Chapter 2

Translator: Cold love
Chapter 2: Family photo
There wasn't many changes in the house. Due to presence of a little kid, drawings and toys were scattered all over the place, causing the house to be in a bit of a mess.
Aunty Zhang could not bear to look at the miserable state that Chen Xi was in and immediately asked him to shower upon entering the house.
Upon wearing the clothes left behind by him 5 years ago, Chen Xi felt that it was surprisingly quite a comfortable fit.
After he hurriedly took a cold shower, Chen Xi formally sat at the side of the sofa and dazingly watched aunty Zhang playing with the child.
All these years, the child was brought up by aunty Zhang, that's why the kid always follows her around. When Chen Xi saw this, he felt really envious, hoping that the child would also be this close to him
"Nian Nian come, tell papa your name."
The small girl blinked. Her watery big eyes was filled with doubt, as if she did not understand why aunty Zhang would ask such a question. Hence, she replied in a childish tone, "Wasn't my name named by papa?"
"It's your mama that named you, that's why your father didn’t know. Mama said that she wants you to tell papa. See, your papa is back, hurry and tell papa your name."
The small girl tilted her head to one side and thought for a while. After that, she looked at Chen Xi and hurriedly said, "My name is Chen Nian!"
After saying her name, she snuggled into the arms of aunty Zhang, feeling a bit embarrassed.
Aunty Zhang patted her small head and helplessly said to Chen Xi, "This sily child wanted to see her father, yet now that her father is here, she's too shy to see…"
Chen Nian.
Does it stands for yearning?
"Okay. Nian Nian, grandma has to cook. You go and play with papa, okay?"
"No, I want to play with grandma."
Chen Nian shook her head, both of her hands were grabbing onto aunty Zhang, not willing to let go.
"Be a good girl. If grandma did not cook, then we won't have anything to eat for dinner. Tell papa to play with you."
Aunty Zhang knew that this was time for father and daughter to communicate, hence, she carried Chen Nian and placed her by Chen Xi's side.
The little kid was very obedient. Upon seeing that aunty Zhang is really going to cook, she did not ask to grandma to play with her anymore.
After aunty Zhang left, the small kid sat on the sofa. Her slim legs was hanging off the sofa, gently swaying back and forth. Her watery big eyes stared straight at Chen Xi, no one knows what she was thinking off.
Chen Xi looked eye to eye with Chen Nian, suddenly he felt at a lost.
He don't even know how to face his daughter!
Would she be frightened by a papa appearing out of nowhere?
However, the thoughts of the child were evidently different from that of an adult.
Chen Nian gazed at Chen Xi for a while. Suddenly, she adopted a crawling position and slowly crawed towards Chen Xi. She actively opened her arms and childishly said, "Papa, hug."
Chen Xi immediately turned over and wanted to carry Chen Nian, however, he was afraid that he would be clumsy and hurt the child. Hence, he could only rigidly strected his arms under her arms, bit by bit trying to carry her up.
At this time, Chen Nian pounced over and hugged his neck while laughing, "Papa is so silly!"
While gently hugging the petite figure in his arms, Chen Xi felt that he was living in a dream.
The small kid sticked her head towards Chen Xi and pouted, "Other kids have papa and mama. Only I don't have. Papa can you not go anymore?"
Chen Xi paused.
Looking at the foreign yet familiar child in his arms, a warm feeling started to swell in his heart.
After 500 years of grinding, his heart had become as sturdy as , however, under the gaze of anticipation of his daughter, it had turned into a stick of
Hence, Chen Xi could not help but kissed her on the forehead and firmly said with warmth, "Papa won't go, I won't go anywhere. Next time, wherever Nian Nian is, papa will be there!"
"Pinky promise!"
"Okay!"
Chen Xi gave a huge laugh and sticked out his pinky, making a promise with the small kid.
Next, the small kid thought of somethimg and immediately jumped down from his knee.
Chen Xi don't dare to block her so he could only carefully follow behind her, preventing her from falling down.
The small kid rushed out the living room and ran towards the master bedroom.
She was only a little more than 4 years old, her height was shorter than the door handle. Hence, when she was opening the door, she could only raise both her arms and hanged herself from the door handle. After that, she lifted her legs and used her body weight to pull down the door handle.
Chen Xi nervously followed behind her.
Upon entering the room, he saw that its furnitures were still about the same as that of 5 years ago.
As if it remained untouch.
The small kid ran to the bedside desk and carried the photo frame that was on the desk with both her hands. The next moment, she returned in front of Chen Xi and raised the frame high up in the air, as if wanting Chen Xi to take a look.
Chen Xi lowered his body and carried his daughter. After seating on the head of the bed, he took the frame from her hands.
In the photo frame, a couple was sweetly leaning against each other.
Just like all the couples that were in love, they returned to the spot where they first met on a sunny afternoon, and left behind a beautiful memory.
"This is papa, this is mama."
The small child happily pointed at the poeple in the photograph.
Perhaps today was the most number of times that Chen Xi has zoned out in a day.
When he saw the girl that was lying in his arms in the photograph, he felt as if everything happened just yesterday.
It's just that this yesterday to him, was a whole 500 years.
And to her, it's also a full 5 years.
5 years, is enough to change a girl into a woman.
"Papa is back. When will mama be back?"
The small kid hugged the frame and asked with anticipation.
Children are pure and sensitive, she was actually clear as to why people would laugh at her, calling her a wild child.
Grandma often said, papa mama are overseas. They are very far away, hence, they could not come back and see her.
She was always waiting, waiting for her own papa and mama to come home. Then, she could be like other kids, going to the zoo with papa and mama.
Now that papa is back, mama should be back soon?
"soon, soon…"
Chen Xi gazed at his daughter's big watery eyes and said with confirmation, "Nian Nian don't worry, mama will be back soon. If mama didn't come back, then papa will bring you to find her, okay?"
"En!"
The small kid heavily nodded her head and snuggled into Chen Xi's embrace with a face filled with joy. She then pointed at the photo frame and asked, "Papa, when mama return can you put me in too?"
Put me in?
Chen Xi touched his daughter's tender face and seriously replied, "Okay. When we find mama, we will take a family photo and put Nian Nian inside."
"And grandma!"
"Okay, not a single one will be left out.”
…
After one farewell, two lands are connected
Knowing that only three four months have passed, yet it felt like five six years.
With no mood to play Guqin, can’t even expressed my feelings in the letter,
Nine beads bracelet, broken in the middle. 10 miles away from the pavilion, I desire to look through.
100 thoughts, 1000 yearnings, 10000 boats could not contain his resentmemts.
Even 10000 languages and 1000 words could not fully explain, bored to death while leaning against a pillar
Gazing at a lonely goose on the 9th day of the 9th lunar month, mid-autumm festival, the moon is round yet we are not round.
Half of the 7th month, burning the essence to ask the heavens,
6th month, the sky is burning, poeple fanning themselves, yet my heart feels so cold.
5th month, the pomegranate was firey red, yet it was met with cold rain falling onto the flower petals.
4th month, the loquat fruit has yet to turn yellow, I desire my heart to recover from the mess.
Hurrily, the peach tree flows with the water on the 3rd month.
Floating gently, the string of the kite broke on the 2nd month.
Ee, love ah love, I hope that in the next life, you be wife and I’ll be the husband.
TN: The last part is a love letter from this person to the other during ancient China. I tried translating that, 11/10 for effort.