one step away [Interstellar]

26.

The rain slaps against the delicate picture window with the wind, leaving colorful traces.Xia Zuo leaned against the door with his book in his arms, looking at He Bo who was sitting in front of the piano with fingers fluttering, and listening to the melodious piano music coming to an end.

The last key fell, Xia Zuo stood up straight, and walked towards Heber with his legs open.

"When we were at school in Sass, the teacher who taught us music was a gentleman who didn't pay much attention to his appearance. He looked very chic. The class next door was a very beautiful lady. When they had music lessons, it happened to be our class. In the physical education class, most of the students completed the task with great enthusiasm, and then ran to the corridor of the music lecture hall to secretly listen to the class." Xia Zuo said with a smile, walking forward step by step.

"Of course, this kind of behavior will naturally be punished. If the instructor finds out, the amount of training will be doubled. But there are still many students who continue to follow suit." At that time, the students in the class were extremely envious of the student in the female class. , They are all saying that if she teaches the music class, she will definitely not fail.

"Well... I think... I can now understand that group of people with high hormones. If that lady were replaced by you, I would skip class to attend your class. Even if I was severely punished, I would still No hesitation." She stood in front of Hebe with the book in her arms, and shrugged.

Ah, after all, when we were students, our hormones were very strong.

"That teacher must be beautiful and moving." Heber smiled, and continued her words.

"And you are even more so." Xia Zuo lowered his eyes, and the beautiful face of the woman was reflected in the clear pupils.

He Bo glanced at her, and smiled helplessly, "You... what's the matter?" She looked at the book in Xia Zuo's hand, showing curiosity.

"There is." Xia Zuo said, spreading out the letter in his hand, "Old Vito brought today's letter, and I just divided it up. It was supposed to be handed over to you. But it seems that I I'd be more than happy to see you myself."

"Do you want to continue? Or, how about preparing afternoon tea?" She looked down at the woman in front of the piano, and stated her purpose straightforwardly.

"This is a proposal that cannot be refused." Heber smiled helplessly and readily accepted it.

So Xia Zuo reached out, pulled the woman sitting on the chair up, and walked towards the living room on the second floor.

The raindrops meander on the colorful windows, and the water is crystal clear under the bright lights.Xia Zuo raised his hand, handed the brewed tea to Heber, glanced at the gray sky, took a sip of the tea, and said, "I don't know when it will be down, the information released by the Meteorological Bureau said It's going to last about a week, which sounds pretty frustrating."

"There will always be a period of cloudy and rainy weather in San Lorenzo before summer, and then it will be sunny." Heber smiled and said.

"Nice's military area is in the mountains on the outskirts of the city, and there is plenty of rain. It will be very humid after the rain. It's a bit bad when you think about it." In less than two weeks, her vacation will end and she will report to the army.

He Bo was startled, thinking about Xia Zuo's schedule, and realized that she was going to work. "So, do you need to prepare moisture-proof supplies for you?"

"Ah... no, there are all of these." Xia Zuo smiled, put away the slight disappointment, looked at the letter in her hand, and said to Heber, "There is nothing left and right, do you want to read it now? I think there are quite a lot of parts that are not personal letters."

Probably, about twenty copies.

"Well... yes." Heber nodded and responded.Most of them were letters to the Duke's Mansion. There was nothing wrong with Xia Zuo's presence, to be exact, it was quite appropriate.

"The recipient is the part of the Marquise, right?" Xia Zuo stretched out his hand and spread out the letters one by one, opened the envelope very neatly, and read with great interest, "A letter from Wengerel..."

"Dear Marquis: I'm very glad that you have helped Hope Academy this year, and the children here..."

Obviously, this is a letter of thanks. After the unified examination in May, [-]% of the students in this junior school with only a few students were admitted to the public secondary school.Of course, all this stems from Heber's assistance.

"Very good kids." Xia Zuo came to a conclusion and said to Heber, "Should we write back to express our congratulations?"

She knew that the foundations under the name of the Duke's Mansion were all involved in some charitable causes, such as aid to orphans or funding poor students.Even though today's imperial welfare institutions are perfect enough, there are still some areas that cannot be taken care of, which is why there is such a foundation.

"Of course." Heber was obviously very happy, gently blew on the tea on his lips, and took a sip, "They are so good. Where is the next letter? What is it about?"

"The one from San Lorenzo... from my family... Let me take a look..." Xia Zuo opened the envelope and glanced at a line, frowning slightly, "Uncle Paine's new wife gave birth to another child... Gaia has thirteen brothers and sisters, that's too much..." Alpha turned his head, looked at the woman's calm face, showing a look of surprise.

The uncle Paine she was talking about was the cousin of the old duke, the second in command of the family in the northern highlands, and the father of Colonel Gaia who is currently serving in the Nice Military Region.

This is a very typical conservative alpha, married five times, and gave birth to many children.If it weren't for the empire's one-to-one marriage system, she suspects that this uncle may have far more than that many wives. After all, apart from the children he officially recognizes, as far as she knows, there are quite a few illegitimate children.

"He is already old, and he still has the ability to give birth?" For such a person, Xia Zuo didn't have the slightest thought of respecting the elderly, so he frowned and sarcastically said.

"Probably because of being newly married, she is still very energetic..." Heber pondered for a while, and concluded in this way.

"...is he married again?"

"At the beginning of the year..." Heber nodded and said, "I heard it was the sixth wife..."

"It's really..." Xia Zuo paused, and found that he didn't know how to describe it, so he had to change the subject, "Then we just need to send a congratulatory gift, right?"

"Yes."

The two briefly talked about some housework in the Duke's mansion in the letter, and Xia Zuo felt that the woman in front of him was very interesting.She doesn't reveal her likes and dislikes very much, but Xia Zuo, who is good at observing words and expressions, can still feel her likes and dislikes, no matter how he treats people and things, he is very measured.

Heber doesn't know how many such trivial things he has to deal with every day, and it is really amazing to be able to manage the Duke's Mansion in Nuoda in an orderly manner.

Xia Zuo secretly praised Heber again in his heart, and then drew the envelope he had seen before.

The conspicuous bronzing pattern and complicated and exquisite logo made Xia Zuo want to take it apart. "It's a letter from the organizing committee of the International Windsor Design Competition..."

Hearing this, He Bo raised his head and looked at Xia Zuo, his red eyes revealed a trace of anxious expectation under the cover of calmness.

Xia Zuo noticed her expression and became more curious about the contents of the envelope.So she opened the mail, took out a folded card, glanced roughly, and then smiled, "I think it's better for you to see this yourself."

Heber took it, glanced at it, and showed a very happy smile.Looking at her expression, Xia Zuo knew that he had guessed right, "Congratulations, you have won the Newcomer Award. Although you don't know much about this competition, you seem quite authoritative. You are really great."

"Thank you." Before that, Heber already knew the news of the award, but now that he really got the certification medal, he was still overjoyed.

"Well, the next trophy should be delivered. This is really good news. Let's celebrate tonight?" It was obvious that Heber was so happy that she couldn't stop the smile on her face.

"Yeah." Rubbing the bronzing patterns on his hands, Heber, who once again realized his boyhood dream, had taken a step forward, obviously couldn't control his emotions.

After all, she mustered up the courage to do it.

"You...are you studying design?" Xia Zuo curled his lips, thinking about the question that day, and asked hesitantly.

"It's not... Believe it or not from the business school?" Heber blinked at her. This woman who was almost five months pregnant seemed to be a girl who thought she was in puberty.

Xia Zuo's heart skipped a beat, and he said blankly, "The letter...but...why isn't it from the School of Design...you seem to like it very much..."

why?Because in a person's life, there will always be many, many unavoidable reasons.

Especially, in such a family.

Heber's eyes dimmed for a moment, but soon regained the bright brilliance of the red pupils.She smiled and said, "Because most of the time, the things you like are not something you can choose."

"Yes..." Xia Zuo nodded, expressing her understanding. Even though she hadn't experienced a helpless choice, she could still understand Heber's feelings when she said this, so she said, "But now you can do things you like. It has performed very well.”

Yes, in the end you still held on, didn't you?Xia Zuo thought of this question, but fell into another thought.

How deep is Heber's liking for this matter?She likes designing, and even after she went to business school, she never gave up. Now that she has been married for many years and managed the family business for a long time, she can still win awards for her hobby.

What would happen if she focused on doing this?

Is it... after taking off these unnecessary responsibilities, it is also a good thing to let Heber do what he likes?

Suddenly, she looked at the woman's face full of vitality, and thought of it in a daze.

After all, everyone has dreams, doesn't they?And Hebe... Hebe...

Wouldn't it be better if you could choose what you like?

She began to care about what Heber likes...children...design...the Duke's mansion...or Lynn?

For this, what price was paid.

The author has something to say:

Xia Zuo has already started to pry her brother's position at this time, so Heber's identity will be very embarrassing. She is going to make a deal or an agreement with Heber. After all, she feels that this matter will hurt Heber's interests, so... Um……