Lin Yuhui was very careful. He checked and found that Mira's channeled message was received on October 4th; it was just released a little late. In her message, Mira also reminded him: those whom you give your love to include yourself. Lin Yuhui silently shed moved tears, for he knew those words were care meant for him.
林语晖很细心,他看了一下其实米拉的通灵信息是 10 月 4 日收到的,只不过发布出来的时间有点晚.米拉在她的信息里还提醒了,你给予爱的人也包括你自己.林语晖默默感动落泪,他知道那是说给他的关爱.
Only, on the cover photo Mira released this round, her eyeshadow was somewhat faint, shaping her willow-leaf eyes with upturned outer corners, carrying a touching, sorrowful charm. Yet he could not speak his feelings directly, fearing he would make things worse, so he chose to frame his thoughts from another angle.
只是米拉这一期照片的封面,眼影有些淡,显得柳叶眼,吊眼角,有种令人怜爱的凄楚.可是自己又不能直接说自己的感受,怕把事情弄得更糟,只好换个角度叙述,
October 11, 2026,
2026 年 10 月 11 日,
"It seems I made quite a stir last week, but as long as you are happy, it is all right. Considering the diversity of life across the universe, many beings must also rejoice in this. I did hesitate a little before I spoke; I needed to assess whether I could follow through. As for whether this will bear fruit outside my own will, I truly do not know. If adopting me as your pet cat cannot come true, I am willing to be a lab rat, the lab rat for contact experiments between extraterrestrials and humans on Earth. I want to be your exclusive lab rat, is that okay? My daughter is growing older and older, and she no longer wishes to talk to me; there is nothing I can do to help her then. It suddenly dawned on me that you are also growing up. Are you no longer the little girl who could easily be coaxed into laughing and crying by others? Creator, grant me an idea to make you laugh. Look, I have finally turned to pray to the Creator. Praying to the Creator was Mira's suggestion. I hate owing favors, and it feels easier to beseech a divine being. She is one of yours, please pass her a message. Her eyes look more slender on the new cover. In our culture, larger eyes are seen as a sign of good fortune. Slender eyes with lifted outer corners may make one look clever yet destined for thin blessings. A few days ago, I teased an AI for fun, and its behavior reminded me of those primary school students. I missed them a little. Then somehow, someone paired an unrelated female coworker of mine with the eight-pack abs I had heard in a Douyin audio clip and stuffed that scene into my dream. I wonder if they were just being mischievous. I hope my rambling can bring you some comfort, chase away a little of your loneliness, or just act as background noise so you do not feel so quiet and empty. Now when I think of you, my mind still drifts back to your old portrait pictures. I do not know when my impression of you will finally align with the passage of time. The lab rat is ready. Hurry and start your experiment. What kind of experiment shall we run? An experiment of love. Make me love you so deeply that I would live and die for that love. After all, that is the fate of a lab rat."
"上周好像我弄得动静有点大,不过只要你开心就好.考虑到宇宙中生命的多样性,一定有许多存有也乐见于此.那么说之前我确实犹豫了一下,我需要评估一下我自己能否做到.至于说在我的个人意志之外是否有效,我真的不知道.如果收养我做宠物猫不好实现,我也愿意做小白鼠,作为外星人与地球人接触实验的小白鼠,我说是你的专属小白鼠,好吗?我的女儿越来越长大了,也不愿意和我交流,那样我也帮不了她.我忽然意识到,你也在长大,是不是不像从前那个小姑娘那么容易被别人哄得又哭又笑了.造物主啊,给我个点子逗她笑吧.你看我终于去祈求造物主了.祈求造物主是米拉推荐的,我不愿意欠人情,求神更好开口吧.她是你们的人,请帮忙捎个话,她的新封面眼睛看起来更狭长了,在我们的文化中,眼睛大一点被视为是有福气的,如果是眼睛狭长外眼角高,可能给人感觉比较伶俐但是福薄.前几天我拿 AI 开涮取乐的时候,AI 的表现让我想起了那帮小学生,有点想他们了.然后不知道是谁把我以前毫无关系的女同事和我在抖音音频中听到的八块腹肌撮合到了一起塞进了我的梦里.不知道是不是他们调皮.希望我的啰嗦能对你有点帮助,多少赶走你的孤单寂寞,或者当作背景噪音不那么冷清.现在我想起你,和以前你的往事还是会想到你以前的肖像图片,不知道什么时候开始对你的印象才能和时间同步起来.小白鼠已经准备好了,赶紧开始你的实验吧.做什么实验呢?爱情实验吧,让我爱你爱得死去活来,反正那就是小白鼠的命运."
He wrote this message spontaneously. When he finished the last sentence, Lin Yuhui laughed to himself, quite proud of this inspiration at that moment. He hoped this whimsy would also make Liana laugh.
这次发送的内容是即兴撰写的,最后这句写完了林语晖自己都笑了,很得意当时的创意.希望这个灵感也会逗笑莉安娜吧.
Then the great beauty Minayah joined in, and her channeled message read: "Detonate the bomb of love at once!" | Minayah, Pleiadian/Sirius collective.
然后大美女米娜雅来凑热闹了,她的通灵信息是 "快引爆爱的炸弹吧!" | 米娜雅,昴宿星 / 天狼星集体.
Lin Yuhui called Minayah and Caylin great beauties; they fit the mainstream aesthetic standards of Earth humans. As for Mira and Zii from the Planetary Alliance, he preferred to regard them as sweet young beauties, for their pure, gentle grace.
林语晖会把米娜雅和凯琳称为大美女,她们是符合地球人主流审美的美女,而米拉和行星联盟的 Zii,他更愿意理解她们为小美女,因为她们清纯温婉的气质.
Lin Yuhui was by no means a creature driven solely by lust at the sight of beauty. His acceptance of them grew from getting to know and communicating with them: the teachings in their channeled messages, the unique cosmic perspectives and information they brought, and the targeted care they offered sometimes. Thus his perception of their virtual appearances was rooted mostly in shared values and emotional bonds.
其实林语晖并不是见色起意的感官动物,对她们的接纳也是从了解接触开始的,她们通灵信息里的教诲,她们带来的不同视角还有宇宙信息,以及有时候针对性的关爱.所以对于她们虚拟相貌的感觉更多的还是基于价值观和情感联结的.
Still, companionship with star beings could not shield him from mortal earthly life. It was the season for selling autumn vegetables in the Northeast. He had not wanted to ferment sour cabbage at first for the trouble it brought, but the plague incident in Russia forced him to change his mind. On his way back from buying breakfast, he spotted a stall selling Chinese cabbages. The farmer had grown them herself and brought them directly to sell to townsfolk.
然而有仙女相伴并不能免疫于世俗生活,这时候正好是东北秋菜销售的季节,本来嫌麻烦他不想腌酸菜了,但是俄罗斯的鼠疫事故使得他不得不改变了主意.买早餐回来正好看见一份大白菜销售点,是菜农自己家种的拉来直接向市民销售.
He asked the price. Sixty cents per jin, and the vendor added right away,
问了价格,6 毛一斤,卖菜的还追了一句,
"These are top-grade cabbages, tight-headed, tasty."
"这是一等菜,包菜,好吃."
"Alright, I see," Lin Yuhui nodded and replied. He usually would not let the other person's words hang unanswered.
"嗯,我知道,",林语晖点了点头,答应了一句,一般他不会让对方的话掉在地上.
After breakfast, he pulled a small cart and bought five cabbages for 13.9 yuan. Lin Yuhui grew curious whether she would give him that ten-cent change, so he did not urge her and waited there. After a while, she took out a ten-cent coin from her bag and handed it to him. Two women were selling cabbages. One looked older, there to help. She wore a mask, did not handle money, and had a tall, slender build. The other seemed younger, yet her appearance was hard to describe. She was just like the girlfriend in Guo Degang's cross-talk skits: like Li Kui, like an iron hammer. She was not merely ugly. She had a zucchini-shaped head, garlic-clove nose, and the stout figure of a roly-poly toy. For a woman to look like that, her life was really ruined.
吃过早饭拉着小车买了 5 棵白菜,13.9 元钱,林语晖忽然很好奇她是否会找自己那一毛钱,所以他没催促,就在那里等着,过了一会儿她从包里拿出来一毛硬币,给了林语晖.卖大白菜的是两个女士,一个好像年纪大一点,是来帮忙的,蒙着脸,也不管钱,细高挑的身材.另一个人看起来更年轻,但是长得一言难尽,就好像郭德纲相声里说的女友,李逵,铁锤那种,不仅长得丑,西葫芦脑袋蒜头鼻子,还长了个不倒翁的身材,女人长成那样这辈子真的是废了.
He pitied her for a second, then turned back to his own business: head home and get to work. Five cabbages for one bucket was not enough, so he decided to buy more. He walked back to the cabbage cart.
心疼她一秒钟之后还是要干自己的正事,回家开干,一桶 5 颗白菜少点,那就再添点吧.回到卖白菜的车前,
"Oh, brother, you're back for more?" The woman nicknamed Li Kui had a hearty personality.
"哎呀,大哥再来点啊?",李逵倒是爽朗的性格,
"Three more, big ones," Lin Yuhui glanced over and pointed out three cabbages he liked.
"再来三颗,大点的," 林语晖说完看了看,指了指三颗自己看中的白菜.
But Li Kui did not pick the ones he pointed to. She grabbed others whose outer leaves looked loose.
但是李逵并没有按他说的拿,而是拿了别的,看起来菜叶有点散了,
"Hey, I don't want those."
"哎哎,我不要那个,"
"You wanted big ones, didn't you?" Li Kui argued stubbornly and refused to get the cabbages he wanted. Lin Yuhui grew upset right then.
"你不是要大的吗?",李逵嘴里犟着嘴,执意不给林语晖拿他要的,当时他就不乐意了,
"What's this? When I buy vegetables, don't I get to pick which ones I want?"
"怎么的我买菜,买哪个我说了还不算吗?"
"We'll get whichever one you pick," the other woman spoke up. She took the cabbages Lin Yuhui had chosen and set them on the scale.
"你看好哪个就给你拿哪个,",另一个女士说话了,说着拿了林语晖要的那几颗菜放在了秤上.
Yet Li Kui kept bickering, "You wanted big ones. I got you big ones."
而那个李逵还在犟嘴,"你不是要大的吗?我给你拿大的."
By coincidence, this batch came out to 11.9 yuan, another amount ending with ninety cents. Lin Yuhui watched her dawdling, showing no intention of giving that ten-cent change. He thought she might have just started her morning shift with no small change, so he chose not to argue. He carried the cabbages home. Only after arriving did he realize he had misjudged: one bucket was too small, two buckets were still insufficient, so he needed a third bucket, and even then it was still a little short, which meant he had to buy two more cabbages.
很巧,这次是 11.9 元,又是九毛钱的零头,林语晖看她磨磨蹭蹭没有找那一毛钱的意思,心想,她可能早上刚来,没有零钱,不愿跟她计较,抱着白菜就回家了,然后发现自己判断有误,一通装不下,两桶还不够,只好再来一桶,还差点,那就再买两颗菜吧.
This time Li Kui voluntarily respected the customer's choice. Two cabbages cost 8.9 yuan, coincidentally ending with ninety cents again. Seeing small change inside her money bag, Lin Yuhui smiled.
这次李逵自觉尊重顾客意愿了,两颗白菜 8.9 元,很巧又是九毛钱零头.看李逵找钱的包里有零钱,林语晖一笑,
"Give me that ten cents from last time together, will you?"
"上次的一毛钱一起找给我吧?"
Unexpectedly, Li Kui flew into a temper and raised her voice an octave higher.
没想到李逵急了,声音长高八度,
"Didn't I give you your change already?"
"我不是找你钱了吗?"
"Heh," Lin Yuhui smiled and held up three fingers.
"呵,",林语晖一笑,伸出了三个手指,
"I have bought vegetables from you three times. Every bill ended at ninety cents. You gave me the ten cents the first time. I am talking about the second purchase."
"我在你家买了三次菜,零头都是九毛,你第一次找给我了,我说的是第二次."
"What? Didn't I give you the change?" Li Kui kept shouting in her sharp soprano.
"哪呀?我不找你钱了吗?",李逵继续吼着她的女高音,
Lin Yuhui understood. She was just pretending not to remember. It was not that he cared about that tiny ten cents; he merely wondered whether she would own up to it. She had already made her choice.
林语晖明白了,她就是装傻.其实自己不差她那一毛钱,就是好奇李逵是否会认账,结果她自己已经做出了她的选择.
Lin Yuhui had no wish to quarrel with someone like her. He tossed the ten cents she had just handed over for this purchase onto her cart, turned around, picked up his cabbages, and left without looking back.
林语晖不愿跟她这种人争执,把她已经找给自己的这次买菜的一毛钱扔在了她的车上,然后扭头自己抱起大白菜头也不回地走了.
"Oh brother, we've fallen out now," Li Kui seemed to say this behind him to save face for herself.
"哎呀,大哥闹翻儿了,",似乎李逵在自己身后用这句话给自己找台阶下.
After walking some distance, Lin Yuhui could not help but voice his thought out loud.
走出一段距离后,林语晖不由得把感慨说出了口,
"Ugliness always comes with a reason."
"长得丑都是有原因的啊!"
Nearing fifty years old, an age when one understands destiny, he could not help believing that appearance reflects the heart, or that this is the fruit of karmic force, and today was proof of that.
已经年近五十而知天命的他,不得不相信相由心生,或者是业力所致,而今天就是个证明.