Rudolph's tone was flat, and the sentence just came out of his mouth. But when Chloe heard this, her heart was in turmoil.

Swirling dance skirts, light figures, and warm yellow light and shadow, the dance floor is decorated with colorful colors.

Luxurious ornaments, shining brightly, under the magnificent dome, filled with the atmosphere of poverty and luxury.

There was a long red skirt, which suddenly entangled the blue-black military dress beside him, breaking the coordination of the dance music.

Chloe stumbled and stopped. Rudolph didn't know it, but he was still immersed in waltzes and waltzes. Then he was caught off guard and stepped on the hem of his skirt that was dragging on the ground, and Chloe had just stabilized her body, her arm was still being dragged by Rudolph, but her body was already immobile. She involuntarily fell forward, but fortunately Rudolph was quick enough to help his panicked dance partner.

"Are you alright? Why don't I take you off for a break? ”

Chloe leaned on Rudolph, and while she held Rudolph's shoulders and stood firm, she regained her demeanor and said calmly: "Thank you, I was a little distracted just now, and I thought about the meaning of love, and your words seemed to come from a poet or a wise man." ”

"Sorry for stepping on your skirt, your prom time may be over." Rudolph took Chloe by his arm and prepared to take her to the side to rest.

Chloe's skirt was trampled on, and Rudolph looked at the long dress, not thinking about compensation, but just thinking that she was dressed strangely today. The ladies were mostly dressed in slender gowns, like long Greek dresses. Chloe wore a long skirt with a trailing tail, and although it was not as wide and cumbersome as the Crinolein skirts of the French court in the past, the multi-layered skirt resembled a lotus leaf still retained the legacy of that era. In addition to the style of the clothes, its color is also not quite suitable. Red dresses are generally worn by married or engaged ladies. If it weren't for Chloe's family situation, Rudolph would have thought she had found an old dress.

"Your attire doesn't seem appropriate today." When Rudolph sat down, he was curious about the question.

"You mean color, I'm not too young."

"But it's beautiful." Rudolph changed the subject, although he knew her situation well, it was a bit out of place to dwell on age.

"Thank you, if I'm not mistaken, you're 27 years old this year." Chloe seemed to mean something.

"Yes, we're still young." Rudolph still maintains the concept of the future, when he was 27 years old, his family, career, and other things in the future are still far away.

"You are indeed our youngest general." Chloe raised her hand and stopped at the front of her neck, giving a shallow smile. She should cover her mouth, but she is more like using a smile to convey an attitude, which is also joy and helplessness.

Rudolph looked at her and smiled, Chloe lowered her head, stared at the hand she was holding in front of her, and said to herself, "Didn't the Grand Duke and Madame worry about your marriage?" ”

Rudolph sighed, ready to tell her in righteous words that there is a country before a home. However, her husband promised the country with his body, and it was difficult for Xu Qing.

The corners of Chloe's mouth crossed a beautiful arc, and she smiled and said, "It's me who is too worried, you were the protagonist of the ball back then, and many young ladies have a secret promise to you." Now you are a hero, you are in the newspapers, and girls from all over the country will write to you. ”

Chloe was already tactful. Rudolph knew that he had been in Vienna before, and he had neither missed classes nor delayed going on a date with a girl. Later, when I went to Berlin, I was like a soldier. Of course, this is related to the strict management of military schools, but subjective reasons also exist. To put it mildly, the appearance of a German woman is really not flattering. So during the holidays at that time, the waitress of Lemberg was abducted back to Vienna.

"The extremes of things must be opposed, and the beauty of people must be single. Isn't Miss Chloe still single? In order to avoid embarrassment, Rudolph had no choice but to divert the contradiction.

"I heard you're going to stay in Vienna."

"Well, exactly. At least for now, once the situation deteriorates, I will still go to the front. ”

"A lot of people are saying that we are victorious and that the war is coming to an end. But I don't see hope. ”

"I don't know. Man now lives in the illusion that he thinks he wants to know what he wants, when in fact what he wants is what others want him to want. Rudolph ridiculed the ignorance of those people, and it was reasonable that those whom Chloe had access to would have been able to get the truth. I'm afraid that her friends may be more willing to accept the wonderful stories in the newspapers.

"There is no escaping war, there is no escape. The only thing we can escape from is the escape itself. ”

"The inevitable death, the loneliness deep within, the freedom we seek, and the lack of obvious meaning to life. I think that's the root of all the troubles. ”

"It's all about everyone, but there's no escaping it." Chloe lamented life with melancholy.

"So happiness dispels suffering." Rudolph enlightened her, he felt that Chloe had something on his mind, and he could vaguely guess it.

"Love and be loved, who do I love, and who loves me." Chloe read Rudolph's theory, and seemed to disagree.

"You love the world and the many people here. Your friends, your loved ones will love you too. ”

"But I'm still distressed, I'm lonely, I've lost my freedom, my life has no meaning, and even I'm afraid of an ethereal death that would bury my expectations completely."

Rudolph was speechless. Silence is a philosophy of life, and when used well, it is an art, and at the same time it is the last freedom.

Men always pay special attention to all kinds of compliments from the opposite sex and always respond to them eagerly. Rudolph does not consider himself a taciturn man. Although there are many rappers, people who don't make sense, people who are overly enthusiastic, people who are overflowing with language. But Rudolph would rather not speak, never speak indiscriminately, would rather speak less than say the wrong thing.

The best option is to be a listener and face Chloe's unabashed confiding, even complaining. Rudolph did not understand the truth of the matter, and he could do nothing about it, neither judging her nor comforting her.

Chloe poured out in fits and starts, and Rudolph listened intently. He didn't get any useful information, only that Chloe was lamenting her helplessness, her mood was not sad, but she was a little incoherent, like a kind of entanglement, struggling with distant fantasies and established realities.

Rudolph had good reason to suspect that she might have had a few glasses of wine and was trying to discuss profound life issues with him. Her mind gradually became disordered, and her suppressed grievances burst out.