Chapter 12 Love Poems
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When Shao Yifan returned to the hospital, he seriously thought that Xia Feng married an unusual wife. He didn’t understand what Yu Dong was planning, and started to worry for his good brother.
“Why are you shaking your head, Did you see Yu Dong?” When Xia Feng ca back to the office after talking with the Director, he saw Shao Yifan shaking his head and asked this.
“I saw her.” Shao Yifan looked at Xia Feng as if he wanted to say more, but didn’t.
“What’s with your face?” Xia Feng thought he looked like there was sothing stuck in his throat.
“It’s possible!” Shao Yifan saw the displeasure in Yu Dong’s eyes when he t her and now felt that his IQ had been beaten down.
“Weren’t you just going to observe in the sidelines?” Xia Feng wondered, “What’s with this sudden enlightennt.”
Ha ha, It’s just that I saw your wife’s true colors. It’s inevitable, sooner or later you’ll end up in her hands.
“By the way did the Director talk to you about the exchange program in Arica?” Shao Yifan changed the topic.
Xia Feng nodded and said, “The Director said that the 2 Arican experts were very interested in my new treatnt plan, so they invited to the States.”
By the ti Xia Feng ca ho, it was already 1:00 a.m. and the room was empty, with only the small lamp on the desk still on.
“Now let’s see what this listener friend wrote.” When Yu Dong opened the envelope, she found a 100 dollar bill along with the letter.
Yu Dong beca a little embarrassed. “It seems that we’ll have to be little indulgent today. This is a love letter written by Frank, from France, to a Chinese girl who he has a crush on. The letter says that they’ve been pen pals for more than 10 years. In order to pursue his beloved girl, Frank applied to a university in China and is now studying Chinese in a language school.”
“Frank tried to translate his letter using Baidu but I can approximate his words and can see his intentions.” Yu Dong continues, “But I’d like to remind this foreign friend, our radio station doesn’t accept money, so next ti you don’t need to shove a 100 dollar bill with your letters.”
As Yu Dong continues to speak, her computer started to display ssages from other listeners.
“It seems that our foreign friend knows so Chinese customs, our red envelopes seems to be famous abroad, ah! This host has just quickly skimd through the love letter, and don’t they say all French n are romantic? It seems to be true!”
As usual, Yu Dong ignored the ssages flooding in and continued with a teasing tone: “Tomorrow I’ll help you donate this money to the Red Cross. Thank you for donating your help to the children.”
Je n’ai envie que de t’air
Un orage emplit la vallée
Un poisson la rivière
Je t’ai faite à la taille de ma solitude.
Le monde entier pour se cacher
Des jours des nuits pour se comprendre
Pour ne plus rien voir dans tes yeux
Que ce que je pense de toi
Et d’un monde à ton image
Et des jours et des nuits réglés par tes paupières
A fish filled the river
I made you as big as my loneliness
The whole world makes us hide
Day and night so that we can understand each other
To only see my image of you
To only see the world in your image
And the days and nights your eyes control
Before her rebirth Yu Dong, there had been a ti in her life where had been obsessed with French movies. She learned so French but wasn’t very good at it, only learning proper pronunciation.
So Yu Dong was able to read the poem naturally, and shocked everyone person at the other end of the radio who had been listening to Midnight Phantom. Even if they didn’t understand the aning of the poem, they were sucked in by Yu Dong’s hypnotizing voice.
When Yu Dong started reading out the Chinese version of the poem, the computer blew up again with many ssages popping up.
“What a beautiful voice!”
” ‘I’m waiting for soone who can put a stop to my loneliness.?So that when I listen to sad love songs with them, it won’t make want to cry.’ ”
“If you et such a person, please don’t let them go! You’ve probably fallen for them already!” Yu Dong said with a smile, “OK, that’s where Midnight Phantom will end for today. Fish Jelly will talk to you sa ti, tomorrow!”
…….
“Hey, you just got back too?” Yu Dong was surprised when she ca through the door and saw Xia Feng still sitting on the sofa.
Xia Feng turned to look at Yu Dong and noticed that she was wearing clothes he had never seen before. So he asked, “Did you buy new clothes?”
“Like it?” Yu Dong changed her slippers and said, “I spent all my money on this dress, that’s why I asked you to help with the restaurant bill”
“It was about going to the United States in an exchange program.” Xia Feng explained, “Every year our hospital does a study exchange at Edward’s Hospital in the United States. I wouldn’t have qualified this year, but thanks to the files you translated for last ti, my presentation managed to pique the interest of so Arican experts, so I won a spot.”
Yu Dong rolled her eyes and said, “Then when you go to Arica, get sothing.”
“OK!” Xia Feng didn’t even think about it, “What do you want?”
“So lotions, masks, lipsticks, perfus…” Yu Dong realized that she wanted a lot of things so she simply said, “Wait a bit, I’ll make a list.”
“OK!” Xia Feng smiled, fully prepared to indulge her.
“Un! Good night!” Yu Dong headed towards her room in a daze.
“Good night!”
In fact, when Xia Feng ca ho from a tiring shift, he was already more than a little tired. Even he didn’t understand why he ended up on the sofa listening to Yu Dong’s broadcast.
Yu Dong was a mystery. Instead of being ignorant in the ways of the world, she instead hides a kind of grace and wisdom a young graduate could only hope to have.
Thinking of Yu Dong’s closing words in her broadcast tonight, Xia Feng couldn’t help but wonder if he and Yu Dong could have that sort of relationship soday?
The next day at noon in the hospital canteen.
Shao Yifan and Xia Feng were sitting together eating and talking about so of their patients. After a while, Shao Yifan changed the subject, “I listened to Yu Dong’s broadcast last night, she’s quite versatile. You said she translated your docunts into English the other day. Then she goes ahead and reads a French love poem fluently during a live broadcast.”
“Why were you awake in the middle of the night listening to my wife’s broadcast instead of being asleep?”
“Hey, you’re talking as if I’m Mr. Wang from next door.” Shao Yifan felt a sudden urge to heave at the thought. Suddenly, he realized what Xia Feng just said, “Wait, your wife? You call her your…”
(T/N Mr. Wang from next door is apparently like a saying or a ? referring to a neighbor who is supposedly sleeping with soone else’s wife.)
“My wife? what’s wrong with calling my wife ‘my wife’ ?” Xia Feng calmly said.
“Alas…I thought you might’ve been able to resist for a little longer, but I didn’t expect that my dear friend had already fallen into enemy hands.” Shao Yifan shook his head and sighed.
“What the hell are you saying? You sound so shady.”
“Nothing.” Shao Yifan was a little sad as he said this, “Where do you think my destined girl is? Am I going to stay lonely and alone forever?”
Shao Yifan didn’t want to keep eating dog food for the rest of his life!
Ring.
Xia Feng picked up his phone and when he saw that it was Yu Dong calling, he quickly answered.
“I have a friend who’s not feeling well, she’s in terrible pain. Can you help find a place for her to rest for a while?”
“Where are you?” Xia Feng stands up.
“I’m at the outpatient ward!”
“Wait for , I’m heading out now!” Xia Feng talked as he walked away.
“Where are you going? You’re haven’t finished your food!” Shao Yifan yelled at Xia Feng’s rapidly retreating back.
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I had such a hard ti structuring so lines in this chapter because they were aningful, but the translations ruined the atmosphere. I had to find a way to make them flowery without going too overboard because technically, YD and XF aren’t even in love with each other yet. Gah.
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