to leave, "I'll take you to eat something good."

Hesta was unable to react in time, and only started to brake suddenly when he was pulled to the door: "Wait, I have companions upstairs... I'll go up and call them down."

Hesta led Rico upstairs and gave a brief introduction to the group.

"Hello."

Li Ge took the initiative to step forward and shook hands with Eucalyptus, and this way of greeting surprised and touched Eucalyptus.

Then, Rico turned to the two children: "Your name is Qiqi, your name is Eleven..." She suddenly turned back to look at Hesta, "Which one of them was given the 'crew certificate' as a birthday present last year?"

"Neither," Hesta answered. "It was another little girl."

Eleven immediately looked at Eucalyptus and asked what Hesta was talking to Rico about. After getting the answer, her heart immediately lifted.

"Which other little girl?" Eleven glared at Hesta, "You haven't even given me and Kiki a birthday present!"

Hesta ruffled Eleven's hair and said, "...I'm going to the bathroom. You guys wait for me outside for a while."

Leaning against the door, Hesta quickly logged into the AHgAs intranet and searched for the names "Sahame" and "Anlia". As expected, both of them appeared on the list of casualties in the major casualties accident in the Fayalar Desert in District 12 last year. They were probably also important friends of Rico... Hesta guessed.

Ever since Rico was permanently expelled from the country for attempting to assassinate Roger, she has been living in District 12... This accident should have been a big blow to her.

Intuitively, Hesta felt that unless Rico took the initiative to speak, she should not continue to delve into this topic. After all, when she was in the lobby on the ground floor, she tentatively asked Rico about his recent situation, but Rico immediately changed the subject. But contrary to this intuition, Hesta almost immediately recalled their conversation on the Shengming, and remembered the porcupine story that Rico had laughed at...

She stood in front of the mirror and looked at herself, and decided to find a chance to talk to Rico tonight.

Then, Hesta carefully pressed the button of the flush toilet before opening the door and going out. Eucalyptus and the children had already packed up and were ready to go.

"Finally out," Rico turned around, "Do you want to eat beef, fish or stew?"

"It's all right."

"choose one."

"ox--"

"Don't you want to eat fish?" Eleven shouted, "Fish is delicious!"

"Okay, let's eat fish then." Hesta nodded, "Anything is fine."

"Great!" Eleven jumped up, "Two against one against one, fish!"

Hesta looked at Eucalyptus and Qiqi: "What do you want to eat?"

"I mentioned stew, and Qiqi wanted to choose beef," Eucalyptus smiled, "Actually, I can choose either."

"It's okay, we'll have stew and beef tomorrow." Rico opened the door, "Ladies, let's go!"

The five of them got into the jeep that Rico rented.

"Miss Rico, are you familiar with this place?" asked Eucalyptus.

"Yes, I am familiar with the entire District 12, especially here. I stay in Saint-Rom City for a few months every year." Rico said, "Although this city is not big, there are many delicious foods... How many days have you been here?"

"Four days." Yugali looked at Hesta in the co-pilot seat, "Four days, right?"

"Ah."

"You guys are really good at staying here!" Rico shook his head. "I can explore Saint-Lome from top to bottom in four days, but you guys just stay in your room every day?"

As the car passed the first block, Hesta saw a pile of flowers in front of the copper-green metal fence of a townhouse. In the middle of the flowers were photos of two people placed side by side, and someone was standing in front of the flowers and crying.

Hesta's eyes followed the street scenes until they disappeared in the rearview mirror.

"…There seems to be some security issues here?"

"It depends on where you are compared to." Rico said softly, "Did anyone give you guys a hard time last night?"

"I ran into a policeman last night. He seemed to want to extort money, but I didn't let him succeed." Hesta said, "Do you know that the operation last night is called a 'security check' here?"

Rico's eyes quickly glanced towards Hesta: "What?"

"It's a group of police officers who make surprise inspections of residents' homes," Hesta said. "I asked the concierge girl in our building, and she said this happened once every six months, but has become more and more frequent recently."

"I know that this kind of search is usually to look for rioters... the further south you go, the more common it is. What do you think people here call it - a security check? Is that what I understand as a 'security check'?"

"You haven't heard of it? Then what do you call it?"

"It's the 'search operation'," Rico's hand gently hit the steering wheel, "When did this happen?"

"I'm not sure." Hesta looked ahead, "I'll go back and ask later."