"Forget it," Hesta smiled, "It doesn't matter."
The sky in the distance already had the twilight of dawn, and the sea level in the east was turning from ink to dark blue. The five of them all looked towards the place where the sun rose. In this hazy morning light, Hestad felt a little sleepy.
Rico stood up and walked to the edge of the observation deck, "It's coming soon, don't doze off!"
Hesta blinked hard, trying to wake herself up. She turned to look at Si Lei, "Officer Si Lei is also from District 14, right?"
"Yes."
"I suddenly discovered that there are many people from District 14 on this ship," Hesta said softly, "You, Anna, Miss Chiba..."
"You're half of it," Chiba said suddenly.
"Well," Hesta nodded, "I count half of it."
"Why did you come to the third district?" Si Lei looked at Qianye, "You are such a powerful character, and the mercury needle in the fourteenth district was willing to let you go?"
"I can go wherever I want. How can anyone trap me?" Qianye tilted his upper body slightly and relaxed his neck. "If you don't want to stay there, just change to another place."
"How did Officer Si Lei come to District 3 in the first place?" Hesta asked.
"...Uh," Si Lei was stunned for a moment, as if thinking about how to answer this question. She raised her head, her voice slightly uncertain, "Strictly speaking...smuggling?"
Everyone turned to look at her.
"Are you kidding?" Chiba frowned, "When did you come to the third area?"
"In 14 years, in the spring of 4614, I remember," Si Lei recalled, "I was twenty-three at that time."
Hesta cast a curious glance at Si Lei. She often forgot that Si Lei was an elder twenty years older than her—4614, when she was only two years old.
"Twenty years ago, there were no passenger ships like this to and from major regions," Qianye crossed his arms. "At that time, chelation disease was rampant, and it was a big deal for people from livable areas to cross regions - how do you sneak across? ?”
"Maybe... it can't be considered smuggling?" Si Lei said softly, "I picked up a bag, which contained a lady's ID and two ferry tickets."
"Then what?"
"Then I took the document and went to the pier, checked in, went into quarantine, and boarded the ship..." Si Lei looked at Qianye and said, "It's gone."
"Impossible," Qianye frowned, "no one on the ship noticed that your identity information doesn't match yours? There must be a few days to prepare between the time you picked up the ticket and the last time you boarded the ship, right? It's a lost bag. Didn’t anyone report the loss? Unless you were so cool that you picked up the ticket and went to the pier, otherwise——"
"I did go to the pier on the back foot." Si Lei replied, "As for the inspection on the ship... I can't remember clearly. Anyway, I just came here."
"Just..." Qianye showed a rare look of surprise. She paused for a moment and let out a heartfelt sigh: "...You can do it, Si Lei."
"The situation was special at the time, so I didn't think much about it..." Si Lei looked forward and narrowed his eyes, "Well, it would be better to say that I didn't think about anything at the time."
Hesta sat up despite the pain, her appetite completely whetted by the story.
Gustav looked at Si Lei curiously, "What about...your family? Your parents, brothers, won't you scare them by leaving so suddenly?"
Si Lei laughed and did not answer.
"Then what?" Hesta asked again.
"Later, when I arrived in the Third District, those documents caused me some trouble, so I got rid of them all," Si Lei recalled in a calm tone. "The next year, there was an amnesty on Victory Day. With the identity, I could do anything. It was a lot more convenient, and at that time I met a lot of people who were willing to give me a hand..."
Si Lei raised his head and said, "That's it, until today."
Hesta looked at Si Lei quietly. She still had many questions in her mind. She wanted to speak, but felt it was not necessary. She imagined that one morning, young Si Lei was walking alone on the street. It might be raining or there might be mist, but it must be a quiet time with few people... Otherwise, Si Lei might not pick up the bag. .
When will a person board an unknown ship?
Think of nothing, leave nothing behind.
Hesta imagined this feeling. She was not sure of Si Lei's answer, but she knew that when a person falls into a situation where nothing is lost, the courage to move forward can easily emerge from the bottom of his heart.
You can go anywhere, you can do anything...
As long as you can leave this place, as long as you can break through this pass!
"What's wrong?" Si Lei looked into Hesta's eyes, "Why are you looking at me like this..."
Hesta blinked and smiled.
"I just suddenly remembered a truth that Miss Chiba told me when I was a child," Hesta said softly, "She said there are three kinds of people in the world, who flout the rules and are difficult to deal with..."
"What are you talking about? Why don't you two look at the sky!" Rico ran back with a bang, "If you don't look at the sky, it will be full daylight!"
Everyone raised their heads. In front of them, light orange clouds had piled up brilliant colors on the sea surface. The sky light gradually faded out, slowly fading into a touch of gray, green, light blue, azure...
It's daybreak.
Rico grabbed the back handle of Hesta's wheelchair and pushed her around half a circle.
"Look behind you, Jane!"
For a moment, Hesta held her breath.
Behind her, half of the night sky was still shining with stars, and the calm sea surface was shining with night waves, like a foreign land still sleeping.
The two poles of light and darkness actually appeared at the same moment.
"One more turn... Rico, push me one more turn."
Rico laughed, and she pushed Hesta, drawing a huge circular trajectory on the observation deck. The light and darkness in front of him were changing every moment. Hesta was like a blind man who had never opened his eyes, completely shocked by this strange sunrise on the sea.
The sun gradually rises from the east, illuminating everything.
Chiba looked at Hesta and Rico not far away, and suddenly felt in a good mood.
"Qianye," Si Lei turned sideways, "Is it true that the Shengming cannot return?"
Chiba smiled and said, "No need to ask anymore."
"What is more important than human life?"
"Yes," Chiba opened his arms and pressed his elbows against the fence behind him, "...more lives."
Si Lei frowned in confusion.
"Let's not talk about this issue anymore, okay?" Qianye smiled and turned to look at Gustav, "Look, your little friend is alive to see the sun today - be happy, Si Lei, don't always frown. of!"
"but--"
"Lego!" Chiba had already stood up and walked towards the two people in the distance, "Don't push too fast, you will easily fall if you push too fast -"
Si Lei stood there and heard Gustav's cry coming from behind.
(End of chapter)
