Her breath still carried that familiar scent of memories.
她的气息还是那样的熟悉的味道回忆.
Li Haojun placed his hands on Malaya's shoulders and pushed her back a little, studying her face, as if he still wanted to find the memory of that little girl in her features,
李皓珺手扶玛莱雅的双肩推开一段距离,端详她的面容,似乎还想要在她的脸上找到曾经那个小女孩的回忆,
"What? Don't you remember me?" Malaya said, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear,
"怎么?不记得我了么,"玛莱雅说着撩了一下鬓角的发丝,
"Hmm, you've changed a lot in appearance,"
"嗯,你的相貌变了好多,"
"Then am I prettier now?"
"那我更漂亮了吗?"
"Um, yes, no no no, you're beautiful either way,"
"嗯,是的,不不不,都漂亮,"
"Hehe," Malaya laughed. She tugged at Li Haojun's clothes,
"呵呵,"玛莱雅一笑.拉了一把李皓珺的衣服,
"Let's go,"
"走,"
"Mm," he agreed, and followed her out of the game facility.
"嗯,"答应着,跟在她的身边走出了这个游戏设施,
At some point, Malaya had let down all her little braids, letting them fall loosely over her shoulders as casual shoulder-length hair.
不知道什么时候,玛莱雅已经把她的满头小辫子都打开了,只是披散开来松散的披肩发.
When they reached the lobby, Li Haojun was checking the direction to the Ferris wheel when Malaya pulled him,
来到大厅,李皓珺查询着前往摩天轮的的方向,玛莱雅拉了他一把,
"It's still early, let's go play the Time Tunnel at Earth Village instead,"
"时间还早,我们还去玩地球村的时空隧道吧,"
Li Haojun paused for a moment, looking at Malaya's smiling face, and without hesitation, he took her hand,
李皓珺愣了一下,望着玛莱雅笑盈盈的脸庞,也没有犹豫,拉起她的手,
"Sure, if you like it, let's go." He ran toward the hyperloop capsule transport pod, and when he looked back,
"好,你喜欢我们就去,"朝一边交通设施的超回路胶囊跑了过去,回头间,
Malaya deliberately let herself be dragged along lazily by Li Haojun, her arms stretched out straight, her body leaning back as she ran, her shoulder-length hair flowing lazily behind her.
玛莱雅故意懒懒塌塌地让李皓珺拉着她往前跑,她的胳膊都拉直了,身子还是向后仰着跟着跑,她的披肩长发更是慵懒地跟在她身后飘荡,
Seeing her like this, for a moment Li Haojun even felt the joy of playing with childhood friends. Although he couldn't remember any of the passersby in his past life, that childlike happiness seemed to come from a ribbon of his childhood, pulling him back to those wonderful childhood days.
见她这样子,一时间,李皓珺甚至找到了童年与小伙伴一起玩耍的感觉,虽然他已经不记得任何曾经生命中的过客了,但是那一份童真的喜悦,却仿佛来自他儿时的丝带,把他又拉回了那时光曼妙的童年,
Could Malaya feel that same joy too?
玛莱雅是不是也能感受到这样的喜悦呢?
When they reached the hyperloop capsule boarding platform, Li Haojun stopped and turned to look at Malaya who had been running behind him. She had just come to a stop,
跑到超回路胶囊乘坐站台,李皓珺站住脚步,转回身看着跟在身后的玛莱雅,一路跟随跑过来,刚刚站定,
"I feel very happy, I hope you do too,"
"我觉得很开心,我希望你也是,"
"Me too," Malaya said, grabbing his other hand,
"我也是,"说着,玛莱雅拉住了他的另一只手,
"Don't you think your happiness is my happiness?"
"你觉得,你开心的不是我的开心吗?"
Li Haojun started to feel a bit confused, but then he understood,
李皓珺开始有些疑惑,转瞬他就明白了,
"Was that feeling I just had something you projected to me?"
"刚才我的感觉是你投射给我的吗?"
"Not entirely, maybe it was a mix of both our feelings,"
"不全是,可能是你我感觉的混合吧,"
Li Haojun wanted to embrace her again, this cheerful little sprite, but he restrained himself,
李皓珺想要再一次拥抱她,这个欢快的小精灵,可是他还是克制了自己,
"Let's get on," Malaya said, pointing at the transport capsule hatch,
"我们坐上去吧,"玛莱雅指着输送胶囊座舱盖说,
When they arrived at the Earth Village Time Tunnel amusement area, they chose an empty room. The last time they had played this game was with Qin Wenjing. Malaya had selected a Moonlight Beach scene. Li Haojun was curious why she still wanted to play this game,
到达地球村时空隧道游乐场地,他们选了一个空余房间,上一次他们曾经和覃文静一起玩过这个游戏,玛莱雅回顾了一个月光海滩,李皓珺很好奇为什么她还想玩这个游戏,
"You go first, or me first?" Li Haojun picked up the brainwave interaction helmet and asked,
"你先来,还是我先来?" 李皓珺拿起脑波交互头盔问,
"I want to watch yours first," Malaya said with a smile, her voice carrying a playful, pleading tone,
"我要先看你的,"玛莱雅面带微笑说,声音里还有些调皮央求的味道,
Oh my, such ambiguous sweetness,
哎呀,这么暧昧的甜蜜,
"Sure," Li Haojun agreed right away and put on the helmet. But he was also curious where his current state would take him.
"好,"李皓珺一口答应下来,戴上头盔,只是,他也好奇自己目前的状态会把自己带到哪里呢?
He calmed himself, and the lights in the room gradually dimmed. Before his eyes, the dark clouds parted, and golden sunlight pierced through the sky, passing between two red-brick apartment buildings and illuminating the earth once more. The sound of the downpour that had been splattering all around just moments ago now turned into the gentle sound of flowing water everywhere.
平复一下心情,房间里的灯光也逐渐黯淡,眼前乌云散去,金色的阳光划破长空,从两栋红砖公寓楼之间穿过,再次照亮大地.四周刚才还是滂沱暴雨溅落的声音,现在变成了到处都有的潺潺流水声.
In the height of summer, the open spaces between the buildings were overgrown with weeds. The wooden sheds that the residents had spontaneously built to store their winter food were still dripping with the rainwater from just now.
盛夏的日子里,楼宇之间的空地杂草繁盛,那些居民们自发搭建的储藏过冬食物的木板棚子,还在滴着刚才的雨水.
There was a little boy, running around collecting bricks and clay from the ground. He used these materials to build a dam, blocking the small streams left by the rain.
有一个小男孩,跑来跑去在搜集地上的砖头和粘土,他用这些材料筑起了一条水坝,拦住了这些雨后的小溪流,
He inspected his work, and whenever he found a leak, he plugged it with clay from the inside. As the water level rose higher, he went to find more bricks and mud, adjusting the support angles, raising and reinforcing his dam.
他巡视着他的作品,发现哪里有泄漏就用粘土在内部堵住.水位越来越高,他就去找来更多的砖头和泥土,调整支撑角度,加高加固他的水坝,
The sparkling streams under the sunlight now gathered into the reservoir he had built, becoming a mirror-like lake, reflecting the blue sky and white clouds that had just been washed by the thunderstorm, looking exceptionally magnificent.
原本阳光下亮晶晶的脉脉溪流,现在汇聚到他建造的水库,变成了平湖镜面,映衬着雷雨刚刚洗刷过的蓝天白云,格外绚丽.
When the water level stopped rising, he admired his masterpiece for a moment. The next step was to release the water.
当水位不再升高,欣赏片刻他的杰作,下一步就是放水.
He opened a gap, and the temporarily calm water regained its vitality, rushing out, creating waves, churning against the outlet, pulling at it, crashing against it, as if it wanted to break free from its restraints and return to freedom once more.
打开一个缺口,那些暂时平静的流水,再次恢复了活力,奔流而出,泛起阵阵浪花,激荡着流出的缺口,拉扯它,冲击它,仿佛想要解开身体的束缚,再次回奔自由.
Amid the sound of the gurgling rushing water, the indoor lights gradually brightened. Li Haojun took off the brainwave interaction helmet, savoring the scene he had just experienced, and then silently looked toward Malaya. He didn't know if what he had seen was really himself.
汩汩流水的奔涌声里,室内灯光逐渐亮起,李皓珺摘下脑波交互头盔,回味着刚才的情景,然后又默默地望向了玛莱雅.他也不知道那看到的是不是真的就是他自己.
Malaya smiled, said nothing, took the brainwave interaction helmet, and put it on her own head.
玛莱雅微笑着,什么也没说,接过了脑波交互头盔,戴在自己头上.
The light around the room gradually dimmed, with only the brightness ahead — the blue sky in the window, with white clouds drifting past. White and pink cosmos flowers grew lushly before the window, swaying in the wind, sunlight passing through the petals, sparkling and crystal clear.
房间里四周的光线渐渐暗淡,只有视线前方的明亮,那是窗口里的蓝天,有朵朵白云从窗口飘过.白色的,粉色的波斯菊在窗前生长的茂盛,风中的摇曳间,阳光透过花瓣,闪烁中晶莹剔透.
The wind blowing through the window carried a fresh scent, with the smell of autumn. Clouds occasionally blocked the sunlight, and the indoor light alternated between bright and dim with their rhythm, as if telling of summer's recent farewell.
吹进窗口的风,闻起来清爽的气息,带着秋天的味道.云朵偶尔遮住阳光,室内的光线也随着它们的节奏明暗交替,仿佛诉说着刚刚夏天的离别.
Malaya took off the helmet, stared ahead, and said nothing.
玛莱雅摘下了头盔,目视前方,默不作声,
Li Haojun wanted to ask her if that scenery was from her own experience, but he didn't have the heart to disturb her tranquility. Although this game system simply matched players with recreations of different historical periods and locations based on built-in algorithms, Li Haojun was indeed curious about Malaya's story.
李皓珺本想问她,那景致是不是她的亲身经历,但是没好意思打扰她的宁静.虽说这个游戏系统只是依据内置算法为玩家匹配不同历史时期,地点的重现,但是李皓珺确实好奇关于玛莱雅的事情.
"Was that experience just now your childhood?" Malaya asked softly, still looking ahead,
"你刚才的经历是你的童年吗?"玛莱雅依旧望着前方,轻声问,
"I don't know," he couldn't answer that question. At that moment, Li Haojun remembered to check the location hint — a northern Chinese city.
"不知道,"回答不上来这个问题,此时李皓珺才想起来看了一下提示地点,中国北方城市.
He looked up at Malaya beside him. She was still sitting there calmly,
抬起头,望向身边的玛莱雅,她依旧平静地坐在那里,
"Then, was yours?" Li Haojun asked her softly, tentatively,
"那么,你的是吗?"李皓珺轻声试探着问她,
"Yes," Malaya paused for a moment,
"是,"玛莱雅停顿了一下,
"Yes, and also no. That scene just matched my mood at that time, it wasn't a place I actually experienced."
"是,也不是,那段画面只是符合我那时候的心情,并不是我亲身经历的地点."
"Oh," Li Haojun responded softly, indicating he had received her message, not daring to speak any louder and interrupt her thoughts,
"哦,"李皓珺轻声答应,表示自己收到她的信息,不敢再大一点声音打断她的思绪,
"At that time I hadn't met my sister yet, that was exactly how I felt. Every day watching the sun rise from this side of the window and set on that side, not knowing when those days would end, not knowing who I would meet in the future,"
"那时候我还没遇到我姐姐,就是那样的心情,每天看着太阳从窗子这边升起,然后到那边落下,不知道这样的日子要到什么时候,也不知道未来会遇到谁,"
Li Haojun didn't know what to say to comfort her, he just silently took the tip of her left hand and held it in his palm. The carefree, quirky little girl from his memories seemed to have drifted away with the passing of time.
李皓珺不知道该说些什么安慰她,只是默默地拉起她的左手指尖,攥在手心里.记忆中那个无忧无虑,古怪精灵的小女孩似乎随着年龄的增长一起远去了.
Malaya glanced at the hand Li Haojun was holding, then looked up at his eyes gazing at her, and leaned her head on his shoulder,
玛莱雅看了一眼李皓珺拉着她的手,然后抬头看了一眼他望着自己的眼睛,顺势把头靠在了他的肩头,
"Is it because of my sister that you've been avoiding me? Actually, you can think of us two as one person,"
"是不是因为我姐姐的原因你在回避我?其实你可以把我俩看作是一个人,"
Li Haojun didn't understand what she meant, didn't know how Malaya wanted him to treat her, so he could only ask with some confusion,
李皓珺没明白她的意思,不知道玛莱雅是想要自己如何对待她,只好有些不解地问,
"Why do you say that?"
"你为什么这么说呢?"
"Because we two depend on each other for survival. She is me, and I am her," Malaya said suddenly in a playful tone again, standing up,
"因为我俩相依为命啊,她就是我,我就是她,"玛莱雅突然又调皮的语气,说着站起身来,
"Let's go, time for the Ferris wheel,"
"走,去坐摩天轮啦,"
"Oh,"
"哦,"
(Translated by Claude)