It seemed that Malaya's return was always accompanied by new tasks. She would accompany him on the trip to Las Vegas to attend an industry exhibition, and they also needed to carry some professional testing and maintenance equipment. Li Haojun was somewhat confused. At the same time, Qin Wenjing and Kesiya were arranged to travel together to fulfill their previous mission in the northern region. The public security in this area was still decent, and the two of them could look after each other and cultivate the feelings between them. Li Haojun was very satisfied with this.
似乎玛莱雅的归来就是伴随着新的任务,由她陪伴行程,前往拉斯维加斯参加行业展会,并且还要携带一些专业检测和维护设备,李皓珺有些不解.同一时刻,覃文静和凯西娅被安排同行履行自己之前在北方地区的任务,这一带社会治安还好,并且她们俩一起还能互相照应,培养她们之间的感情,李皓珺对此甚是满意.
This trip to Las Vegas was a long-term mission, although Li Haojun himself didn't quite understand why an industry exhibition would be long-term. The whole afternoon was travel time. After lunch, he sat across from Qin Wenjing at the small square table by the floor-to-ceiling window in the living room, drinking afternoon tea and waiting for the transportation arranged by Malaya to pick him up and set him on his way.
这一次拉斯维加斯之行是个长期任务,虽然李皓珺自己也不太明白一个行业展会为什么会长期.今天下午都是路途时间,吃过午饭,和覃文静面对面坐在客厅落地窗前的小方桌,喝着下午茶等待玛莱雅安排的交通工具来接他上路.
The summer sun was at a very high angle, and only a small bit near the window could shine into the room, passing through the strands of hair by Qin Wenjing's cheek to illuminate her face. The shifting sunlight and the familiar face seemed to be telling of the passage of time.
夏日的阳光角度很高,只有窗边一点能够照进室内,穿过覃文静腮边的发丝照亮她的脸颊.流转的阳光与熟悉的面容仿佛在诉说着岁月的变迁.
"Did that little girl capture your heart this time?" Qin Wenjing stared at her teacup, swirled it, then raised her eyes to look at Li Haojun and asked,
"这次那个小丫头抓住你的心了么?"覃文静盯着茶杯,摇了摇,然后抬眼看着李皓珺问,
"Hehe," Li Haojun smiled with embarrassment, then continued,
"呵呵,"李皓珺惭愧一笑,然后接着说,
"It's been about half a year since we last saw each other. She's grown up a lot. Her looks and figure have both changed greatly, but the most important thing is the change in her temperament. Hey, why don't you meet her too when she comes to pick me up?"
"差不多大半年没见,她长大了很多,相貌,身材都有了很大变化,最主要的还是气质上的变化.哎?要不她来接我的时候你也见见她吧?"
"Sure," Qin Wenjing answered briefly and crisply, then lowered her head and drank her tea in silence.
"好啊,"覃文静声音简短爽快地回答,然后又闷声低头喝茶了,
Li Haojun reached out from under the table and grabbed Qin Wenjing's hand, then held her fingertips in his palm, feeling whether her hands were cold.
李皓珺伸手从桌面下拉住覃文静的手,然后把她的指尖握在手心,体会她的手是不是凉.
"It's a good thing Kesiya will come find you tomorrow for the business trip together, otherwise I'd be leaving you home alone again. I'm afraid you'd be lonely." As he said this, Li Haojun tugged her hand, hoping to coax her into a good mood,
"还好明天凯西娅会来找你一起商务旅行,不然又留你自己在家里,我怕你孤单."说着,李皓珺拉了拉她的手,希望能哄她开心,
"Mm," Qin Wenjing glanced at Li Haojun across from her and smiled,
"嗯,"覃文静看了对面的李皓珺一眼,笑了,
"Don't worry either. I know my place in your heart is special,"
"你也别担心,我知道我在你心里的地位是特别的,"
Qin Wenjing seemed to be comforting herself. Li Haojun, sitting across from her, looked at her peaceful face in the afternoon sunlight and quickly said,
覃文静似乎是在安慰自己,对面的李皓珺望着她午后阳光里平和的脸庞急忙说,
"Yes."
"是的,"
Seeing him so eager to declare his feelings, Qin Wenjing burst out laughing and asked playfully,
覃文静见他这么急着表白,扑哧笑出了声,乐着俏皮地问,
"What, you remember everything now?"
"怎么,你都想起来了吗?"
Hearing her ask this, Li Haojun thought for a moment and had to answer, "Oh, no."
李皓珺听她这么问,想了想,只好回答,"哦,没有,"
Hahaha, both of them laughed.
哈哈哈,两个人都笑了.
"Then tell me?" Li Haojun pressed on,
"那你告诉我啊?"李皓珺接着追问,
"Tell me how special you were in my heart back then? How did I..."
"你告诉我过去你在我的心里到底有多特别?我是怎么..."
Before he could finish, the roar of jet engines from the street outside had already interrupted their conversation.
还没说完,外面街上喷射引擎的嘶吼声已经打断了他们的交谈,
"Alright, your little sweetheart is here to pick you up. Better hurry up and go," Qin Wenjing said loudly in a teasing tone,
"好啦,你的小心肝儿来接你啦,还不赶紧去,"覃文静调侃般地大声说,
"You haven't told me yet how special you were in my heart back then!" Li Haojun grabbed Qin Wenjing with one hand and pulled the suitcase with the other, still asking unwillingly as they walked,
"你还没讲过去你在我心里是怎么样的特别?" 李皓珺一手拉起覃文静,一手拉着行李箱,还不甘心地边走边问,
"I won't tell you." Qin Wenjing's eyes sparkled with mischief as she acted coquettishly again.
"我不告诉你."覃文静眉飞色舞地又耍起了她的小性子.
Walking out of the courtyard, they saw a vertical takeoff and landing four-engine jet parked on the road. The front of the aircraft dipped downward while the rear wings curved upward, looking like a flattened X from the front, with rotatable jet engines at the wingtips.
走出院落只见路面上停着一架可垂直起降的四引擎喷气机,前机下垂,后机翼上翘,正面看好像压扁的X形,翼尖是能够旋转的喷射引擎.
From a distance, they could see it was Malaya sitting in the cockpit. At first Li Haojun had thought she would arrive in a mature unmanned commercial aircraft, but now it seemed she was piloting it herself, which couldn't help but make him feel a bit worried.
远远看到正是玛莱雅坐在驾驶室里,开始李皓珺以为她会乘坐成熟的无人驾驶商业飞行器前来,但是现在看来似乎是她在亲自驾驶,不由得心生几分担忧.
Qin Wenjing also walked up to the cockpit, opened the door, and greeted her in person with a few words of pleasantries. After all, they hadn't seen each other in a long time.
覃文静也走到驾驶舱旁,拉开舱门亲自和她打招呼寒暄了几句,毕竟也是好久未见了.
Malaya had braided her hair into a bun on top of her head today, styled in a French-style low chignon, suitable for a pilot's requirement for neatness and tidiness. She wore a silver-gray form-fitting jumpsuit with black decorative stripes along the sides, which seemed to be some kind of functional garment. It tightly bound her youthful figure, making her look even more sexy and charming.
只见玛莱雅今天把编好的麻花辫盘在了头上,做了一个类似法式低发髻盘发的发型,以便适合飞行员对于简练整洁的要求.身穿银灰色连体紧身衣,体侧具有黑色装饰性条纹,似乎是某种功能性服装,紧束她青春洋溢的身材,看起来更加让人觉得性感妩媚.
Li Haojun thought this seemed somewhat inappropriate, because he remembered how a few days ago, when Kesiya wore tight pants, other men had coveted her beauty, and he had felt sour about it. Malaya's uniform was fine for flying, but if she wore it in the exhibition hall too, then it would be like putting herself on display. So he said something to the two women, then went back inside the house and came back with two of Qin Wenjing's blouses.
李皓珺觉得似乎有些不妥,因为他想起了前些天,凯西娅穿紧身裤的时候别的男人觊觎她的美色,自己心里酸溜溜的.玛莱雅的制服飞行还可以,要是在展厅里也这么穿,那可就成了展览她本人了.于是他和两人说了一声,就回屋子里拿了两件覃文静的罩衫回来.
At this moment, Qin Wenjing was walking back from the plane and met Li Haojun head-on. She smiled faintly, said nothing, and passed by him.
此时覃文静正离开飞机往回走,和李皓珺走了个对面,她微微一笑,什么也没说就擦肩而过了.
Li Haojun quickly grabbed her hand, pulled her back around, and said softly,
李皓珺急忙扯住她的手,拉她转回身来,轻声说,
"Be careful too." After saying that, he gently kissed her lips,
"你也注意安全,"说完,轻轻亲吻了她的嘴唇,
"Aren't you afraid your little sister will get jealous?" Qin Wenjing asked with a smile. At this moment, Li Haojun was just blocking Malaya's line of sight, and Qin Wenjing wasn't craning her head to look in Malaya's direction either,
"你不怕你那个小妹妹吃醋啊?"覃文静笑着问,此时李皓珺正好挡住玛莱雅的视线,而覃文静也没有探出头去张望玛莱雅的方向,
"Let me coax you happy first, then I'll go coax her, okay?" Li Haojun gently pinched Qin Wenjing's cheek with his hand,
"我先把你哄好,然后再去哄她,好吗?"李皓珺轻轻用手掐了一把覃文静的脸蛋说,
"Go on, hurry up," Qin Wenjing said with a laugh, giving him a push. She looked into his eyes, then turned and walked back,
"你快去吧,"覃文静笑着推了他一把,看了一眼他的眼睛,然后转身往回走,
When the two of them lifted off in the aircraft, Qin Wenjing was at the door waving goodbye to them.
当二人乘坐飞机升空,覃文静正在门口向他们摆手告别.
Malaya piloted the plane, climbing and turning, quickly reaching the cloud layer and leveling off,
玛莱雅驾驶飞机,爬升,转弯,很快就到达了云端转入平飞,
"Cruising altitude twelve thousand feet, heading 175, speed four hundred sixty knots. Welcome aboard Malaya Airlines' maiden voyage. Are you scared?" Malaya turned her head to ask Li Haojun in the back cabin,
"现在巡航高度十二千英尺,航向175,航速四百六十节,欢迎乘坐玛莱雅航空处女航,怕吗?"玛莱雅扭头问后舱的李皓珺,
"Not scared."
"不怕,"
"Really? Then why are you sitting in the back?"
"真的吗?那你为什么坐在后面?"
"Counterweight. Besides, I'm afraid I'd affect your operation."
"配重,再说也怕影响你操作,"
"Afraid of affecting my operation? Afraid I'll get nervous?"
"怕影响我操作?怕我紧张吗?"
"A little. I get nervous when people watch me."
"有点吧,我被别人看着的时候会紧张,"
"So you are scared after all."
"还是怕了,"
"Hahaha," Li Haojun laughed helplessly,
"哈哈哈,"李皓珺无奈地笑了,
Malaya set the autopilot, then reclined her seat and turned to face Li Haojun beside her, looking at him in silence,
玛莱雅设置了自动驾驶,然后放倒座椅,扭头正好面向一边的李皓珺,看着他默不作声,
This familiar scene reminded Li Haojun of their trip to New York last year. She had also flown with him just like this, talking about going on adventures with words that people couldn't understand. In an instant, scenes of that young Malaya from before seemed to appear before his eyes again.
这一幕似曾相识的场景,让李皓珺想起了去年和她一同的纽约之旅,她也是这样一起和自己乘坐飞机,还说着一起去冒险那些让人听不懂的话语.一瞬间,曾经的那个年轻的玛莱雅的一幕幕仿佛又呈现在自己眼前.
"Do you really like the me from back then? Because you lost her and can never find her again, that's why you miss her so much in your heart?" Malaya asked softly,
"你很喜欢过去的那个我吗?因为失去了,再也找不到了,才会在心里这样牵挂?" 玛莱雅轻声地问,
Am I being too greedy? Li Haojun interrogated his own heart but found no trace of ever having wanted to possess Malaya. So why was he still so attached to her from back then? He pondered but couldn't figure it out, so he answered,
是我太贪心了吧?李皓珺拷问自己的内心却并未发现曾经有想要占有玛莱雅的任何想法,为什么还会那么留恋那时候的她呢?思索着,也没有头绪,便回答,
"I don't know either. Maybe it's just nostalgia for the past."
"我也不知道,也许是对过去的怀念吧."
"Don't you miss the past you had with my sister?"
"你不想念和我姐姐的过去吗?"
"Of course I do."
"当然想念,"
"Then why can't you miss the past you had with me?"
"那你为什么就不可以想念和我的过去呢?"
Li Haojun's eyes lit up as he looked into her eyes. This was still that Malaya, still so sharp, cutting straight to the depths of the soul.
李皓珺的眼前一亮,注视着她的眼睛,这依然是那个玛莱雅,还是那么的犀利,直达心灵深处.
Had he always liked that mischievous little girl? It was just that she had left so suddenly, and his heart hadn't had time to say goodbye to her.
自己是不是一直喜欢着那个古灵精怪的小女孩?只是她离开得太突然,我的心里还没来得及和她告别.
(Translated by Claude)