Translator: Flying-Lines
Good love is very simple. Simple as when you love someone, he just happens to love you.
I want to find a warm person, and he does not need to ride a white horse or be accompanied by butterflies when he shows up. I just hope to meet him in an afternoon, a person who can make my dust-laden heart suddenly melt. ---Digression
In 2005, after graduating from university, Fang Zishan took his girlfriend from Harbin to Shanghai, his dream city. His girlfriend was two years younger than him. In his words, a woman younger than him knew how to care for others. But unexpectedly, it was more of the case than his girlfriend was well cared by him than what he claimed.
Zishan’s girlfriend was Liu Meng, and they were contemporaries at college. It was remembered that when Zishan was chasing Liu Meng, he once stirred up their modest university. It went like this:
After the evening self-study session, Zishan was reading books in the classroom. When he finished reading and headed outside, he heard someone shouting, “Don’t harass me!”
He liked watching the scene of bustle and naturally went to see what had happened. After shouldering through the crowd, he saw a girl turned pale with anger and was entangled with a man who looked like a gangster. Normally, he would return to his dormitory to play computer games after watching the scene. But today was different, because the girl saw him as if she had seen the straw to save her life. She rushed over and grabbed his hand and said softly, “Dear, for God’s sake, why are you so late?” She also kept winking at him as she spoke. Zishan understood that the girl wanted him to help her get rid of this hooligan. He smiled, took Liu Meng’s hand and turned away. The man found that Zishan was big and tall, so he gave up, turned around cursed his bad luck. Then he went away.
Until he came to the corner of the tree shade had Zishan said, “Well, young lady, are you done with holding my hands?”
Liu Meng was still in high tension at that time and took out her hand and said thank you. Zishan knew that if she were not beautiful, he would not have been the busybody. Later, the thing developed just like a fiction story. They often ate together, watched movies and did what college couples were supposed to do.
They kept hanging out without labeling their relationship. Zishan knew he had taken a fancy to Liu Meng. The reason why it was only a fancy was because that Zishan believed that there was no real love in the university.
Winter vacation was coming soon, and it was also the last year of Zishan in university. He would graduate in a few months. Zishan knew that if he did not say it, he would really have no chance. After a sleepless night, Zishan made up his mind.
Three days before the holidays, Zishan was planning to put his feelings into action towards Liu Meng. After a series of planning, the action finally began. It was a weekend night and there were few people on campus, or there were few regulators, to be exact. Zishan covered himself in Panda costume, with a hundred balloons in one hand and a rose bouquet in the other. His friends were playing music with speakers in the backside, rendering the quiet girl dormitory building suddenly attracted a lot of people to watch him. Zishan thought it was okay to make a sensation. After spending four years in this university, he should leave some noise.
When Liu Meng came out, she couldn’t close her mouth. When she came downstairs, she was dizzy because of overwhelming happiness.
Zishan took off the panda’s head and said loudly to Liu Meng with roses in his hand, “Be my girlfriend, will you?” All the girls present cheered, “Accept him. Accept him…” In this way, Zishan successfully ended up with the prettiest girl in their department. Afterwards, Liu Meng once said that she fell in love with him because she saw him sweating in panda costume in winter. How could a girl not love such a boy? In this way, they decided to go through the trails of love together.
Zishan touched his tobacco-burned fingers and wiped away the tears on his face. This was the fourth time that he recalled Liu Meng and the fourth time that he cried. Zishan turned back to his bedroom and logged on QQ on his computer. He had many friends on QQ and one called “Xia Momo” sent him a message. The message said, “Come down and have a cup of coffee, Old Flame, see you there.”
It was Xia Qin, a colleague in Zishan’s company, who sent the message. After receiving the message, Zishan got up and brushed his teeth and shaved - he hadn't been out of the house for a week. When Zishan arrived at the Old Flame Café, Xia Qin was already waiting for him in table 6. When Zishan sat down, Xia Qin called the waiter and ordered two cups of coffee.
Xia Qin took a good look at him and said slowly, “It's been so long. Why is it still like this?”
That night, there was rain but no love.
Zishan did not answer, but sat silently, picked up the pamphlet on the table and read it alone. Xia Qin tapped his hand and looked left. Turning to the direction of Xia Qin’s eyes, Zishan saw Liu Meng who happened to enter the door, holding on a middle-aged man in her arm, and came in with a smile. She did not see Fang Zishan. At this time Xia Qin saw Zishan’s eyes full of anger and resentment, and something else she did not understand. When Zishan was just about to get up, Xia Qin quickly pulled him up and whispered, “Behave yourself. Don’t embarrass me here.”
That year, Zishan and Liu Meng graduated and formally entered the society from the campus. At that time, he was ambitious and said that he must give Liu Meng the best life, so he decided to come to Shanghai. Only when he came here did he realize that those dreams were puny compared with reality. The two survived the hardest five months but finally broke up.
A middle-aged man helped Liu Meng find a well-paid job as secretary in that man’s company. Fang Zishan was angry, but Liu Meng’s attitude was firm. Every time, as if intentionally, she took the man’s arm in front of Fang Zishan.
One day, the man threw him a lot of money and said to him, “Go home and find a job. Stay at your hometown. She’s not the one for you. You can’t give her what she wants.”
It was this sentence that made Fang Zishan decide to give up. He knew that Liu Meng had changed. They had their last meal in the room and then broke up peacefully. That night, there was rain but no love.
It was eleven o’clock at night when Xia Qin dragged Zishan home. After looking for units, floors, doorposts, and entering the room, Xia Qin was so tired that she could not stand, and dragging Zishan who was 180 centimeters tall, was mere torture. Having settled him down, Xia Qin crashed in the living room.
The next day, Xia Qin prepared breakfast for Zishan in the kitchen. When Zishan got up, he recalled his sorry figure last night. He leaned against the kitchen door and looked at the busy Xia Qin. He blushed and said thank you. Seemed to be in a good mood, Xia Qin ran over and scratched his nose, saying, “Lazybones, come on and let’s dig in!
Zishan felt touched for a while. It was the first time that Zishan felt touched after he and Liu Meng broke up three years ago. It was also the first time that Zishan felt like at home at his own apartment.
Translator: Flying-Lines
Good love is very simple. Simple as when you love someone, he just happens to love you.
I want to find a warm person, and he does not need to ride a white horse or be accompanied by butterflies when he shows up. I just hope to meet him in an afternoon, a person who can make my dust-laden heart suddenly melt. ---Digression
In 2005, after graduating from university, Fang Zishan took his girlfriend from Harbin to Shanghai, his dream city. His girlfriend was two years younger than him. In his words, a woman younger than him knew how to care for others. But unexpectedly, it was more of the case than his girlfriend was well cared by him than what he claimed.
Zishan’s girlfriend was Liu Meng, and they were contemporaries at college. It was remembered that when Zishan was chasing Liu Meng, he once stirred up their modest university. It went like this:
After the evening self-study session, Zishan was reading books in the classroom. When he finished reading and headed outside, he heard someone shouting, “Don’t harass me!”
He liked watching the scene of bustle and naturally went to see what had happened. After shouldering through the crowd, he saw a girl turned pale with anger and was entangled with a man who looked like a gangster. Normally, he would return to his dormitory to play computer games after watching the scene. But today was different, because the girl saw him as if she had seen the straw to save her life. She rushed over and grabbed his hand and said softly, “Dear, for God’s sake, why are you so late?” She also kept winking at him as she spoke. Zishan understood that the girl wanted him to help her get rid of this hooligan. He smiled, took Liu Meng’s hand and turned away. The man found that Zishan was big and tall, so he gave up, turned around cursed his bad luck. Then he went away.
Until he came to the corner of the tree shade had Zishan said, “Well, young lady, are you done with holding my hands?”
Liu Meng was still in high tension at that time and took out her hand and said thank you. Zishan knew that if she were not beautiful, he would not have been the busybody. Later, the thing developed just like a fiction story. They often ate together, watched movies and did what college couples were supposed to do.
They kept hanging out without labeling their relationship. Zishan knew he had taken a fancy to Liu Meng. The reason why it was only a fancy was because that Zishan believed that there was no real love in the university.
Winter vacation was coming soon, and it was also the last year of Zishan in university. He would graduate in a few months. Zishan knew that if he did not say it, he would really have no chance. After a sleepless night, Zishan made up his mind.
Three days before the holidays, Zishan was planning to put his feelings into action towards Liu Meng. After a series of planning, the action finally began. It was a weekend night and there were few people on campus, or there were few regulators, to be exact. Zishan covered himself in Panda costume, with a hundred balloons in one hand and a rose bouquet in the other. His friends were playing music with speakers in the backside, rendering the quiet girl dormitory building suddenly attracted a lot of people to watch him. Zishan thought it was okay to make a sensation. After spending four years in this university, he should leave some noise.
When Liu Meng came out, she couldn’t close her mouth. When she came downstairs, she was dizzy because of overwhelming happiness.
Zishan took off the panda’s head and said loudly to Liu Meng with roses in his hand, “Be my girlfriend, will you?” All the girls present cheered, “Accept him. Accept him…” In this way, Zishan successfully ended up with the prettiest girl in their department. Afterwards, Liu Meng once said that she fell in love with him because she saw him sweating in panda costume in winter. How could a girl not love such a boy? In this way, they decided to go through the trails of love together.
Zishan touched his tobacco-burned fingers and wiped away the tears on his face. This was the fourth time that he recalled Liu Meng and the fourth time that he cried. Zishan turned back to his bedroom and logged on QQ on his computer. He had many friends on QQ and one called “Xia Momo” sent him a message. The message said, “Come down and have a cup of coffee, Old Flame, see you there.”
It was Xia Qin, a colleague in Zishan’s company, who sent the message. After receiving the message, Zishan got up and brushed his teeth and shaved - he hadn't been out of the house for a week. When Zishan arrived at the Old Flame Café, Xia Qin was already waiting for him in table 6. When Zishan sat down, Xia Qin called the waiter and ordered two cups of coffee.
Xia Qin took a good look at him and said slowly, “It's been so long. Why is it still like this?”
That night, there was rain but no love.
Zishan did not answer, but sat silently, picked up the pamphlet on the table and read it alone. Xia Qin tapped his hand and looked left. Turning to the direction of Xia Qin’s eyes, Zishan saw Liu Meng who happened to enter the door, holding on a middle-aged man in her arm, and came in with a smile. She did not see Fang Zishan. At this time Xia Qin saw Zishan’s eyes full of anger and resentment, and something else she did not understand. When Zishan was just about to get up, Xia Qin quickly pulled him up and whispered, “Behave yourself. Don’t embarrass me here.”
That year, Zishan and Liu Meng graduated and formally entered the society from the campus. At that time, he was ambitious and said that he must give Liu Meng the best life, so he decided to come to Shanghai. Only when he came here did he realize that those dreams were puny compared with reality. The two survived the hardest five months but finally broke up.
A middle-aged man helped Liu Meng find a well-paid job as secretary in that man’s company. Fang Zishan was angry, but Liu Meng’s attitude was firm. Every time, as if intentionally, she took the man’s arm in front of Fang Zishan.
One day, the man threw him a lot of money and said to him, “Go home and find a job. Stay at your hometown. She’s not the one for you. You can’t give her what she wants.”
It was this sentence that made Fang Zishan decide to give up. He knew that Liu Meng had changed. They had their last meal in the room and then broke up peacefully. That night, there was rain but no love.
It was eleven o’clock at night when Xia Qin dragged Zishan home. After looking for units, floors, doorposts, and entering the room, Xia Qin was so tired that she could not stand, and dragging Zishan who was 180 centimeters tall, was mere torture. Having settled him down, Xia Qin crashed in the living room.
The next day, Xia Qin prepared breakfast for Zishan in the kitchen. When Zishan got up, he recalled his sorry figure last night. He leaned against the kitchen door and looked at the busy Xia Qin. He blushed and said thank you. Seemed to be in a good mood, Xia Qin ran over and scratched his nose, saying, “Lazybones, come on and let’s dig in!
Zishan felt touched for a while. It was the first time that Zishan felt touched after he and Liu Meng broke up three years ago. It was also the first time that Zishan felt like at home at his own apartment.
