"If it's money, I already said it yesterday -"
"It's not money," Hesta took out a mobile phone, "I bought two mobile phones yesterday and also applied for a card. This is for you. My new number is already stored in it. The charger and receipt are in the box outside. ...You bring your mobile phone so we can contact you easily."
"I do not need--"
"Hold it." Hesta firmly put the phone into Yugali's hand, "What if you encounter any danger later? You can call the police at any time with this."
"I--"
"Take it." Hesta continued, "Having this will be more convenient for you as a tutor. At least you can leave your contact information to the parents in the future. If any of them are interested and want to contact you, you You’ll receive the news immediately, right?”
Yugali stopped resisting, and after a while, she took the mobile phone from Hesta's hand.
"Whatever you want." Eucalyptus murmured softly.
…
On this day, Hesta took Eleven to wander around Mei County. They first went to the train station, and after there was still no news from the grocery store, the two of them wandered aimlessly on the street.
As they passed through the city center and several main streets, they encountered several waves of patrolling soldiers on the streets. The soldiers pointed their guns at the ground, and passers-by separated and circled in front of them.
After passing by the patrollers, Hesta pointed to the soldiers and asked Eleven in a low voice, "Is this place always like this?"
"No." Eleven shook her head. She also looked at the unfamiliar faces in the distance with great curiosity. "I have never seen these people before. It feels like they just appeared in the past two days."
"These two days?"
"Uh-huh." Eleven agreed, "We are very safe here. Don't look at the gangsters on the street. Behind which gangster is which big brother? Everyone knows very well. The shops on these streets, Vendors, as long as you pay a little money, you will be insured - you will not be bullied, understand."
Hesta shook her head.
Eleven grabbed both of his ears on the spot, "Why! I've been teaching you for so many days, but you still can't understand me when I talk to you!"
Hesta didn't know why, so she just pulled away Eleven's hand and stopped her from scratching her ears.
"Where are you going today?" Eleven looked up at Hesta, "Are you going back now?"
Hesta stopped and looked at a familiar building not far away—the Mercury Needle Workstation. She unexpectedly walked here again.
At this time, the door of the workstation was just like yesterday, with soldiers guarding it everywhere.
If Eucalyptus had agreed to accept help yesterday, she would have walked through the door and gone to the emergency office to write a check by now.
Although this will definitely attract the attention of those soldiers...but there is no better way at the moment.
It would be nice if that friend named Yu Xuekun could find him earlier, at least this way he would have one more person to discuss with.
"Jane!" Eleven shouted again, "Shall we go back now?"
Hesta shook his head - he had to go to the station to find Yugali after five o'clock, what were he going to do now?
"Then how do you eat?"
"Are you hungry?" Hesta looked down at Eleven, "We can go have lunch now."
"Where are you going to eat again? Vera Care Center?"
Hesta shook her head again, "Restaurant."
"Huh?" Eleven looked hesitantly, "Where did you get the money?"
Hesta tightened her shirt and smiled mysteriously, "Don't worry about it."
About two streets away from the workstation, Hestad turned again with Eleven.
At around four o'clock in the afternoon, Hesta, who had nothing to do, came to the station where he was yesterday to wait for someone in advance. Eleven couldn't help but ran to dig through the trash cans in a nearby community. Hesta was left sitting alone on a bench in a small park near the bus stop in a daze. Occasionally, someone passed by her with a barking small dog. When their eyes met, the barking of the dog suddenly dropped.
Hesta was thinking about Mihailo and Vera Nursing Center alone, and could not think of any way to achieve immediate results while protecting herself.
Even though she doesn’t know Mihailo well at the moment, Hesta is almost convinced that there must be a behemoth composed of more people behind this sanctimonious doctor. People like Mihailo are just a person at best. The hub is just like the long-sleeved Fernando of the past... There is always someone standing deeper and controlling everything at the front desk, monitoring every track and every joint on the assembly line.
Always.
There are too many damn people in this world.
If she had to kill them one by one, she would never be able to finish them off until she died. She would never be able to finish them off.
…
At the end of dusk, Eleven came back holding a bicycle basket filled with various things.
"Look what good things I picked up!" Eleven shook the basket, "I don't know who threw away a lot of electrical panels. Unfortunately, many of them were bloated or leaked oil. But these are the only ones I picked up. It can be sold for more than ten yuan. I know a boss is collecting this recently... Look! I also picked up a basket, otherwise it would be difficult to put it in! "
Hesta did not speak, but reached out to take the black electronic board handed over by Eleven and looked through it repeatedly.
"Where is that woman?" Eleven looked around, "Did she go to the toilet?"
"Who are you talking about?" Hesta asked, "Eucalyptus?"
"Otherwise!" Eleven replied loudly, "It's already so late!"
Only then did Hesta remember to look at her watch - it was already six-fifty, and Eucalyptus still hadn't appeared.
Hesta had some bad premonitions, so she immediately took out her mobile phone and called Yugali, but Yugali turned off the phone.
"...She didn't come?" Eleven reacted, and she chased after Hesta, "Did that woman not come?"
Hesta walked quickly to the bus stop not far away, first looked in the direction of the bus for a few seconds, and then leaned over to check the corresponding bus stop sign.
Although Hesta didn't recognize most of the words on it, she quickly found the key information: the train Yugali took, the last train in summer departed at 6:35 pm, and based on the number of platforms, it was estimated that, Passed by here around 7:30 at the latest.
"She won't come!" Eleven shouted, "I've seen it a long time ago, she doesn't like you, she doesn't want you anymore!"
Hesta was silent for a long time and looked at Eleven: "Wait... wait."
At 7:24, the familiar bus stopped at the platform, but there were only a handful of passengers on the bus and no one got off.
Eleven yawned, "...Go back?"
Hesta did not respond. She stared in the direction of the car, her expression seemed to be frozen on her face.
"Go back!" Eleven jumped to Hesta, "How long do you want to wait here?"
Hesta's cheeks moved slightly and she looked at the bus sign. For a long time, she suddenly squatted down and raised her finger at Eleven, "Come?"
Eleven was stunned. Although he didn't understand what Hesta wanted to do, he still lay on her shoulder.
