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I rubbed my eyes, and rubbed my eyes again.

God, am I reading that right?Did he seem to be winking in my direction just now?

Colin's head popped out from the side suddenly: "Little Francisco, I didn't expect you to have a love of peeping... Woooo..."

"Who is he?" I whispered. "How come I've never seen him?"

After waiting for a long time, Colin didn't answer, just poked me with his fingers.

I let go of my hand covering his mouth.

Colin's eyes were like those of an abandoned woman. He said, "Little Francesco, how could you do this? Seduce my lover in front of my face?"

"You two?" I opened my mouth wide in surprise, "You two are...?"

Colin smiled and rolled his eyes, nodding like a chicken pecking at rice.

"No way."

"Aren't we worthy?" Colin tossed his hair narcissistically.

I sighed: "All the good trees are overwhelmed by pigs."

"Little Francesco!"

A slender hand pushed aside the bushes, revealing a pair of stunning blue eyes: "What are you two doing?"

Colin froze when he pressed on me, coughed twice, and got up from the ground, with a leaf stuck to his blond hair.

"Well, Francisco Jr. and I are working on the script, um, we may have a, um, action scene."

"Action scene? An action scene between Bagoas and Alexander?" The man's white teeth were exposed, "Isn't it all in the bedroom? When did the field battle come on, and the director of such a sexy scene didn't inform me, it's too kind. "

I said: "Don't listen to Alexander's nonsense, he is just jealous that you are more beautiful than him."

The man bent down and came out from the bushes. Only then did I realize that he was really tall, even slightly taller than the tall Colin.

"Francisco, I know you," he smirked at me with the corners of his mouth twisted. "I saw your performance at the Royal Theater. It was wonderful."

"Oh, thanks," I said, a little flattered, "so you are?"

"Hephaistion."

I was taken aback: "Who is Hephaestion?"

The name sounds familiar.

"Hephaistion, you don't even know?" Colin looked at me like he was looking at a fool, and his contempt deepened, "Hephaistion, of course, is Alexander's favorite person!"

Halo, I forgot such an important role!

Hephaistion, Alexander's right minister, his childhood sweetheart and soul mate.He followed Alexander throughout his life and fought in all directions, and made great contributions to the establishment of the empire.

Many scholars speculate that Alexander and Hephaestion are lovers. Even as early as the ancient Greek era, a scholar once commented on these two people with a very classic sentence:

"Alexander was invincible all his life, but he lost only once: between Hephaistion's legs[1]."

Colin carelessly put his arm on the man's shoulder: "Jared, did you fall? It's rare for you to play my wife once and be ignored."

"It's okay, I just arrived today." The man raised his eyebrows and looked at me again. "I'm Jared, a singer and actor. I was a little late because I was filming an MV in California a few days ago."

"Shooting an MV?" Colin asked strangely, "I see which new lover you're dating again? Scarlett? Lindsay? Or Jessica? Didn't the paparazzi take pictures of you and that beautiful girl a few days ago? Is the master going to a nightclub to seek pleasure..."

Jared smiled back at Colin.

Colin turned his head silently: "...Actually, I don't know anything."

Jared ignored him and shook hands with me: "Happy cooperation, my little rival."

I glanced at Jared, then at Colin, and felt suddenly a little sympathetic to Colin.

It turned out that in front of Hephaistion, the brave and invincible emperor was actually a small 0, a tragedy.

After filming the Persian palace scene for three consecutive days, the entire crew was almost insane.What Alexander conquered Persia, Alexander returned to Persia after the war, Hephaistion ascended to heaven, etc. Oliver is a perverted perfectionist, and he strives for perfection in every detail. Fortunately, I don’t have a few lines, so I’m doing well It went well.It's just that Colin and Jared are miserable. It's commonplace for a sentence to be stuck several times, until poor Colin can't even lift his head.

During this time, I was watching their filming and discussing my dance with Marlena.Marlena is the choreographer of this movie. Although she can point out the general direction of the dance I want to dance, the specific movements and details still need to be created by myself.To understand Bagoas's portrayal in the film, I began to study scripts and other sources.

However, after a long time, my attention shifted to Hephaestion.

You bastard, who told me Bagoas and Hephaestion are rivals in love?

Bullshit!

Bagoss can be regarded as Mao's rival in love! ?

Compared with Hephaestion, in Alexander's mind, he probably was not as good as even a bean sprout.One is the right-hand man of his childhood sweetheart, and the other is the exiled male favorite in troubled times. The reason why Bagoss can live for so long is that Hephaestion is so kind that people and gods are so indignant, or that in his opinion, this little eunuch Not even a threat at all.

If I were Alexander, I would definitely choose Hephaistion too, come on, even a blind man can see what a perfect lover Hephaistion is!

Poor Bagoss, who was born at the wrong time, foolishly fell in love with someone who shouldn't be liked, he is destined to be cannon fodder.

But think about myself, I thought I had love, but I was betrayed by others, and at the end I was accused of not understanding love, am I also a cannon fodder!I sympathize with what he does!depressed!

The sky was getting dark outside the window, and I felt depressed, so I went out of the hotel to relax.

Behind the hotel is a small garden, colorful, with a small fountain in the center, white trays and white railings, exquisite and gorgeous.

"I found this in Egypt."

Jared's voice came faintly through the thin spring water.

I sneaked closer curiously, and saw him and Colin standing by the fountain.

What are they doing here at night?Could it be that there is really some unspeakable adultery between these two people?

I looked over and what Jared was holding seemed to be a ruby ​​ring.

He handed it to Colin.

"The guy who sold it to me said it was from a time when humans worshiped the sun and the stars," he said.

Am I delusional?Why is Jared's voice trembling slightly?

He sniffed softly, and continued: "I have always regarded you as the sun, Alexander, and I hope that your sun-like brilliance can shine on everyone."

Jared stepped forward and hugged Colin gently.

"Alexander," Jared said with tears in his big blue eyes, "...I hope you have a son."

I was struck by lightning.

Isn't this the last blessing I give to John, that rotten man?Are they rehearsing their lines?Why does this sentence appear here! ! !

Why do I feel like crying when I hear Hephaestion say that.

He can make concessions for the person he loves the most, let him get married and have children, let him let go to achieve hegemony, and he silently stands behind to support him, because he loves Alexander.

The same words came to my mouth, but they were completely different.

Not this feeling.

Why not?

My mind was in turmoil.

What John said to me before came to mind one by one.

"Little Francisco, haven't you understood the crux of the problem yet?"

"Actually, I'm still doubting to this day, Francisco, have you ever really loved me in these three years?"

"You can't love at all."

Could it be that, as John said, in fact, I never loved him at all?

"Little Francisco, why are you in a daze, I'm asking you something!" Colin tapped me on the shoulder.

I looked up in a daze: "Huh?"

"How do you feel about the time we lined up?" Colin asked.

"Well, it's alright."

Seeing that I was absent-minded, Colin said: "Hey, forget it, let's not talk about this, I have a headache when I mention it. By the way, Oliver said that he will have a day off tomorrow, and Jared and I plan to go out for a walk after dinner later. ,are you going?"

"..."

Colin smiled and embraced Jared and me: "Go and eat first."

So after all these years, who have I really loved?

For the rest of the time, I was in a state of wandering, eating, paying, getting in and out of the car.

Until I followed the two into a round arched white door, I was suddenly stimulated by a strong golden light so that I couldn't keep my eyes open.

I quickly covered my eyes, and after a while, I slowly opened them again.

When I opened my eyes, I gasped.

In front of him was a completely unfamiliar huge palace.

It is a symmetrical two-story building made of huge stones, with a pharaoh relief in the niches on both sides.At a glance, the palace stretches straight to the left and right, with no end to be seen in the night.

Different from the bright and gorgeous Persian palace that was temporarily built on the set, this huge palace is full of old ruins, majestic and solemn, and the sense of history is heavy.

The night is like running water, and the moonlight is like a gauze curtain.At this moment, the palace is resplendent and magnificent.

I lost my voice: "Where did you take me?"

Jared took out a pair of sunglasses and put them on the bridge of his nose leisurely: "My little rival has finally come back to life."

"Hush, keep a low profile." Colin raised his hat brim gentlemanly to me, "How is it? Are you surprised?"

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[1] This evaluation comes from the movie "Alexander the Great".