one step away [Interstellar]

48.

Xia Zuo never thought that she would leave without saying goodbye until there was no way to get in touch with her. The hotel waiter opened the room she was in according to Heber's instructions, and saw the thick pile of paper on the coffee table. He only reacted when he handed over the book.

Except for the circulating funds, Heber almost donated all the real estate and equity acquired from the Weir family to Xia Zuo.Xia Zuo didn't even know when she went to find a lawyer, nor did she know that she would choose to cut off the previous affairs so cleanly, including her.

If this is the reward for the things I have done before, such a reward is too heavy.No.Perhaps for Heber, this is not the most lucrative reward at all.She just wanted to make it clear that she must pay her debts.

"Don't want to get involved anymore, don't you want to have any more contact?" Looking at the share spread out in front of him, Xia Zuo sat on the sofa, twitched the corners of his mouth, and murmured, "But you still owe me a meal." What about dinner?"

How can you easily go back on what you promised.

Xia Zuo was not hypocritical, she accepted Heber's gift very calmly, and entrusted the family property to the executive committee to take care of it.Then, he went to deal with the messy things left by his elder brother.

After Lin En was rescued from a coma, his brain had been greatly shocked and he had lost the ability to move freely.His consciousness was blurred, and he had a very serious cognitive impairment, so he could only stay in the hospital.

In the murder case that happened in the villa, it has been confirmed that he is the murderer. Even though Xia Zuo comforted the families of the two people well, Lin En still cannot escape the fate of being sentenced.Due to his current physical condition, he has been staying in the hospital and has not been sanctioned for the time being.

As for Xia Zuo, he was already planning to release him on bail, and when he was almost in good health, some old people from the Duke's Mansion and Lynn would spend the rest of their lives in the manor in the south, leaving San Lorenzo, a place of right and wrong.The so-called life for life is a very useless thing, but it is indeed a very honest approach, but at this time, Xia Zuo has no way to make his brother pay the price of life for this murder.

At least, the group of people in San Lorenzo would not allow her to do this. In order to avoid more troubles, Xia Zuo could only let him spend his whole life outside the prison.Anyway, no matter where it is, it is similar to Lynn's current situation.He has received enough retribution, and the rest of his life will pay back with terror and fear and remorse.

At this time, the meeting on the autumn military exercise was being held in the Hanhai Palace. Even during the holiday, Xia Zuo attended the meeting according to the original itinerary.As the commander second only to the captain, Xia Zuo attended the meeting on behalf of the thirteen warships, met with all parties, and formally determined the military exercise project three years later.

The generals present have heard about what happened in the duke's mansion recently, and while expressing condolences to the young general, their attitudes have changed a bit.They knew that from now on, the young man sitting in front of them would inherit the Duke of Bauhinia Mansion. Apart from this ancient and noble title, the generals were even more concerned that votes from seven of the 72 states in the empire would be firmly established. Hold it firmly in her hand.

Not to mention, the mining industry, the latest medical technology and military equipment research and development technology, and even the food and beverages that Duke Vail made his fortune belong to this person in front of him.There is no doubt that Xia Zuo has become a symbol of wealth.Those people who were pitying her not being able to inherit the title were now inexplicably more panicked.

To deal with his brother calmly and earn such a good reputation.The general who returned from Nice was really as fierce as a wolf.They even blamed Heber's miscarriage on her means of taking away the title. All in all, in just one month, bad rumors about Xia Zuo spread in San Lorenzo.

"Congratulations, General." After the meeting on the last day, all the generals who participated in the last meeting held a party in the restaurant of Hanhai Palace.Major General Gaia, with a star hanging on his shoulder, walked up to Xia Zuo. After seeing that she was finally on the order, he raised his cup and said.

"Thank you." Xia Zuo responded with a smile.

"This is the praise you deserve. The military exercise plan is very beautiful, and all the military regions are looking forward to it." He swept Xia Zuo's shoulder. After becoming the commander of the personal guards, Xia Zuojia's previous military achievements were once again broken. Promoted to lieutenant general.

The talent shown by this young general in terms of strategic thinking and policy is admirable, ah, after all, they are alphas, they should be born with this kind of people, shouldn't they?

"At that time, I will wait for your performance, General." He smiled, raised his cup, and lightly touched Xia Zuo.The two parties looked at each other and drank it all in one gulp.

The complacent male alpha passed her by, his footsteps faded away, and he held his wine glass to hide his smile.

Waiting for her?Ah.

That was a really good show.

After the meeting in Hanhai Palace, Xia Zuo returned to training the guards.The 12th warship's regional military exercise is coming soon. As the commander of the guards, she has spent [-] points of energy training this group of school officers who have never actually fought on the battlefield. Finally, she shines in the autumn military exercise.

As the commander in chief of the strategy, Xia Zuo, in the confrontation with several other deputy captains in the jungle, adopted his favorite blitz strategy, took the lead in annihilating the surrounding divisions, and won the final victory in this field.

That unbearable and almost predatory rogue style of play once again made her the name of the evil wolf in Nice. Just one military exercise made the group of generals who had never had much contact with her shudder, and even gave birth to A bit of unwillingness to deal with it.

Especially in the early morning of the second day after a division raided her camp, the vengeful lieutenant general issued a military order to directly blow up the opponent's headquarters to pieces. The saying that revenge must be revenged.

I heard before that when Sass faced the Zerg, the general especially liked the brutal style of play.But after all, he was facing a foreign race, and he didn't expect it to be like this in military exercises with his own people. This is no longer the level of a wolf. Under that handsome and harmless face, there is a devil's heart that is harder than steel.

Fortunately, the military exercise did not use live ammunition, otherwise the group of generals in the headquarters would have been blown to the sky.

The beheading operation of this blitzkrieg was named "Picking Camellia".This general who likes to drink tea looks very gentle and harmless even after getting his name.And the one carrying out this mission is an elite team that Xia Zuo likes to use recently, the [-]th Squadron of the former Lieutenant Colonel Mary, and now the [-]th Brigade of the Dandelion.

Like Xia Zuo, this lieutenant colonel also likes blitzkrieg very much. He found the headquarters stronghold in the early morning dawn, successfully destroyed their command system, and finally won a great victory for his fleet.

Even though it was just an internal drill within the military region, such an excellent performance was praised by the generals who couldn't help it.A reporter from the military newspaper made a special report on Lieutenant Colonel Mary who won the beheading operation.He even praised her and would become the second Lieutenant General Natasha.

Natasha herself was full of praise for her, so she called the other party specially, saying that after ten years of military service in the pro-guards, she is very welcome to study at the general officer school on her side, and complete field training in the army by the way.

Xia Zuo could only laugh at his sister-in-law's upright poaching.

Going to the military area of ​​the imperial capital, except for avoiding the harsh environment of Nice, the occasional Zerg crossing the interstellar line, and the intrusion of spies from other countries, such days are no different for Xia Zuo.

When the snow-covered season comes in the imperial capital, and during the National Day and New Year holidays, Xia Zuo officially takes over the Queen's Gladiolus Ribbon and becomes the new Bauhinia.

She is young, of noble birth, and is the youngest, wealthiest and most powerful duke in the entire empire.

Good conduct, except for being a bit harsh on his subordinates, there is nothing to be blamed for.The most important thing is that she behaves like a gentleman and has a very strict private life style. The rumors spread from nowhere, this general has been single since birth, and people even suspect that she has never experienced climax with anyone.Of course, female alphas are originally much cooler than male alphas, so it's not surprising that they are still single.

Because of this, the nobles of San Lorenzo regarded her as a hot marriage partner.It's a pity that the young duke has no intention of getting married. After tactfully refusing the meetings of several families, everyone's thoughts became much lighter.

At this time, it was less than a year since Heber left, and he had covered up the thought of disturbing her from the bottom of his heart. Xia Zuo was still repeating his day-to-day life, working in silence like she had in the previous 28 years.

The days are like running water, slowly slipping by.In a blink of an eye, it was the day of the military exercises in the five northern regions.In the autumn of this year, many interesting things happened in the Ainostat Empire.

First of all, the two little princesses, Winnie and Nolan, finally graduated from Arrant Primary School and officially became junior high school students.The photos of the princesses standing shoulder to shoulder at the school gate in uniform quickly spread on the Internet, and many fans said that time is not forgiving, and the princesses grew up in the blink of an eye.

The second is that Lieutenant Colonel Mary, who briefly appeared on the StarNet for a while last year, made a big splash in the five-region military exercise, using completely different tactics from last year to achieve the same victory.Her outstanding performance won the second-class merit in the military exercise.If there is no accident, he will be promoted to colonel soon.

Then came the reform system of the non-commissioned officer school, which greatly improved the living conditions of all genders, unified all training plans, and expanded the enrollment of Omega.

In the turmoil against Xia Zuo's appointment last year, the conflicts between the frontier garrisons and the major military regions became increasingly intensified, coupled with the hardships of the frontier fortresses, non-commissioned officers were reluctant to go to Nice or Abu Villa for field training after graduation. The heavily armed generals were very dissatisfied with the officials and gentlemen in San Lorenzo, so as a last resort, the government issued an order to the military department to distribute the training graduates evenly.

Due to the hardships, most people are unwilling to go, only a few noble alphas who can endure, commoner betas who have no way out, and Omega whose opportunities are more hard-won voluntarily go.This group of young people who broke away from the inheritance system of internal privacy in the military became a new generation of builders in the fringe areas in the future, and established the most basic academies on the basis of the original non-commissioned officer academies in the gradually stable frontier. The school has formed a unique frontier system, forming a delicate balance with the group of nobles who have held the empire's heavy troops for many years.

At the same time, in the two chambers of parliament after the military exercise, a decision that is neither too big nor too small was passed, namely: restore the maternity leave system jointly owned by alpha and Omega, beta, and stipulate that before the partner gives birth, For one week and the following year, alphas also have the right to leave due to parenting.

In this way, more and more alphas are delighted to be able to stay with their newborn children in the busy and inhumane work.

Under such a big environment, Xia Zuo selected a lot of Omega non-commissioned officers when accepting a new batch of reserve officers of the guards, as if in step with mating.

Even Xia Zuo won the title of Cherishing Flower Envoy, because he favored discovering more Omega and beta because he selected outstanding reserve cadres for the empire.

Even with representatives like Natasha and Mary who are far more outstanding than most, in the eyes of many people, Omega is just a fragile, useless flower that can only be used for viewing.

In the past hundred years, when the former prime minister tried his best to restore the alpha privilege, the number of Omega and beta in the leadership of the military has dropped sharply. Beta males are still very active as necessary members of the frontier army, while Omegas basically don't have any.

Even if these people break through many difficulties and become a member of the army, it will be difficult for them to be promoted again. The arrogance revealed by alphas from their bones and genes makes them physically and psychologically superior to people of the other gender.

But in fact, after so many years of evolution of the technology tree, it turns out that apart from being a bit stronger in physical fitness, Alpha is not genetically stronger than Omega.Even, Omega is stronger than most alphas in terms of anti-stress and emotional control.

Vulnerable, that is, the estrus period after adulthood.Before the differentiation, everyone was almost on the same level.

Therefore, no one gender group is absolutely superior to another group in all aspects.As long as there is a chance, as long as they are given a chance, they can show their strengths.

Excellence can only be an individual.

But the alphas never gave chances to those they didn't like. Whenever talking about this complex social group dispute, the eldest princess would always say to the young Xia Zuo, "So this group of people is His Majesty Steward I slapped his face severely."

After all, that His Majesty is a great emperor who picked his glands and personally conquered the frontier to defend the country.

Xia Zuo didn't understand these disputes, and she didn't even enjoy her own privileges much.Before differentiation, men and women were the same.Everyone is harmonious and courteous.Once divided, there is a huge gap, as betas can be bullied, omegas should be coveted, and alphas seem to have some supreme privilege to trample on people at will.

The social order seems to have changed, or this is the world of adults.The privileged are more and more honorable, while the common people are always humble. The huge gender gap makes people have no chance to prove themselves.

But as human beings, we should be equal when we come to this world.

Therefore, under the same conditions, considering the professional level and selecting talents reasonably, how can it be called preference?

As if foreshadowing something, a deep-rooted concept was uprooted in this already loose empire continent.

And it was also this year that the brand Charlo, which is well-known among the stars, launched a series with a completely different style from the previous ones in the autumn new clothing launch conference. The moment quickly caught the photographer's attention.

Maintaining Charlotte's always mysterious characteristics, the famous painter Rena Douglas, who was the spokesperson of the press conference, did not disclose the identity of the designer.She just read the designer's name.A very strange name——

HB. Sang. Wisteria.

She seems to come from the mysterious orient, and her noble and elegant design, like wisteria, makes her quickly occupy the top of various fashion lists.

The author has something to say: Well, Xia Zuo, well...