one step away [Interstellar]

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No matter what the reason is, Xia Zuo has the right to know what happened in his home.Obviously, as the elder sister-in-law, Heber couldn't tell her the truth of the matter.Already aware from Omega's expression that this is a matter that is inconvenient to ask from family members, Xia Zuo wisely did not ask the servants at home, but asked the all-knowing and all-powerful partner for his own answer.

Emily - the intelligence specialist who was born in the Imperial Military Academy, is now the editor-in-chief of the San Lorenzo Daily Times.As an aristocratic Miss Alpha who was born in San Lorenzo, her job seemed too overqualified to most people.After all, in the alpha concept, all powerful people should fight in the flames of war.

This lady has always scoffed at such iron-blooded arguments. It is true that Alpha has a stronger physical fitness, but it does not mean that everyone must rely on this way of life to realize their self-worth.For Emily, who loves news and gossip entertainment, such a career is the most suitable.

It was many years ago that Xia Zuo met her. At that time, the major general was only 19 years old, but he achieved his first victory in a battle against Zerg in Saas.Compared with other soldiers in the team, the 19-year-old captain is too young.At that time, a reporter came to interview this promising young man and asked her how she felt when she faced the female worm's nest but resisted weakly and did not choose to retreat.

The major general simply said, "I'm a soldier."

Such frank and direct words once again brushed up the young people's passion for the empire, which was still hot on the Internet platform for a long time at that time.The person in charge of the interview was Emily, a war correspondent who went to SARS at that time. When she confirmed that the young man's eyes were not a trace of the so-called pride of the alpha, but just duty, he couldn't help but feel good.

Things got better after that.Due to the upbringing of his own strong Omega mother, the major general treats the society that has obvious gender discrimination even though it has gradually become equal.In other words, she never cared about the gender of the other party, but simply felt that an excellent person should get a suitable position, or that she should work hard to get the position she wanted.

So for so many years, she has been encouraging Emily to realize her dream. After many years, although the two have occasional contact, their private relationship has become more and more intimate.

When Emily's optical signal was connected, the other party had just returned to the hotel where she lived on a business trip.Seeing her best friend whom she hadn't seen for a long time, Emily's delicate and beautiful face showed a sad expression, "Please don't be sad, Xia Zuo, the Duke will rest in peace in heaven."

"Thank you for your comfort, Emily, I'm much better now. Are you not in San Lorenzo?" Xia Zuo knew that his friends often need to go out to socialize, so he asked with concern.

"Yes, I'm in San Alonzo. There's an interstellar summit held here. I think I'll stay here for another week. Have you returned to live in the Duke's mansion?" Emily looked sharply at Xia Zuo's surroundings. facilities, it is easy to deduce her location.

"Exactly. I have been transferred back to San Lorenzo to take up my post on the Thirteenth Warship two months after my father's funeral."

"That's really great. There's nothing in that damn place in Sass. They should have transferred you back long ago." Emily smiled, and her smile was brighter than her long fiery red hair.

"Hmm." The young major general nodded, as if he didn't feel much about this bustling city.She looked at the expression of her friend reflected in the light news, raised her eyebrows, and asked, "Emily, I need to ask you something, please do tell me."

"Tell me, if it is in line with professional ethics, I will tell you everything." The red-haired lady nodded with a brisk look on her face.

"I just now know that Lynn lives in Landoville. He seems to be kicked out by my father... um... Do you know what's going on?" Even a little tangled.

Emily frowned, her tone was not very good, "Has no one mentioned this to you?"

The major general's expression became more serious following the woman's words. She looked at the other party and continued to say, "After all, this is your housework. It's not easy for me to comment on it as an outsider."

"Hmm... But no one actually told me." Including her parents, Xia Zuo deduced, probably these two felt that it was nothing to do with her.

Emily shrugged when she heard this, showing a very casual expression, "Well, it's actually not a big deal. More than two months ago, Marquess Lynn began to live with a sweetheart, and he didn't return at night. It was like this about a month ago. When the Duke was sick, the Marquis brought him back and said that the other party had his child and wanted to marry him or something. Well, he also said that he would divorce the lady from the Fox family... . . . I heard that the duke was very angry, and after beating him, the marquis lived in Landoville with that sweetheart."

The sarcasm in Emily's tone was very obvious, and her dislike for the beta marquis was very clear.She disliked the Marquis Beta, not out of the superiority of alphas who naturally have advantages over betas, but just expressing disdain for the Marquis regardless of gender and other factors.

Although this marquis is a beta, he is very much loved, and according to the regulations in the Empire's Anti-Sex Discrimination Law, as the eldest son, he has become the successor of the duke even though he has an alpha in his family.Now beta and Omega have an environment where they can compete with alpha for the rights of administrators and work hard for themselves. This is inseparable from the efforts of those affirmative action activists over the years.

Because they are obviously lagging behind the powerful Alpha in terms of physical fitness, these people have worked very hard after getting a relaxed environment.But it is obvious that this marquis beta is a very unmotivated person.

He was very ordinary since he was a child, and there was no outstanding place. His job was also from a lecturer in the university town of Landoville, and now he is slowly promoted to an associate professor.Compared to his excellent alpha sister, this marquis is too mediocre.Of course, this is not a problem, the key is that Emily has heard his evaluation of other people many times, ah, because he is an alpha, because of whose family he is a child, why don't you join the army as an alpha.

Turn a blind eye to the efforts of others to comfort your own inferiority complex.Especially, when she knew how much this person disliked her sister, she lacked affection.So it's not surprising that this bastard would do these things when his loving father died of illness.

Emily's news made Xia Zuo frowned, "Did Lynn go to see a doctor when my father was sick?"

"No, he only returned to Granville a few days ago. I heard that he brought that little sweetheart to the scene when he paid homage to the Duke. Xia Zuo, you went directly to the cemetery this morning. If you saw Lynn There is a male student with short brown hair, so he is probably his sweetheart. Of course, I think he wouldn’t dare to take that child with so many people around.” Emily had a faint mockery on her face , looked at Xia Zuo and said, "It just so happens that my nephew goes to the same school as that boy, so I have seen pictures of that boy."

It should be that the gossip-loving nobles of San Lorenzo investigated the boy in private to prevent their relatives from meeting this coquettish bitch in everyone's eyes.Xia Zuo keenly extracted the information she needed from her best friend's words. She asked back, "Is that person still a student? Lynn's student? How old is he and what is his name?"

"Hmm... Lynn's student, only 19 years old, a very young beta called Harlan." Emily told all the information she knew, and briefly introduced the child named Harlan, "The family background is very ordinary. , but a child with good academic performance."

"Well... he's two months pregnant?"

"Hmm, I probably got pregnant the first time we met and rolled together. This speed is much faster than Omega. You must know that Miss Fox and him have been married for three years and they are only three months pregnant." For the betrayed The marquis of marriage, Emily's attitude is not good.

Xia Zuo frowned, he really didn't have the slightest liking for his bastard brother.When their father was alive, the relationship between their siblings was very indifferent. Now that their father is dead, they don't even need to say hello.

For this brother's behavior, Xia Zuo was very disgusted.But she never blamed others too much, she just nodded and thanked Emily, "I know everything, thank you for letting me know."

"If this helps you, I'm very honored." Emily smiled, and Xia Zuo also smiled when he saw this.After exchanging a few words of pleasantries, the two ended Guangxun.

San Lorenzo, trapped in the summer, was very bored at night. Even though the air-conditioning in the house poured into every corner, Xia Zuo still felt hot.And after listening to Emily's words, such irritability became even more obvious.

For this half-brother, Xia Zuo has always been indifferent.Because he knew the other person too well, and because his father favored him too much, Xia Zuo couldn't say he liked or hated him.However, thinking that the other party was still messing around when his father was seriously ill, he became irritated and wanted to knock out the other party's front teeth.

Getting up resentfully, he opened the curtains, and the curtains drew loudly in the dark night.The large floor-to-ceiling windows were slammed open, easily disturbing the woman on the opposite window sill, who was looking at the night sky in her nightgown.

Xia Zuo looked up, and was immediately attracted by the other party's slender figure.Under the moonlight, the woman had long platinum hair loose, dazzling like the gentle moonlight.Her exquisite figure was well outlined by the silky nightgown, with only a thin shawl on her body.

Pushing open the window, Xia Zuo stood on the balcony and met the woman opposite.The four eyes met each other, and for a moment, the air condensed between the eyes. Alpha's strong gaze made Omega tremble, and unconsciously, the thinly dressed Heber tightened his shawl.

The black-haired young man paid attention to her movements and couldn't look away for a long time.She stared at the slender figure of the woman, letting her noble, awe-inspiring, mysterious and alluring appearance like a goddess be reflected in the depths of her pupils.Those blue eyes are like a lake reflecting the moonlight in the dark night, deep and moving.After such a long distance, it seemed that he could stretch out his hands and drag the goddess standing on the balcony into the depths of the dark lake.

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