Chapter 1 (1/2)
IF I HAVE YOU WHAT MORE COULD I ASK FOR IN THIS LIFE?
Introduction: If I Have You, What More Could I Ask For In This Life? (如若有你一生何求 [医生，一生何求]) – Jin Zhu (锦竹)
June 20, 2014sutekii
I read this novel when I was having Silent Separation withdrawal.. If I Have You, What More Could I Ask For In This Life? And Silent Separation has a few common elements both were lovers when younger, separated after many years with regrets and unanswered questions. But that’s just the few things that in common. This novel is still enjoyable that I ended up reading the whole thing. It consist of 44 chapters + and Epilogue and one side story. As usual, I’ll translate the first chapter just to give you a glimpse of the novel.
Brief Summary
Ye Yi Sheng is a non confident person, who loves an outstanding man, but lacks the courage to fight for this love. And when faced with an outstanding compet.i.tor, she cowardly retreats. However there is always an exception to the norm, the brilliant man just wants one particular flower a midst the glorious garden. Yi Sheng is that flower, but she desires too little, afraid to fight for love, and he loves too deeply.
(credits: this part is translated by Pm on bookshushengbar)
Introduction
The first time, she ate him and she ran; the second time he ate her and went to the Civil Affairs Bureau.
“Doctor, what more could do you ask for in this life?”
Yi Sheng prettily said: “Follow Song An Chen and eat meat~”
Fly kicks, “I asked Dr. Song.”
“Take off her clothes and put on the wedding dress.”
Yi Sheng pitifully cries: “You took off twice.”
“……”
High drama, companion in youth; a cancer surgeon and small nurse’s reunion that reignite their love…
Chapter 1 – Reunion ~
Ye Yi Sheng has returned to her home city, the southern city is where she was raised, where many memories were embedded. For six years she stayed in other places, five years in the undergraduate nursing education system and one year of wandering.
Getting off the plane she headed straight to A City’s fourth prison. If it wasn’t because her father was being released, she certainly wouldn’t have returned to this city. She arrived at the fourth prison and looked around, but she didn’t see a person out. Raising her hand, she glanced at her watch, it was approximately seven o’clock in the morning, presumably wasn’t too early.
Putting down her luggage, she sat at the entrance of the prison, eagerly staring straight ahead. She couldn’t help scratching her fluffy hair and yawned, looking dispirited and exhausted. Her father was originally a government official, but due to corruption he was arrested and sentenced to six years in prison, and that year she was only in the senior year. Now in retrospect, she couldn’t help but smile, when her father was arrested, her mother committed suicide, and how she did survive it? Even she did not remember anymore.
“Ye Yi Sheng!” Suddenly someone calls her from behind. That voice……
She immediately frooze, the sound of the door closes behind her, as pragmatic stepping sounds were heard. She closes her eyes, she never expected to meet her former resident upon retutning.
Turning around she smiled, “Long time no see Song An Chen!”
Six years time surely flies, during childhood he had a pair of clean and transparent eyes and white skin that even women were envious of, her father always laughed at him, saying his appearance was more good-looking than girls. From kindergarten to high school, his perfect face always caused him trouble, love letters were everywhere, he even graduated with the school gra.s.s t.i.tle. [1]
[1] Jiao Cao 校草, Most handsome guy in the school.
At present this man still has heinous good skin, an unceasingly handsome face filled with a breath of scholar aura.
Song An Chen smiled at her, while helping her with the luggage he said, “Uncle was already released around five o’clock this morning, he’s currently at my father’s place, I have came to pick you up. I think you know, you’ve been fooling around and have been missing for six years.”
Yi Sheng was in a daze, she ignored his last sentence and said, “Thank you.”
Song An Chen smiled at her, carrying her luggage into his car trunk. Yi Sheng took a glance at the car, it was a Bentley? She smiles wryly and followed him into the car. This childhood friend of hers, since young they have been two worlds apart. In order to save fifty cents she will line up an hour to buy eggs; she would never go to a high-end store to buy clothes, all her clothes were also just stall goods; her five years of tuition fee were paid by her hard work earned money. She didn’t remember the taste of upper cla.s.s society. Her shabby self sitting in a Bentley car seems so out-of-place.
“I heard that uncle would be released at five o’clock this morning, so I came to pick him up. I didn’t think you would return.” Song An Chen said while driving, he didn’t look at her, instead his eyes were staring straight ahead.
Yi Sheng was slightly embarra.s.sed of her forehead bangs, “My father is being release from prison, how could I not come?” She hollow a laugh or two, “Thank you for helping me take care of my father all these years.”
Song An Chen did not answer, he continued staring straight ahead, seemingly driving very seriously. Upon arriving at a red light, he stopped the car, pulled out a cigarette from the side small box and lit it up. He opened the window, facing the window, puff out, seeing his handsome profile, it was extremely elegant and melancholy.
When did he learn to smoke? Yi Shen was a little surprised. Many years ago when they were studying, someone in the cla.s.s began to smoke, Yi Sheng felt that a man smoking was cool, but Song An Chen who was a little disgusted said, “Smoking is harmful to your health, it is a slow suicide, those that understand health and longevity will not smoke.” The Song An Chen that always knew about health and longevity was smoking.
A wisp of smoke drifted into Yi Sheng’s nose, being sensitive she coughed a few times, Song An Chen who face was outside the car stubbed out his cigarette, turned to look at her, “I’m sorry.”
At this time the light turned red, Song An Chen began to start the car.
The car began to quietly solidify, Yi Sheng wanted to ease the atmosphere so turned to Song An Chen and asked, “What is your current job?”
Song An Chen’s hands that was holding the steering wheel fluttered, appearing obviously shocked, “Just an interns.h.i.+p at the hospital this year.”
Yi Sheng was a little dumbfounded, “You pa.s.s the A medical college examination?”
“Hmm.” Song An Chen nodded. Suddenly speechless, Yi Sheng tried tilting her head, looked away and began to be absent-minded. Since childhood, A medical college was her dream school, those years when she was studying, everyday she would complain that her own grades were not improving, she asked Song An Chen whose achievement was excellent to given her pointers. However, she remembers Song An Chen wanted to study economic and tradeto take over his mother’s business.
“Ye Yi Sheng.” Song An Chen spoke. Unprepared her entire body trembled and jump. She was most afraid of someone calling her, especially Song An Chen.
“Have you eaten yet?”
“Ah!” Yi Sheng didn’t think he’ll ask this, she hastened nodded, “Ate, I already ate.” This action was extremely exaggerated, like to strongly prove she have eaten.
“Then accompany me to eat a meal instead, this morning after I picked up uncle, I had to wait for you so I didn’t have time to eat.”
She had not had time to react when Song An Chen’s car suddenly turned a corner, into another lane. Yi Sheng was frightened, and turned to look at Song An Chen, he is still very carefully to drive.
She found that they haven’t seen each other in six years, the Prince that always had affection has changed so much, she could not see through nor did she understand him.
Song An Chen took her to a small snack shop, and his clothing seems out-of-place. She knew this street, this is the street snack that she would pa.s.s on the way home by during senior year. That year they would often have breakfast here, occasionally she would greedy eat more, taking a long time thus she would be late, causing Song An Chen who accompanied her, left standing in the entrance.
But that happy period, her childhood sweetheart years abruptly ended during high school. She shut off her own memories, not to imagine. Six years ago when she decided to leave here, she continously reminded herself to forget the past, forget everything about Song An Chen.
They entered the small snack shop, had not sat down when an aunty came over smiling at Song An Chen, “Xiao Song, you’ve came ah.” She dazedly stared at Yi Sheng, “is this your girlfriend?”
Yi Sheng looks towards the aunty, she knew this aunty, she’s a widow, who ran the small snack shop herself, surname Zhang. Yi Sheng courteously and gently laughs, “Zhang aunty, I’m Yi Sheng, do you remember?”
Zhang aunty who was surprised open her mouth, “Ah, Yi Sheng!” Zhang aunty immediately pulled out a chair and sat down, “I haven’t seen you for many years, Xiao Song said you went to college, but how come you didn’t return during the summer vacations?”
Yi Sheng said: “I’ve been busy with studies and it’s too far away from home so I was too lazy to return. But I haven’t come back now?”