Let's say I’m posting this in celebration of another Daomu adaptation airing, albeit this excerpt has nothing to do with Heavenly Palace On The Clouds xD But this has been sitting in my Drafts for way too long. It’s one the most prominent excerpts of the series, so here we go.
- Excerpt from Daomu Biji: Shi Nian (Ten Years Later) Final Chapter, translated by my-otp-list
"Pangzi came over and handed me a cell phone: "Let's listen to some music. What should we listen to today?"
"What do you have?" I took the phone and swiped across the app to find that his Music list was all elderly’s group dance soundtracks. If we had this on, Xiao Ge probably would step back into the Bronze Gate. That said, I actually felt rather excited.
"Don’t you have some fitting music for our situation?”
"There’s one song that has been quite popular recently. A girl from Banai sent it to me." Pangzi took back the phone and swiped for a long time. Finally, he turned the phone up: "See You Again."
I let it play softly, and the singing wasn’t loud. It was in English. I quietly listened to the song, and Pangzi didn't speak either.
[It's been a long day without you, my friend,
And I'll tell you all about it when I see you again.]
Pangzi hummed along, which, in fact, sounded pretty nice. In complete silence, we listened to the song for a long time.
It shouldn’t be that he won’t come out? I sighed, and slowly, Pangzi fell asleep, snoring lightly by my side.
Although I tried to crank all the nerves in my head, I couldn’t help but feel very sleepy while listening to the music.
In the dimness, I saw the Bronze Gate open.
Did I just turn into the Little Match Girl? I thought, then I rubbed my face and opened my eyes.
Sure enough, no one was there.
I knew I couldn’t keep myself awake this way, so I looked at Pangzi and started talking to him.
"The people in that village have this kind of dessert, which is made with glutinous rice and brown sugar. Because they have lots of rain, a special weed called Yuzai ginseng grows in that village. This dessert contains Yuzai ginseng’s petals, which will help retain one’s memory longer. Of course, this is just a local legend."
As I said so, I let out a long yawn and my consciousness began to blur, but I continued to talk. No one knew how long I sat there enduring the sleepiness, but suddenly, in my haziness, someone slowly sat down next to me.
I hesitated for a moment and titled my head to look over, and the other person also tilted his head to look at me.
Pangzi gradually woke up and looked at us.
I saw a familiar face, whose indifferent eyes reflected the light of the campfire.
People said that if you forgot a person, the first thing you forgot was his voice. But when his voice rang in my ears, I didn’t feel unfamiliar at all.
"You’ve gotten old." He said.
The music was still flowing, in this place that was closest to Hell.
Pangzi stood up and hooked his arm over Men You Ping’s shoulders, causing him to stagger: "How can we compare with Xiao Ge? Finally you’re out!”
Men You Ping swayed left and right.
I pulled down my sleeve to cover the scars on my arm and stood up.
He smiled at me, and I picked up the bag: "Let's go."
hadn’t seen each other for a long time.
[I’m at the North Sea, you’re at the South Sea
The letters I send flying through the sky won’t reach your hands.
A glass of wine and peach plums, in the wind of spring
Amid this rain through the nights, for ten years the light will shine.]*
(Ten Years Later, The End)"
Image is credited to artist 梨瓜酥 @ Weibo.
*The final 4 lines come from the poem '寄黄几复' by Huang Tingjian.
Other PingXie excerpts: PingXie One-liner collection | DMBJ: Tibetan Sea Flower - Chapter 7 | DMBJ: Tibetan Sea Flower - Chapter 20/21
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