After days of constant travel, this weekend finally offered a chance to rest properly. The harshest winter days had passed, and the ice and snow on the roof were already melting in the sunlight. Li Haojun awoke to the sound of dripping water—the sun was already high in the sky. Previously, he'd woken before dawn, only to fall back asleep and wake now in broad daylight. He'd had a dream—the beginning was forgotten, but he recalled a woman with a head injury. She must have been a colleague, though he wasn't sure if they were dating. Her scalp bore a large gash that clearly needed stitches. He fumbled his pockets, finding only a few hundred yuan in loose change. He asked if she had a bank card—thankfully, she did. I suggested taking her to the Chemical Industry Hospital, but she insisted on the Science Hospital. What kind of hospitals were these?
连续几天的奔波,这个周末终于可以好好休息一下.最严寒的冬日已经过去,屋顶的冰雪在阳光里已经开始融化,滴滴答答的水滴声中,李皓珺从梦中醒来,太阳已经很高了.之前醒来天还没有亮,接着睡了一觉结果到了天色大亮这时候,还做了一个梦,前面都忘了,只记得一个女子头部受伤了,应该是同事吧,不知道是不是女朋友关系,她的头皮有很大口子的创伤,肯定需要缝针,自己摸了摸兜,只有带在身上的几百元零钱,问她有没有银行卡,还好她有.自己说带她去化工医院,她说带她去科学医院,这都是些什么医院啊?
Li Haojun recalled this strange dream while watching Qin Wenjing before him. She lay with her back to him, her shoulders exposed beneath the quilt, feeling a bit chilly. Li Haojun pulled the quilt up over her, tucking the edge snugly around her neck.
李皓珺一边回忆这个诧异的梦,一边看着眼前的覃文静,她背对着自己,肩膀露在被子外面,有点凉,李皓珺便把被子给她往上拉了拉,把被子边缘压在她的颈部.
Qin Wenjing took his hand and turned to face Li Haojun. She had woken up too, glancing at him before closing her eyes again.
覃文静顺势拉住他的手转过身,靠在李皓珺跟前,原来她也醒了,转过脸来看了他一眼,又闭上了眼睛.
Li Haojun gently brushed a strand of hair from Tan Wenjing's face and tucked it behind her ear, quietly studying her features as if searching his memory for traces of her. Why was she so devoted to him? Could it be that they shared a bond from a past life? How he longed to relive it.
李皓珺抬手轻轻把覃文静脸上的发丝拢到耳畔,静静地端详着她的脸庞,似乎想要在自己的记忆中找到关于她的些许痕迹,为什么她对自己这样的执着,是不是自己与她有着前世的羁绊,多想再重温.
Gentle fingertips traced the arch of her brow, where clear, supple strands of black hair radiated youthful vitality. The back of her ring finger lightly brushed her cheek. Her eyes remained closed, yet a smile touched the corners of her lips.
温柔的指尖,划过她的眉梢,清晰圆润的青丝,洋溢着青春的气息.无名指的手背,轻撩她的脸颊,她依然闭着眼睛,嘴角露出笑容.
As his fingertips slid down to her neck, she turned her head toward Li Haojun and buried herself against his chest. Her dark hair contrasted against her skin, from her cheeks to her shoulders and neck. Li Haojun cupped his hands over her chest, feeling her rising and falling breaths. While savoring her youth, he couldn't help but wonder why his company didn't offer such perks. Recalling Tan Wenjing's remark that they'd worked together for at least a decade, and Lily's mention of collaborating with her younger self on missions, he realized he'd served the company during his own youth. Perhaps his age made him less attuned to the service functions the company had assigned him.
当指尖滑落到颈部,她把头转向李皓珺,埋在他胸前.黑发对比着她的肌肤,从脸颊到肩颈,李皓珺把手扣在她的胸前,感受着她起伏的呼吸,一边感受她的青春,一边感慨自己为什么没有这样的公司福利.回想覃文静说过自己与她一起的时间至少十几年了,莉莉也提到过曾经与年轻时的自己合作过任务,自己在更年轻轻的年龄段服务于公司.或许是自己的年龄对于公司给自己定位的服务职能不敏感吧.
On a lazy morning, in a sunlit cottage, two people lazily prepared food while listening to the news as background noise. Unlike the usual quick meals, today's dish was time-consuming: lamb and radish soup. After finishing his knife work, Li Haojun placed the ingredients in the pot, washed his hands, and wrapped his arms around Qin Wenjing's waist, savoring their time together. Qin Wenjing, wearing adorable oven mitts, skimmed the foam and added seasonings as needed. Recalling their awkward beginnings in the kitchen when he first woke up, Li Haojun couldn't help but marvel at how time had flown.
懒洋洋的上午,阳光明媚的小屋里,两个人一边听着新闻,当作背景噪音,一边懒洋洋地准备食物.不同于往日的快速食物,今天是耗时的,羊肉萝卜汤.李皓珺完成刀工之后,食材下了锅,就洗了手搂着覃文静的腰,享受陪伴时光.覃文静则是戴了萌萌的防烫手套,或者撇一下沫子,酌情加点调料.想起自己刚刚醒来时两人在厨房的青涩关系,李皓珺不禁感慨时光穿梭,
"Remember when I first woke up? It's almost been a year now," Li Haojun murmured as he wrapped his arms around Qin Wenjing from behind, his hands gently caressing her waist and hips.
"还记得我刚醒来的时候吗?转眼快一年了,"边说着,李皓珺一边从身后搂着覃文静,双手轻抚她的腰胯,
"Yes," Qin Wenjing turned around, smiling like a little girl.
"是啊,"覃文静回头,笑得好像一个小姑娘,
Li Haojun leaned in and kissed her cheek, wrapping his arms tightly around her waist, hips, chest, and shoulders. He breathed in her scent, feeling as though they were becoming one.
李皓珺顺势亲吻了她的脸颊,双臂搂紧她的腰胯与胸肩,呼吸着她的气息,感受与她融为一体.
"Oh my, that's enough—it's too tight," Qin Wenjing said, wriggling her body. She turned her head and smiled, her eyes crinkling with pure happiness.
"哎呀,好了,太紧了," 覃文静一边说一边扭动着身体,说完回眸,笑弯的眼里满是幸福,
"Sorry, I... I hold you so tightly as if you were part of my own body."
"抱歉,我,我抱紧你就好像你是我身体的一部分,"
Qin Wen watched silently as steam slowly rose from the soup pot. After a long while, she spoke calmly,
覃文静静静地看着汤锅慢慢飘出的蒸汽,过了好一阵子平静地说,
"I am,"
"我是啊,"
Amidst the background noise, the town news broadcast continues, including updates on labor education for those who violated regulations. With spring approaching, the usual assignment for labor is the farm. Apologies, but no privacy is afforded to those who broke the rules. Public affairs management relies on a cold, computerized program—unfeeling yet fair. The same framework allows residents everywhere to customize settings according to local customs.
背景噪音里,依然播报着小镇新闻,其中也包括违规违法人员的劳动教育.春季即将来临,所以通常的派遣劳动地点就是农场.抱歉这里没有给违规的人保留隐私.公共事务的管理基于冷酷的计算机程序,虽然冷酷但是也公平,相同的架构,各地居民可以依据当地习俗设置相关内容.
Whether individual or collective actions, without feedback mechanisms they tend to become extreme. In the lives of ordinary people, such extremes often result in failed, overgrown infants. Yet if society offered only cold, rigid management rules, residents would not willingly accept them. Therefore, the social system built upon these rules also provides basic safeguards—food and shelter—which is why most people quietly accept the lists broadcast over the radio.
不管是个人行为还是集体行为,如果没有反馈机制就会走向极端.而在普通人的生活内容中,极端的结果多数是失败的巨婴.但是如果只有冰冷的社会管理规则,居民们也不会甘愿接受,所以基于这套规则的社会运作,也提供了基本的社会保障,食品和住所,所以大部分人还是安然接受广播里的名单.
"I seem to recall that last year, we participated," Li Haojun suddenly remembered.
"好像我记得去年,我们好像参与过," 李皓珺突然想起,
"Yes, there was one this year, and last year too—they've always been held. It just so happened you weren't home, so I declined. Truthfully, we don't have to participate. We don't really belong to their social system, even though we live not far from them. "
"是啊,今年也有,去年也有,一直有,恰好你都不在家,我回绝了,其实我们不是必须参与,我们实际上不属于他们的社会体系,虽然我们住得离他们不远,"
"Oh, you're slacking off," Li Haojun teased her, gently rocking her body. "Admit it, tell me."
Qin Wenjing turned to face Li Haojun, her smile fading. She spoke softly,
"I'm not lazy."
"哦,你偷懒," 李皓珺一边调侃着她,一边摇晃她的身体,"是不是,你说,"
覃文静转过身,望着李皓珺,脸上没了笑容,轻声说,
"You're not even here with me—why should I care about them?"
"你都不在我身边,我还管他们干什么?"
Her words and sense of loss suddenly made Li Haojun feel as though he could sense Qin Wenjing's loneliness and desolation at that moment. He hurriedly pulled her into his arms, hoping that his heartfelt affection could transcend time and space to warm the lonely girl she once was.
她的言语与失落,突然使得李皓珺如同感到覃文静当时的孤单与冷清,急忙把她搂在怀里,希望自己发自内心的爱怜可以穿越时空,温暖那时孤单的她.
The pot lid rattled and clattered as steam pushed it up and down, forgotten behind by lovers now locked in an embrace.
汤锅盖在蒸汽的推动下叮叮当当地跳动着,已经被紧紧相拥的恋人们遗忘在身后.
At the breakfast table—or rather, it was already lunchtime—Qin Wenjing was being mischievous, sporting a high side ponytail combed up on top of her head.
早餐桌儿上,不,应该是午餐了,覃文静很调皮,在头顶梳了一条侧边高马尾辫,Long bangs fell down her cheeks. She then ceremoniously applied a touch of pale pink lipstick, slipped on a matching pale pink Hello Kitty hairband, changed into a white cropped oversized-sleeve blouse, and swapped her bottoms for a pair of light blue low-rise skinny flared jeans.
两颊分下来长长的刘海,又很有仪式感地跑去涂了些淡粉色口红,套上一个同样淡粉色凯蒂猫发圈,换上一件白色短款阔袖罩衫,下身换了一条淡蓝低腰紧身喇叭口牛仔裤.
Seeing how focused she was, Li Haojun walked over, took her hand, and led her to the dining table. Pretending to be a waiter, he gestured with his hand and said,
看她这么认真,李皓珺走过去拉着她的手走到餐桌旁,装作服务生的样子伸手示意说,
"Your Highness, please take your seat."
"公主请入席,"
Only after she moved to her seat and settled down did Li Haojun release the fingertips he'd been holding. Standing to one side, he ladled out the meat soup and main dish, placed them before her, and set out the utensils.
直到她移步进入座位坐定,李皓珺才放开拉着她指尖的手,站在一边盛好了肉汤与主食,放在她面前,放好餐具,
"Miss, please come to your meal."
"大小姐,请用餐吧,"
Under Qin Wenjing's delighted gaze, Li Haojun finally sat down. Across the table, Qin Wenjing seemed still caught up in her earlier emotions—smiling, then suddenly pursing her lips and biting them.
在覃文静欣喜的笑脸注视下,李皓珺这才自己坐下来.隔着桌子望过去,覃文静似乎还没从刚才的情绪中出来,笑着笑着,抿起嘴,咬着嘴唇.
Li Haojun knew this girl could sometimes be moved by certain emotions, but he hadn't expected that his own reflections today would make her cry again. He quickly got up, walked over to her, and pulled her head into his embrace.
李皓珺知道这丫头有时会因为某些情绪而触动,没想到今天自己的感慨又要把她惹哭了,便急忙起身走到她跟前,把她的头搂在怀里,
"All right, don't cry. I'm right here with you," he said, looking down at Qin Wenjing. She tilted her face upward, her eyes already brimming with tears.
"好了,别哭,我这不是在这里陪着你,"低头看着覃文静,她仰着脸,眼眶里已经满是泪水,
As she gazed at him, she buried her face in Li Haojun's chest, letting all her tears spill onto him.
凝视间,她索性把头扑在李皓珺怀里,所有泪水泼洒在他身上,
Her trembling head and shoulders moved Li Haojun to pity. He drew her deep into his embrace, so deeply it felt as though he'd expelled every last breath from his lungs. Skin touched skin, bodies merged, souls intertwined. In that moment, his heart seemed to cease beating, transforming into an eternal, continuous wave of love—harmonious and at peace.
她颤抖的头与肩,让李皓珺不忍,深深把她搂入怀中,深到似乎已经呼出了自己肺中的所有空气,让肌肤相处,身形相融,魂魄相交,此刻心脏似乎也停止了跳动,化作恒久持续的爱的电波,相安.
Time stood still. When his heart began to beat again and Li Haojun regained his breath, he whispered softly into Qin Wenjing's ear,
凝固的时间,当心脏再次跳动,李皓珺再次恢复呼吸,他轻轻在覃文静耳边说,
Don't worry, I'll be with you again in the next life.
"别担心,下辈子我还会,陪着你."