Gustav shivered again.
Hesta looked at Si Lei: "So your plan tonight is to save Gustav's life, that's it?"
"...I think I know who's behind this."
Hesta raised her eyes slightly, "Who?"
"Anna."
Rico's ears twitched slightly, and he couldn't help but cast a glance in Hesta's direction.
Hesta looked indifferent and just said softly: "How are you sure? Do you have any evidence?"
"Not yet... But even if it wasn't her, she would definitely have something to do with these cases." Si Lei said softly, "Have you forgotten that she handed me the scissors?"
Rico was curious: "...what scissors?"
Hesta did not give any answer. She did not want to discuss these issues in front of outsiders. However, this topic obviously attracted all Gustave's attention. His eyes were bright and his eyes continued to change with the conversation. Switch between Hesta and Sule.
"That doesn't mean anything," Hesta said softly, "She is rude, arrogant, and lacks common sense... But these are not the reasons why you can identify her as the mastermind behind the scenes - she can't even move freely, and Zero died again..."
In the middle of her words, Hesta's voice slowly dropped. She looked at Si Lei's face that was getting closer, "What's wrong?"
"The more you say this, the more convinced I am that my judgment is correct."
"……ah?"
"No need to explain anymore," Si Lei said coldly, "I'm not going to convince you."
"It's not a question of who to convince—"
"Ana and I still have some private conversations," Si Lei looked away, "I have some intuitions."
In the slightly awkward silence, Rico raised his hand on his own initiative, "So my task tonight is to ensure that Gustave survives until twelve o'clock. Can I understand this?"
"I hope it will be after sunrise tomorrow. Can it be done?"
"Of course you can..." Li Ge scratched his head and looked around, "But we still have to ensure Jane's normal schedule. You must have a place to sleep here - sleeping directly on the floor is not okay."
"Yes, please wait here for a while."
Si Lei turned around and walked towards the back of the room. She took out a bunch of keys and opened the door with one of them. Hesta moved her steps quietly so that she could follow the crack in the door to see clearly what was going on inside. However, Si Lei's movement was really fast. She was about to see a figure inside, and the door was already closed. .
Rico put his arm around Hesta's shoulder and hugged her half a meter towards him.
"I want to ask you something, tell me the truth." Li Ge suppressed his voice to the extreme, leaving almost only a little air flow sound.
"...What?" Hesta asked.
"Whose side are you on?"
This question made Hesta stunned.
Rico turned his back to Gustave and mouthed words to Hesta.
She first pointed to the exit:
"Anna?"
Then he pointed behind him:
"Si Lei?"
Hesta laughed silently. She finally understood Rico's problem - she was the one who had been claiming that Anna was the initiator. However, when Si Lei also came to the same conclusion, she gave a Ambiguous answer.
Hesta grabbed Rico's gesticulating hand and placed it on her heart.
"...What are you talking about?" Gustav, who was not far away, said bravely, "Please...I'm a little...I'm a little scared when you do this-"
"Don't be afraid." Li Ge turned around, "I said I would protect you until sunrise tomorrow, and that is tomorrow's sunrise."
"...Really, really?"
"Really."
"But if the other side...is really...a chelate -"
"That's a professional match," Rico smiled, "That's what we do."
Gustave originally wanted to put on a smile, but the face that had been distorted by fear looked extremely weird no matter what expression he made at this moment.
Gustave lowered his eyes, "...I...how should I thank you?"
"No need to talk about it, I have a duty to rescue you in this situation," Rico said softly, "All you need to do is stay calm, no matter what happens next, listen to my instructions in time, don't think about anything else, okay ."
These few words from Rico made Gustave's choking suddenly become intense. He lowered his head and shed big tears on the ground.
"I'm sorry...I...can I...?"
Gustave looked at Rico with red eyes, and Rico quickly understood what he meant and handed over his hand. Gustave tremblingly held the hand of the mercury needle in front of him. At this moment, the images of those tragic corpses finally disappeared from his mind.
A kind of divine tranquility suddenly descended. Gustave pressed his forehead tightly against the back of Rico's hand. At the entrance of this gloomy and old power room, he experienced an unprecedented pious emotion - that was in the past. Never before in any church.
Hesta, who was nearby, watched quietly. This scene suddenly reminded her of many familiar faces. She thought of a quiet night, in a gentle candlelight, when Villefort talked about literature:
"Dad, why did he commit suicide?"
"Dad, do many people commit suicide?"
"...Is it difficult to die?"
On the same night, Villefort also said with the same expression and even the same trembling voice, "After having a child, the word 'dad' becomes clearer."
At that moment, there was also a kind of religious holiness that enveloped him...
But who is Villefort’s company all day long? Danglars, Roger and the like are like crucian carp crossing the river——
What about... Sophie and Alvira?
Hesta thought of the warm room that belonged to which mother and daughter, the sweet Canale and the pale yellow light of night reading...
The external and internal worlds are so different, yet so harmonious.
The door leading to the deeper part of the room opened again, and this time Si Lei dragged a spring folding bed out. She quickly set up the bed again. There was no mattress or mattress here, but Si Lei brought some cardboard boxes to Hesta. Headrest.
"It's summer now, and it won't be particularly cold at night," Si Lei patted the head of the bed. "You can use your coat as a quilt to cover yourself...but can you sleep? Where are you going?"
Hesta walked straight to the metal door that led deep into the power room.
"...You just said Bree was inside, right? I want to go in and have a look."
"No need. At this juncture, no one should move around." Si Lei stopped in front of Hesta in time. "What do you want to see Bree for?"
"I just suddenly remembered Dietrich's diary..." Hestad said softly, "Did he tell you, what are the specific 'things that cannot be mentioned to others' in Dietrich's diary? "
