Rico let out a long "Hmm", and she looked at Hesta and suddenly showed a vague smile.
"What are you laughing at?" Hesta asked.
"I just find it interesting." Rico drew an arc in the air with his hand, "All these things are quite interesting... Will Anna still be on the second floor tonight? If so, I will go down to find her for a drink. "
Hesta glanced at the time and said, "It should be there."
"How long does she usually stay?"
"I don't know. If there are many people, she might stay a little later."
"Aren't you coming?"
Hesta shook her head, "I don't have anything I want to talk about with her now. Let's wait until I finish reading the book."
Rico glanced at the book in Hesta's hand, and then looked straight at it, "Sometimes I really want to remind you..."
"Um?"
"You know Anna is a bit strange and untrustworthy, right?"
Hesta raised her head slightly, "I know, she has lied to me so many times... Are you worried that I will still be fooled by her?"
"No matter what she said, no matter what was written in the books she gave you...don't take it too seriously, okay? Just think that we are playing a game that will end sooner or later-"
"Of course!" Hesta said eagerly, "How could I possibly take these things seriously!"
"Okay." Rico stood up on his knees, "I'm going to change clothes."
…
After leaving the room, Si Lei stood quietly on the stairs alone. She took a deep breath to calm the turbulent emotions in her heart.
On the dim short steps, she suddenly heard Rico's laughter behind her - Rico was laughing with Hesta in the room. Si Lei couldn't hear their words clearly, but he could feel the lightness that only belonged to young people.
At this moment, many images flashed back in her mind: Hesta's face, Chiba's face, Anna's face... The expressions they showed at certain moments were so similar that their eyes and eyebrows were , mouth and nose actually overlapped strangely in Si Lei's mind.
Si Lei's eyes gradually moved downward until they fell on the room where Gustav was living at the moment - there was no sound behind the door, only a faint light came from the crack in the door.
Looking at the door, Si Lei's expression changed from tiredness to seriousness. She moved her wrist joints quietly and walked slowly to the door.
Just as she was about to raise her hand to knock on the door, another rapid knock on the door suddenly came from behind her.
Si Lei turned around and saw Jacqueline standing outside the glass door. She looked sweaty and breathing rapidly. Her forehead and temples were covered with curly hair, but she still tried her best to purse her lips and squeezed out a smile to Si Lei. Smile.
Si Lei immediately stepped forward to open the door. She glanced at the clock - it was already nine thirty-five.
"...Why are you still here at this time and not going to the dinner party?"
Jacqueline didn't answer immediately. She looked at Si Lei and said, "Do you have time now?"
"What?"
"Mr. Fiance and the others want to see you."
"Them?" Si Lei frowned slightly, "Who else besides Fayance?"
"Fayonce, Adams... those are the ones anyway," Jacqueline clasped her hands and looked at Si Lei pleadingly, "Not far away is the suite over there. Look -"
"Stop talking about this," Si Lei patted Jacqueline's shoulder, "It's very late, you go upstairs first -"
Jacqueline took a step back.
"Jacqueline?"
"... Mr. Fiance said that if I really don't want to go to the dinner party... I should, or I don't have to."
"'Should,? Why did Fiance say that?" Si Lei glared at the person in front of him, "You believe what he said?"
"He has a reason."
"What reason?"
"...Anyway, there is a reason. It's very complicated and it's hard for me to explain it to you." Jacqueline sighed, "You can ask it yourself."
Si Lei glanced at the corridor. It was empty outside.
No one.
"They want to see me, why don't they come by themselves?"
"It's too late," Jacqueline said. "They were worried that it would be unsafe to come out like this, so..."
"Isn't it just as unsafe for me to go out?" Si Lei said coldly.
"You're different!" Jacqueline said immediately, but her voice suddenly became softer, "...You should be fine."
Si Lei looked at Jacqueline's face and felt that everything was ridiculous. Just as she was about to expel the guest, a hand suddenly passed around her shoulder from behind - Li Ke suddenly appeared behind her at some point.
"Let's go," Li Ge's half-body weight came over him, "Jian said she would come too."
Jacqueline was startled, "Please wait a moment——"
Si Lei looked back and realized that Hesta was already sitting at the door. She was sitting in a wheelchair, lazily supporting her face with her left hand.
"...When did you-"
"I wanted to go out for some fresh air," Rico said softly, "but as soon as I came out, I met you opening the door for her... We didn't eavesdrop on purpose."
"What do you mean Jane is coming with me," Si Lei whispered, "You're not coming with us?"
"Didn't I tell you that I was going to go out and get some air by myself? I've been suffocating in the room."
As soon as the words came out, Jacqueline in her peripheral vision breathed a sigh of relief, and Rico looked back at Hesta with a complicated expression - it was too obvious.
"Okay, let's talk about what we just talked about when we come back," Si Lei still looked in the direction of Hesta, "Let's go."
"Wait." Hesta said suddenly.
Several people looked at her at the same time and saw her grabbing the armrest and slowly standing up from the wheelchair.
"Which one of you will help me carry the wheelchair down?"
…
Rico went out first.
The two elevators at the elevator entrance stopped at the sixth floor. Two clear no-passage signs blocked the door. The stair entrance next to it was filled with various debris used to block the door.
Rico jumped over the blocking chain briskly, pressed the down button, and the brass pointer quickly turned to the number five.
The moment the elevator door closed, she saw Si Lei pushing Hesta forward, while Jacqueline trotted ahead of them.
Rico stared at the scene until it was completely cut off by the metal door.
She had a premonition that there would be another battle tonight, but the outcome was not in suspense.
The elevator slowly descended. After reaching the second floor, Li Ge also pressed the number 6 before leaving the car - just like Si Lei would do before.
The Hard Rock Bar was empty tonight. Rico came in and asked a few times. A crew member poked his head out from the backstage and asked her how many there were. She said there was only one, and the crew member said there were others waiting. At the moment, the bartender was at the banquet. superior.
"I finally came down here and told her not to worry about the banquet, right?" Rico propped up the table, "There are no guests of ours at the banquet tonight anyway, right?"
"Yes, there are very important guests." The crew member replied, "But... Anyway, please wait a moment and I will ask you questions."
After a while, Anna and Putina appeared at the same time.
Rico didn't react until then, "...Did you come down together?"
"It's so boring to be alone," Putina laughed. "It's more lively up there after all."
Anna looked at her: "Hello, Ms. Sol."
(End of chapter)
