Vol 1 Prologue (2/2)
Luo Qi QI s these small bits of happiness
After they ate, Yuan Yuan lead Qi QI to look inside her room
The house was bought by Luo Qi Qi after she had gone overseas, she spent over 400 thousand dollars on it and her parents covered the cost of the renovations As this room was saved for Qi Qi, no one had used it at all The desk, bed, bookshelfwere all brand new and contained no memories of the past Only the books on the bookshelf looked familiar
Qi Qi took ‘Dreae of the bed and flipped through it
Clai the credit, Yuan Yuan asked: “How is it? I’ve preserved your treasures perfectly for you” She opened the cupboard beneath the bookshelf, “The sealed box that you personally signed is here, I’ve never opened it to look inside”
Qi Qi silently gazed fixatedly on the box Yuan Yuan laughed and said: “Have a good rest, after you’ve rested, I’ll take you to eat street snacks ”
Qi Qi took out the box but didn’t open it, only using her finger to gently stroke the signature on the box The signature ritten on the graduating day of her senior year in high school She was only 17 then
After all these years, she couldn’t actually remember too clearly what exactly the box contained She quietly sat for a while, then put the box back into the bookshelf cupboard beside her bed
After taking a shower, Luo Qi Qi sent Shen Yuan Zhe, Yang Jun and Lin Yi Ran an e friends she had fro overseas, she lost contact with them and was now unsure if the email would be of any use
She was obviously very tired but perhaps due to the tiht of the past,she tossed around and was unable to sleep peacefully
The next
“Qi Qi, the phone call is for you”
She hastily spat out the mouthwash, ran over and picked up the phone: “hello?”
“Luo Qi Qi classed a lot”
This style of speaking couldn’t be the staid Shen Yuan Zhe, “Yang Jun, you’re in…” She looked down at the caller id, “You’re working in Beijing?”
“Yeah, and you? Is your visit back ho term?”
“Te, I have one month”
“When did you co? When I meet up with Lin Yi Ran, ays mention you cold and heartless bastard Back in the day our triangle relationshi+p made people so envious! ”
“That’s great, when I go to Beijing, you can treat me to dinner”
“Sure, as long as you come, I’ll accompany you to eat whatever you want”
“Looks like you’re rich now”
“Go to die, no matter how much money I have, I still can’t compare with the US money you earn”
“Didn’t you know the US dollar is depreciating? Do you have a girlfriend? Have you had any luck with Tong Yun Zhu?
Yang Jun only laughed, after a while, he replied: “I currently don’t have any girlfriends at present”
“Classmate, listen to my advice You have to keep your options open Since you do co, don’t you know that important files need backups?”
Tang Yun calmly asked: “Classmate, what about you? Do you have a boyfriend?”
Luo Qi Qi resentfully replied: “I don’t currently have one either”
Yang Jun laughed loudly, “Lin Yi Ran is already irl and looks really like her, a complete little Lin Yi Ran”
“That’s great! I allow her to bring her fale relationshi+p feast”
“Sure! Since you’re not the one who’s paying for it Oh yeah,, what are you planning to do this in this trip? Have you thought about going back to your hometown?”
“The ht of anything else yet”
“Hey! You’ve only just come back, wait another 2 weeks and you’ll really understand what it’s like My relationshi+p with my parents is definitely much sweeter when it’s a distance ”
Luo Qi Qi only laughed but didn’t say anything
Yang Jun said: “I’ up now, I’ve e, you can find ether so if you try to be polite and courteous with ry”
“I understand”
“Give the phone to your reet her”
Luo Qi Qi handed the phone to her hter as she repeated: “Oh, so you don’t gave a girlfriend yet?”
Luo Qi Qi shook her head s and went back to brush her teeth
After staying at ho Jun meant
She wasn’t enemies with her parents but it was clear that they weren’t as attentive as the first few days Moain, dad often went to find his chessher this and that
Luo Yuan Yuan however, was still loyal She would still try to find time to spend with her sister but she too was probably at the end of the patience: “Sis, when are you going back to America?”
Luo Qi Qi s Xi’an”
“Going to Beijing?”
“No, I’ to meet up with classmates and finally, back to San Francisco ”
A week later, Luo Qi Qi successfully co family, and with her parents and little sister’s farewell, left Xi’an
After a two hour flight, Luo Qi Qi arrived at her destination
As soon as she stepped out of the airport, she was hit by the heat waves It was at least hotter than Xi’an by 2°C The as strong and made her hair fly aboutleft and right,at all as if she had once lived in this city for 10 years
On the taxi, Luo Qi Qi looked outside the carin a trance The changes to the places were too great, she wasn’t able to seek out any feeling of familiarity
The taxi driver asked her: “Miss, are you here for travel? What attractions are you interested in?”
“No” After a pause, she continued: “I grew up here”
The taxi driver had wanted to pro services but instead, had met a native person He sht?”
“Ten years”
“Wow! That’s long enough!”
“Yup!” Yup, it’s been a long time
After arriving at the guest house, the sun had already set
After Luo Qi Qi had taken a shower, she lay on bed, tossing around, unable to sleep
After co back to this city, she had been in a trance the entire time and was still faintly excited
As she wasn’t able to fall asleep, she got up Standing on the balcony, she looked into the distance at the city’s tiny lights but wasn’t able to see which one of lights was her home
After all these years have passed, this place still held on to her heart
Psychologist Dr Sigmund Freud believed that a person’s actions are affected by their childhood influences so all causeshave to be traced to the place where life first started…
And that is the end of the prologue!
The prologue shows us current day Luo Qi Qi but the rest of the book jumps back to her past
Luo Qi Qi felt rather detached and distant from her faet used to living with each other and be comfortable so it definitely made me a bit taken aback when her sister was described as ‘at the end of her patience’ and directly asked her “When are you going back to America?” Maybe Luo Yuan Yuan meant well and this is just her direct way of speech but hey!! This house was bought by Luo Qi Qi and is every part hers as yours!
Anyhow, I really enjoyed translating this However, there were a few proverbs and phrases that I was unable to translate directly into English And for the sake ofthe sentence make sense, I had to alter a feords too If anyone’s curious why I used sothe gra
Hope you enjoyed reading this!