"Are you tired now?" Yu Xuekun laughed, "The more tiring ones are yet to come."
"What else?" Hesta asked in a low voice.
"When you fish for her, you can't just fish for her," Yu Xuekun said softly, "I don't know how many people in the family behind her pointed at her to fish for her, haha... There are a lot of this kind of thing in District 14."
Hesta did not respond. While waiting for the red light, Yu Xuekun glanced to the side - Hesta was leaning on the seat with her eyes closed, and seemed to have fallen asleep.
However, when Yu Xuekun started the car, Hesta adjusted his sitting posture again and watched the wipers shaking back and forth without saying a word as before.
"If you're tired, take a nap."
"It's okay," Hesta said stubbornly, "go back and sleep again."
In the spacious cab, Yu Xuekun held the steering wheel and slowly rotated his hands along with the curvature of the road.
As the car moved forward, Hesta's eyelids began to fight again, and the frequency of blinking gradually slowed down.
"Can you tell me," Yu Xuekun asked, "Why do you have to meddle in this girl's business?"
"...She is a Hestar, and I am a Hestar."
"that's all?"
"Um."
"You can't save it, and it's not your problem in the first place."
"Ok, I know."
After a while, Yu Xuekun thought of something, "Do you have any other relatives in the third district?"
Hesta held her seat and cheered up again. She rubbed her face and said, "No more."
"So she's the first? The first Hesta you've met in all these years?"
"Yes..." Hesta's voice was low, "But she always reminds me of someone."
"Are you from Hesta too?"
"Well," Hesta opened the car window and let in more wind and rain, "but it's been a long time since I left."
At another intersection, Yu Xuekun stopped again.
"I occasionally have a feeling. I don't know if you have had it."
"What?"
"Sometimes...people who leave will come back."
Hesta thought for a while, but didn't understand. She yawned for a long time, then turned her head, "...What do you mean?"
The red light turned green, and Yu Xuekun reached out to change gears.
"It doesn't mean anything. People who leave will come back." She also looked at Hesta, "In various ways, they come back to us over and over again."
…
When the three of them returned to Yu Xuekun's apartment, everyone was soaked in the rain.
Yugali never spoke. She was empty-handed and just followed Hesta step by step.
"Go take a shower," Yu Xuekun pointed to the bathroom, "I'll get you a change of clothes. You just have to wear mine first."
After a while, the sound of water in the bathroom started.
Yu Xuekun opened the open kitchen in the living room and prepared to cook something to eat. Just when she was about to call Hesta to come over for help, she saw Hesta falling directly on the sofa covered with white cloth, without even taking off her shoes.
A string of black raindrops walked from the entrance to the edge of the sofa-fortunately, Hesta avoided the carpet.
Yu Xuekun immediately took a deep breath, and after blinking hard a few times, he quickly returned to normal.
"OK, it's okay," Yu Xuekun raised her hands, pacing in place while muttering to herself, and tapped her index finger in Hesta's direction, "You have to clean up after yourself, otherwise, hum."
After a while, Yugali came out of the bathroom. The entire living room was still very dark, but the spotlight above the dining table was turned on, slightly illuminating a corner of the living room. Yu Xuekun was sitting at the dining table, looking at her with a smile.
"Come, have something to eat."
Yugali cautiously walked to the table and sat down, "Are you...?"
"Jane's friend." Yu Xuekun replied, "If you have encountered any difficulties in life recently, you can also talk to me."
Eucalyptus remained silent.
"You can tell her."
Hesta's voice came suddenly from behind. Yu Xuekun and Yugali turned around at the same time and saw Hesta opening her eyes at some point and looking at them.
Yu Xuekun showed a smile: "...When you wake up, go clean the floor."
"Floor?" Hesta was a little confused at first, but when she followed Yu Xuekun's fingers and looked at her feet, she immediately understood, "Oh... I'm sorry."
"The rag is in the shoe cabinet."
Hesta took off her shoes and ran quickly to the entrance.
"You can indeed tell me," Yu Xuekun looked at Yugali again, "Mihailo and I have known each other for many years, and I can do more than half of what he can do - except suddenly giving you a huge sum of money, Ha ha."
Yugali put down his fork, "Are you from District 3 too?"
"No, I'm a local. I grew up in Mei County," Yu Xuekun switched to the Southern District 14 language, "but I was recently transferred to Orange Town."
Yugali's eyes brightened slightly, "You work in Orange Town?"
"right."
"You...what are you doing over there?"
"Archival-related matters, taking care of materials and so on, I'm just a relatively leisurely civil servant——"
"Are you familiar with the 'Residence Permit'?" Yugali immediately asked, "Because I have never received the 'Residence Permit', I have been unable to get my high school diploma. But it has been two years since I submitted all the materials, and there has been no response. ——”
"Wait a minute, why are you applying for a 'residence permit'?" Yu Xuekun turned his chin to Hesta, "Residence permits are required for outsiders like her who come from other regions. You are originally from the 14th District. ——Jiaozhi Mountain is now included in the South 14th District."
"I know, but it was only five years ago that Jiaozhi Mountain was officially classified as a livable area, so there are many people who haven't had time to build their files—"
"The population files of all newly designated livable areas in the South Fourteenth District must be completed within one calendar year." Yu Xuekun interrupted Yu Jiali, "So the personnel files in your area should theoretically be It was completed before the end of that year.”
Yugali's lips were slightly opened, and he was silent for a long time, with some confusion in his eyes.
"...But, my identity has never been revealed."
"Then what is your identity now?"
"I have no identity..."
"How come you don't have an identity? You took the high school graduation exam and you must have an identity. What identity did you sign up for?"
"We have an identity certificate issued by a local government, and we use it for school and the hospital. After the graduation exam, I received an admission letter from the United University of the 14th District. When I submitted the follow-up materials, the education department in Songxueyuan The department refused to recognize my documents and said that I was not a citizen of the 14th District, so I could not enroll in the district—"
"When did this happen?"
"It was two years ago." Yugali was a little excited. "I wrote a letter every week to ask about the progress, but I never received a reply——"
(End of chapter)
