one step away [Interstellar]

58.

The night lights are bright, and this manor in the midst of the lights glows with beautiful colors.A young man wearing a silver mask led Heber to run along the bright marble corridor.The sound of high heels stepping on the hard ground and the clang of leather shoes landing echoed in the middle of the night, crisp and moving.

The two figures, one black and one red, passed through the colorful welcoming fountain, through the dark maze of bushes, and rushed towards the windy beach.

Xia Zuo's footsteps have always been unhurried, but Heber, who was following behind her, needed to use all his strength to keep up with her pace.She didn't know how long they had been walking, but she felt that this aimless running in the dark was like an elopement.

It wasn't until the soft sand was stepped under her feet that the extremely willful alpha who was leading her finally stopped.The sea breeze poured into her chest while running, and when she stopped, Heber's temples were a little messy. She stood up straight, panting slightly and raised her head, looking at the straight alpha standing in front of her.A pair of red eyes hidden in the darkness shimmered with a faint light.

The tall alpha led her, stood on the shore, raised his eyes, and set his eyes on the bell tower in the distance.In the bright night, the distant bell tower looks so bright, like the most dazzling star in the galaxy.The ambiguous night light hit her silver mask, and the brilliance flowed.

She raised her chin, and her pronounced jaw line was beautiful.Hebe raised his eyes and stared at her soft lines under the light, his eyes were ambiguous and blurred.

"Boom...boom..."

At this moment, the bell tower in the distance pierced through the noisy night and transmitted the dull midnight bell.In the banquet hall not far away, the organizer picked up the microphone and watched the men and women in the field reach out and touch the masks of each other's dance partners.

So the black-haired alpha chuckled, turned his eyes, and immediately put his fingertips on the edge of the woman's mask.Almost at the same moment, Heber raised his hand, and his cool fingertips touched Xia Zuo's cheek.

"Boom...boom...boom..."

The melodious bells magnified the hustle and bustle of midnight, and farther away, a group of waiters pressed the infrared remote control...

So the masks worn on the faces were separated from each other's faces at the same frequency, slowly, slowly revealing the face that had not changed in memory.

"boom!"

At this moment, countless bright fireworks exploded on the sea level behind Xia Zuo. The bright fireworks were like shooting stars, illuminating the dense midnight as bright as day.

Hebe raised his eyes, his eyes narrowed by the flash of light.With a subtle gaze, she saw the bright smile of the indifferent but extremely cute young man in her memory, and she rolled her eyes.

In the hustle and bustle, she heard the childish girl say happily, "Long time no see, Heber!"

Ah, long time no see.

Xia Zuo...

Heber curled the corners of his lips and smiled slightly.

As if it was prepared for them, in this silent midnight, a grand firework was lit for this long-lost reunion.

"Why are you in Haisong?"

The cool sea breeze gently caressed Hebe's face, blowing off a strand of hair from her temples.She raised her hand, and pulled the lock of hair dangling around her lips behind her ear, looking at Xia Zuo who was walking beside her, and asked softly.

"I came here with Emily, um, the editor-in-chief of the San Lorenzo Daily Times, you should know her, she is my friend." Under the ambiguous night, Xia Zuo walked by the sparkling seaside, Blocked most of the sea wind that blew her for Hebe.

"Oh~" Heber nodded, and couldn't help but smile when he thought of the charming alpha who danced with him just now.

"It seems that she impressed you very much. How about it? Are you interested in accepting an exclusive interview with her?" Xia Zuo suggested with a smile.

Obviously, the young duke knew Heber's current situation well.Undisguised, very naked, Xia Zuo said, "Emily said that you are now the darling in this area, um... a newcomer in the fashion industry, congratulations anyway. So this time for your exclusive interview, she worked hard After thinking about it, it must be great. How about it, do you want to think about it carefully. "

Heber laughed dumbly, bit his lips lightly, and said helplessly, "So you are going to be a lobbyist for your friend?"

"Ah, no, I just think that if you want to be interviewed, you can consider her first." Unaware, the Duke continued with irrelevant things, and said, "After all, she is really reliable."

"Well, I will think about it carefully." Heber nodded, looked at the tall alpha beside him, and asked softly, "So you came to Haisong just to accompany Emily?"

"It's kind of..." Xia Zuo, who had ulterior motives, chose to conceal his true intention at this moment, and said vaguely, "She said that the scenery here is very good, and I have nothing to do recently, so I simply accepted her invitation and came here together."

"You said... nothing to do?"

"Ah, yes, I retired from active duty because of certain things." Xia Zuo shrugged his shoulders with a relaxed tone, as if he was talking about an unimportant matter.

"Is it because of...the incident on the international news?" Heber asked after hesitating for a while.

"You know, that's right. The military department thought my behavior was inappropriate, so I was suspended and removed from active duty. Thanks to this, I had the opportunity to apply for a visa, visit Haisong, and meet again. your turn."

Xia Zuo said so, turned his eyes, and set his eyes on Heber.His azure blue eyes, like the sea beside him, shone with a bright silver light.

Regarding this matter, Xia Zuo proved his innocence in the end.But given her complex and deep background, not many people are willing to believe that she got away with doing nothing.Compared with the young generals with high moral character, people are more likely to accept the setting of noble children who are rich and jaded.

Even if she comes from a noble background and has good conduct, some people will think that there is an unsightly darkness and filth hidden behind her.

Probably, it is part of human nature not to believe that glamorous people are the same on the outside and inside. After all, many people deeply understand that living in the world is covered with a layer of skin, right?

Who doesn't have a mask yet?

Therefore, even now, when people talk about Her Highness the Princess on the Interstellar Internet, there will still be people with a heart to use this matter to attack the Princess as a mother, as an Omega woman's breach of responsibility.

At the beginning, that incident was widely circulated on the interstellar network. The moment Heber mentioned it, Xia Zuo was ready.She believed that with Heber's intelligence, he would understand that there was no need for her to do such a self-destructive thing.

Therefore, when facing Heber, she calmly dealt with this matter.But even so, Xia Zuo looked at Heber with a trace of uncertain tension.

"So... where have you been during your stay in Haisong?" As expected, but also unexpected, Heber did not continue talking about Xia Zuo's misfortune. Let go of those things that make Xia Zuo down.

"Astor Academy..."

Following the trend, Xia Zuo took up the topic and chatted with Heber.

They walked side by side under the ambiguous night. After the hustle and bustle of midnight, only the cold sea breeze was blowing on the coast.Like friends who haven't seen each other for a long time, the two chatted about their respective affairs without any barrier.As if someone had opened the conversation box, Heber looked at the young man beside him, talking intermittently about his experience in the past three years, a kind of stability that he had never felt before spread from the bottom of his heart, enveloping his entire heart.

As the night deepened, Xia Zuo held Heber's high-heeled shoes, watched her barefoot on the dry sand, thought for a while, unbuttoned the tuxedo, and put the long coat on Heber.

The height difference between them is very obvious. Xia Zuo, who is much taller than the average alpha, naturally has a lot longer clothes.The warm coat blocked the cold wind in the middle of the night, and the impolite Heber grabbed the coat that was draped over his body, and looked up at the girl standing beside him with curved eyebrows.

The baggy clothes wrapped around her body made her look very petite.Even she didn't know it, when she raised her chin and looked at the alpha beside her, there was a tiny light flowing in her red pupils.

When talking and laughing at Yanyan, she looks like a little girl in love.

"Then I'll... go back first." It was already three o'clock in the morning, and after sending Heber to the door of the room where she was, Xia Zuo hugged his coat, looked at the woman standing in front of him, and pointed to where he was. direction, and said, "See you tomorrow morning."

"Well... see you tomorrow." Heber smiled, looked at her thin body wrapped in a white shirt and restrained by suspenders, pointed to the suit jacket she was holding, and said, "Give me the jacket."

"Ok?"

"I've dealt with it, and I'll return it to you tomorrow." Heber said with a gentle look on his face.

Xia Zuo, who was belatedly aware of it, suddenly realized, and immediately said, "No need, the waiter here can handle it, so I don't need to bother you."

"Give it to me." Heber said so, with a bit of coquettishness in his eyes.Xia Zuo was completely caught in his mind, seeing such an expression, he couldn't react for a while, "This is not too..."

"It's decided like that." He Bo reached out, took the jacket that Xia Zuo was holding in his arms, and said with a light smile, "I'll return it to you tomorrow...huh?"

"Okay..." Xia Zuo nodded, and replied in a daze.

"Then see you tomorrow..."

"See you tomorrow..." The silly girl was gently pushed by Heber, turned around and walked outside.He took two steps forward in a drowsy head, and then turned his head belatedly, just in time to meet Heber's gentle eyes like water.

Holding Xia Zuo's black coat in her arms, she leaned against the door and said with a smile, "Good night."

"Hmm... good night." Almost turning his head three times a step, Xia Zuo slowly walked to the corner of the corridor, and walked towards the room that Emily had agreed to.

She stopped and walked, and after completely leaving Heber's sight, she began to laugh intermittently.

Low, it sounds silly, but it is enough to make people feel her happiness.

Walking almost staggeringly to the door of her room, she raised her hand and knocked on the door. After a while, Emily, who was still very awake, opened the door, and poked out a fiery red head.

Seeing Xia Zuo, she seemed very surprised. Seeing the presumptuous smile on her face, she teased, "It seems that you are doing well, Charles, how are you, did you take him down?"

"Where's your coat? Did you give it to the other party? It's a smart way, if you can't mark it, just cover it up with your own smell." As she said this, she opened the door to let Xia Zuo in.

Emily looked at her thin friend and said in a nonchalant manner, "I thought you would not come back tonight, but it seems that you are still a very principled alpha, you will never stay overnight, you know? By the way, where did you go? Garden? Oh my god, your shoes are full of sand...you went to the beach, did you do it there...you put your coat on the bottom?"

"Xiaer, have you used it?" She stretched out her hand anxiously, grabbing Xia Zuo's arm.Xia Zuo, who was in a trance, didn't hear the series of words that Emily babbled on. When he was pulled, he still had a silly smile on his face, and looked at his best friend blankly, "What?"

"..." What's with this... the expression of the young boy who just experienced his first night.Emily choked, looking at Xia Zuo and asked seriously. "I mean, did you wear a condom when you did it?"

"What... a condom?"

"God, damn it, you forgot you had a box of durex in your pocket, didn't you, you're useless? You got a creampie? Charles, are you trying to have an illegitimate child? God, you're so young, don't you It's so hard to think about it, okay?"

"My God, I have to remind Miss Wisteria to take contraceptive pills tomorrow, and pray that she is an Omega who doesn't lust after your beauty, otherwise you might marry a child..."

Wait...Amy...what are you talking about...what condoms...what pregnancy...

The dazed Xia Zuo looked at Emily with a dazed look on his face. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration came into his mind, and the image of Emily stuffing the box of small things into his suit jacket flooded into his mind.

Suddenly, Xia Zuo exclaimed in a low voice, "Oops, coat!" It's at Heber's place!damn it!

"Oh my god! You won't really forget it!" Seeing Xia Zuo's expression, Emily was full of despair.