This is a nostalgic Ferris wheel equipped with old-style gravity gondolas, built with steel pipe supports and tightened steel cables. It is far away from the bustling downtown area. Time here seems more peaceful and serene, so quiet that time seems to flow backward, leading people back to the old days.
这是一个怀旧摩天轮,老式的重力吊舱,钢管支撑与钢索拉紧的结构,它远离市中心繁华区,似乎这里的时间更加平和宁静,宁静到时间都仿佛倒流,可以回到从前.
The sun was setting, and there were not many tourists riding at this moment. Li Haojun and Malaya boarded one gondola. To keep balance, he chose to sit opposite Malaya. The fading sun that was about to sink behind the western hills shone on her cheeks. Li Haojun suddenly had a feeling that the heavy setting sun seemed to traverse time and space, engraving this moment into the past, the present and the future.
夕阳西下,此时乘坐的游客已经不多了,李皓珺和玛莱雅登上一个吊舱,为了平衡,他选择坐在了玛莱雅的对面.即将隐没于西山之下的残阳照在她的脸颊,李皓珺忽然有种感觉,那凝重的残阳似乎穿越了时空,把这一时刻铸就在了过去现在和未来.
"What is wrong with you?" Malaya asked curiously, for Li Haojun stared at her in a daze with a blank mind.
"怎么了?"玛莱雅有些好奇地问,因为李皓珺脑子一片空白望着她出了神,
"Oh." Li Haojun came back to his senses.
"哦,"李皓珺回过神,
"The sunset is beautiful."
"夕阳很美,"
"Yes." Malaya simply echoed his words.
"是啊,"玛莱雅只是附和地答应着,
The Ferris wheel creaked and rotated slowly. The gondola carrying Li Haojun and Malaya rose little by little. Looking out of the window, the rising gondola seemed to chase the sinking sun. Amid its rise and fall, it maintained the eternity of this moment in the afterglow of the setting sun.
摩天轮吱吱嘎嘎地缓慢旋转,载着李皓珺和玛莱雅的吊舱慢慢升高,望向窗外,这升高的吊舱仿佛在追索着落山的夕阳,在一升一降之中,保持着落日余晖中这一片刻的永恒.
"What I mean is that time like this is beautiful with you accompanying me." Li Haojun could no longer hold back and poured out his feelings to Malaya.
"我是说,有你的陪伴,这样的时光很美,"李皓珺终于忍不住,对玛莱雅诉说了自己的心绪,
"And your sister as well."
"还有你姐姐,"
Malaya broke into a smile.
玛莱雅一笑,
"And Emily, right?"
"还有艾米莉是吗?"
"Yes. Thank you for appearing in my life."
"嗯,谢谢你们出现在我的生命中,"
The Ferris wheel kept rotating slowly and was soon approaching the highest point. Li Haojun looked at the framework of the Ferris wheel outside the window, and there was still a touch of bright red remnant light at its top.
摩天轮在缓慢旋转,就快转到最高端了,李皓珺望向窗外摩天轮的架构,在它的最高端还有一抹被照亮的残红.
He wondered if his intersection with their lives would be just like this setting sun, gorgeous and beautiful yet fleeting. Li Haojun involuntarily held Malaya's hands.
不知道与她们的人生交集会不会像这残阳,如此绚烂美丽却又转瞬即逝,李皓珺不由自主地握住玛莱雅的双手,
The gondola descended and merged into the night. The glass windows refracted the lights of the city below, presenting a dreamlike scene. Holding Malaya's hands, Li Haojun gazed at her face in the night.
吊舱在下降中隐入夜色,玻璃窗折射着脚下城市的灯火宛如梦幻,李皓珺握着玛莱雅的手,端详着她夜色中的面容,
"Shall we walk back to the inn?"
"我们散步回旅店好吗?"
"Haha, what has come over you?" Malaya asked with a laugh.
"呵呵,你怎么了?"玛莱雅笑着问,
"Why have you become so sentimental?"
"怎么多愁善感起来?"
Li Haojun forced a bitter smile.
李皓珺苦笑,
"I do not want time to pass too quickly."
"我不想时间走得太快,"
On the long streets in the night, the evening wind blowing from the desert brought a chill. The street lamps in the old town cast dim yellow light on the road sections. The scattered lights of mortal world dotted the sky ahead in the night. He wondered if that was the distant place he yearned for.
夜色里的长街,来自大漠的晚风带来清凉,老城区的街道路灯把昏黄的灯光洒在一段段的路面,夜色中前方天际星星点点的人间灯火,不知道是不是自己向往的远方.
"Sorry, I overlooked one thing. Is it safe for us to walk here? I was too emotional just now and failed to consider this point." Li Haojun seemed to return to normal.
"呃,抱歉我忽略了一件事,我们在这里散步安全吗?我刚才不知怎么,太感性了,忘了考虑这一点,"李皓珺似乎又恢复了正常,
"It is safe here. Anyone who harbors criminal thoughts will be stopped."
"安全,这里有犯罪的念头就会被阻止,"
"Oh, has it developed to such a degree? How is it achieved?"
"哦,已经发展到这种程度了吗?怎么做到的?"
"Monitoring devices are installed in public places to stop people with violent criminal tendencies. In fact, such people are rarely seen in our district. They may exist on the city fringes, but most of them will be intercepted by various means."
"公共场所有监测设备,会阻止有暴力犯罪倾向的人,其实在我们这个城区很少会有这样的人,城市边缘或许会有,但是他们大多会被各种手段拦截下来."
"No wonder there was a truck accident the other day. I always suspected that someone was manipulating things."
"哦,怪不得前些天是卡车事故,我一直觉得有人在做手脚,"
"Yes, it is possible. It is our day off, let us talk about something else."
"嗯,有可能,休息日我们聊点别的吧,"
"Alright." Though he replied, Li Haojun was still reflecting on himself a moment ago. He wondered whether his current self was abnormal or his overly emotional self just now was abnormal. He wondered whether the emotional side or the rational side should dominate him. Or perhaps he had always been like a split personality, wavering between emotion and reason. Yet he had never been like this before. He could not remember much of the distant past, but at least he had never been so restless before the two sisters appeared. Now that Malaya had come back again, he was completely at a loss. Was it true that the more one feared losing something, the more one cherished it?
"是啊,"虽然答对着,可是李皓珺还在反思刚才的自己,到底是现在这个自己不正常还是刚才那个过于感性的自己不正常.到底是感性的自己应该主导,还是理性的自己应该主导.亦或是自己一直就是个精神分裂体,一直在感性与理性之间摇摆.可是自己从前不这样啊?虽然不记得太多太久远的从前,至少在她们姐妹出现之前还没有这样思绪不宁,现在玛莱雅再次回来以后自己竟然已经手足无措了.是不是越怕失去的就是越珍惜的?
"You and your sister have depended on each other for survival. But every person's life will come to an end one day. Do you fear losing her?" After a long silence, Li Haojun asked the question on his mind.
"你和你的姐姐相依为命,可是人的生命总有走到尽头的一天,你怕失去她吗?"沉默过后,李皓珺问出了自己的问题,
"She is my sister in this lifetime. When this lifetime comes to an end, what is there to fear or grieve over regarding this life beyond it?"
"今生她是我的姐姐,等到今生结束的那一天,在今生之外,还有什么关于今生要害怕或者痛苦的吗?"
The evening wind turned a little cold. Li Haojun put the hands holding Malaya into his pocket. He looked at her eyes, which seemed to wait for his opinion after she had spoken her thoughts.
晚风有点凉了,李皓珺又把拉着玛莱雅的手揣进了自己兜里,望着她发表完意见似乎询问自己看法的眼神,
"If human beings have souls and retain consciousness after death, they will miss the people who accompanied them in this life and wish to stay together again."
"如果人有灵魂,死后还有意识,会想念这一生相伴的人,还会想要在一起,"
"What if it cannot be realized?"
"如果不能呢?"
"I will feel extremely sad."
"会很难过,"
"What will happen after the sadness?"
"难过之后呢?"
Li Haojun did not know how to answer. He just looked at Malaya's face, which had long shed childishness.
李皓珺不知道该怎么回答,只是看着玛莱雅,她那褪去了稚气的脸庞,
"Then you will gradually forget and return to a peaceful life. But you will not be content with tranquility and start to seek something again. Then you will experience mixed joys and sorrows, and swing between gain and loss. Is not life such a cycle?"
"然后你又淡淡忘去,再回到平静的生活,但是不甘于平静想要找寻,然后再次喜忧参半,再次患得患失,生命不就是这样的循环吗?"
"Yes, but people will always have someone they care about."
"嗯,但是,人总是会有自己在乎的人啊,"
"You can also become a monk and leave the mortal world."
"也可以出家做和尚啊,"
Li Haojun wore a bitter smile. After thinking for a moment, he spoke in a slightly complaining tone.
李皓珺一脸惨笑,想了想,有点埋怨的口气,
"Hmph, with all of you around, I am afraid I can never cut off my mortal thoughts."
"哼,有你们在,我怕是断不了尘世的念头,"
"Haha, do you think you could do it without us?"
"哈哈哈,没有我们你就能够了么?"
"Haha." Li Haojun laughed as well. He thought about it and judged that he could never do such a thing. He knew himself well. He had never expected that this young girl could understand him just as well. Yet where did he and she stand in this cycle of life?
"哈哈哈,"李皓珺也笑了,他想了想,自己评估自己应该是做不到,他还是了解自己的.只是没想到那个小丫头也像自己一样了解自己,可是自己和她又在这个循环上的哪一点呢?
They returned to the inn where they stayed. Li Haojun felt that the more than two hours' walk had reached the limit of his physical strength for the day. It seemed that his tendons had been slightly strained in the fight in the morning. Truly, love comes at a high price. Fortunately, tomorrow was still a day off, and he could have a good rest.
回到入住的旅店,李皓珺觉得自己这两个多小时的步行已经到了他今天体力的极限,似乎在上午的战斗中肌腱已经有些拉伤,果然爱的代价不菲,好在明天依然是休息日,可以好好休息一下.
Malaya still looked energetic, walking back and forth in front of him. As usual, she placed detection devices near the doors and windows.
玛莱雅似乎依然身形活跃,在他的面前来来回回,按照惯例把探测设备放在门窗附近,
"Ethan, I have finished all arrangements. I am going to meditate for a while. You can take a shower now, and no one will compete with you for the bathroom."
"伊森,事情都安排完了,我要冥想一小会儿,这段时间你可以去洗个澡,没有人和你抢淋浴,"
"Alright." Li Haojun agreed and stood up. Malaya had already sat down on the bed opposite him, closing her eyes to concentrate her mind.
"好啊,"李皓珺答应着起身,玛莱雅已经坐在了对面她的床上,闭目凝神.
Li Haojun turned up the water temperature, hoping to wash away the tiredness of the whole day. Perhaps his aching muscles could also be relieved in hot water. He just could not understand why the young girl had the habit of meditating.
李皓珺把水温开得高一些,想要冲走这一天的疲乏,或许自己酸疼的肌肉也能在热水中缓解一些,只是他不太明白为什么妹妹会有这个冥想的习惯.
In the night sky above the desert, there was a waning moon and sparse stars. Looking carefully, aircraft could be seen rising from the sky over Las Vegas all the way into outer space.
沙漠的夜空里,残月稀星,仔细辨认,夜色中似乎有飞行器从拉斯维加斯城市上空一直升入太空.
Inside the starship orbiting the Earth, an interstellar video coordination meeting was being held, focusing on formulating regulations on human genetic modification conducted by alien forces on the North American continent. Some races possess characteristics that transcend the dimension of time and space, and they are worried about the long-term consequences of current behaviors. Obviously, language cannot be used to communicate with them, and only pure consciousness exchange works.
在地球轨道的星舰里,正在参加一个星际视频协调会议,关于北美大陆上的外星势力介入的人类基因改造行为的规范问题.因为有一些种族具有超越时空维度的特性,他们对目前的某些行为的远期后果有些担忧,而与他们沟通的方式显然无法使用语言,只能是纯粹的意识交流.
Down below in the peaceful night, Li Haojun walked out of the bathroom and back into the room, seeing Malaya still immersed in meditation. The thought of asking her to take a bath flashed through his mind, but he did not want to disturb her. Still feeling uneasy, he stood in front of her and observed carefully. Her chest rose and fell steadily. He raised his hand to check and confirmed that she was breathing through her nostrils.
而在下面宁静的夜色里,李皓珺走出浴室回到房间,看到玛莱雅依然在冥想.本想叫她去洗澡的念头只是一闪而过,李皓珺不想打扰她.但是又不放心,只好站在她的面前,仔细观察,她的胸在起伏,又抬手试了试,她的鼻孔在呼吸.
(Translated by ByteDance AI)