The morning was quickly slipping away, and Lin Yuhui was contemplating whether to head to the cafeteria for lunch early. Suddenly, she heard Cyrus complaining beside her ear,
一上午的时间很快就要过去了,林语晖正在考虑要不要早点去食堂吃午饭,忽然听见耳边瑟瑞斯在抱怨说,
"Oh no, they've all left and I'm all alone. I don't want to go to the cafeteria by myself. Can you accompany me?"
"哎呀他们都走了,就剩我自己了,我不要自己一个人去食堂,你陪我一起去吧,"
He turned around to see Ceres standing opposite Stephanie, complaining to her about not having anyone to accompany her to the cafeteria. Lin Yuhui was puzzled. Why couldn't she go to the cafeteria by herself?
他扭头一看,瑟瑞斯正站在斯蒂芬妮的对面跟她抱怨没人陪她去食堂了.林语晖心里纳闷,怎么去食堂吃个饭怎么就不能自己去了?
"I won't be eating lunch today. Why don't you ask David to go together?"
"我中午不去吃了,要不你找大卫一起去吧,"
Lin Yuhui never dreamed that this could happen to her. Why did Stephanie also happen to skip lunch at the cafeteria today? Normally, she would go to eat lunch every day. Seeing that Thrace didn't say anything and turned to look at her, Lin thought, Is it because she's a beautiful girl that I shouldn't speak up? Then, instead of waiting for her to speak, Lin got up and said,
林语晖做梦没想到这都能布置到自己头上,怎么斯蒂芬妮也恰巧今天中午不去食堂吃饭,平时她都是每天中午去吃午饭啊 .只见瑟瑞斯没说话,扭头看着自己,他想这是美女不好自己开口吗?那就别等人家开口了,于是起身说,
"Then let's go, together."
"那走吧,一起过去,"
The distance from the office to the cafeteria wasn't far, and as they walked together, Lin Yuhui didn't feel any special charm in having lunch with a beautiful woman. Instead, he felt constrained, because it was unlikely that anything would come of it in the future. Why waste time and emotions? And he was such a serious person. He didn't know when he might really get caught up in it and find it hard to extricate himself.
从办公室到食堂的距离并不远,一起走着,林语晖并没有因为感觉和美女一起共进午餐有什么美妙,反而拘束,因为不太可能有什么未来,何必浪费时间浪费感情,而自己又是那么认真的人,不晓得哪天自己真的认真下去就不好自拔了.
Halfway through the journey, Thrace didn't say anything, but Lin Yuhui spoke straight to the point,
路程走了一半瑟瑞斯也没说什么,林语晖直截了当地说,
"To be honest, I don't enjoy eating with beautiful women. It feels very constrained." Lin Yuhui's meaning is very clear: "You are so beautiful, if you don't really want to get along with me, don't bother me.".
"说实话,和美女一起吃饭我并不享受,会很拘束."林语晖的意思很明显,你这么漂亮,如果不是真的要和我相处就不要打扰我了.
Ceres didn't answer or express any opinion. Lin Yuhui thought, "I can't let the other person be so embarrassed, right?" So she changed the topic to talk about something else,
瑟瑞斯并没有回答,也没有发表什么意见,林语晖想,也不能让对方这么尴尬着啊?就岔开话题聊别的,
"May I ask what your hobbies are? Can we chat about them?"
"请问你有什么爱好?可以聊聊吗?"
"I love making money," Thrace replied with a smile,
"我爱好赚钱,"瑟瑞斯笑着回答,
Lin Yuhui was somewhat taken aback by such an answer. A young and beautiful girl, without skills or resources, she likes to make money, but how to do it? Talking about money so blatantly, without any subtlety?
林语晖对这样的回答有点出乎意料,一个年轻漂亮女孩,没有技术没有资源,她喜欢赚钱,可是要怎么赚钱呢?就这么赤裸裸地谈论金钱,一点含蓄都不要了吗?
Perhaps Ceres sensed the other person's confusion, so she added,
或许是瑟瑞斯看出了对方的困惑,她又补充说,
"I do WeChat business,"
"我做微商,"
Lin Yuhui thought, "Is it the WeChat business person who sells products on WeChat? How many customers can they have? Are they just exploiting their regular customers?"?
林语晖心想,在微信里卖货那个微商吗?那能有多少客户啊,杀熟?
Ceres continued to explain,
只听瑟瑞斯接着解释说,
"The situation is not good now. It's not as easy as it was in 2017 or 2018."
"现在形势不好了,不如17,18年那时候很容易,"
Despite her explanation, Lin Yuhui's doubts remained unsolved. He had many thoughts in his mind, such as money laundering
虽然听她这么解释,但是依然没有打消林语晖心中的疑虑,他想得比较多,比如,洗钱...
Upon arriving at the entrance of the cafeteria, it was naturally the gentleman's duty to open the door for the lady. After entering and queuing up, the bustling and noisy atmosphere inside the cafeteria had already made Lin Yuhui lose any desire to converse. Ceres walked ahead of him, but the timing of their encounter with the fruit selection was not ideal. Only a few peaches remained in the basket, and a new basket had not yet arrived. Lin Yuhui casually picked one, which looked a bit unripe.
到达食堂门口,男士当然要给女士开门了,进门排队,食堂里面熙熙攘攘的嘈杂已经让林语晖没有任何交谈的意愿了.瑟瑞斯走在他的前面,只是他们遇到的选水果时机不太好,一筐桃子只剩了几个,新的一筐还没有来,林语晖就随便拿了一个,看起来有点生.
Following Seris and letting her choose the seating location, as expected, he found himself in the midst of the crowd, just like every day. If Lin Yuhui were dining alone, he would definitely choose a quiet corner, not just for the sake of peace and quiet, but also for a lower risk of infection. Even if it's not COVID-19, shouldn't one avoid the flu as well?
跟在瑟瑞斯身后,让她选择座位地点,不出所料,如她每天一样的人群之中人群之中.如果是林语晖自己吃饭他一定会选一个角落的清静所在,不只是为了安静,还有更低的传染风险,即便不是新冠,流感就不应该避免吗?
While eating and chatting, Lin Yuhui usually eats without talking. He doesn't like or get used to it, as it's both tiring and affects his chewing and enjoyment of food. But today, Ceres asked him to accompany her out, so it's definitely not good to just eat separately. It's too disrespectful to her. So he had to find some topics for small talk. This time, he couldn't ask about hobbies, as she had already mentioned that her hobby is making money. Anyway, he doesn't have the ability to provide her with a lot of money to make, so he had to ask about something refined and elegant,
一边吃着一边闲聊,本来林语晖是吃饭不说话的,他不喜欢也不习惯,既累又影响咀嚼和享受食物.但是瑟瑞斯今天要自己陪她出来肯定是不好你吃你的我吃我的啊,太不给人家面子了.只好找一些闲聊的话题,这次不能问爱好了,人家已经说了,爱好赚钱,反正自己是没能力提供大把的钱给人家赚,只好问一些清新脱俗的,
"How do you usually spend your leisure time for entertainment?"
"你平时业余时间怎么消遣娱乐啊?"
"There's nothing special about it,"
"也没有什么特别的,"
Seeing that she wasn't interested in this topic, he changed the subject to something else,
见这个话题她没什么兴趣,就改说别的,
"Which family member are you closest to? I grew up with my grandparents since I was young,"
"你和哪个家人比较亲密啊?我自己从小是和爷爷奶奶长大的,"
"When I was in high school, my grandmother and I,"
"我和我姥姥,上高中的时候,"
Next came the crucial question. Lin Yuhui asked with a smile,
接下来是关键问题,林语晖陪着笑问,
"Your parents are very busy, aren't they? Who has the final say in your family, your father or your mother?"
"你父母很忙是吗,你家里爸爸妈妈谁说了算?"
"My mom and dad don't care about anything,"
"我妈妈,我爸爸什么也不管,"
"Oh," Lin Yuhui agreed, wondering if her mother was as beautiful as she was, and if her father had no status in the family. As she pondered, she noticed a worker eating at the nearby table looking over. Lin Yuhui thought, "Neither of us could have her. Why bother looking at me?".
"哦,"林语晖答应着,心想是不是她妈妈和她一样漂亮,她的爸爸在家里没什么地位.寻思着,他注意到旁边桌的一个吃饭的工人望过来,林语晖心想,都没戏,看个什么劲儿啊.
Lin Yuhui was very clear that at this age and in this cafeteria, few men with Ceres's appearance could match her, or at least, she could not take a fancy to them, at least not among young men who had not yet made much progress in their careers. While chatting with her, the meal seemed to be as dry and hard to swallow as dry wood in her mouth.
林语晖很清楚,瑟瑞斯这样的相貌在这个年纪,这个食堂里吃饭的男人几乎没有能配得上她的,或者她能看得上眼的,至少在事业还没什么起色的年轻人里没有.自己一边陪她闲聊,这顿饭吃得嘴里好像干柴一样干瘪难咽.
Lin Yuhui had actually eaten very little during the meal. Seeing that she had eaten most of it, he comforted her and said,
这一顿饭其实林语晖根本就没怎么吃,看她也吃得差不多了,就安抚她说,
"Take your time and don't rush,"
"慢慢吃别着急,"
Saw Thrace pick up the post-meal fruit,
只见瑟瑞斯拿起了饭后水果,
"Oh, the peach is rotten,"
"哎呀,桃子烂了,"
Indeed, a piece of it is rotten, but biting off that part shouldn't affect the rest of the peach, and this peach only became rotten because it was fully ripe. But seeing her hesitantly flipping through the peaches, Lin Yuhui offered to help, saying,
确实,有一块烂了,但是咬掉应该不影响吃其他部分,并且这个桃子是熟透了才会一块烂了.但是看她在那里犹犹豫豫地翻看着桃子,林语晖就主动请缨说,
"This one isn't much better either, let me give you another one," he said, taking the rotten peach from her hand. After all, he had to treat kindly to a beautiful woman. But what Lin Yuhui didn't expect was that the aunt at the window had even worse ones left. After picking out the biggest one, he realized it was even worse than hers, so he gave his to Ceres instead.
"我这个也不咋地,那给你换一个吧,"说着从她手里接过那个烂桃子,总要有美女优待的优越感嘛.但是令林语晖没有想到的是,窗口阿姨那里剩的更不咋地,挑了一个最大的回来一看,还不如自己的,于是拿自己的给了瑟瑞斯.
After having lunch like this, the two of them left the cafeteria, with Lin Yuhui opening the door for the lady, of course. Back in the office, she didn't eat the peach in her hand either. It was indeed not good, very raw,
就这样吃过午饭,两人离开食堂,当然是林语晖给女士开门.回到办公室,她也没吃手里的桃子,确实不咋地,很生,
"Here you go, David's," she said, handing the peach to Laila, the young girl sitting opposite Dylan who was single. She didn't mind at all and took a bite. Lin Yuhui couldn't help but marvel at how young people have such good teeth. If it were him, he definitely wouldn't be able to bite into it and would have to let it soften for two days before eating it.
"给你吧,大卫的,"说着她把那个桃子给了莱拉,就是坐在迪伦对面那个没对象的小女生.她倒是毫不介意,拿过来咬上开吃,林语晖只好内心感慨年轻人牙口真好,要是自己肯定咬不动,非得放两天软了才能吃.
The afternoon was again spent without the boss, and the atmosphere in the office became lively once more. Naturally, the topic revolved around Dylan's love life. Not that he was in a relationship, as he had a family, but he was discussing the romantic relationship between Thrace and Lara. Thrace was eloquently discussing how zodiac compatibility could lead to a suitable partner.
下午的时间又是老板不在,办公室的气氛有活跃了起来,当然还是迪伦的恋爱话题,不是他谈恋爱,他有家室,是他谈论瑟瑞斯和莱拉谈恋爱.瑟瑞斯侃侃而谈着关于星座的匹配怎么样才会是适合的伴侣.
Lin Yuhui couldn't bear to listen anymore. This child had been brainwashed too severely. He couldn't help but look into her eyes and say,
林语晖实在听不下去了,这孩子被洗脑太严重了,忍不住看着她的眼睛说,
"No, no, no. We can't believe those horoscope sayings. Things are not that simple."
"不不不,不能相信星座那些说法,事情没有那么简单,"
"The horoscope match is very accurate," Ceres replied,
"星座匹配很准的,"瑟瑞斯回答,
Lin Yuhui questioned with the simplest logic,
林语晖用最简单的逻辑质问,
"There are so many people in the world, yet only a few zodiac signs. How can they fit everyone's situation?"
"全世界那么多人,就那么几个星座,怎么能符合每个人的情况,"
Ceres didn't speak, but grinned at Lin Yuhui, revealing her white teeth and canines on the side of her mouth,
瑟瑞斯没说话,咧嘴笑着看着林语晖,嘴唇之间露出洁白的牙齿,侧面的虎牙,
In an instant, Lin Yuhui's previous dream flashed through his mind. The same white teeth, could it be her? The fox spirit from his dream who resembled his female college English teacher?
一瞬间林语晖之前的梦境在他脑中一闪而过,同样洁白的牙齿,是她吗?那个梦里像自己的女大学英语老师那个狐狸精?