The cafeteria incident ended with several kind-hearted classmates helping Sean get the charger.
That afternoon, Calvin went out for work again. When he came back at noon the next day, Sean was still lying in the room motionless with his head covered with a quilt just like he had done before he left yesterday.
Calvin glanced at the trash can in the room. Yesterday, he opened a new roll of garbage bags before going out. At that time, he threw the plastic film from the outer packaging inside. One day later, there was nothing in the trash except the plastic film.
"Have you eaten nothing?" Calvin asked.
Sean didn't answer.
He looked at Sean's cup on the table again, "You didn't drink any water either?"
Sean on the bed held his head in his hands and turned his back.
Calvin sighed silently and left the room.
Sean heard many sounds coming from outside, first the sound of the refrigerator door opening and closing, the sound of a knife cutting a chopping board, the sizzling sound of hot oil, and Calvin walking around.
Before Calvin came to take him away, Sean sat down in front of the table with his bare feet and a dull expression - their room was the same as Hesta's, with a huge white table in the living room.
Calvin brought the plate over, which contained a pile of mixed lettuce leaves and freshly fried chicken breasts. There were a few pieces of bread on a small white plate next to it.
Sean said nothing and ate as he was told.
"I have something for you." Calvin said suddenly.
As he spoke, he picked up a large cardboard box from the side of the table and showed it to Sean. The box reflected a silver metal box - this cardboard box had been dismantled, and the metal box inside was currently placed on the table.
Sean was still chewing with his head down and did not answer.
"Originally, after the mission was over, I couldn't enter the city, but the police officer who cooperated with me helped me." Calvin looked at Sean who was eating, "Don't you want to eat bread?"
Sean shook his head.
Calvin reached out and took out the two pieces of bread and put them into the silver metal box. He stood up and pulled the tail of the silver box, energized it and pressed the switch.
Sean didn't care what it was used for until he smelled the aroma of toasted bread.
"Ding——" There was a sound, and two slices of toasted bread jumped out.
"This is specially used to bake bread," Calvin said. "I see that you usually use the microwave oven to bake bread, so I bought this for you. I already wrote an email to Mr. Weir last night. , hoping he could add one in the cafeteria, he said yes.
"This thing has no handle, so you don't have to worry about it trapping you."
Calvin held the edge of the hot bread and threw it back to the plate, then pushed it in front of Sean.
Sean didn't reach for it. He was still chewing, but his breathing was a little confused. He had stuffed too much into his mouth and couldn't swallow it for a while.
"What...is this thing called?" Sean asked in a vague voice.
"It's called a 'toaster'...like."
Sean put down his knife and fork, took out the other two pieces of bread from the plate, put them into the iron groove of the toaster, and then pressed the switch next to him like Calvin demonstrated. The action was a little clumsy, but successful. .
The bread begins to bake again.
Sean felt his cheeks were a little stiff and stiff. He lay face down on the table and shrugged his shoulders.
"…Thank you, Carl."
…
Another afternoon, in room 403, Hesta stayed alone in the bedroom all day.
Liz went out for something today, Turan was still participating in rehabilitation training in the underground base, and Rico, like Hesta, usually stayed in the house and would not go out unless called upon. But every time he went to the living room, Hestad could hear the loud music coming from Rico's house.
She seemed quite pleased with herself.
Hesta lay on the bed and read "District 3 Social Etiquette and Safety Regulations" all day long.
This is a series of books divided into scenes. She and Liz had skipped it when they first took the class. Until last month, Mrs. Lavitt specially purchased a set and gave it to her.
In the "Daily Social" volume, Hesta found that the daily etiquette in District 3 was far more complicated than she expected. For example, when switching honorifics, not only do you need to replace "you" with "you", but the verbs in the sentence also need to be conjugated accordingly.
During this time, she tried to practice dialogue with Liz and Rico. However, every time after practicing a few sentences, the two people couldn't help laughing. Both said that except for a small group of liars and liars who claimed to be nobles, No one in the entire third district can speak like this to some of the dead people dug out of their graves.
But Hesta still had a passion for this phrase that was difficult for Liz and Rico to understand.
She stood up with the book in one hand.
"(Honorific) Good afternoon, Ms. Rebecca."
"(Honorative) Hello, Mr. Administrator, what can I do for you?"
"(Honorific) We found that your letter has been sitting at the front desk for several days. Please remember to check the front desk mailbox frequently."
"(Honorific) Thank you."
Hesta made a gesture of catching something, and raised her hands behind her like an actor taking a curtain call on stage.
"(Honorific) Would you like to come in and have a cup of tea?"
After practicing this for several times, Hestad gradually became able to completely write off the script. She turned a page, knocked the book on the table, and started her next performance without physical objects.
There are more than a dozen short dialogues in the textbook, all of which take place at the entrance. In addition to the scenes of taking items, there are also reminders for electricity and water bills, door-to-door pest control services, electrical appliance repairs, etc.
They always start with "Hello" and end with "Come in" or "Please come in for a cup of tea/coffee/seat".
There are some details that Hesta has never told Liz and the others. For example, the many honorific words after transformation mentioned in this book are not unfamiliar to her, because Bo Heng used to know them when communicating with the two nuns. Talk like this.
Two nuns took time out to teach Bo Heng grammar for half a year—something the nuns would do whenever there was a child in the convent who was about to turn 14. If all went well, Bo Heng was supposed to become a deacon of a church in the third district in the second half of this year, assisting priests and priests in managing local church affairs, although Bo Heng did not intend to do this.
Had she stayed at the convent until she was fourteen, Miss Gerding and Mother Superior would have taught her this.
Like several sisters who have left the convent, she will take the vows and begin the nun's training.
What would that look like?
Just as Hesta was feeling lost, there was a knock on the door from outside.
Hesta ignored it, but after a while, the knock on the door was still ringing - Rico did not open the door.
So Hesta put on her coat and set off to the living room. As she approached the door, she felt an uncomfortable sense of oppression.
"Who?" Hesta asked with a frown.
"(Honorific) My name is Calvin Gringoire." The voice outside the door answered, "(Honorific) I'm here to see Madame Jane Hestad."
