In his sleep, Si Lei found himself in the corridor outside Bishop's restaurant.
The red carpet was extremely thick, and every foot felt like stepping on soft water plants. She wanted to ask loudly if there was anyone around, but she couldn't make any sound, as if she was underwater.
Suddenly, she found a young man standing at the end of the corridor. He was similar in age to many young people on the ship.
The boy, wearing a baggy school uniform, looked at her motionless.
A premonition arose in Si Lei's heart, and she walked forward quickly, wanting to talk to the boy. However, for some reason, no matter how she ran, the distance between the two never decreased.
Suddenly, the boy turned his head and looked to the side, as if someone was calling him. He took a step back and turned towards the corner of the corridor.
Si Lei was extremely anxious, and she started to run wildly, but the corridor retreated faster, and the road covered with red carpet began to twist, deform, and even disintegrate——
Si Lei suddenly opened his eyes.
Even though she had realized that she was dreaming just now, she could still feel her heart beating rapidly at this moment, as if the running in the dream really existed. She covered half of her face with her hands and breathed heavily.
"Are you dreaming?" Hesta's voice came from not far away. Si Lei looked sideways and saw that Hesta was still lying on the bed.
Si Lei smoothed his hair and said, "...You're awake too."
"I've been awake for a long time," Hesta replied, "but I don't remember."
Si Lei exhaled a long breath and fell on the bed again. She felt that she should have slept for a long time, but strangely, after being awake for a long time, sleep seemed not to make her feel restored, but intensified her feeling of exhaustion. .
She rubbed her forehead for a while, turned her head, and saw Hesta lying flat on the bed looking at the ceiling, her expression seemed very focused.
Si Lei followed her gaze and glanced up, "What are you looking at?"
"Counting the threads," Hesta replied, "I found that it seems to be strictly symmetrical from left to right."
Si Lei laughed silently.
Hesta turned her head and looked at Si Lei, "You just called out a name."
"……what name."
"Xiao Yu." Hesta said softly, "Who is this?"
Si Lei's throat moved slightly, but she didn't answer. She turned over and sat up, putting her feet on her cotton slippers, "...where are the others? Why are there only two of us in the room?"
"Miss Chiba and Rico are outside, discussing the next shift change. They should be back soon."
Si Lei looked at the alarm clock on the table and was stunned when he saw the hour hand pointing to 7, "Have we slept all day?"
Hesta yawned, "I can sleep another whole night."
Si Lei walked absentmindedly to the clothes rack. She quickly took off the coat hanging on it, shook it off briefly, and put it on.
"It's better to get up first. If you continue to sleep now, it will probably be early in the morning when you wake up... Get up and move around. You can resume your routine tonight."
"Can you help me," Hesta smiled, "I'm a little exhausted right now."
Before he finished speaking, Li Ge pushed the door open and entered.
"Good evening, ladies, we can order food. If you don't want to go to Bishop's Restaurant again...Hey," Rico looked at Si Lei, "Why are you wearing Jane's clothes?"
Si Lei lowered his head in confusion, and then realized that he was indeed wearing Hesta's uniform, and her own black jacket was still hanging on the hanger nearby.
"I was so sleepy, I asked why this dress is so big..." Si Lei took off one sleeve, "Come on -"
Suddenly Si Lei let out a low scream, and Li Ge and Hesta were startled at the same time. One quickly stepped forward, and the other turned over and fell to the ground.
Si Lei covered his neck and sat back on the chair, "Don't be nervous, don't be nervous, I'm fine——"
Just as he was talking, Si Lei put down his hand - there was blood on his palm.
"Is this okay? Why are you bleeding?"
"It's okay, I was just scratched by something," Si Lei grabbed the
I touched the uniform on the side, "What is this..."
The three people's heads came together and they saw a blue metal corroded sticker on the collar of the uniform that Si Lei was holding, which read "Asking for help is an act of the strong."
"……brooch?"
Hesta breathed a sigh of relief and immediately sat down, holding her chest. She closed her eyes and waited for the pain to pass.
Rico took out alcohol cotton balls and band-aids, and quickly completed the wound treatment after simple disinfection.
"Other people's brooches hang on their chests, and your brooches hang on their necklines. Look, Si Lei has become the first victim." Li Ke laughed out loud, "Fortunately, the scratch wasn't deep. If it's a few centimeters to the side, it should be rubbed." It’s an artery.”
"But I've been wearing this for more than half a year...and it's okay."
"It's my fault that I haven't been in a good state since I woke up," Si Lei whispered, "Maybe I'm hungry... Order me some veal with white sauce."
"I want the minced meat pie and the tuna salad..." Hesta suddenly remembered something, "What day of the week is it today? Is there a cheese pot in the restaurant?"
"Don't worry about the cheese pot. Can you finish everything you ordered?" Rico took the tablet in the room and started to operate it. "I'll order the Urian stew... For dessert, I'll just choose the restaurant's special today, okay? ?」
The other two people made an OK gesture at the same time.
"This brooch is quite special," Si Lei looked at the bloody corona, "I haven't noticed the writing on it before... Is this a souvenir from some event?"
"No," Rico replied, "it was given by a teacher in the base. I got one before, but I don't know where I put it."
"teacher?"
"Well, our mental health teacher," Hesta replied, "Valenti Viking."
Viking……
Si Lei looked at the sentence on the eclipse and suddenly remembered that she also knew a Viking, but that "Viking" had now changed his surname to Clifford...
Many past things came to mind, and Si Lei sighed softly.
"It makes sense. This sentence." Si Lei put the brooch back on the coffee table. "Having the courage to ask for help means courage in itself."
Li Ge glanced at her, "...Is this how you understand this sentence?"
Si Lei frowned, "What else?"
"Just...literally, asking for help is the behavior of the strong, because only the strong know how to ask for help."
Si Lei's brows furrowed even more tightly, "We seem to be expressing the same meaning?"
"No, not at all." Rico shook his head. "To successfully ask for help, first of all, you must have people around you who can really help you. Secondly, they must also be willing to help you. Thirdly, you must also recognize someone from the crowd. Anyway, I have seen many people who have encountered problems and want help from others. In the end, they either make themselves miserable, or they only cause more trouble by speaking out - they don’t know who to contact and how to find them. .”
Hesta licked it for a while, "You mean, asking for help is... the privilege of the strong."
