Waking up on the morning of a new day, the wonderful memories from the movie last night may only exist in dreams in the current society.
新的一天早上醒来,昨晚那场电影中的美好回忆,在当今的社会里,可能只会在梦中才有吧.
Lin Yuhui has simple life goals: go to work to earn money, live as long as possible, and offer help to his child in life if she needs it.
林语晖的生活目标很简单,上班挣钱,尽量活得长久,如果孩子有需要,好给她提供人生上的帮助.
After arriving at the office, he fixed his eyes on his workstation, sat down and turned on the computer, then started his own work. From the corner of his eyes, Lila had been standing by the floor-to-ceiling window across the desk in the front left.
到了办公室,眼睛就盯着自己的工作岗位,落座开机,然后做自己的事情.视角的余光里,左前方,办公桌对面,莱拉一直站在落地窗边.
Lin Yuhui did not want to have any connections with them. For several months, the women in the office kept saying every day that they wanted to find partners. He was the only single man in the room. Yet Cerise went on blind dates with others after work and showed no reaction after he made his attitude clear. She never really wanted a partner; she just wanted every man around her to submit to her.
林语晖不想与她们有什么瓜葛.几个月以来,天天在办公室里嚷着要找对象,这屋里就自己一个人是单身男性,但是呢?瑟瑞斯的行动却是下班后和别人去相亲,在自己表达了态度之后她却毫无表示.她不是要找对象,她就是要身边每一个男人都臣服于她.
Lin Yuhui felt his feelings had been toyed with. Moreover, she blocked all possibilities between him and other women. The mere thought of it made him angry.
林语晖觉得有种被玩弄感情的感觉,而且还把他与其他女生的可能性给堵死了,想想都来气.
"David no longer pays attention to Cerise," Lila gossiped, knowing nothing about the truth. She never realized what Cerise was really like or what the actual situation was.
"大卫不看瑟瑞斯了,"不明情况的莱拉还在议论八卦,她根本没意识到无论瑟瑞斯在她面前表现成什么样子,事情是什么状况.
"Out of sight, out of mind," said Stephanie, who was experienced and knew exactly what was going on.
"眼不见心不烦呗,"过来人斯蒂芬妮当然知道是怎么回事.
It was past ten o'clock in the morning. The bright sun shone fully into the room through the floor-to-ceiling windows. Dylan turned the air conditioner to the lowest gear. He never adjusted it to a milder setting after the room cooled down quickly. After all, he was quite fat, or it could be said that he suffered from excessive internal heat.
工作到上午十点多,艳阳高照,透过落地窗全部照进室内,迪伦又把空调设置到了最低档,但是快速降温之后他从来不会再把设置改到不那么极端,反正他足够胖,或者应该说是虚火旺盛.
Lin Yuhui used to adjust the air conditioner. He had poor cardiac blood supply and feared the cold, just like other female colleagues. But now he was unwilling to take care of this matter. If the office was cold, he would go outside to warm himself.
过去都是林语晖会调节空调设施,他心脏供血不好,怕冷,同时其他女同志也是.但是现在林语晖也不愿意管这事了,办公室里冷那自己就去室外采暖.
This area of Jiangsu and Zhejiang shares the same latitude as Shanghai. The sun at half past ten in July and August was blazing and bright, too dazzling to look straight at.
这是与上海同纬度的江浙地区,七八月的上午十点半的太阳,炙热而明亮无法直视.
There was a pump house on the west side of the office building, surrounded by open ground and roads. Lin Yuhui liked walking there without being disturbed.
办公楼西侧有一个泵房,它的周边一片空地和道路,林语晖喜欢到那里散步,无人打扰.
The scorching sun first raised the temperature of his body surface, and heat was also conducted through the air on the ground. However, the high temperature did not make him sweat at this moment, for the temperature difference between inside and outside made the cold in his body even more intense.
炙热的阳光会首先升高体表的温度,当然还有地表的空气热传导,但这个时候的高温并不会让自己出汗,因为内外的温差会让人越发感到体内的寒气.
He occasionally saw various small animals while walking there: sparrows and many turtle doves in this area, as well as common magpies, crows and quite a number of cats.
在那里散步还会偶尔看到各种小动物,麻雀,斑鸠,这一带有很多斑鸠.也有常见的喜鹊,乌鸦,还有很多猫.
After walking around the path twice, he finally felt the cold inside his body warmed by the sunlight, and his whole body turned warm. He did not hurry and stayed in the sunshine for a while longer. Cicadas chirped continuously in the roadside bushes, as if wailing to get through the intense heat of midsummer.
在小路上转了两圈,终于感到体内的寒意被阳光温暖了,此时整个身体有了热的感觉.不急,在这阳光里再停留片刻,路边的灌木里鸣蝉还在唧唧唧地叫着,似乎在哀嚎着挨过盛夏里的酷热.
Lin Yuhui did not agree with the lifestyle of young people nowadays, who used warm air in winter and air conditioners in summer. He only wanted to follow the rhythm of nature, enjoy the intense heat of summer and resist the cold of winter. In different seasons, he let his body respond naturally and abide by the laws of seasons.
林语晖不认同现在的年轻人生活策略,冬天暖风夏天空调,他只想追随自然的节奏,享受夏日的酷热,抗衡冬季的寒冷,在不同的季节,调动自己身体的自然反应,跟随季节的规律.
Gradually, a sense of warmth arose from within his body during the walk, and sweat seeped out from his skin little by little, seemingly driving out the cold inside him.
渐渐地,在散步中他感到了身体内部油然而生的温暖,体表渐渐有了汗液渗出,似乎可以靠它排出体内的寒气.
With the energy gained from nature, Lin Yuhui returned to the office and continued his work.
带着天地间获取的能量,林语晖回到办公室,继续他的工作.
The quarterly summary meeting was held in the afternoon. On his way to the meeting room, Cerise walked through the glass door ahead of him and turned back to smile. Yet Lin Yuhui kept a blank expression and could not smile back.
下午正好是季度总结会,赶往会议室的过程中,恰巧瑟瑞斯赶到林语晖之前通过玻璃门,然后她回头一笑,但是林语晖没有任何表情反应,他笑不出来.
He could not understand why Cerise bothered to smile at him. Was it for the sake of harmonious colleague relations? It was unnecessary. Everyone came here to work and earn money, with no deep friendship between each other.
他无法理解瑟瑞斯还有什么必要给自己一个笑脸,同事和谐吗?没有必要,大家就是来这里干活挣钱的,其它没什么交情.
Entering the meeting room, Lin Yuhui sat down at the nearest empty seat by the door. He always chose seats on either side and disliked being surrounded by crowds.
走到会议室,林语晖直接坐在了门口最近的空座位,反正他不是在这边就是在那边,他不喜欢在人群包围之中.
After a while, he noticed something wrong. Almost all colleagues had arrived, but the boss was still absent. The seat on his left was empty, and further left sat the boss's wife. He had accidentally taken the boss's seat.
过了一会儿,他才发现不对劲,老板还没来,大家基本到齐了,自己左边空着,再左边是老板娘,呵呵,自己应该是坐了老板的位置.
He saw there were empty seats opposite him and wanted to move over. But the projector was on and everyone was watching the screen. It would be improper to walk straight across and block the projection, so he decided to take a long detour around the back.
见自己对面还有空位置,他想要过去,但是投影仪开着,大家都在看,自己直接过去挡了投影不好,那就从后面绕一大圈吧.
When he walked to the innermost part of the meeting room, a group of young people were fooling around, smearing birthday cake all over each other's faces.
当走到会议室最里面,一帮年轻人在那里动手动脚,把生日蛋糕弄得满脸都是.
Had they watched too many films and TV dramas? It happened to be a colleague's birthday that day, and the company had prepared a birthday cake. Still, they messed around wildly with the cake meant for someone else. Lin Yuhui really disapproved of their behavior. Of course, Cerise was the center of this small party, surrounded by a crowd of people.
影视剧看多了吗?是的,当天正好有同事生日,公司给准备了生日蛋糕.但是,这是别人生日,蛋糕是公司准备的,你们在这里这么胡闹,哼,反正林语晖是很看不惯.当然了,这个小聚会的核心当然是瑟瑞斯,围着一帮...
He ignored those ill-mannered people and sat down at an empty seat on the other side. Every participant got a piece of birthday cake and a cup of milk tea. Lin Yuhui ate the cake but did not drink the milk tea, for he disliked drinks blended with artificial essence.
他忽视了那些没规矩,没家教的人,坐在了另一面的空位置.参会的同事每人分到一块生日蛋糕,一杯奶茶.林语晖吃了蛋糕,但是没喝奶茶,他不喜欢香精调配的东西.
As the meeting ended and Lin Yuhui prepared to leave, the boss's wife suddenly became cheerful and shouted.
就在会议结束林语晖离开的时候,老板娘不知怎么来了兴致,喊了一句.
"David, tell us a joke."
"大卫,讲个笑话吧."
It seemed she liked the joke posts Lin Yuhui shared on WeChat, but he pretended not to hear and walked away. He did not mean to snub the boss's wife, yet he was simply in no mood. He knew the couple tried to match single employees in the company. Though he appreciated their kindness, he had to fulfill her wish to hear jokes some other time. In another sense, telling jokes was also a chance for one to show himself.
看来她是喜欢林语晖的微信笑话作品,但是他像没听见一样走了.其实他也不想这么驳老板娘的面子,但实在是没有心情.他也知道他们夫妇在撮合公司里的单身男女,虽然感谢他们的好意,但是自己也只好将来有机会再满足她听笑话的愿望了.其实从另一个角度讲也不单纯是她要听笑话,对于讲笑话的人也是一个展示自己的机会.
When he got back to the office, it was almost time to get off work. The women opposite were chatting about gossip. Lin Yuhui only wanted peace and quiet and had no intention of joining them.
回到办公室里,已经快到了下班时间,女生们在对面聊着八卦,而林语晖只想要他自己的平静,并不想参与.
Lila talked excitedly about official media commenting on Wu Yifan and stressed a vulgar description with great emphasis.
但是当莱拉兴冲冲地谈论到有官媒下场评论吴亦凡,还说他的那个什么像"牙签",莱拉加重语气强调了"牙签"两个字.
Lin Yuhui could not hold back. He noticed that Lila failed to realize that personal rights could be violated, including her own rights.
林语晖忍不住了,因为他注意到莱拉没有意识到个人权益受损的情形,包括她自己.
"Official media should not make such comments on individuals. It is an administrative organ. Even if Wu Yifan is guilty, public authorities have no right or power to insult a natural person in terms of personal dignity."
"其实官媒不应该下场这样评论个人,它是一个行政机关,即便吴亦凡有罪,它作为公权力机关也没有资格,没有权力在人格上诬蔑一个自然人."
Lin Yuhui said this just to remind the naive young girl to view society properly and understand the explicit and implicit rules operating in society.
林语晖说这些只是想提醒那个不明世事的小姑娘学会应该如何看待社会,如何了解社会里运行的显性的隐性的规则.
But Cerise obviously thought differently. Had his words challenged her authority? It seemed she desired more. People were always stirred by what they could not obtain.
但是似乎瑟瑞斯并不这样想,是惹到了她的权威了吗?看起来她想要更多,那得不到的总是让人内心躁动不安.
A moment later, Cerise took Lila's seat across from Dylan and spoke in a frivolous tone.
过了一会儿瑟瑞斯坐在了迪伦的对面,也就是莱拉坐的位置,然后用轻佻的语气说.
"Dylan, let's have dinner together tonight?"
"迪伦,晚上一起去吃饭啊?"
"Huh? Are you having dinner here tonight?" Dylan looked astonished, for she rarely had dinner in the staff canteen.
"啊?你晚上在这吃啊."迪伦都很吃惊,因为她平时很少晚饭在食堂吃.
"Yes, I want to finish my meal here before leaving today."
"是啊,今天我想吃完再走."
"Alright, let's go then."
"好啊,那走."
Dylan never turned down anyone's invitation.
迪伦是来者不拒,谁的邀约都接受.
Sitting aside, Lin Yuhui saw through Cerise's intentions clearly. He only felt disgusted. Why would she stay with such a vulgar married man and sully herself?
林语晖坐在一边当然明白瑟瑞斯的用意,他只是觉得恶心,何苦找那么一个已婚猥琐男在自己身边玷污自己呢?
(Translated by ByteDance Doubao)