one step away [Interstellar]

54.

As night fell, Xia Zuo parked the hover car in the parking lot under the manor, and Xia Zuo and Emily entered the banquet hall together.A huge crystal chandelier stands above the banquet hall, illuminating the fountain pool in the middle.In the sound of clear water in the fountain pool, the sound of the violin from the second floor is quiet and melodious.

Emily hooked Xia Zuo's arm and walked down the steps slowly. When she appeared at the venue, she attracted everyone's attention because of the strong contrast brought about by the combination of different styles.

The host of this banquet is Mr. Edwin, the current manager of the Winston family of the Federation. This family, which has risen through the sale of military equipment, is now an upstart of the Federation, so the entire venue has a sense of flamboyant luxury. .

Xia Zuo looked at all kinds of men and women dressed in strange shapes in the banquet hall. They were wearing heavy makeup, strange masks, gorgeous costumes, and other kinds of accessories, looking avant-garde and fashionable.

So she turned her head, through the mask and landed on Emily's also masked face, and said, "Aren't we a bit out of place?" Her black tuxedo, and Emily's off-the-shoulder white evening dress looked so Classical and formal, it doesn't fit well with those who pursue a sense of fashion here.

"Isn't this pretty good?" It fits Xia Zuo's temperament, doesn't it?Besides, it's a masquerade party, so it doesn't matter what you wear. "You seldom go to this kind of gathering, so you may feel a little uncomfortable. You won't find it strange when you find some people wearing knight costumes and others wearing wizard robes." The implication is that they are nothing but normal now.

Xia Zuo asked again, "Then how will we recognize people?"

As a caring little friend, Emily explained, "After midnight, everyone will take off their masks. Of course, I have a set of special identification skills." Temperament to lock the target.

"Before the dance starts, we can separate temporarily, Charles, now I'm going over there to say hello, if you don't come over, you can walk around." Emily said so, ready to leave Xia Zuo in this strange place.Just because she is familiar with her friends, she will not want to participate in her communication.

Xia Zuo knew that Emily knew a lot of people, so naturally he would not disturb her communication.Nodding her head, she accepted the other party's words, and parted ways with her.

Coming out of the hall, Xia Zuo walked around the back garden along the corridor.In the ambiguous light, guests stood in twos and threes under the dark shadow of the trees.In the huge fountain, the sculptures trapped in the darkness splashed water, shining crystal light under the dim light.

Xia Zuo stood at this place and looked into the distance, looking at the bright bell tower not far away, and then swept around, carefully looking at the surrounding buildings.She shuttled through the crowd alone, walking aimlessly.The tall and slender figure looks more upright against the backdrop of the tuxedo, and the temperament trained in the army for many years is superior to the crowd.

The woman in a tuxedo wore half a silver mask, revealing a beautiful jawline, looking abstinent and cold.Men and women who are attracted by this kind of temperament want to go forward to strike up a conversation, but she seems to be not staying for others, and continues to move forward unaware, not caring about other people's eyes, and is very contented.

She walked through the labyrinth-like back garden, circled around and came to the entrance on the other side of the hall.The gorgeous and moving music spread from the wide hall to the outside. She walked on the promenade, listening to the sound from inside with a relaxed expression.

The leather shoes with good texture stepped on the floor of the corridor, making a crisp and rhythmic sound.Xia Zuo walked back along the long corridor, and the soft voices of men and women could be heard in his ears.

Through a disguise, people you know or don't know get together and chat about romance, which looks very romantic and emotional.She turned around against the pillar engraved with delicate reliefs, and saw a blood-red skirt appear behind the pillar at the corner in front of the long corridor.

"You are really beautiful today." It was a very gentle voice. Before seeing that person, Xia Zuo could imagine the tenderness she looked at the person she praised.Probably, in the front is another pair of young lovers who know each other and are still passionately in love.According to speculation, Xia Zuo thought so.

"Is Teacher Rena teasing me? It's clear that your dress today is even more beautiful." Different from the warmth of the other party, the woman who responded was very frank in her appreciation.

Xia Zuo was taken aback by the deja vu voice and the deja vu title, and even stopped in his tracks.The relaxed expression on her face was replaced by astonishment, and the azure blue eyes hidden in the dark night were filled with a sense of bewildered joy.She took a step, intending to move forward, but when her footsteps fell, she took them back and stood on the same spot again.

However, the heartbeat speeded up bit by bit as time went by.

"In my eyes, you are the most touching one every day." The professor who is very famous in Gustav and a painter who is now very famous in the Neustadt Empire is using the most gentle expression at this moment. With an expression on his face, he said the most beautiful love words to the woman in front of him.

Through a mask, she seemed to be able to see the woman's shy and moving expression.The woman in the red dress stepped on a pair of white high-heeled shoes, and her exquisite figure was clearly outlined by the close-fitting tailoring.Her long platinum hair is up.The fragile and slender neck was exposed, and the delicate face was blocked by half a mask, and only the ruddy lips and beautiful jawline were exposed under the ambiguous light.

Rena looked at the woman in front of her, and couldn't help her suppressed desire to say more, "I'm really happy that you can come today."

The suppressed admiration in those eyes was accurately read, and the red eyes flickered, hiding her expression with a mask. The woman responded softly, "I can't always refuse such an occasion."

"Yes, you always have to get used to it." Rena said so, stretched out his hand, and said to the woman, "Then let's go in,"

"Okay." Responding politely, the woman put her hand in her palm, was gently held by her fingers, and followed her into the bright hall.

Xia Zuo, who was hiding in the darkness, stood where he was, the voice in his ear seemed to have dissipated, leaving only his own intense heartbeat.She pinched her fingers, bent her mouth, and tried her best to restrain her smile. In just a few words of conversation, the young Duke with a good memory immediately remembered who the voice belonged to.

She has appeared in her hazy morning, and she has also appeared in her lonely meditation.

She belonged to a person and haunted him.

belongs to that...

The woman I have never forgotten in more than 1000 days and nights.

Secretly excited people followed their footsteps and followed them into the bright hall.At this moment, the gorgeous prelude is starting, and the passionate organizers hold a microphone and deliver a simple speech on the steps.

Xia Zuo followed the figures of these two people, and while everyone was listening, he gently rubbed the pedestrian's shoulders, and followed the pair of bi people who were walking side by side.

She shuttled through the crowd, her eyes fell on the woman's body, and she saw the large area of ​​exposed skin behind her, which became whiter and snowier against the backdrop of the bright red dress.Her irregular skirt swayed as she walked, revealing her delicate ankles.The long hair was meticulously rolled up, exposing the slender neck, as graceful as a swan.

She followed them all the way, and saw that amidst the applause of everyone, the organizer of the banquet extended his hand to Rena.So the former teacher of Heber let go of the woman's hand, took the microphone of the protagonist and said a few simple words.What did she say?Xia Zuo didn't hear anything, and his thoughts were all on the platinum-haired woman in the red dress.

In the gorgeous movement, Heber raised his eyes, looked at Rena who was speaking the opening speech, looked at it for a while, and left with his high heels.

Xia Zuo watched her figure melt into the crowd, and walked along with her.As if aware of it, Heber paused and looked in Xia Zuo's direction. Alpha's height is too outstanding, even in the crowded crowd, Heber can see the black-haired young man in black tuxedo and ponytail at the first sight.An unusually familiar feeling came to my heart.

The moment their eyes met, the nervous and inexplicably guilty alpha looked away, pretending to look down on the steps like everyone else.Puzzled, Heber turned his eyes, stepped forward and continued to walk forward.

Is it an illusion?At a certain moment, figures emerging from the dark night overlapped in reality.

Thinking so, she walked towards the food area when the dance music of the banquet sounded.Xia Zuo, who was following her, walked to the dining area along with everyone else, secretly looking at the woman in the red dress through a shelf of exquisite seafood.

She was holding the dinner plate, and was picking food from the food rack opposite Xia Zuo.As I remembered, the woman favored salads and pastries, picking just a little seafood.Xia Zuo looked at her across a shelf of food, looking at Heber's face through a little gap.

She was wearing half a mask, and her bright lips were exposed, which made her look good.When leaning over to pick food, she revealed her big snow-white breasts.Xia Zuo was almost obsessed with his figure, which was almost the same as in memory.Holding the dinner plate, she stood blankly in the center of the seafood area, staring at Heber's figure in a daze.

Heber, who had been vaguely aware that someone was following him, stood up, raised his eyes intuitively, and glanced at Alpha standing behind the food shelf.

She wears half a silver mask, and the handsome white horse looks very heroic on her face.White shirt, black tuxedo, and dark blue bow tie, no matter how you look at it, you look very handsome.

With a tall figure and a fragile and delicate chin exposed outside the mask, this well-dressed young man looks like a teenager.People with such temperament are rare, especially the person in front of him is a woman.

In Heber's memory, there is only one woman who left such an impression.

For some unknown reason, Heber took a step in the direction of the other party by a strange coincidence.Xia Zuo, who was always noticed from the corner of his eyes, paused for a while, turned his eyes away as if nothing had happened, suppressed his chaotic heartbeat, hesitated for a while, and finally decided to take a step away from Hebe with a sullen face. .

After a shelf of food, Heber couldn't see the other person's expression. With a puzzled search, she set her eyes on the other person and took another step forward.

He Bo walked, Xia Zuo moved.Under Omega's watchful eyes, the originally well-organized person felt his whole body was heating up. He unconsciously took the clips and mechanically placed things on his dinner plate.

Calm down, Xia Zuo, you need to be calm.Why are you hiding?

She said so in her heart, but she couldn't control her footsteps, and subconsciously ran away when Heber approached.

As the distance between them got closer, Xia Zuo's whole body became hot from tension, his earlobe was hot, and he couldn't control his heartbeat when he was in estrus that day.

As if searching for something, Heber followed her pace quickly, and even she didn't know what to expect. She walked through the long shelf with the dinner plate, and finally met in front of the long table with the fruit plate.

Already panicked to the point of unconsciousness, the alpha held up the seafood tongs and reached for the fruit plate.

The moment she was about to touch the food, Heber, who finally caught up, stood opposite her.Looking at her imminent disgrace, he reminded out of politeness, "Your Excellency, your trap..." Heber spoke, not the common Ain language, but the pure Neustadt language.

"Hold... sorry..." Xia Zuo was called back to his senses by this soft voice, looked at the clip in his hand, and quickly put it back on the shelf next to him, took the special clip for the fruit plate, and hurriedly picked up a handful of fruit.

"Are you sure you want to add some more?" Looking at the tall young man in front of him, Heber's eyes were full of smiles.

"..." Xia Zuo lowered his head, looked at the big lobsters, king crabs and fish fillets that filled his dinner plate, and blushed.She hesitated for a while, coughed lightly, and asked cautiously, "Then you...do you need it?"

"Okay." As Heber said, he slightly handed out his plate, and Xia Zuo reached out and put the food on her plate.Heber looked at the other party, and with some disguised temptation and a hidden smile in his tone, he asked, "Your Excellency is from Neustadt?"

"I..." Xia Zuo, who was about to take the other party's words and reveal his identity, was interrupted before he could finish speaking.

"Heber..." Rena who had already arrived was wearing a sexy black dress and walked towards Heber on high heels, "So you are here."

She glanced at Heber's dinner plate and asked, "Have you picked it? They are all over there, shall we go there together?"

Before Heber could refuse, Rena took the other party's plate very gentlemanly, and led Heber forward.Xia Zuo stood on the spot, watching He Bo's leaving back, biting his lower lip in frustration, feeling empty, falling from the sky like a kite with a broken string, a sense of powerless floating welling up in his heart.

He Bo, who was walking in front, turned his head and glanced at Xia Zuo standing in front of a pair of food, inexplicably felt that the other party looked like an abandoned puppy.

Does the person in my impression who is full of vigor at all times still have such an expression?Sure enough, it is because...

The author has something to say: When reuniting, you only need to consider the emotion of surprise.

Ahhahahahaha Xia Zuo, you are so tall, where are you hiding!