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Learn Chinese Online Short Story – 我身后的眼睛 The Eyes Behind Me (Elementary)

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那是多么漫长的一天. Such a long day that was!
nàshi duōme màncháng de yī tiān.  
一上午的会议, 我总是在不停地走神. That morning was all meetings. My mind kept wandering somewhere else.

yī shàngwǔ de huìyì, wǒ zǒngshì zài bùtíng de zǒushén.

  
中午的时候, 我给老公去了电话. At noon, I called my husband.
zhōngwǔ de shíhou, wǒ gěi lǎogong qù le diànhuà.  
我告诉他晚上要加班, 会晚回来,
让他带女儿去她最喜欢的必胜客吃晚餐.		 I told him I had to work late that evening,
and asked him to bring our daughter to her favorite Pizza Hut for dinner.
wǒ gàosu tā wǎnshang yào jiābān, huì wǎn huílai,
ràng tā dài nǚ’ér qù tā zuì xǐhuan de Bìshèng Kè chī wǎncān.		  
放下电话, 我又开始出神. When I put down the phone, my mind started to drift again.
fàngxia diànhuà, wǒ yòu kāishǐ chūshén.  
十三年了, 他这十三年又是怎样度过的呢? Thirteen years! How had he been through all those years?
shí sān nián le, tā zhè shí sān nián yòu shì zěnyàng dùguò de ne?  
他的生活顺心吗? Had he been doing well?
tā de shēnghuó shùnxīn ma?  
他结婚了吗? Had he married?
tā jiéhūn le ma?  
他的父母怎么样了? What about his parents?
tā de fùmǔ zěnmeyàng le?  
我的脑海里充满了问题. My mind was full of questions.
wǒ de nǎohǎi lǐ chōngmǎn le wèntí.  
六点二十五分, 我赶到了那个路口. 6:25, I arrived at the intersection.
liù diǎn èrshí wǔ fēn, wǒ gǎn dàoliǎo nàge lùkǒu.  
他比我还早. He was earlier than me.
tā bǐ wǒ hái zǎo.  
我们相视一笑. We smiled at each other.
wǒmen xiāng shì yī xiào.  
就象十三年前,他总是先到. Just like thirteen years ago, he was always earlier than me.
jiù xiàng shí sān niánqián, tā zǒngshì xiān dào.  
我们打的去了一个离大学很近的餐馆. We took a taxi and went to a restaurant near the university.
wǒmen dǎdī qù le yī gè lí dàxué hěn jìn de cānguǎn.  
是我选的地方,就象当年一样. I picked the place, just like thirteen years ago.
shì wǒ xuǎn de dìfang, jiù xiàng dāngnián yīyàng.  
他点了菜, 都是我们当年爱吃的. He ordered from the menu for all that we used to love.
tā diǎn le cài, dōu shì wǒmen dāngnián ài chī de.  
暗蓝的灯光下, 我仔细的打量着他. In the dim blue light, I looked at him carefully.
àn lán de dēngguāng xià, wǒ zǐxì de dǎliang zhe tā.  
他身上已没了当年的孩子气.
现在的他, 多了一份沧桑, 很男人.		 Gone was that boyish look.
Today, he had gained a manful look.
tā shēnshang yǐ méile dāngnián de háiziqì.
xiànzài de tā, duō le yī fèn cāngsāng, hěn nánrén.		  
“过得还好吗?” 我问. “How have you been?” I asked.
“ guòdé háihǎo ma?” wǒ wèn.  
“嗯, 还行.” “Hmn, not bad.”
“ èn, hái xíng.”  
“太太还好吗?”我试探着问. “And your wife?” I explored a little.
“ tàitai háihǎo ma?” wǒ shìtàn zhe wèn.  
“很好.” “She’s well.”
“ hěn hǎo.”  
“你怎么样?” 他问我. “What about you?”
“ nǐ zěnmeyàng?” tā wèn wǒ.  
“还行.” “Not bad.”
“ hái xíng.”  
“孩子多大了?” “How old is your child?”
“ háizi duōdà le?”  
“七岁…. 你有小孩吗?” “Seven … do you have children?”
“ qī suì…. nǐ yǒu xiǎohái ma?”  
“还没呢, 我前年刚结的婚.” “Not yet, I got married last year.”
“ hái méi ne, wǒ qiánnián gāng jié de hūn.”  
他停了筷子, 看着我. He put down his chopsticks and looked at me.
tā tíng le kuàizi, kàn zhe wǒ.  
我想起了几年前听另一个同学说,
他尽管已拥有了自己的公司, 却一直没成家.		 I remembered now, a few years ago, my old classmate had told me
that he was still single though he had already become a business owner.
wǒ xiǎngqǐ le jǐnián qián tīng lìngyī gè tóngxué shuō,
tā jìn-guǎn yǐ yōngyǒu le zìjǐ de gōngsī, què yīzhí méi chéngjiā.		  
他就那样看着我, 象要看懂我的心事. He looked at me, as if he was trying to read my mind.
tā jiù nàyàng kàn zhe wǒ, xiàng yào kàndǒng wǒ de xīnshì.  
我们之间有过太多的无奈. Between the two of us, we had too many regrets.
wǒmen zhījiān yǒu guò tài duō de wúnài.  
“你回去后…为什么没给我回信?”
我忍不住先问了.		 “After you returned home, why didn’t you write back to me?”
I couldn’t help but ask.
“ nǐ huíqu hòu… wèishénme méi gěi wǒ huíxìn?”
wǒ rěnbuzhù xiān wèn le.		  
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那是十三年前的夏天. That was in a summer thirteen years ago.
nàshi shísān niánqián de xiàtiān.  
大学毕业的晚餐会上我和他都喝多了. Both of us had a good drink in the university graduation evening dinner party.
dàxué bìyè de wǎncān huì shàng wǒ hé tā dōu hē duō le.  
我拉着他的手, 逃离了晚餐会的嘈杂. I grabbed his hand and we escaped from the loud party together.
wǒ lā zhe tā de shǒu, táolí le wǎncān huì de cáozá.  
我们来到东院的长青湖边,
紧紧地拥吻在一起…		 We came to the Chang Qing river in east campus.
We embraced each other and kissed.
wǒmen láidào dōng yuàn de cháng qīng húbiān,
jǐnjǐn de yōng wěn zàiyīqǐ…		  
昏暗的路灯下, 一阵凉风吹散了我们的醉意. Under the dim light, the cool breeze brought us back to the reality.
hūn’àn de lùdēng xià, yīzhèn liáng fēng chuīsàn le wǒmen de zuì yì.  
我搂着他的脖子, 忘情地看着他的脸. I draped my arms around his neck, gazing at him with all my love.

wǒ lǒu zhe tā de bózi, wàngqíng de kàn zhe tā de liǎn.

  
“我们该怎么办?” “What about us?”,
“ wǒmen gāi zěnmebàn?”  
我轻声问他. I whispered to him.
wǒ qīngshēng wèn tā.  
“你等我,等我找到工作, 安定下来,
我们再一起计划. 我会回来找你.”		 “Wait for me. After I find a job and settle down,
we will plan together. I will come back here to find you.”
“ nǐděng wǒ, děng wǒ zhǎodào gōngzuò, āndìng xiàlai,
wǒmen zài yīqǐ jìhuà. wǒ huì huílai zhǎo nǐ.”		  
他的这句话一直印刻在我的心里. His words have been engraved in my heart since then.
tā de zhè jù huà yīzhí yìn kè zài wǒ de xīnli.  
我们在大学里整整热恋了两年. We’ve been passionately in love in that university for the whole two years.
wǒmen zài dàxué lǐ zhěngzhěng rèliàn le liǎng nián.  
毕业在即,
他就要回南方的家乡小镇找工作了.		 With the imminent graduation,
he would soon be on his way back to his small hometown in the south and look for a job.
bìyè zàijí,
tā jiùyào huí nánfāng de jiāxiāng xiǎo zhèn zhǎo gōngzuò le.		  
而我, 将仍然留在这个我从未离开过的城市. And I would still stay in the city that I had never ever left.
ér wǒ, jiāng réngrán liú zài zhège wǒ cóngwèi líkāi guò de chéngshì.  
他的离去有两个必然:
一个是他的外地户口,
一个是他的母亲病重.		 There were two inevitable reasons for his leaving:
his non-registered residence status,
and his Mom’s illness.
tā de líqù yǒu liǎng gè bìrán:
yī gè shì tā de wàidì hùkǒu,
yī gè shì tā de mǔqīn bìngzhòng.		  
火车站台上难舍的离别,
为我们这段甜蜜的初恋划上了句号.		 The heart-wrenching departure at the train platform
put an end to our sweet relationship.
huǒchēzhàn táishàng nán shě de líbié,
wéi wǒmen zhè duàn tiánmì de chūliàn huà shàng le jùhào.		  
不过当时, 我们并不知道缘分已尽. Only at that time, we didn’t know that was the end.
bùguò dāngshí, wǒmen bìngbù zhīdào yuánfèn yǐ jìn.  
我还痴痴地给他写信. 一封又一封. I wrote letters to him one after another.
wǒ hái chī chī de gěi tā xiěxìn. yī fēng yòu yī fēng.  
可是自始至终, 我没有收到他的只言片语. But I haven’t received a single word from him since then.
kěshì zìshǐzhìzhōng, wǒ méiyǒu shōudào tā de zhǐyánpiànyǔ.  
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