Why it never ends

Chapter 975 Making trouble

"Is she willing to talk to you now?"

"I guess it's because my driver's license is something she handled in the past, so she's keeping track of it," Hesta said. "I sent her several emails recently, and she only replied to this one."

Rico laughed: "Haha, then she will still break up with you - but why?"

"How should I know?" Hesta was puzzled. "I felt like we were getting along pretty well."

The car drove into the town. The two saw from afar a circle of people gathered in front of the tavern. The people in the back row couldn't see clearly what was ahead, so they kept tiptoeing and squeezing forward.

Hesta and Rico both realized that something was wrong, so they immediately parked the car on the side of the road and ran quickly towards the tavern. When they were almost at the door, Hesta saw a military jeep with a very high chassis parked next to the tavern - she had never seen such a car the last time she came here. Most of the soldiers who came here to eat and drink came on foot or jogging.

Hesta was about to move forward when suddenly a hand grabbed her: "Hey——"

Hesta turned around and saw a farmer looking at her worriedly.

"You are not from here, what are you going to do?"

"... Let me take a look," Hesta replied. "Do you know what's going on here?"

"Can't you see it now?" the farmer said, "There are soldiers making trouble inside, so we dare not go in at this time."

"Do you know why there is a commotion inside?" Rico also came over and stood on the other side of the farmer.

"Because the landlady of this tavern is not decent," the peasant answered. "She lets the soldiers touch her bottom for money—Hey! Hey!"

Hesta had pushed through the crowd and rushed in quickly. The moment she entered the door, she saw a familiar figure grabbing Lai Lin's neck and pushing her back. Lai Lin had nowhere to hide and fell heavily to the foot of the wall. Several paintings that were originally hanging on the wall were shaken off along with the frames and hit Lai Lin.

Ellie was still crying and now she was screaming, but her shoulders were clamped by two soldiers and she could only struggle a few steps away from Lai Lin.

The attacker turned around and smiled when he saw Hesta: "Oh, Inspector? We meet again!"

"Idrien," Hesta walked slowly to his side, "what are you doing?"

"A soldier reported to me that there is an illegal person here who set up a trap to extort money." Idrien pointed at Hesta with his chin, "It's this person."

Lai Lin was still curled up on the floor, with a series of intermittent low gasps coming from her throat. She held her head tightly, unable to speak due to the pain. Hesta went forward to check on her.

It was almost time for dinner and the entire pub was full of people, but this time no one stood up and everyone kept their hands on their thighs.

Every soldier lowered his eyes slightly, their gazes always fixed on the leftovers or the empty table in front of them, and no one even dared to look up at Idrien's eyes.

The whole pub was silent.

Hesta called Lai Lin's name softly, and the woman on the ground opened her eyes with difficulty.

"What's wrong, Hesta, do you know her?" Idrien finally saw something, "Really? Is this someone you know?"

On the other side, Rico asked the two soldiers who had captured Ellie to let her go, and Idrien acquiesced.

Ellie almost lunged towards her sister, but was stopped by Hesta's hand.

"Don't touch her," Hesta said, "let her lie down on her own first."

Ellie choked, "Did you hit your head?"

"It's okay..." Lai Lin breathed weakly, "I... I'm fine."

Behind them, Idrien began to give a speech, basically saying that he had received news that some people would come here to buy alcohol, and alcohol was strictly prohibited in the military camp. If he found someone getting drunk again in the future, he would strip that person naked and whip him in public.

"Have I made myself clear enough?"

"That's enough, sir!"

The soldiers' voices threatened to rip the ceiling off the tavern, causing Ellie to shudder.

"Okay," Idrien put his hands on his waist and turned around proudly. Seeing that Hesta was still whispering something to the sisters and had no intention of saying goodbye to him, he decided to leave directly, "Then-" "Idrien." Hesta suddenly turned around, "Come here."

"Ok?"

Hesta waved at him, "Come."

Idrien walked back, confused.

Lai Lin was sitting against the wall, exhausted. When she heard Hesta suddenly call someone over, her heart was lifted. Lai Lin didn't know what Hesta was going to do, but fear rushed into her heart again: "It's okay, I'm completely fine... Please, please don't do anything unnecessary for me..."

"What's wrong?" Idrien walked up to the two of them, "Does she have any other requests?"

"...I have no request." Lai Lin whispered, "I——"

"Where did you touch her just now?"

Idrien frowned, obviously not understanding Hesta's question.

"I heard that before beating her, you pinched her waist and back, and grabbed a handful of her hair?"

Idrien's face changed from confusion to amusement: "They still complained to you? I just wanted to verify whether she was really extorting money by doing this-"

"Have you paid?"

"..."

"Let's settle the bill one by one," Hesta turned back to look at Lai Lin: "How much does he have to pay in this situation?"

Lai Lin's face was pale. She looked at Hesta and couldn't say a word.

"I remember that touching the butt is fifteen, pinching is twenty, and it should be no problem to increase the waist, back and hair tenfold," Hesta said, "This is six hundred robies, Idrien, give me the money."

Idrien didn't intend to pay any attention to this strange joke, but since Hesta was so serious, he took a step forward and asked, "Do you know what the market price is here?"

Hesta did not respond, but just looked at him quietly.

"The normal asking price is fifteen, and it's down to five bucks," Idrien bared his teeth, "You know, whores don't sell for that much."

He turned to leave, but was suddenly grabbed by the collar from behind. Idrien tried to break free, but found that his feet were slowly leaving the ground, and he could only barely touch the ground with his toes.

Only then did Idrien remember that Hesta and her companions seemed to be mercury needles. If there was a conflict in this place, he would not be able to gain any advantage - especially in this situation, even a gun would not be of much use.

"Hersta," Idrien lowered his voice, "What are you doing? Put me down... Let go, and we can talk it out."

Hesta suddenly let go, and Idrien fell to the ground, staggering two steps.

"Six hundred robies," Hesta repeated.

Idrien looked at her with a pale face, then glanced at Lailin and Ellie. He lowered his head and took out his high-end wallet from his pocket. All the money he put together only had about 400 yuan.

"...It's okay, it's okay." Lai Lin's voice trembled. As soon as he raised his head, Idrien's money hit his face.

"Here you go!" Idrien said sternly, "Keep your money!"

For a moment, banknotes were scattered everywhere, and the sound of coins rolling could be heard in all directions. Idrien turned to leave, but Hesta held his shoulders again.

"What else do you want?" Idrien turned his head, his eyes filled with anger, "I've already paid you!"

Hesta looked him straight in the eyes.

"pick it up."

(End of this chapter)