DPM Chapter 61-Mutual Understanding Part 3
Translated by Snowfall77
By the time Luo Ying found Wu Xingyun, the soldier had already tidied up his new room.
Seeing Luo Ying come in, Wu Xingyun immediately offered her a seat, asking: “What’s going on? Ye Fan……Why wasn’t he allowed to board?”
Her face tired, Luo Ying reached out and patted Wu Xingyun’s shoulder: “I’m sorry, I already……did my best.”
She relayed the result of the meeting she’d just left. “I……All that can be done now is to try, as much as possible, to keep them alive after the Saer fog falls. I intend to go find them, do you want to come with me?”
Not wanting to believe what he was hearing, Wu Xingyun couldn’t help suddenly finding it ridiculously funny.
All Wu Xingyun’s trials and tribulations in bringing Ye Fan to this base, and in the end it was still impossible to change history.
Wu Xingyun nodded to Luo Ying, saying: “Right, I’ll go with you.” Then repacked his luggage.
“Are you insane?” Luo Ying asked. “Ordinary people won’t be able to survive the next round of Saer fog. If you stay here, you’ll die! Stop being foolish, there’s no way Ye Fan will let you stay.”
But Wu Xingyun didn’t listen, his belongings stowed again in the pack on his shoulder as he walked out with Luo Ying.
There weren’t as many people at the exit as Luo Ying had imagined there be. After all, more than three hundred mutants had been listed, yet only a few dozen passengers were willing to go out and say goodbye.
Walking out with Wu Xingyun, Luo Ying saw a lot of mutants on the other side of the departure gate. Ye Fan was leaning against a railing, his expression calm.
Wu Xingyun and Luo Ying quickly made their way to him.
Surprised to see Wu Xingyun carrying a pack, Ye Fan scowled: “What are you doing?”
Gulping, Wu Xingyun said: “Ye Fan, I want to stay.”
Ye Fan slightly sneered. He’d already heard the information from Dai Rong, he knew what was going on.
Dai Rong was a quick-thinking man. After he’d shockingly learned that he himself was a mutant, he’d allowed himself a brief spell of depression at not being able to board a ship. Then he’d gone off to prepare a nest from himself.
Luo Ying hurriedly excused herself. “You two talk, I’m going to go find Dai Rong.”
In the distance came the faint sound of weeping, family members of mutants facing separation forever.
While Ye Fan was contrarily serene, saying: “It seems……Apparently, our fate is over……This must be the will of heaven.”
Wu Xingyun didn’t speak.
Ye Fan continued: “Just a few moments ago, I already heard. If I can hide well enough, if I can resist long enough, my lifespan might be more than three hundred years. Don’t worry about me. I don’t want you to die in my arms because you stayed behind.”
“I won’t necessarily die……” Wu Xingyun retorted, but his voice was very small.
Reaching out, Ye Fan pulled Wu Xingyun into a tight embrace. “Yun……Don’t be foolish, I want to know you’re alive, that you’re living well. I’ll……I won’t miss you that long. I will……Soon enough, I’ll find a mutant to share my life with, someone who’ll live as long as me. You……Should do the same.”
Wu Xingyun felt the tears pouring from his eyes. He believed Ye Fan’s words.
Ye Fan would live more than two thousand years, and moreover he’d find someone to love who looked like Wu Xingyun.
Was that because of Wu Xingyun himself? The soldier slightly raised his head to look at Ye Fan.
Ye Fan smiled down. “I’ll tell a story. Once upon a time, there were two fish in a nearly dried up stream. They lived off the foam the other spat out. But……the best ending was not for one fish to watch the other die. Rather, they swam back to the rivers and lakes. Even if you and I can’t meet again, we’re still under the same vast sky.”
Hardly able to take Ye Fan’s words in, Wu Xingyun was kissed by Ye Fan and told: “Living off each other’s spittle isn’t as good as going up to the rivers and lakes. Go on, I won’t see you off.”
Wu Xingyun couldn’t leave. So Ye Fan took Wu Xingyun’s hand and pulled him back into the ship’s hatch, throwing the soldier’s pack after him.
“We’re not destined to journey together. You stay, you’ll only die. We……It’s best that we forget each other, go to our own places.” Finished speaking, Ye Fan turned and walked away, not once looking back.
Striding off, Ye Fan could hear Wu Xingyun calling his name.
That sound, it was like countless blades stabbing into Ye Fan’s heart. Feeling something rolling down his cheek, he wanted to turn around. Wanted to take that person into his arms.
But he didn’t dare. He was afraid that he’d give into his own pained feelings, let his beloved stay, and be the cause of Wu Xingyun’s death.
Hence, Ye Fan accelerated his footsteps, departing the loading area, and returning to his basement. According to Luo Ying’s instructions, Ye Fan reinforced the integrity of his quarters, even applying metallic paint.
From this point on, he’d be spending the rest of his life there.
He reclined in his bunk, smelling Wu Xingyun’s residual scent.
“Maybe, if there comes a day that I really can’t stand it anymore, I’ll try to find someone who looks like him.” Ye Fan thought to himself, closing his eyes and trying to sleep, only to find Wu Xingyun’s image floating before him.
Ye Fan opened his eyes and saw the alarm clock Wu Xingyun had left on the bedside cabinet.
There was an hour before take-off. Leaping out of his bed, Ye Fan ran towards the ships.
He didn’t Wu Xingyun want to know the depth of his feelings, his pain, yet……Ye Fan wanted to follow with his own eyes that person leaving. The soldier who would never come back, the soldier who would disappear forever into the night sky.
DPM Chapter 61-Mutual Understanding Part 3
Translated by Snowfall77
By the time Luo Ying found Wu Xingyun, the soldier had already tidied up his new room.
Seeing Luo Ying come in, Wu Xingyun immediately offered her a seat, asking: “What’s going on? Ye Fan……Why wasn’t he allowed to board?”
Her face tired, Luo Ying reached out and patted Wu Xingyun’s shoulder: “I’m sorry, I already……did my best.”
She relayed the result of the meeting she’d just left. “I……All that can be done now is to try, as much as possible, to keep them alive after the Saer fog falls. I intend to go find them, do you want to come with me?”
Not wanting to believe what he was hearing, Wu Xingyun couldn’t help suddenly finding it ridiculously funny.
All Wu Xingyun’s trials and tribulations in bringing Ye Fan to this base, and in the end it was still impossible to change history.
Wu Xingyun nodded to Luo Ying, saying: “Right, I’ll go with you.” Then repacked his luggage.
“Are you insane?” Luo Ying asked. “Ordinary people won’t be able to survive the next round of Saer fog. If you stay here, you’ll die! Stop being foolish, there’s no way Ye Fan will let you stay.”
But Wu Xingyun didn’t listen, his belongings stowed again in the pack on his shoulder as he walked out with Luo Ying.
There weren’t as many people at the exit as Luo Ying had imagined there be. After all, more than three hundred mutants had been listed, yet only a few dozen passengers were willing to go out and say goodbye.
Walking out with Wu Xingyun, Luo Ying saw a lot of mutants on the other side of the departure gate. Ye Fan was leaning against a railing, his expression calm.
Wu Xingyun and Luo Ying quickly made their way to him.
Surprised to see Wu Xingyun carrying a pack, Ye Fan scowled: “What are you doing?”
Gulping, Wu Xingyun said: “Ye Fan, I want to stay.”
Ye Fan slightly sneered. He’d already heard the information from Dai Rong, he knew what was going on.
Dai Rong was a quick-thinking man. After he’d shockingly learned that he himself was a mutant, he’d allowed himself a brief spell of depression at not being able to board a ship. Then he’d gone off to prepare a nest from himself.
Luo Ying hurriedly excused herself. “You two talk, I’m going to go find Dai Rong.”
In the distance came the faint sound of weeping, family members of mutants facing separation forever.
While Ye Fan was contrarily serene, saying: “It seems……Apparently, our fate is over……This must be the will of heaven.”
Wu Xingyun didn’t speak.
Ye Fan continued: “Just a few moments ago, I already heard. If I can hide well enough, if I can resist long enough, my lifespan might be more than three hundred years. Don’t worry about me. I don’t want you to die in my arms because you stayed behind.”
“I won’t necessarily die……” Wu Xingyun retorted, but his voice was very small.
Reaching out, Ye Fan pulled Wu Xingyun into a tight embrace. “Yun……Don’t be foolish, I want to know you’re alive, that you’re living well. I’ll……I won’t miss you that long. I will……Soon enough, I’ll find a mutant to share my life with, someone who’ll live as long as me. You……Should do the same.”
Wu Xingyun felt the tears pouring from his eyes. He believed Ye Fan’s words.
Ye Fan would live more than two thousand years, and moreover he’d find someone to love who looked like Wu Xingyun.
Was that because of Wu Xingyun himself? The soldier slightly raised his head to look at Ye Fan.
Ye Fan smiled down. “I’ll tell a story. Once upon a time, there were two fish in a nearly dried up stream. They lived off the foam the other spat out. But……the best ending was not for one fish to watch the other die. Rather, they swam back to the rivers and lakes. Even if you and I can’t meet again, we’re still under the same vast sky.”
Hardly able to take Ye Fan’s words in, Wu Xingyun was kissed by Ye Fan and told: “Living off each other’s spittle isn’t as good as going up to the rivers and lakes. Go on, I won’t see you off.”
Wu Xingyun couldn’t leave. So Ye Fan took Wu Xingyun’s hand and pulled him back into the ship’s hatch, throwing the soldier’s pack after him.
“We’re not destined to journey together. You stay, you’ll only die. We……It’s best that we forget each other, go to our own places.” Finished speaking, Ye Fan turned and walked away, not once looking back.
Striding off, Ye Fan could hear Wu Xingyun calling his name.
That sound, it was like countless blades stabbing into Ye Fan’s heart. Feeling something rolling down his cheek, he wanted to turn around. Wanted to take that person into his arms.
But he didn’t dare. He was afraid that he’d give into his own pained feelings, let his beloved stay, and be the cause of Wu Xingyun’s death.
Hence, Ye Fan accelerated his footsteps, departing the loading area, and returning to his basement. According to Luo Ying’s instructions, Ye Fan reinforced the integrity of his quarters, even applying metallic paint.
From this point on, he’d be spending the rest of his life there.
He reclined in his bunk, smelling Wu Xingyun’s residual scent.
“Maybe, if there comes a day that I really can’t stand it anymore, I’ll try to find someone who looks like him.” Ye Fan thought to himself, closing his eyes and trying to sleep, only to find Wu Xingyun’s image floating before him.
Ye Fan opened his eyes and saw the alarm clock Wu Xingyun had left on the bedside cabinet.
There was an hour before take-off. Leaping out of his bed, Ye Fan ran towards the ships.
He didn’t Wu Xingyun want to know the depth of his feelings, his pain, yet……Ye Fan wanted to follow with his own eyes that person leaving. The soldier who would never come back, the soldier who would disappear forever into the night sky.
