For a moment, Hesta felt an almost suffocating fear again. She saw the waves surging out of the emergency passage hitting the gray ground nearby, and the remaining waves washed away the fallen leaves and dead branches in the green belt from the flower beds. ——Of course she understands what this means.
Her eyes quickly scanned the crowd in the distance, trying to find the shadow of Tulan or Su Lei, but every one of those well-dressed figures felt strange to her. Some kind of unspeakable fear suddenly enveloped her, and she almost felt that the concrete ground beneath her feet turned into thick asphalt.
...This is an illusion.
She struggled to lift her left foot, but her right foot was immediately swallowed by the ground.
"Jane, come here." Anna said calmly.
Hesta came back to her senses. She walked to Anna with one foot deep and one foot shallow. "...What?"
Anna took her left hand and pressed it on the back of her wheelchair, "Hold on."
"I...I..." Hesta looked at the way she came from, her jaw trembling slightly, "They——"
Anna seemed to laugh, she put her index finger in front of her mouth and shook her head slightly.
The walkie-talkie on the waist of the crewman on the side made a noisy and confusing call. This sudden change gave the man whose identity was discovered by Hesta a moment of respite. He took a few steps outside as if he was amnesty, and just pressed the intercom button. , I heard a voice coming from behind: "Sanders Rand!"
This voice carried a strong threat. The man turned around and saw Hesta staring at him intently. The pair of blue pupils and bloodshot whites seemed to be trembling slightly.
"Do...what..."
Hesta pointed to the position beside him, "Whatever you want to say, say it here."
…
When Avinash arrived at the dock where the Shengming was located with a few mercury needles, he saw his subordinate's walkie-talkie in the hand of a red-haired woman. He was startled at first, and then immediately looked around - Chiba was not here .
He frowned and walked to Rand, "What's going on?"
Just as Rand was about to speak, another voice interrupted him: "Why don't you let us board the ship?"
Avinash turned back and his eyes met Hesta's.
He couldn't explain why, but when he saw this man for the first time, Avinash felt an inexplicable panic. Of course he knew the identity of the person in front of him and had seen Hesta's photo - although the real person's appearance was far from the photo... but this should be his first meeting with Hesta.
Avinash's brows furrowed even more tightly. Even though he didn't understand the source of everything at all, he already hated the feeling Hesta brought to him.
He lowered his head and whispered a few words to the few mercury needles beside him. They quickly dispersed in different directions and quickly disappeared from Hesta's sight.
"Do you want to know?" Avinash walked up to Hesta and looked up at her, "Ask Qianye."
Hesta frowned slightly, which made Avinash feel comfortable for a moment - this puzzled expression meant that there was still quite a bit of information asymmetry between him and Hesta, and in the following conversation, This is the key to deciding who takes the lead.
"If she didn't tell you, obviously there's no need for me to tell you." Avinash's speech slowed down, which was one of the keys to controlling the rhythm of the conversation. He stretched out his hand to Hesta, "Take it Give it back to me."
Hesta looked at Rand, who was standing not far away, and threw the walkie-talkie towards him.
"You don't need to share anything with her," Avinash looked at Rand and said loudly, "Miss Jane Hestad has temporarily withdrawn from the battle order of ahgas. The purpose of her trip is to move to District 14 to recuperate. …Don’t bother others with trivial matters at work.”
Rand's expression flashed with surprise, followed by suppressed anger.
"Avinash?"
A voice came from behind Hesta, and Avinash was startled again. When he saw the person sitting in the wheelchair clearly, his expression suddenly froze.
"...Teacher Anna?"
"Sure enough, it's you. It sounds like you," Anna laughed. She narrowed her eyes and looked very kind. "After all, you are my most proud student. How could you admit your mistake?"
Hearing the "most proud" comment, Hesta glanced in Anna's direction even more puzzledly. Her impression of Anna had been swinging from side to side all the way, and now it was sliding directly towards the worst without any hesitation. Side - the most proud student...that's it?
"I'm sorry I didn't realize you were here before..." Avinash walked quickly to Anna's side. He half-crouched on the ground. It took him a while to recover from the shock. "Why...are you here? Do you want to do this too?" Boarding the ship...Does Chiba know you are coming?"
Anna was stunned for a moment, with a very surprised expression on her face: "Qianye...are you going to get on this ship too?"
"Yes."
"Then she should be nearby now?"
"I think so." Avinash glanced at Hesta, "After all, the person and guardian next to you is Qianye."
"So," Anna looked at him with concern, "will you board the ship too, Avinash?"
"Me? I won't." Avinash sighed softly, "I still have many things to deal with in the third area, my work... you know, I can't walk away."
"Of course," Anna nodded, "You are like a hub, inseparable from anywhere. An errand like sailing at sea... is not suitable for you."
Avinash laughed.
Anna also smiled and said, "What other tasks do you want to assign? Go and get started... I think the port of Havre is not peaceful today. It is still unknown whether the Shengming can depart normally -"
"No, the ship will definitely leave today." Avinash said firmly.
"Really? Are you sure?"
"Sure." Avinash turned to look at the stern of the boat, hesitating to speak. He quickly retracted his gaze and said, "Anyway, teacher, just wait here. It shouldn't take long."
"With your words, I feel relieved..." Anna closed her eyes, "This has been my wish for so many years."
"Rand," Avinash stood up, "you must help me take good care of Ms. Anna along the way."
"Ah...I understand!"
After a few parting greetings, Avinash quickly disappeared at the end of the road. Hesta digested the short conversation just now and looked at Anna again.
"Do you know Miss Chiba?"
"I know him. I taught natural history at your reserve base for half a year."
"...Are you Miss Chiba's teacher?"
Anna lowered her eyes and didn't answer.
"How did you make sure that Turan and Si Lei were fine?" Hesta stared at her, "Do you know something? Do you -"
Anna looked around and suddenly found Hestad's cane propped up behind her wheelchair. She turned sideways with difficulty, pulled out the cane, and hit Hestad on the thigh with a "snap".
"Young man," Anna threw the stick back to Hesta, and took out the cigarette case and lighter from her pocket again. She said vaguely with a cigarette in her mouth, "calm down."
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