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Chapter 1: The Confusion 第一章:困惑

She opens her eyes on a wet road. She doesn't remember how she got here. And when people walk right through her, the terrible truth becomes clear.

她在湿漉漉的马路上睁开眼睛。她不记得自己是怎么到这里的。当人们直接穿过她时,可怕的真相变得清晰起来。

 ·  Chapter 2: The Screen 第二章:记忆

She discovers she can influence screens. And that her quiet classmate Xu Jiang has been keeping something of hers all along.

她发现自己能影响屏幕。而且她安静的同学们许江一直保留着属于她的东西。

 ·  Chapter 3: The Video 第三章:回家

A girl at school makes a cruel video about her death. Xiaoyu decides to send it to everyone.

学校里的一个女生拍了一段关于她死亡的残忍视频。小语决定把它发给所有人。

 ·  Chapter 4: The Notebook 第四章:裂缝

Her Physics notebook becomes legendary. Xu Jiang makes sure everyone gets a copy.

她的物理笔记本成了传奇。许江确保每个人都能得到一份。

 ·  Chapter 5: Under the Desk 第五章:涟漪

Her parents come to collect her things. Xu Jiang finds a secret carved into her desk.

她的父母来收拾她的遗物。许江在课桌上发现了一个秘密。

 ·  Chapter 6: The Exam 第六章:物理考试里的声音

Her best friend is failing Physics. Xiaoyu finds a way to help her.

她最好的朋友物理不及格。小语找到了帮助她的方法。

 ·  Chapter 7: The Tea Tin 第七章:移动的茶叶罐

She learns she can move objects. Her parents haven't smiled since she died. She wants to change that.

她学会了自己能移动物体。她的父母从她去世后就没笑过。她想改变这一点。

 ·  Chapter 8: Day 49 第八章:第四十九天的倒计时

The old stories say ghosts must move on by day 49. Something pulls Xiaoyu toward the bus station.

老话说鬼魂必须在第四十九天离开。有什么东西把小语拉向汽车站。

 ·  Chapter 9: The Bus South 第九章:南下的卧铺大巴

She boards a sleeper bus heading to the mountains. Death is not an ending. It is a transition.

她登上了开往山区的大巴。死亡不是结束。它是一种过渡。

 ·  Chapter 10: The Guardian 第十章:看不见的守护者

In a misty mountain town, she discovers she is not alone. She was brought here for a reason.

在雾气缭绕的山城,她发现自己并不孤单。她被带到这里是有原因的。

Chapter 1: The Apartment 第一章:公寓

The funeral was four days ago. Ziqi finds a wooden box at the back of her mother's closet. Inside: love letters from a man who is not her father.

葬礼已经过去四天了。紫琪在母亲衣柜深处发现了一个木盒。里面:来自一个不是她父亲的男人写的爱情信。

 ·  Chapter 2: The Details 第二章:细节

Ziqi notices the parallels: finger-tapping, brownish hair, wanderlust. She calls her aunt. There was someone. In graduate school. She never introduced him to the family.

紫琪注意到了相似之处:敲手指、棕褐色的头发、漫游癖。她打电话给阿姨。曾经有过一个人。在研究生院。她从未把他介绍给家人。

 ·  Chapter 3: The University 第三章:大学

Photos of Wei and Meilin. The retired professor's story. Zhang Meilin. A bank in the financial district.

薇和美琳的照片。退休教授的故事。张美琳。金融区的一家银行。

 ·  Chapter 4: The Break 第四章:断裂

First meeting with Meilin at the tea shop. Smooth answers. Too smooth. She doesn't ask a single question.

第一次和美琳在茶店见面。圆滑的答案。太圆滑了。她一个问题都没问。

 ·  Chapter 5: The Trail 第五章:线索

University records. Denver. Perth. A message to a Jiaming Liu in New Zealand.

大学记录。丹佛。珀斯。一条发给新西兰刘佳明的信息。

 ·  Chapter 6: The Friend 第六章:朋友

Street confrontation with Meilin. White knuckles. Trembling voice. The gap where an explanation should be.

街上与美琳对峙。发白的指节。颤抖的声音。本该有解释的地方却一片空白。

 ·  Chapter 7: The Pieces 第七章:碎片

Ziqi bluffs. Meilin hangs up. Ziqi is not certain. But she is sure enough.

紫琪虚张声势。美琳挂了电话。紫琪不确定。但她足够确信了。

 ·  Chapter 8: The Door 第八章:那扇门

The flight to New Zealand. Thirteen hours over the Pacific. The door opening. The face in the doorway.

飞往新西兰的航班。十三小时飞越太平洋。门开了。门口的脸。

 ·  Chapter 9: The Door 第九章:那扇门

Outside his house. A wife's voice inside. Tomorrow, a cafe. The story begins.

在他的房子外面。里面传来妻子的声音。明天,一家咖啡馆。故事开始了。

 ·  Chapter 10: What She Kept 第十章:她保留的

Two boxes of letters. His cardboard, hers wooden. The truth finally told. The End.

两盒信件。他的纸板盒,她的木盒。真相终于说出。结束。

Chapter 1: Wake Up 第一章:醒来

She dies at 42. She wakes up at 16. The bed is too soft. The room is too white. Her mother is still alive.

她42岁去世。醒来时16岁。床太软。房间太白。母亲还活着。

 ·  Chapter 2: Once 第二章:曾经

A flashback: the too-small uniform, the cafeteria, the notebook she kept hidden, the factory, the hospital room, and the rain that ended everything.

倒叙:太小的校服、食堂、藏起来的笔记本、工厂、病房,和结束一切的那场雨。

 ·  Chapter 3: Mirror 第三章:镜子

She turns the corner and sees her. The real her. The original her. Pressed against the lockers, trying to become part of the metal.

她转过拐角,看到了她。真实的她。原来的她。紧贴着储物柜,试图成为金属的一部分。

 ·  Chapter 4: Lunch 第四章:午餐

"You write poetry." It is not a question. It is a fact she has carried for twenty-six years. "That's hope. And hope is the only thing that ever saved anyone."

"你写诗。"这不是一个问题。这是她携带了二十六年的事实。"那是希望。而希望是唯一曾经拯救过任何人的东西。"

 ·  Chapter 5: Change 第五章:改变

A blue dress. A new face in the mirror. Wang Fang's poison smile. And the question: who am I if I am not invisible?

一条蓝色的裙子。镜子里的新面孔。王芳毒药的微笑。以及那个问题:如果我不是隐形的,我是谁?

 ·  Chapter 6: Jealousy 第六章:嫉妒

The note is waiting in Little Mei's locker. White paper. Red marker. The kind of marker that bleeds through cheap paper and leaves stains on fingers.

纸条在小梅的储物柜里等着。白纸。红笔。一种会渗透廉价纸张并在手指上留下污渍的笔。

 ·  Chapter 7: Secret 第七章:秘密

The question comes on a Tuesday. They are sitting on the roof of the school gym. The city spreads out below them like a map of everything they have never been allowed to want.

问题在星期二来临。她们坐在学校体育馆的屋顶上。城市在她们下方展开,像一张她们从未被允许渴望的所有东西的地图。

 ·  Chapter 8: Fall 第八章:坠落

The test paper is red. Not the red of blood. The red of correction. The red of failure. The red that covers the page like a wound that won't stop bleeding.

试卷是红色的。不是血液的红。是批改的红。是失败的红。是一种像无法止血的伤口一样覆盖页面的红。

 ·  Chapter 9: Truth 第九章:真相

Little Mei has never shown it to anyone. But she has brought it here, to this room, to this bed, to this impossible person who knows too much and explains too little.

小梅从未向任何人展示过。但她把它带到了这里,这个房间,这张床,这个知道太多又解释太少的不可思议的人面前。

 ·  Chapter 10: Choice 第十章:选择

The poetry competition flyer is taped to the bulletin board. Something exists in the space between friendship and family and the impossible bond of being the same person twice.

诗歌比赛传单贴在公告栏上。友情与家庭之间,以及成为同一个人的不可能的纽带之间,存在着某种她们都没有命名的东西。

 ·  Chapter 11: Loop 第十一章:循环

The dream comes on the night before the competition. She is dreaming. Or she is remembering. Or she is seeing something that has not happened yet.

梦在比赛的前一天晚上来临。她在做梦。或者她在回忆。或者她在看到尚未发生的事情。