Chapter 14: So The Nepenthe Flower From Legends Is Just Yellow Cauliflower? (Temporarily Unedited) >_>
早上，易辛一大早被闹钟闹醒，他们今天早上有一个报告会，他需要提前一个小时过去整理幻灯片做准备，就算熬夜也得爬起来。
In the morning, Yi Xin was woken up by his alarm clock. Today there would be a public lecture in the morning, hence he had to arrive an hour early to prepare some slides. Despite the fact that he had stayed up late, it was necessary to wake up.
郑叹和易辛一同出的门。
Zheng Tan and Yi Xin left the house at the same time.
易辛跑去东苑食堂买了两份小笼包，想了想，又买了两杯豆浆，拿到家属大院那边的小树林里，在那里，郑叹正蹲在石桌上等着。
Yi Xin ran to the East Campus Cafeteria and bought two orders of Xiaolongbao, thought a bit, and then bought two cups of soy milk. He brought them to the grove by the East Residential Quad, where Zheng Tan was currently sitting on top of a stone table waiting.
易辛将手里其中一袋小笼包和一杯豆浆放在石桌上，他不知道猫能不能喝豆浆，但是，跟焦老板打电话的时候，焦老板说了他家这只猫的胃比较强悍，跟其他猫不一样。易辛觉得光吃包子估计会噎得慌，所以才多买了一杯豆浆。
Yi Xin took a bag of Xiaolongbao a cup of soy milk and placed it on the table. He didn’t know whether a cat would be able to drink soy milk, but, when he was on the phone with Boss Jiao, Boss Jiao said their family cat had a rather strong stomach, and was unlike other cats. Yi Xin thought just eating steamed buns by itself could possibly cause it to choke, so he bought an extra cup of soy milk.
直到往装豆浆的一次性杯子里插上吸管，易辛才突然想到，猫大概不会用吸管。
When he inserted a straw into the disposable cup that was holding soy milk, Yi Xin suddenly realized, the cat probably couldn’t use the straw.
易辛正发愁，郑叹已经吃了一个包子，拨开易辛的手，咬着吸管就吸了起来。看得易辛一愣一愣的，要不是时间紧，赶着去听报告，他肯定会蹲在这里研究焦老板家这只猫到底是怎么用吸管的，就那两边漏风的嘴巴能用吸管？
While Yi Xin fretted, Zheng Tan already started eating a steamed bun. He pushed away Yi Xin’s hand, and bit on a straw and started sucking. Seeing Yi Xin’s blank stare, if he wasn’t short on time and in a rush to catch the lecture, he would definitely squat there and research how Boss Jiao’s cat was able to use a straw. With a mouth that was leaky on two ends, how could it use a straw?
郑叹可没心思去管易辛在想什么，他现在很饿，快点吃完晃悠一下就要去跑步，不吃东西他完全没力气跑啊。
Zheng Tan was in no mood to pay any attention to Yi Xin’s thoughts. He was presently hungry, and after eating quickly and loitering around for a bit, he’d need to go for a run. If he didn’t eat anything he definitely wouldn’t have any energy to run.
一袋八个小包子，郑叹吃第六个的时候，阿黄和警长跑过来了，剩下两个分给了它们，至于大胖，就算来了这家伙也跟郑叹一样，基本上不吃别人剩下的东西。
From a bag of eight little steamed buns, by the time Zheng Tan ate six, Yellowy and Detective ran over. The remaining two he split between them. As for Chubs, even if he came, that guy was the same as Zheng Tan, and pretty much didn’t eat other people’s leftovers.
和往常一样，阿黄过来这边先要叫上两声，表示它已经来了，让其他没到的快点过来，叫完之后就开始挠树磨爪子。
Like usual, when Yellowy came over he first made two meows to express that he was already here and to get the others who hadn’t arrived to come faster. After he meowed, he started scratch some trees to grind down his claws.
郑叹将装包子的塑料袋和豆浆杯子扔进旁边的垃圾箱，在石桌周围走两圈消消食缓解一下。
Zheng Tan tossed the plastic bag that held the steamed buns and the soy milk cup into a trash can beside him. He walked two circles around the the stone table to aid with digestion for a bit.
大胖慢腾腾晃过来的时候，阿黄已经开始挠第三棵树。
By the time Chubs slowly lumbered over, Yellowy already started scratching the third tree.
郑叹觉得差不多了，叫了一声，然后往树林外走去，阿黄爪子也不磨了，屁颠屁颠跟上，跑两步啃一下旁边的草。
When Zheng Tan felt it was enough, he meowed, and walked out of the grove. Yellowy was done scratching, and eagerly tagged along. After running two steps, he chewed a bit on the grass beside him.
原本郑叹在想，如果碰不到卫棱就自己跑步，不就是跑个步么？再说了，还有三只猫在这里，待会儿叫上一起跑。
Originally Zheng Tan was thinking, if he didn’t run into Wei Leng, he’d go running by himself. It was just running, right? Moreover, there were three cats here, so later he could ask them to all run together.
结果郑叹还没出东苑区域，在大草坪旁边的公共运动器材那里就见到了正在做引体向上的卫棱。
In the end, before Zheng Tan left the East Campus area, he saw Wei Leng doing chin ups at the the public exercise equipment beside the main lawn.
见到卫棱，这次反应最大的是阿黄，这家伙个跟跳蚤似的弓着背噌地跳起来，炸着毛，耳朵扯成飞机状。相比而言，大胖比上次要镇定很多，只是有些警惕，但却没有上次那么直接的敌意。
Seeing Wei Leng, this time it was Yellowy who had the biggest reaction. This guy arched his back and jumped like a flea, his fur stuck up explosively, and ears stuck out like airplane wings. In comparison, Chubs was much calmer than last time and just a bit vigilant. He wasn’t as directly hostile as he was last time.
卫棱松手落地，看了看四只猫，重点还是放在大胖和郑叹身上，没多说话，转身往草坪外走，“开始跑吧，慢跑，你们楚华大学这边不是有个环校跑道么，先跑一圈再说。”
Wei Leng relaxed his grip and dropped to the ground, looked at the four cats, and focused his gaze on Chubs and Zheng Tan. He didn’t say much, and turned around and began walking out of the lawn. “We’ll start running then. Just a jog. At Chu Hua University, Isn’t there a trail around the entire campus? We’ll first do one loop and then talk.”
郑叹：“……”一整圈啊——
Zheng Tan: “…” A whole loop–
楚华大学的面积很大，郑叹自打来到这里，基本上就只呆在东苑这边，除此之外就是去接焦远和顾优紫学校、被带到生科院那边，以及兰老头的小花圃那儿等等，在这个大学里面，其实还有很多地方郑叹没有去过。
Chu Hua University’s campus was very large. Since Zheng Tan came here, he essentially stayed mostly around East Campus. Apart from this, he’s been to pick up Jiao Yuan and Gu Youzi from school, the life sciences department, Professor Lan’s little garden, etc. At the University, there were actually many places that Zheng Tan hadn’t been to yet.
绕校一圈也好，总得熟悉一下这个地方。
Looping around the school wasn’t bad. He ought to familiarize himself with the area anyhow.
郑叹跑了大概二十米，回头看了看，大胖蹲在原地眯着眼睛打哈欠，阿黄又跑到草丛里团成一坨在装屎，警长看着树枝上那只麻雀舔嘴巴。
Zheng Tan ran about twenty meters and turned around to look. Chubs was sitting in his original place and yawning with his eyes clothes. Yellowy ran into the bushes and was squatting to poop. Detective was looking at a sparrow on a branch and licking his lips.
麻痹，都不靠谱，以后还是老子自己跑算了！
Damn, they’re all useless. I might as well go running by myself from now on!
卫棱没等郑叹，一直保持匀速跑动，并不快。郑叹紧跟在他身后。
Wei Leng didn’t wait for Zheng Tan, and maintained the same running speed, which wasn’t that fast. Zheng Tan followed tightly behind him.
早晨，学子们或骑着自行车或步行，从食堂、宿舍、广场等地方朝教学楼那边过去。桃树林那边有一些戏曲，声乐等社团的学生在那里训练。
In the morning, students either rode bikes or walked from places like the cafeteria, dorms, and plaza towards the school building. By the peach grove, there was students from clubs like Chinese opera and chorus practicing.
这个时节，学校的桂花已经开了一段时间，花香并不如前段时间那么浓，估计要凋谢了。
This time of the year, the university’s osmanthus flowers had already bloomed for a while, and it’s scent wasn’t as strong as earlier. They would probably wither soon.
路过广场的时候郑叹看到了翟老太太，老太太正和她的老伙伴们晃动着手上嫣红的毛扇子跳扇子舞，看时间应该快结束了，她们一般在上课之前半小时结束，不会干扰到上课的学生。
When they passed the plaza, Zheng Tan saw Mrs. Di. The old lady was currently with her elderly friends swaying captivating red feather fans in their hands while doing a fan dance. It looked like they were about to finish. Normally they finished half an hour before classes started in order to not disturb the students on their way to class.
翟老太太正做着一个甩扇子的动作，一个圈转过来刚好看到不远处张着嘴巴一边喘气一边跑动的郑叹，差点直接将扇子甩出去。老太太在广场这儿跳了这么长时间的扇子舞，还从没在这个时候见到过郑叹，她也想不到郑叹会跑这么远来，毕竟这边接近教学区，一般来讲这个时段很少会在这里看到猫。
Mrs. Di was was in the middle of flicking her fan, and as she turned around in a circle, she happened to see Zheng Tan in the distance who was panting with his mouth wide open and running. She almost dropped the fan she was flicking. Mrs. Di has been doing fan dances at the plaza for a long time, and she had never seen Zheng Tan here. She couldn’t imagine why Zheng Tan would run this far out. After all, this was close to the education quad, and normally speaking, it was rare to see cats during this time of day.
郑叹已经没心思去注意老太太的表情了，虽然是慢跑，但跑到这里已经累得够呛，以前从没这么跑过，突然这么一跑也难怪会难受。前面阶段的路程还好，郑叹还有心思去注意周围的风景，跑到后半段就渐渐吃力了。
Zheng Tan didn’t have the energy to pay attention to the old lady’s expression. Even though he was just jogging, after running all the way here, he was terribly exhausted. He had never run like this in the past, and suddenly running like this, it was no surprise he felt bad. The previous section of road wasn’t bad, and Zheng Tan had the energy to pay attention to the scenery around him. But in the latter part, he gradually had to strain himself.
卫棱放慢了步子，郑叹也没停下，就跟着这么一直跑。
Wei Leng slowed down his pace, and Zheng Tan also didn’t stop. He continued to follow and run.
说了要锻炼，要变强，要去更远的地方走，就得坚持下去。
He said he would train. In order to become stronger, to go to even further places, he had to press on.
这也是为了自己的小命啊！
This was for the sake of his life!
跑完一圈的时候，郑叹去草地上滚一圈休息一下，他知道大草坪那边有个露天的水龙头，喝点水再说。
After finishing one loop, Zheng Tan rolled on the lawn to rest. He knew there was an outdoors water fountain over there on the Campus Lawn, so he decided to drink before anything else.
卫棱并没有闲下，做完引体向上又带着郑叹跑了一圈还跟个没事的人似的，来到公共运动器械旁边继续做引体向上。
Wei Leng simply didn’t stop. After finishing his chin ups, he took Zheng Tan for a loop like it was nothing. When he arrived back at the public exercise equipment, he continued to do chin ups.
郑叹站在水龙头旁边休息了，喝了点水，一侧头，发现卫棱那丫的又开始跑了，还加快了速度。
Zheng Tan stood next to the water fountain resting, and drank some water. He tilted his head and noticed that bastard Wei Leng started running again, even faster than before.
郑叹深呼吸几次，迈着脚丫跟上，不过速度可是差得远，没多久就失去了卫棱的踪影。郑叹也没准备继续跑，在岔道口拐了个弯，朝兰老头的小花圃那边过去。
Zheng Tan took a few deep breaths, and ran on his toes to keep up. However, the difference in their speeds was too much, and it didn’t take long before he lost sight of Wei Leng. Zheng Tan wasn’t prepared to keep running, and he took a turn at a side road to head towards Professor Lan’s little garden.
和往常一样，郑叹选择的直接翻墙，因为这里离小花圃的大门还有些距离，他懒得绕路。刚长跑过脚有点软，差点就跳不上去。
Like usual, Zheng Tan chose to go directly over the wall since there was still quite some distance from the main gate of the flower garden. He was too lazy to go around. After running that much, his feet were a little sore, and he almost had trouble jumping up.
虽然说的是小花圃，但这里还真不小，里面有好几个透明的大棚都种满了植物，其余地方也没多大空地。
Even though he said it was a little garden, it actually wasn’t small at all. Inside, there were several transparent greenhouses that were planted full with vegetation. There wasn’t that much room in the remaining space either.
跳上围墙后，郑叹没急着跳下去，沿着围墙走过去，来到一个大棚附近的时候，直接跳上大棚，发出“咚”的一声响。
After jumping onto the wall, Zheng Tan was in no rush to jump down, and he walked along the wall. When he got close to one of the greenhouses, he jumped onto the greenhouse, making the sound of a “thump.”
正在里面拿着小铲子忙活的兰老头抬头看了看，骂道：“你就不能从别的地方跳吗？再跳几次我这大棚都得提前退休！”
Professor Lan, who was presently inside busying himself with a trowel, looked up and angrily said: “Can you jump from some other place? If you jump a few more times, I’ll have to repair the greenhouse early!”
郑叹没理他，走到大棚一边，那里有堆积起来的几个木箱子，刚好形成一个楼梯，郑叹一格一格跳下来。
Zheng Tan paid no attention to him, and walked to a side of the greenhouse. There were several wooden crates piled up there, conveniently in the shape of stairs, and Zheng Tan jumped down one by one.
郑叹侧头看向大棚里面，因为是透明的，所以看得还挺清楚。
Zheng Tan tilted his head and looked inside the greenhouse. Because it was transparent, he could see rather clearly.
百合花？
Lilies?
还是黄色的诶！
They’re yellow ones too!
郑叹以前没见过这种黄色的百合花，白色的倒见过，他看里面那些花和自己以前买了泡妞的百合花挺像。
Zheng Tan had never seen lilies that were yellow in the past. He had seen white ones though. The flowers that he saw inside were fairly similar to the lilies that he used to buy to pick up girls.
兰老头种这么多黄色的百合花干什么？白色的应该卖的好一点吧？
What was Professor Lan growing all these yellow lilies for? White ones would sell better, right?
郑叹疑惑地走了进去，在大棚门口有一个木盒子装着一些褐色的东西，郑叹也没去多注意，他现在的注意力就放在里面那些黄色的花上。
Zheng Tan doubtfully walked inside. At the entrance of the greenhouse, there was a wooden crate packed with some brown things, but Zheng Tan didn’t pay that much attention. He was presently fixated on the yellow flowers that were inside.
拿着小铲子忙活着的兰老头转身看了看，出声道：“注意点，别弄坏了这些黄花菜！”
Professor Lan who was busy gardening with a trowel turned around and looked, and called out: “Be careful, don’t mess up those yellow cauliflower!”
黄花菜？
Yellow cauliflower?
原来那不是百合么？
So they weren’t lilies?
郑叹扯了扯耳朵，他对这方面完全是白痴，就算凑上去仔细观看也看不出个所以然来，他甚至都记不清百合花到底长啥样了，只是觉得与记忆中的有些像而已。
Zheng Tan flicked his ears. Towards these things, he was a total idiot. Even if he examined it from up close, he wouldn’t be able to tell a difference. Frankly he couldn’t remember what lilies looked like anyways, and he only felt it looked somewhat similar to the kind in his memories.
郑叹正想着，小花圃来了人。
As Zheng Tan thought, some people arrived in the little garden.
是几个学生，他们过来采样。
It was a few students who had come for samples.
和其他人一样，在兰老头面前，这些学生都显得很拘谨。
Like other people, in front of Professor Lan, these students appeared very cautious.
“兰教授，我们之前打电话的预约过，做黄酮类物质抗氧化性的研究的，过来采样。”
“Professor Lan, we scheduled an appointment with you over the phone earlier about the research of an antioxidant-type flavonoid, and we’re here to collect samples.”
兰老头也没站起来，抬手指了指大棚一个角落，“那里，我画了记号的地方，你们都可以采，记号之外的别碰。”
Professor Lan didn’t stand up, and he lifted a finger to point at a corner of the greenhouse. “Over there, at the places where I’ve marked, you can harvest. Don’t touch anything outside the markings.”
“哎，好的好的，我们记着，会注意的。”一个学生连忙点头道。
“Ah, alright alright, we’ll remember and we’ll be careful,” a student promptly nodded and spoke.
几人小心来到兰老头指的那个角落，一个估计是刚进校不久的学生低声道：“原来这就是忘忧草啊，怎么长得很像百合花？”
A few people cautiously arrived at the corner that Professor Lan pointed out. One student who looked like he hadn’t been in school for long whispered, “So these are nepenthe flowers. Why do they look like lilies?”
另外几个学生手一抖，一口气还没提起来，果然就听到那边兰老头的声音。
The hands of the other students shook, and even though they hadn’t said anything, they sure enough heard Professor Lan’s voice from over there.
“被子植物门，单子叶植物纲，百合目，百合亚目，百合科，萱草属的黄花菜，这些你们老师没教过吗？长得像有什么好奇怪的？”
“Phylum Angiosperm, clade Monocotyledon, order Liliales, suborder Liliales, family Liliaceae, genus Hemerocallis fulva, also known as yellow cauliflower. Hasn’t your teacher taught you this? Why would it be strange that it looks similar?”
兰老头的声音还很平缓，但就是让人能清楚感觉的他在生气。
Professor Lan’s voice was very flat, but it could make people clearly feel he was angry.
几个学生噤声了，在没谁敢乱说话，就怕一不小心再出错被训一顿，加快手上的动作采完样之后就恭敬地告别离开了。
The students were silenced, and no one else dared to casually say anything since they were afraid of being rebuked for accidentally making a mistake. After the hurried up to finish harvesting the plants, they deferentially bid farewell and left.
郑叹蹲在旁边，他心里还在感慨刚才那个学生的话，原来传说中的忘忧草就是黄花菜么？前者听着就高端洋气一些，相比之下“黄花菜”这个名字就像个土鳖，郑叹还从没将这两个名字联系到一起过。
Zheng Tan sat on the side, and on inside he felt rueful from the student’s words from earlier. So the nepenthe flower from the legends is just yellow cauliflower? The former sounded so trendy and stylish, and in comparison “yellow cauliflower” sounds like a name from a country bumpkin. Zheng Tan had never linked these two words together before.
在那些学生离开后，兰老头站起身锤了捶腰，走出大棚，出来的时候顺便将门口的那个木盒拿上。
After those students left, Professor Lan stood up and massaged his waist, and walked out of the greenhouse. As he walked out, he picked up the wooden crate by the entrance.
“鲜黄花菜的脂肪和维生素C含量高于干黄花菜，但是蛋白质和其他微量元素的含量却低于干黄花菜，我还是喜欢吃干的。在我们老家那儿这东西倒是多，但在这城市里，难啊。黑炭，我跟你说啊……”
“The fat and vitamin C content in fresh yellow cauliflower is greater than that in dry cauliflower, but it’s protein and other trace element content is lower than that in dry cauliflower, so I still prefer eating the dried ones. At my old place, there was a lot of this stuff, but in the city, it’s hard to find. Ash, I’m telling you…”
吧啦吧啦吧啦。
Blah blah blah blah.
他们这些退休的老教授还是改不了好为人师的毛病，就算是对着一只什么都不懂的猫也能说很久。一听到“我跟你说”，郑叹就知道，兰老头跟焦爸一样，又进入教学状态了。
These retired professor had never fixed their bad habit of liking to lecture others. Even though he was talking to a cat that couldn’t understand anything, he could still talk for a long time. As soon as Zheng Tan heard, “I’m telling you,” he knew that Professor Lan was the same as Papa Jiao. They were entering teaching mode.
郑叹在兰老头的小花圃玩了一会儿，到中午的时候才离开。
Zheng Tan played around at Professor Lan’s little garden, and left around lunchtime.
阳光明媚，郑叹回到东家属大院的时候，正好看到阿黄躺在草地上，一半在阴凉处，一半晒着太阳。让郑叹愕然的是，阿黄旁边趴着一个生物，哼唧哼唧叫着，阿黄抱着舔了舔毛，那家伙就不哼了。
While the sun was still shining brightly, when Zheng Tan returned to the Eastern Residence, he just happened to see Yellowy lying on the grass, halfway in the shade and halfway in the sun. What amazed Zheng Tan was that there was another creature lying beside Yellowy. Purring, Yellowy hugged it and licked its fur. That rascal wasn’t purring.
尼玛，黄二货抱着的这个长着一张囧脸的家伙是什么时候来东苑的？！以前怎么从没见过？
The heck? Since when did that bastard with a 囧 face that was being hugged by that fool Yellowy come to East Campus?! How come he had never seen it before?
没等郑叹惊讶完，不远处又颠颠跑过来一个。
Before Zheng Tan could finish being astonished, another one giddily ran up from not far away.
郑叹：“……”
Zheng Tan: “……”
这个长得有些畸形像被人揍了一拳的家伙又他妈是谁？
Who the hell were these bastards that had lopsided faces like they had been punched by someone?
Chapter 14: So The Nepenthe Flower From Legends Is Just Yellow Cauliflower? (Temporarily Unedited) >_>
早上，易辛一大早被闹钟闹醒，他们今天早上有一个报告会，他需要提前一个小时过去整理幻灯片做准备，就算熬夜也得爬起来。
In the morning, Yi Xin was woken up by his alarm clock. Today there would be a public lecture in the morning, hence he had to arrive an hour early to prepare some slides. Despite the fact that he had stayed up late, it was necessary to wake up.
郑叹和易辛一同出的门。
Zheng Tan and Yi Xin left the house at the same time.
易辛跑去东苑食堂买了两份小笼包，想了想，又买了两杯豆浆，拿到家属大院那边的小树林里，在那里，郑叹正蹲在石桌上等着。
Yi Xin ran to the East Campus Cafeteria and bought two orders of Xiaolongbao, thought a bit, and then bought two cups of soy milk. He brought them to the grove by the East Residential Quad, where Zheng Tan was currently sitting on top of a stone table waiting.
易辛将手里其中一袋小笼包和一杯豆浆放在石桌上，他不知道猫能不能喝豆浆，但是，跟焦老板打电话的时候，焦老板说了他家这只猫的胃比较强悍，跟其他猫不一样。易辛觉得光吃包子估计会噎得慌，所以才多买了一杯豆浆。
Yi Xin took a bag of Xiaolongbao a cup of soy milk and placed it on the table. He didn’t know whether a cat would be able to drink soy milk, but, when he was on the phone with Boss Jiao, Boss Jiao said their family cat had a rather strong stomach, and was unlike other cats. Yi Xin thought just eating steamed buns by itself could possibly cause it to choke, so he bought an extra cup of soy milk.
直到往装豆浆的一次性杯子里插上吸管，易辛才突然想到，猫大概不会用吸管。
When he inserted a straw into the disposable cup that was holding soy milk, Yi Xin suddenly realized, the cat probably couldn’t use the straw.
易辛正发愁，郑叹已经吃了一个包子，拨开易辛的手，咬着吸管就吸了起来。看得易辛一愣一愣的，要不是时间紧，赶着去听报告，他肯定会蹲在这里研究焦老板家这只猫到底是怎么用吸管的，就那两边漏风的嘴巴能用吸管？
While Yi Xin fretted, Zheng Tan already started eating a steamed bun. He pushed away Yi Xin’s hand, and bit on a straw and started sucking. Seeing Yi Xin’s blank stare, if he wasn’t short on time and in a rush to catch the lecture, he would definitely squat there and research how Boss Jiao’s cat was able to use a straw. With a mouth that was leaky on two ends, how could it use a straw?
郑叹可没心思去管易辛在想什么，他现在很饿，快点吃完晃悠一下就要去跑步，不吃东西他完全没力气跑啊。
Zheng Tan was in no mood to pay any attention to Yi Xin’s thoughts. He was presently hungry, and after eating quickly and loitering around for a bit, he’d need to go for a run. If he didn’t eat anything he definitely wouldn’t have any energy to run.
一袋八个小包子，郑叹吃第六个的时候，阿黄和警长跑过来了，剩下两个分给了它们，至于大胖，就算来了这家伙也跟郑叹一样，基本上不吃别人剩下的东西。
From a bag of eight little steamed buns, by the time Zheng Tan ate six, Yellowy and Detective ran over. The remaining two he split between them. As for Chubs, even if he came, that guy was the same as Zheng Tan, and pretty much didn’t eat other people’s leftovers.
和往常一样，阿黄过来这边先要叫上两声，表示它已经来了，让其他没到的快点过来，叫完之后就开始挠树磨爪子。
Like usual, when Yellowy came over he first made two meows to express that he was already here and to get the others who hadn’t arrived to come faster. After he meowed, he started scratch some trees to grind down his claws.
郑叹将装包子的塑料袋和豆浆杯子扔进旁边的垃圾箱，在石桌周围走两圈消消食缓解一下。
Zheng Tan tossed the plastic bag that held the steamed buns and the soy milk cup into a trash can beside him. He walked two circles around the the stone table to aid with digestion for a bit.
大胖慢腾腾晃过来的时候，阿黄已经开始挠第三棵树。
By the time Chubs slowly lumbered over, Yellowy already started scratching the third tree.
郑叹觉得差不多了，叫了一声，然后往树林外走去，阿黄爪子也不磨了，屁颠屁颠跟上，跑两步啃一下旁边的草。
When Zheng Tan felt it was enough, he meowed, and walked out of the grove. Yellowy was done scratching, and eagerly tagged along. After running two steps, he chewed a bit on the grass beside him.
原本郑叹在想，如果碰不到卫棱就自己跑步，不就是跑个步么？再说了，还有三只猫在这里，待会儿叫上一起跑。
Originally Zheng Tan was thinking, if he didn’t run into Wei Leng, he’d go running by himself. It was just running, right? Moreover, there were three cats here, so later he could ask them to all run together.
结果郑叹还没出东苑区域，在大草坪旁边的公共运动器材那里就见到了正在做引体向上的卫棱。
In the end, before Zheng Tan left the East Campus area, he saw Wei Leng doing chin ups at the the public exercise equipment beside the main lawn.
见到卫棱，这次反应最大的是阿黄，这家伙个跟跳蚤似的弓着背噌地跳起来，炸着毛，耳朵扯成飞机状。相比而言，大胖比上次要镇定很多，只是有些警惕，但却没有上次那么直接的敌意。
Seeing Wei Leng, this time it was Yellowy who had the biggest reaction. This guy arched his back and jumped like a flea, his fur stuck up explosively, and ears stuck out like airplane wings. In comparison, Chubs was much calmer than last time and just a bit vigilant. He wasn’t as directly hostile as he was last time.
卫棱松手落地，看了看四只猫，重点还是放在大胖和郑叹身上，没多说话，转身往草坪外走，“开始跑吧，慢跑，你们楚华大学这边不是有个环校跑道么，先跑一圈再说。”
Wei Leng relaxed his grip and dropped to the ground, looked at the four cats, and focused his gaze on Chubs and Zheng Tan. He didn’t say much, and turned around and began walking out of the lawn. “We’ll start running then. Just a jog. At Chu Hua University, Isn’t there a trail around the entire campus? We’ll first do one loop and then talk.”
郑叹：“……”一整圈啊——
Zheng Tan: “…” A whole loop–
楚华大学的面积很大，郑叹自打来到这里，基本上就只呆在东苑这边，除此之外就是去接焦远和顾优紫学校、被带到生科院那边，以及兰老头的小花圃那儿等等，在这个大学里面，其实还有很多地方郑叹没有去过。
Chu Hua University’s campus was very large. Since Zheng Tan came here, he essentially stayed mostly around East Campus. Apart from this, he’s been to pick up Jiao Yuan and Gu Youzi from school, the life sciences department, Professor Lan’s little garden, etc. At the University, there were actually many places that Zheng Tan hadn’t been to yet.
绕校一圈也好，总得熟悉一下这个地方。
Looping around the school wasn’t bad. He ought to familiarize himself with the area anyhow.
郑叹跑了大概二十米，回头看了看，大胖蹲在原地眯着眼睛打哈欠，阿黄又跑到草丛里团成一坨在装屎，警长看着树枝上那只麻雀舔嘴巴。
Zheng Tan ran about twenty meters and turned around to look. Chubs was sitting in his original place and yawning with his eyes clothes. Yellowy ran into the bushes and was squatting to poop. Detective was looking at a sparrow on a branch and licking his lips.
麻痹，都不靠谱，以后还是老子自己跑算了！
Damn, they’re all useless. I might as well go running by myself from now on!
卫棱没等郑叹，一直保持匀速跑动，并不快。郑叹紧跟在他身后。
Wei Leng didn’t wait for Zheng Tan, and maintained the same running speed, which wasn’t that fast. Zheng Tan followed tightly behind him.
早晨，学子们或骑着自行车或步行，从食堂、宿舍、广场等地方朝教学楼那边过去。桃树林那边有一些戏曲，声乐等社团的学生在那里训练。
In the morning, students either rode bikes or walked from places like the cafeteria, dorms, and plaza towards the school building. By the peach grove, there was students from clubs like Chinese opera and chorus practicing.
这个时节，学校的桂花已经开了一段时间，花香并不如前段时间那么浓，估计要凋谢了。
This time of the year, the university’s osmanthus flowers had already bloomed for a while, and it’s scent wasn’t as strong as earlier. They would probably wither soon.
路过广场的时候郑叹看到了翟老太太，老太太正和她的老伙伴们晃动着手上嫣红的毛扇子跳扇子舞，看时间应该快结束了，她们一般在上课之前半小时结束，不会干扰到上课的学生。
When they passed the plaza, Zheng Tan saw Mrs. Di. The old lady was currently with her elderly friends swaying captivating red feather fans in their hands while doing a fan dance. It looked like they were about to finish. Normally they finished half an hour before classes started in order to not disturb the students on their way to class.
翟老太太正做着一个甩扇子的动作，一个圈转过来刚好看到不远处张着嘴巴一边喘气一边跑动的郑叹，差点直接将扇子甩出去。老太太在广场这儿跳了这么长时间的扇子舞，还从没在这个时候见到过郑叹，她也想不到郑叹会跑这么远来，毕竟这边接近教学区，一般来讲这个时段很少会在这里看到猫。
Mrs. Di was was in the middle of flicking her fan, and as she turned around in a circle, she happened to see Zheng Tan in the distance who was panting with his mouth wide open and running. She almost dropped the fan she was flicking. Mrs. Di has been doing fan dances at the plaza for a long time, and she had never seen Zheng Tan here. She couldn’t imagine why Zheng Tan would run this far out. After all, this was close to the education quad, and normally speaking, it was rare to see cats during this time of day.
郑叹已经没心思去注意老太太的表情了，虽然是慢跑，但跑到这里已经累得够呛，以前从没这么跑过，突然这么一跑也难怪会难受。前面阶段的路程还好，郑叹还有心思去注意周围的风景，跑到后半段就渐渐吃力了。
Zheng Tan didn’t have the energy to pay attention to the old lady’s expression. Even though he was just jogging, after running all the way here, he was terribly exhausted. He had never run like this in the past, and suddenly running like this, it was no surprise he felt bad. The previous section of road wasn’t bad, and Zheng Tan had the energy to pay attention to the scenery around him. But in the latter part, he gradually had to strain himself.
卫棱放慢了步子，郑叹也没停下，就跟着这么一直跑。
Wei Leng slowed down his pace, and Zheng Tan also didn’t stop. He continued to follow and run.
说了要锻炼，要变强，要去更远的地方走，就得坚持下去。
He said he would train. In order to become stronger, to go to even further places, he had to press on.
这也是为了自己的小命啊！
This was for the sake of his life!
跑完一圈的时候，郑叹去草地上滚一圈休息一下，他知道大草坪那边有个露天的水龙头，喝点水再说。
After finishing one loop, Zheng Tan rolled on the lawn to rest. He knew there was an outdoors water fountain over there on the Campus Lawn, so he decided to drink before anything else.
卫棱并没有闲下，做完引体向上又带着郑叹跑了一圈还跟个没事的人似的，来到公共运动器械旁边继续做引体向上。
Wei Leng simply didn’t stop. After finishing his chin ups, he took Zheng Tan for a loop like it was nothing. When he arrived back at the public exercise equipment, he continued to do chin ups.
郑叹站在水龙头旁边休息了，喝了点水，一侧头，发现卫棱那丫的又开始跑了，还加快了速度。
Zheng Tan stood next to the water fountain resting, and drank some water. He tilted his head and noticed that bastard Wei Leng started running again, even faster than before.
郑叹深呼吸几次，迈着脚丫跟上，不过速度可是差得远，没多久就失去了卫棱的踪影。郑叹也没准备继续跑，在岔道口拐了个弯，朝兰老头的小花圃那边过去。
Zheng Tan took a few deep breaths, and ran on his toes to keep up. However, the difference in their speeds was too much, and it didn’t take long before he lost sight of Wei Leng. Zheng Tan wasn’t prepared to keep running, and he took a turn at a side road to head towards Professor Lan’s little garden.
和往常一样，郑叹选择的直接翻墙，因为这里离小花圃的大门还有些距离，他懒得绕路。刚长跑过脚有点软，差点就跳不上去。
Like usual, Zheng Tan chose to go directly over the wall since there was still quite some distance from the main gate of the flower garden. He was too lazy to go around. After running that much, his feet were a little sore, and he almost had trouble jumping up.
虽然说的是小花圃，但这里还真不小，里面有好几个透明的大棚都种满了植物，其余地方也没多大空地。
Even though he said it was a little garden, it actually wasn’t small at all. Inside, there were several transparent greenhouses that were planted full with vegetation. There wasn’t that much room in the remaining space either.
跳上围墙后，郑叹没急着跳下去，沿着围墙走过去，来到一个大棚附近的时候，直接跳上大棚，发出“咚”的一声响。
After jumping onto the wall, Zheng Tan was in no rush to jump down, and he walked along the wall. When he got close to one of the greenhouses, he jumped onto the greenhouse, making the sound of a “thump.”
正在里面拿着小铲子忙活的兰老头抬头看了看，骂道：“你就不能从别的地方跳吗？再跳几次我这大棚都得提前退休！”
Professor Lan, who was presently inside busying himself with a trowel, looked up and angrily said: “Can you jump from some other place? If you jump a few more times, I’ll have to repair the greenhouse early!”
郑叹没理他，走到大棚一边，那里有堆积起来的几个木箱子，刚好形成一个楼梯，郑叹一格一格跳下来。
Zheng Tan paid no attention to him, and walked to a side of the greenhouse. There were several wooden crates piled up there, conveniently in the shape of stairs, and Zheng Tan jumped down one by one.
郑叹侧头看向大棚里面，因为是透明的，所以看得还挺清楚。
Zheng Tan tilted his head and looked inside the greenhouse. Because it was transparent, he could see rather clearly.
百合花？
Lilies?
还是黄色的诶！
They’re yellow ones too!
郑叹以前没见过这种黄色的百合花，白色的倒见过，他看里面那些花和自己以前买了泡妞的百合花挺像。
Zheng Tan had never seen lilies that were yellow in the past. He had seen white ones though. The flowers that he saw inside were fairly similar to the lilies that he used to buy to pick up girls.
兰老头种这么多黄色的百合花干什么？白色的应该卖的好一点吧？
What was Professor Lan growing all these yellow lilies for? White ones would sell better, right?
郑叹疑惑地走了进去，在大棚门口有一个木盒子装着一些褐色的东西，郑叹也没去多注意，他现在的注意力就放在里面那些黄色的花上。
Zheng Tan doubtfully walked inside. At the entrance of the greenhouse, there was a wooden crate packed with some brown things, but Zheng Tan didn’t pay that much attention. He was presently fixated on the yellow flowers that were inside.
拿着小铲子忙活着的兰老头转身看了看，出声道：“注意点，别弄坏了这些黄花菜！”
Professor Lan who was busy gardening with a trowel turned around and looked, and called out: “Be careful, don’t mess up those yellow cauliflower!”
黄花菜？
Yellow cauliflower?
原来那不是百合么？
So they weren’t lilies?
郑叹扯了扯耳朵，他对这方面完全是白痴，就算凑上去仔细观看也看不出个所以然来，他甚至都记不清百合花到底长啥样了，只是觉得与记忆中的有些像而已。
Zheng Tan flicked his ears. Towards these things, he was a total idiot. Even if he examined it from up close, he wouldn’t be able to tell a difference. Frankly he couldn’t remember what lilies looked like anyways, and he only felt it looked somewhat similar to the kind in his memories.
郑叹正想着，小花圃来了人。
As Zheng Tan thought, some people arrived in the little garden.
是几个学生，他们过来采样。
It was a few students who had come for samples.
和其他人一样，在兰老头面前，这些学生都显得很拘谨。
Like other people, in front of Professor Lan, these students appeared very cautious.
“兰教授，我们之前打电话的预约过，做黄酮类物质抗氧化性的研究的，过来采样。”
“Professor Lan, we scheduled an appointment with you over the phone earlier about the research of an antioxidant-type flavonoid, and we’re here to collect samples.”
兰老头也没站起来，抬手指了指大棚一个角落，“那里，我画了记号的地方，你们都可以采，记号之外的别碰。”
Professor Lan didn’t stand up, and he lifted a finger to point at a corner of the greenhouse. “Over there, at the places where I’ve marked, you can harvest. Don’t touch anything outside the markings.”
“哎，好的好的，我们记着，会注意的。”一个学生连忙点头道。
“Ah, alright alright, we’ll remember and we’ll be careful,” a student promptly nodded and spoke.
几人小心来到兰老头指的那个角落，一个估计是刚进校不久的学生低声道：“原来这就是忘忧草啊，怎么长得很像百合花？”
A few people cautiously arrived at the corner that Professor Lan pointed out. One student who looked like he hadn’t been in school for long whispered, “So these are nepenthe flowers. Why do they look like lilies?”
另外几个学生手一抖，一口气还没提起来，果然就听到那边兰老头的声音。
The hands of the other students shook, and even though they hadn’t said anything, they sure enough heard Professor Lan’s voice from over there.
“被子植物门，单子叶植物纲，百合目，百合亚目，百合科，萱草属的黄花菜，这些你们老师没教过吗？长得像有什么好奇怪的？”
“Phylum Angiosperm, clade Monocotyledon, order Liliales, suborder Liliales, family Liliaceae, genus Hemerocallis fulva, also known as yellow cauliflower. Hasn’t your teacher taught you this? Why would it be strange that it looks similar?”
兰老头的声音还很平缓，但就是让人能清楚感觉的他在生气。
Professor Lan’s voice was very flat, but it could make people clearly feel he was angry.
几个学生噤声了，在没谁敢乱说话，就怕一不小心再出错被训一顿，加快手上的动作采完样之后就恭敬地告别离开了。
The students were silenced, and no one else dared to casually say anything since they were afraid of being rebuked for accidentally making a mistake. After the hurried up to finish harvesting the plants, they deferentially bid farewell and left.
郑叹蹲在旁边，他心里还在感慨刚才那个学生的话，原来传说中的忘忧草就是黄花菜么？前者听着就高端洋气一些，相比之下“黄花菜”这个名字就像个土鳖，郑叹还从没将这两个名字联系到一起过。
Zheng Tan sat on the side, and on inside he felt rueful from the student’s words from earlier. So the nepenthe flower from the legends is just yellow cauliflower? The former sounded so trendy and stylish, and in comparison “yellow cauliflower” sounds like a name from a country bumpkin. Zheng Tan had never linked these two words together before.
在那些学生离开后，兰老头站起身锤了捶腰，走出大棚，出来的时候顺便将门口的那个木盒拿上。
After those students left, Professor Lan stood up and massaged his waist, and walked out of the greenhouse. As he walked out, he picked up the wooden crate by the entrance.
“鲜黄花菜的脂肪和维生素C含量高于干黄花菜，但是蛋白质和其他微量元素的含量却低于干黄花菜，我还是喜欢吃干的。在我们老家那儿这东西倒是多，但在这城市里，难啊。黑炭，我跟你说啊……”
“The fat and vitamin C content in fresh yellow cauliflower is greater than that in dry cauliflower, but it’s protein and other trace element content is lower than that in dry cauliflower, so I still prefer eating the dried ones. At my old place, there was a lot of this stuff, but in the city, it’s hard to find. Ash, I’m telling you…”
吧啦吧啦吧啦。
Blah blah blah blah.
他们这些退休的老教授还是改不了好为人师的毛病，就算是对着一只什么都不懂的猫也能说很久。一听到“我跟你说”，郑叹就知道，兰老头跟焦爸一样，又进入教学状态了。
These retired professor had never fixed their bad habit of liking to lecture others. Even though he was talking to a cat that couldn’t understand anything, he could still talk for a long time. As soon as Zheng Tan heard, “I’m telling you,” he knew that Professor Lan was the same as Papa Jiao. They were entering teaching mode.
郑叹在兰老头的小花圃玩了一会儿，到中午的时候才离开。
Zheng Tan played around at Professor Lan’s little garden, and left around lunchtime.
阳光明媚，郑叹回到东家属大院的时候，正好看到阿黄躺在草地上，一半在阴凉处，一半晒着太阳。让郑叹愕然的是，阿黄旁边趴着一个生物，哼唧哼唧叫着，阿黄抱着舔了舔毛，那家伙就不哼了。
While the sun was still shining brightly, when Zheng Tan returned to the Eastern Residence, he just happened to see Yellowy lying on the grass, halfway in the shade and halfway in the sun. What amazed Zheng Tan was that there was another creature lying beside Yellowy. Purring, Yellowy hugged it and licked its fur. That rascal wasn’t purring.
尼玛，黄二货抱着的这个长着一张囧脸的家伙是什么时候来东苑的？！以前怎么从没见过？
The heck? Since when did that bastard with a 囧 face that was being hugged by that fool Yellowy come to East Campus?! How come he had never seen it before?
没等郑叹惊讶完，不远处又颠颠跑过来一个。
Before Zheng Tan could finish being astonished, another one giddily ran up from not far away.
郑叹：“……”
Zheng Tan: “……”
这个长得有些畸形像被人揍了一拳的家伙又他妈是谁？
Who the hell were these bastards that had lopsided faces like they had been punched by someone?
