one step away [Interstellar]

88.

Sylvia changed into a brand new dress, and when she came to the door with the meeting gift for her two little friends, her two lovely friends and the servants had already pushed the door open together with the servants.

After Sylvia greeted the maid who helped to open the door, Li Qi couldn't wait to run over to hold Sylvia's hand, leading her to the other side of the back garden.Among the tall trees, there is a place for children to play, and under the flower stand beside it, there is also a tall swing stand.

The three of them sat on the swing frame together, with Li Qi sitting in the middle, while Sylvia and Cheno sat beside her.They shared the cakes just baked by the servants and the freshly squeezed juice from Sylvia, shaking their little feet, pushing the swing on which they were sitting.

As usual, they talked about the same topics, talking about trivial things.Sylvia was listening, giving her opinion here and there.Their chat content has always been very harmonious, and then the children begged her to tell the story that hadn't ended last time.

Sylvia finished telling them all the stories slowly, lifted her skirt and bowed after the applause of her friends, "Thank you little princesses for listening."

For this story, Li Qi and Chenuo decided to give her some candy besides the cake.

As the children and Sylvia got along better and better, Xia Zuo would always hear this name in the communication only twice a week.

Sylvia, the big sister who lives next door, is very beautiful and gentle, with countless stories and fun games.Xia Zuo always thought that the other party was the daughter of the neighbor next door, so she didn't ask any more questions. Instead, when the daughters asked her some questions, she would patiently answer them one by one.

The children would tell Sylvia some unpleasant things, but Xia Zuo was the first thing they thought of when they asked for help.Even if their reliable Ciel is not by their side, they still choose to trust each other as always.

For example, in a previous communication, it was Xia Zuo who suggested to the children to invite the sister next door over to play for a while.Because Li Qi said that they always squatted and chatted on the fence, which made Xia Zuo feel incredible, so he told the children that partners who had become friends could invite each other to play at home.

But at the same time, they also abide by Xia Zuo's dogma, and don't easily go to other people's homes to play when they are not accompanied by anyone.

So after Sylvia stepped into the children's territory, their meeting was changed to the swing in the back garden of the children's home.

"Charles, Sylvia invited us to have a picnic in her yard on weekends. It's in the yard. Can we go?" After talking to her mother about what happened recently, Li Qi asked.

Cheno, who was sitting side by side with her, looked at the tall and straight figure that appeared in front of Guang's mind, followed her sister and nodded abruptly, asking and answering, "Can I go? I want to go."

Compared with Li Qi who always has many tricks, as the elder sister, Chenuo is always more straightforward.Xia Zuo was moved by the strong wishes of the children. She glanced at Heber who was standing aside, and saw that there was no objection in his eyes. She nodded and said, "Yes."

"Thank you Charles!" Li Qi cheered, and looked at her twin sister who was also surprised, and the two embraced together by coincidence.Li Qi muttered while breaking her fingers, "I can still bring cakes, the pastries that Shire bought last time..."

"I can bring toys, Li Qi, we can play little king with Sylvia." Qian Nuo raised his hand, and said to Xia Zuo in his mind.

"Okay, okay, mom will prepare lunch for you guys, don't worry." Xia Zuo said, looking at Heber beside him.Heber nodded with a gentle smile on his face.

And soon, it was time for the children to go to bed. Under Xia Zuo's urging, the children still went to bed on time.

After Xia Zuo put the two children to sleep, she continued to communicate with He Bo who had returned to her room for a short time.The woman in a purple nightgown leaned against the head of the bed with loose long hair, looking at Alpha on the other side of Guangxun, with a gentle smile on her face.

"So, the next thing is the press conference, right?" Xia Zuo looked at the woman in Guangxun and said.

They were talking about the cooperation between Heber's studio and Charlotte, which is what Heber has been busy with recently.

"Yeah." He Bo nodded, looked at Xia Zuo who was wrapped in a heavy military coat in Guangxun, and asked, "How about you, how are you doing?"

"It's okay." Xia Zuo smiled, "The weather has been a bit bad recently, and the situation is a little bit unfavorable, but it's not normal. By the way, after you finish your work, we will find time to invite Li Qi's little friend to the house Come and play. Sylvia is a very good child, it must be no problem to invite her as a guest."

child?

Hearing Xia Zuo's address at first glance, Heber's eyes immediately turned subtle.She looked at Xia Zuo in her mind, at the face that became more handsome under the heavy military uniform, and smiled slightly, "Are you sure...you want a young man who is ten years older than you?" Is a lady called a child?"

"Hey?"

"Sylvia, the children's playmate, my neighbor, her full name is Sylvia Louisell. Among the fairy tale books you gave the children for [-] years, is there a copy of "Little Louis's Story" that is popular in the empire? Journey to Sleep." Heber blinked, with a mischievous expression on his face.

"Well... Li Qi likes little Louis very much..." Of course she remembered that when she first left Haisong, she read this book to the twins in order to put them to sleep.Amanda helped her buy this, saying that it was the little hero Louis who was popular among the stars.

"The author is Sylvia, and her pen name is Sylvia Louis." Seeing Xia Zuo's surprised expression, Heber continued with a smile, "She is a professor of mathematics at the University of St. One of the directors of the association is also the author of a famous fairy tale and a composer of children's songs..."

After telling Xia Zuo the relevant information he knew, Heber finally saw the funny look he wanted.

"Huh? So Li Qi's little friend..."

"Hmm... She's an interesting adult... Do you still want me to invite her over?" He Bo looked at Xia Zuo with a teasing smile on his face.

"Let's invite Li Qi." Xia Zuo raised his hand, rubbing his nose uncomfortably, with embarrassment on his face.After all, just now, she regarded a person much older than herself as a child.

Who knew that such an adult would be willing to be friends with two children.

After getting Xia Zuo's permission, on a weekend with fine weather, Li Qi and Chenuo took the salad and cakes prepared by their mother, as well as some beverages such as fruit juice and milk, and knocked on the door of the neighbor next door. door.

Sylvia spread out a tablecloth on her lawn, sat on it with her two children, and arranged the food.The two children surrounded her, chatting happily.

During the period, Sylvia also played a piece she had recently composed for the two children.Li Qi and Chenuo expressed their liking and quickly learned the tune.

They have inherited Xia Zuo's strong memory ability, and also have their own mother's artistic cells, so they are very talented in this area.

Surprised by the talents of her two little friends, Sylvia suddenly had a very interesting idea.She took out her new piece of music and began to teach the children to sing.

When Li Qi and Chenuo were in school, they had special teachers to teach them.Naturally, there was no problem learning it now, and after a few times, they learned Sylvia's tune.

After learning it, their dear friend, Professor Sylvia, who was much older than them, said to them with a very serious expression, "I need my two best friends to do me a favor."

"But I can't tell you what it is until I ask your mother formally. Until then, can you keep it a secret for me?"

As she said so, she stretched out her little finger and motioned to the two little friends to make a contract.Although they didn't know what it was, they were very excited to have a secret twin with their friends for the first time, so they made an agreement with Sylvia without hesitation.

Although, at night, the twins explained everything to Heber, because mother is a person who can confide in everything, not others.

Regarding the neighbor's observation for many days, Heber didn't think it would be a bad thing, so he didn't pursue anything, because Li Qi also said that their good friend Sylvia would come to ask her.

Heber didn't pay attention to such a small matter for a long time, because she has been busy with work recently.It wasn't until the banquet after the press conference that she saw the elegantly dressed lady with exquisite makeup walking towards her with a wine glass that she thought of the friends her two daughters had in common.

"Hello, Ms. Heber, please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Sylvia Louisell. I live next door to you. We have met a few times before. I am your daughter's..."

"Good friend." Before Sylvia could finish speaking, Heber took Sylvia's words with a smile.

"That's right." Sylvia, who took off her glasses, had a pair of beautiful amber eyes.She has very smooth long chestnut hair, which looks extremely gentle with her soft and beautiful appearance.

This is the appearance that everyone will love when they see it, just like her story makes people feel warm and close.Heber carefully looked at his children's best friend, and similarly, Sylvia also carefully observed the appearance of the lady in front of him.

Exquisite makeup, impeccable appearance, elegant manners, and exquisite figure, no matter how you look at it, you don't look like a mother of two children.She thought about the snacks that the two children from the next door often brought over recently, and once again came to the conclusion that the lady in front of her was a very gentle person.Even when she just gave a speech, she was so capable and strong.

So Sylvia thought about it for a while, and said with a smile, "First of all, I would like to congratulate your studio for formally joining forces with Charlotte, and wish you success in your career, and secondly, thank you for taking care of me for so many days, um... the snacks are delicious. "

Heber looked at his very interesting neighbor, chanted some polite words in a formulaic manner, held back the smile on his lips, and kept nodding, "Well, you're welcome."

"Yes...the third is, I have something to ask you, I want to ask my friends for a favor, that is, during the audition for the autumn children's songwriting competition, I beg two of my friends to help me sing It’s a song I just created. It will be exposed to the public eye, so I hope you will think about it.”

So, this is what Li Qi and Chenuo are going to help with?

Heber looked at the gentle lady in front of him, his red eyes were slightly surprised.