Why it never ends

Chapter 44 Mrs Daria

When Hesta was taken away from the base a few days later, Mr. Helu was nowhere to be found.Chiba was alone, driving a car and waiting in the parking lot as usual.

When Hesta approached, Chiba in the driver's seat waved to her nonchalantly, Hesta was startled for a moment, and then his eyes widened—

The last time we met, Chiba's left sleeve was empty, but now he has grown a real arm.

What's even more incredible is that the left arm that had been severed was not a steel or wooden prosthesis. Hesta saw Chiba nimbly taking out a cigarette from his pocket, and then half clenched his fist in front of the lighter. To shield the flames from the wind... This is just like the five fingers of ordinary people.

"Why are you standing there in a daze, get in the car." Qianye yelled again.

Hesta regained her composure, stepped forward to open the car door, and when she sat down, she glanced at Chiba's right leg—good guy, the right leg has also grown out.

Hesta's throat moved slightly, "Miss Chiba..."

"Ok?"

"Can I... touch your hand?"

Chiba didn't know why, but still handed out his right hand.

"No, left hand."

Chiba changed hands, Hesta frowned, and gently held the vivid left hand.

Looking at it now, although this hand also has slightly white bones and slightly protruding blue blood vessels, it seems to be the same as ordinary people, but it is not difficult to notice the difference between it and real flesh and blood if you look closely.

The past suddenly flashed back in Hesta's mind. In fact, as early as the first time she saw Chiba and shook hands with him, she had already felt that Chiba's hand texture was very special.

It's just that the contact time was very short at that time, and she didn't think about it.

Qianye withdrew her hand, "The previous one was worn out, so I replaced it with a new one."

Hesta couldn't describe her shock. This scene was nothing less than a miracle to her. She believed that if Sister Gertin was present, she would also exclaim and angrily pointed out that this was blasphemy.

However, Chiba's tone seemed to be talking about an umbrella, a clock, or a pair of glasses—perhaps in Miss Chiba's eyes, the human body is not much different from these objects.

Hesta frowned: "How did this happen...?"

Qianye was smoking a cigarette, holding the steering wheel, and skillfully reversed the car, "Ancient technology."

"...Miss Chiba is talking about the golden age?"

"uh-huh."

The car drove quickly to the city center.

Today is Sunday, and the whole city is extremely quiet. Most of the shops are closed, and there are no pedestrians on the street. Only the doors of the church are open, and occasionally people can be seen coming in and out.

Hesta looked out the window, "There is no parade today."

"There are very few demonstrations on weekends. Weekends are for rest." Qianye said softly, "Unless you are protesting their own salary, otherwise you don't want to drag a group of people to the street on Sunday."

As usual, Chiba parked the car on the street where the "White Ship" was located.

Except for "White Ship", there is no store on this street open. The rusty shutter doors cover the colorful wooden and glass doors, but these iron sheets are full of various graffiti spray painting, which can be seen from a distance. The past is like an extended painted wall.

"My favorite thing about 'White Ship' is that it's open on Sunday." Chiba unbuckled his seat belt, "Let's go, go get something to eat."

The two pushed the door open, and Hesta soon discovered that standing in front of the cashier today was a fat woman she had never seen before. She was not tall, but she was plump, and she might be about the same age as Mrs. Lavitt.

"Qianye?" The fat woman recognized the person at a glance, "Are you back?"

"I came back last month," Qianye replied, "I have been to your place several times, but you are not here every time."

The other party let out a series of confident laughter, "I plan to open a branch in Yask New City in the south. Recently, I have seen suitable stores over there, but I rarely come here."

The fat woman came out from behind the counter. She was wearing a green and white plaid skirt, a light green scarf tied around her head, and her waist-length black hair was braided into a thick braid behind her head. Looks very capable.

At the first glance, the fat woman's black hair and brown eyes reminded Hesta of Bo Heng, and she couldn't help guessing whether this woman also came from the fourteenth district.

But her accent is somewhat similar to Liz's.

The fat woman chatted with Qianye, and the three of them sat down by the window after talking.

Qianye leaned on the back of the chair, put one hand around her head, and played with her ponytail: "Trust me, now is not a good time to open a branch."

The fat woman frowned: "I have everything ready, why not?"

"In short, you'd better take it easy." Qianye obviously didn't want to explain more, she turned to Hesta, "This is Mrs. Daria, the proprietress of the white ship."

Immediately afterwards, she pointed to Hesta and said to Daria: "This is Helu's distant relative. He lived with me for the past two months, and his name is—" Chiba paused slightly, "Alice."

"Hello, Alice." Mrs. Daria held out her hand to Hesta. "Your hair is so beautiful, it's like ivory white satin."

After realizing that Chiba had given a fake name, Hesta was a little nervous.She moved involuntarily away from Mrs. Daria, lest she should get too close and realize that she was wearing a wig.

"Thank you." Hesta shook the other party's hand lightly, "Nice to meet you, Mrs. Daria."

"Where are you from, girl? Are you like Mr. Helu?"

"Ah."

Hesta didn't know where Mr. Helu's hometown was, but at this moment she had no better response than nodding.

Darya laughed: "It's very close to where we are. Have you ever been to Vilyuchinsky?"

"where?"

"Vilyuchinsky Wasteland," Mrs. Darya said, "I used to live there. Since I came to Tanyi, I haven't been back for more than ten years—it's too far away, and it's inconvenient to go back."

Hesta didn't know how to answer, she looked at Chiba - Chiba didn't seem to intend to take the blame for her.

So Hesta thought for a while, "I rarely had the opportunity to go outside before, it's not safe outside."

Mrs. Daria seemed to be convinced by this answer, and she looked at Hesta with a little pity, "Yes, living in the wilderness is not safe after all, you say that a few years later, who would have thought of As Will something happen to Kea too? Such a bustling place... I almost ended up there."

Hesta looked up, "Have you ever been to Askia?"

"Of course I have. Most of the earliest residents of the wilderness who came to Vilyuchinsky moved from Askia."

Mrs. Daria was very talkative. She talked about her life in Tan Yi for more than ten years, and what she felt most was that Tan Yi's people were so lazy that she couldn't imagine.

"When I first came, an old couple who lived across from me ran a tavern. I thought their Sundays must be the busiest time-who knew that one Sunday morning, the two of them weeded the yard together I was stunned at the time. When it was noon, I saw that they were still dawdling in the yard, so I couldn't help but stepped forward and asked, 'Good neighbors, why are you still at home now?'

"At first, they thought I was asking them why they didn't go to church, and they were embarrassed, but when they realized I was referring to their tavern business, the two laughed and said 'Sunday is God's day off. Day, there is no reason to work!'.

"I'm really surprised. If the tavern is not open on Sunday, when will Tan Yi's alcoholics come out to get drunk? Guess how they answered me?"

"How did you answer?"

Mrs. Daria imitated her neighbor's tone, and said slowly: "'From Monday to Saturday, you can come every night!'"

After finishing speaking, Mrs. Darya slapped her thigh with her palm.

"Fortunately, they figured out that whoever gets drunk on Monday night will have to work with a swollen head on Tuesday? When I was in Vlyuchinsky, I thought the people there were already lazy enough, but Tan Yi was worse than ours."

Hearing this, Chiba laughed out loud.

"I know that you Vlyuchinsky women will never be infected with the laziness and dissolute habits of the third district," she raised the teacup in her hand and touched Mrs. Darya's cup lightly, "you will never Diligent!"

　Thanks to He Yao and Yu Qi for their rewards and monthly tickets~

　　
　
(End of this chapter)