"Really?" the waiter replied casually, "She should be the tallest girl I have ever seen——"
"That's not what I meant."
"Um?"
"She has been staying at my house for almost a week, and the wardrobe is still empty," Ding Yuqing said softly. "All her clothes combined can't even fit on a vertical hanger, but she never asked me where I usually buy clothes. .”
"How do you know?" the waiter smiled, "You are so good that you show each other's wardrobe?"
"Don't worry about it. Anyway, I just know."
"Ha, you are a minimalist pioneer. No wonder I just heard her say that she is not short of money. Such people don't know how to spend money... Then you have to teach her well."
Ding Yuqing glanced at the wall clock in the cafe, "I almost have to leave... Is Kajia here today?"
"She will come, but maybe a little later, around eight o'clock."
"I want to make an appointment for her divination."
"Okay," the waiter picked up a pen and jotted down a reservation in the shorthand notebook beside him, "You can just come over here."
…
After morning class, it was not even eleven o'clock. Hesta was the first to leave the classroom and go to the underground entrepreneurial park on campus. She knew there were many small shops run by students.
In a place selling cultural and creative products, she found a box of universal chess sets. The wooden box containing the chess pieces itself is a folded chess board, and the chess pieces inside are extremely crudely carved, especially the horse. Compared with the vivid hand-carving last night, its shape looks like some kind of weird abstract art.
At twelve o'clock, Hesta arrived at the Hope Center in Orange Town by car. She didn't want to wait for a moment longer. She just wanted to share this extremely fun new toy with Eleven as soon as possible during her lunch break.
Eleven didn't expect Hesta to come back today at all. When she saw a familiar red shadow flashing outside the window in the restaurant, she immediately swallowed everything in the bowl in a hurry, and then used everyone's ability to A voice was heard calling Hestad's name.
Amid everyone's sideways glances and envy, Eleven jumped down from his chair, swaggered out of the cafeteria and came to Hesta's side.
The two sat in a pavilion at the Hope Center for an entire afternoon. Hesta introduced the rules to Eleven in her unskilled Southern District 14 dialect. To her surprise, Eleven listened very patiently throughout the whole process— —When she was in Meijun, Shiyi had seen two old men playing this game on the bus station platform, but at that time she only watched them through the transparent plastic barrier for a short time, and then they were driven away. .
In the afternoon sunshine, the two of them made a start without any plan, and it was time for Hesta to return to school. Before leaving, Hesta asked Eleven if she had any plans this weekend. If not, she could go with him to participate in the city tour project hosted by the city hall.
"Can I bring friends?" Eleven asked.
"Only one."
"Then I have to think about it!" Eleven stretched out two fingers towards Hesta, "I have two people I can take with me now!"
"You want," Hesta replied, "I'll pick you up on Sunday."
When leaving the Hope Center, Hesta also sent the news about Sunday's trip to Yugali, but Yugali did not reply.
Hesta stood on the platform for a while. She looked up at the digital screen next to her. It showed that the train she wanted to take still had 26 minutes until it arrived at the station. Hesta simply warmed up on the platform for a while, then retreated to the sidewalk and ran in the direction of the University of Technology.
While running, she felt a lot more relaxed.
It seemed that until this moment, she could say that the inexplicable pressure in the morning had completely dissipated.
…
At four o'clock in the afternoon, Hesta returned to the downstairs of the community on time. A middle-aged man carrying a tool bag was already waiting there. When he saw Hesta, he immediately put out his cigarette butts and came up to say hello.
After confirming the other party's name and phone number, Hesta led the maintenance worker to the door with some doubts. She quickly sent a text message to Yu Xuekun - she didn't understand that the person she picked clearly had a name in it. The word "female" is used, why is it a man?
Before the elevator reached the ninth floor, Yu Xuekun gave a reply.
"Dear, here's a common sense: the worker you picked is named "Yao", and the radicals in the surname cannot be used to infer male or female."
Hesta reacted belatedly - another inexplicable mistake.
After getting out of the elevator, she opened the door as usual. However, the moment she opened the door, Hesta's expression froze - the whole living room became a mess again.
There was a smell of wine in the air. Following the smell, Hesta looked up and saw a broken red wine bottle and wine-red stains that had seeped into the wall and floor on the wall not far away.
The ground was covered with dried water stains and colorful porcelain tiles of different materials. Many half-dried fresh-cut flowers were scattered on the ground. In the sun, they sparkled together with the glass shards embedded in the carpet.
Hesta recognized at a glance that these fragments were vases that Xu Ruyi placed on various cabinets and tables. Not only the vases, but also all the plates and bowls on the table, some casually placed newspapers and magazines, bags with chopped nuts... were all scattered on the floor.
She glanced at the shoe cabinet. The shoes worn by Ding Guisheng, Ding Jiali and Shi Pingchuan in the past two days were not on the shelf - these people should not be at home now.
Suddenly, Hesta saw the Xiaoshan chopstick holder that she had been using for several days. She leaned over and picked it up - the chopstick holder had been broken into two halves, one half fell next to the shoe rack next to the entrance, and the other half It has disappeared.
The maintenance man followed Hesta, not knowing what was going on, but urging Hesta to enter the house.
Hesta blocked the maintenance man's path. She took out her mobile phone and prepared to call the police. At this moment, the sound of the door opening came from the second floor.
Following a series of almost inaudible footsteps, Ding Xueyang's figure appeared at the stairwell of the second floor.
"Is Jane back..."
Hesta raised her head and saw Ding Xueyang wearing a nightgown and standing barefoot upstairs.
"The house is a little messy, don't worry about it." Ding Xueyang whispered, "Did you make an appointment for the dishwasher repairman to come to your home today?"
"……Um."
"Come right in. There's no need to change your shoes. Be careful not to hurt your feet."
"Is this..." Hesta looked at her, "Is this a thief?"
"No," Ding Xueyang replied, "I smashed it all."
After a moment of silence, Ding Xueyang turned around and returned to the room. Her walking voice was very soft, and the sound of closing the door again was also very weak.
"Do you want to repair it today?" the maintenance master asked from behind.
Hesta then gave way to the door.
The situation inside the house also shocked the maintenance master, but he quickly adapted to the situation, "...how to get to the kitchen?"
"This way."
(End of chapter)
