ATLAS TRANSLATES

Fu Junyan left with the two little darlings. The crew was still the same crew, but every time I walked to the second floor of the hotel when returning, I would look at that room at the end of the corridor and have an indescribable feeling in my heart. Fortunately, after wrapping up, I could go home. At that time, I must have a good rest and spend more time with Gu Xiao’an and Fu Junyan. Oh, and Xiao Qi too…

In the story, these days when Bai Yan was injured were the happiest days she had in so many years. Han Zaijun’s care and his gaze that looked at her without reservations, disdain, or pity made her feel, for the first time in so many years, a glimmer of warmth from the upper-class society that was gradually moving further and further away from her.

However, her happiness didn’t seem to last long because in the blink of an eye, it was the day of Han Zaijun and Bai Xiao’s engagement banquet. In fact, Bai Yan knew why she was so miserable. It was because she had to watch all her hopes and happiness being snatched away again. She was going to be abandoned again, and she would eventually be left with nothing, worthless.

And at this moment, Ah Mo stood up. She shook awake Bai Yan, who was dazed and at a loss, curled up in a corner hugging her doll. She shouted at this lonely, helpless, and pitiful child, “Go and snatch it back! Snatch it back! Do you think it’s so easy for the prince to find the princess? If the princess falls into a bottomless dry well, how can the prince find her? First, the princess herself must not give up. She must be willing to climb up, climb to the well opening, so the prince can see her hand reaching out for help! What’s the use of you silently being sad? Do you think your waiting and your silence will give you hope? Even if there is a chance, do you think it would be meaningful for a person to finally get the cloth doll they loved at the age of 5 when they are 15, or to finally have the money to buy the skirt they loved at the age of 25 when they are 65? Yanyan, go see the person you like, go do the things you want to do. Just treat these as the last bit of willfulness in your youth. Look, you’ve grown up, and you’re so tall now. But even in the most naive years of your youth, you’ve never been willful even once. Go… just be willful for once… my princess in my heart…”

Bai Yan finally made it to the hotel where Han Zaijun and Bai Xiao’s engagement was being held at the last moment. When she appeared, the emcee was just letting the engaged couple exchange engagement rings. Bai Yan’s eyes swept past everyone and only looked straight at that man in the impeccable suit, dashing and handsome, Han Zaijun.

At this moment, he was holding a big red velvet box in his hand, just turning his head to look at her like this. Unlike the surprise of the entire hall at her sudden intrusion, he only looked at her coldly, with no trace of emotion. Bai Yan’s heart trembled. She remembered when he first came back, at that moment of reunion after a long separation, she had also barged in abruptly like this, just to see him once.

But she rushed towards him like this, throwing caution to the wind. Bai Yan used all her strength, persistently and earnestly raising her head. She met Han Zaijun’s deep eyes and slowly stretched out her hand. She said, her voice trembling slightly, “Please come with me, please take me away, please take me home…”

At first, there was no expression on Han Zaijun’s face. He only looked down at her inscrutably. And just as Bai Yan was slowly despairing, she heard him say clearly and steadily, “Okay!” Then something clinked clearly on the cold floor tiles. Her hand was held, and that person’s aura was cold, but she felt warmth.

Bai Yan’s lowered eyes saw the red velvet box that had rolled to her feet, and the ring inside had also fallen out with a clink. She raised her eyes and saw Han Zaijun holding her hand, giving her a smile. Then, somewhat in disbelief and somewhat hesitantly, she heard him sigh, “Yanyan, you finally came…”

This scene stunned everyone. The first to react was Bai Zimo. He hugged the tearful Bai Xiao and reprimanded from behind, sentence by sentence, “Zaijun, are you crazy? Your fiancée is here. How can you hold that jinx’s hand? Wake up. What are you doing? Hurry up and pick up the engagement ring! Are you out of your mind?”

The smile at the corner of Han Zaijun’s mouth curled up slightly, but this time it was cold. He looked at Bai Yan, whose eyes flashed with a trace of sadness, in a reassuring manner. He pulled her close to his side, not letting go of their clasped hands. He only said coldly, “Zimo, you and Uncle are the ones who are crazy. The son of the Han family wants to marry the daughter of the Bai family. Yanyan is the daughter of the Bai family. The one you’ve been protecting for more than a decade is someone else’s sister. And the one you’ve been humiliating for more than a decade is your own biological sister. Zimo, you should be the one to wake up.” With that, he looked at the guests in the hall and announced loudly, “Everyone, the reason Zaijun returned this time is to take Bai Yan, the daughter of the Bai family, as his wife. From now on, she is a member of my Han family, the wife of Han Zaijun.”

Bai Yan was stunned on the spot, but she heard Han Zaijun speak again slowly, “For so many years, I’ve been wondering what the youngest daughter of the Bai family has become. With such an obsessive brother doting on her and such loving parents, has she become a bit spoiled? Has she grown to be even more beautiful and enchanting? Does she still love dolls so much? Or perhaps, has she become a bit bolder? Or maybe she’s still like before, quietly and secretly sitting behind me, listening to me play the piano? I’ve imagined it a million times, but I never thought our reunion would be in such a scene. The Bai Yan I saw again was closed off, timid, fearful and panicked, yet strong and persistent. But also the one that made my heart ache the most. Bai Yan, I knew from a young age that I was going to marry you. Yanyan, I’ve been waiting for you to break out of your shell and come find me. Fortunately, you didn’t disappoint me. You came to keep me. Yanyan, fate is in your own hands. Look, I’m also in your hands.”

Bai Yan looked into Han Zaijun’s eyes and somewhat dazedly lowered her head to look at their clasped hands. The other hand that had been holding the backpack loosened due to hesitation, and the backpack fell to the ground. And for the first time, she didn’t care about the doll inside, only carefully and gently touching her and Han Zaijun’s clasped hands. Her eyes were lively and pure, and she only muttered softly, repeating, “You… are in my hands…” As she spoke, tears slid down, but she smiled. That smile, like the pure white and holy snow lotus in the extreme cold of winter, was incomparably beautiful.

It was also in this instant that Bai Xiao suddenly went crazy, pushing away Bai Zimo who was hugging her. She ran up, picked up Bai Yan’s backpack that had fallen to the ground, and frantically ran towards the back door of the hotel. Bai Xiao’s speed was too fast, and her hand hit Bai Yan’s ankle. Bai Yan lowered her head in surprise, her gaze first looking at the suddenly empty spot by her feet. When she raised her face again, she also let go of Han Zaijun’s hand without regard for anything and chased after Bai Xiao.

In the back garden of the hotel was a huge lake. The water was very deep, and at the bottom was thick silt. Bai Xiao ran all the way, opening that worn-out backpack along the way. Finally, she threw the backpack to the ground. With one hand, she took out that half-worn doll from inside and gave a mocking smile. At this time, she was already standing by the lake, boarding a small unmanned boat on the lake surface. Then, she raised the hand holding the doll high, dangling it above the lake surface. And when she turned her face, it was already full of provocation as she looked at Bai Yan who had chased after her.

And Bai Yan stopped not far from her. She was panting heavily, her eyes fixed on the doll raised in Bai Xiao’s hand without moving. It was the doll she had been protecting since she was a child. Golden long hair, shiny long eyelashes, sky-blue eyes, and a pink long dress that had been washed until it was faded.

Looking at her own doll in Bai Xiao’s hand, Bai Yan’s face was very cold. With an almost solemn expression, she calmly turned to the defiant and smiling Bai Xiao and shouted at her word by word, “Give it back to me!” Just three words, but clear to the bone.

“I can give it back to you. You get on the boat too, and we’ll talk in private.” Bai Xiao smiled, hatred flashing in her eyes.

Bai Yan’s palm trembled slightly, but she still walked towards the small boat. They looked at each other, both with an incompatible expression. Bai Xiao stood at the bow, and Bai Yan stood at the stern. Bai Xiao smiled slightly, bent down to start the small boat, and soon, the boat was anchored in the middle of the lake.

The crowd following behind was shocked once again. In the blink of an eye, they saw the two protagonists of the event standing on the small boat in the middle of the lake.

Han Zaijun slightly furrowed his brows, looking at Bai Yan’s tense back, knowing she was trying to conceal her panic. He also looked at the doll half-suspended in the air in Bai Xiao’s hand, frowning even more. He turned his head to look at the Bai father and son following behind him. Then, he hurriedly pressed a string of phone numbers with his hand and turned his head again to stare at Bai Yan standing at the stern without moving.

Before the crowd could react, they saw in the next instant that Bai Yan rushed forward regardless of everything to snatch the doll from Bai Xiao’s hand. In a flash, the two fell into the lake at the same time. Following that, Bai Xiao let out a scream, and her hand loosened. The doll fell on the lake surface, swaying gently in the water, still with an innocent expression, unaware of the change in circumstances. Bai Xiao coughed violently, flailing in the water due to fear, bobbing up and down. Seeing this, Bai Zimo had already quickly run up and leaped into the lake, swimming towards Bai Xiao at full speed. When he passed by Bai Yan, who was closer to him, to save Bai Xiao, Bai Zimo subconsciously paused for a moment. However, upon hearing Bai Xiao’s cries for help, he no longer gave it much thought and swam past Bai Yan towards Bai Xiao.

The moment Bai Yan fell into the water, her whole body began to tremble violently. Since the age of six, what she feared most was water. They all said water was gentle, but she never thought so. She only felt that no matter how gentle its appearance was, in an instant, it could turn into overwhelming giant waves and floods, drowning her, drowning her everything… When she saw that doll floating on the water surface again after several ups and downs, it was only a bit older in dress, but otherwise still the same as before. The doll seemed to be forever unaware of changes, forever safe and sound, forever with that happy expression. But her life’s trajectory had become completely unrecognizable…

Then, Bai Zimo didn’t look at her struggle and directly swam past her towards the distance. Bai Yan also saw from afar that it seemed to be her father stopping Han Zaijun, who wanted to go into the water to save her. They were entangled, one blocking, one resisting. She couldn’t hear what they were arguing about, and she didn’t want to know anymore. She really had no more expectations. What kind of sin would make even her closest kin hope for her to disappear? Countless times, she had always hoped that her father and brother could let go of their anger, always thinking that one day they would forgive her and love her as before. But now she finally truly knew that she was really, really the abandoned child of the Bai family.

Bai Yan was suddenly so tired. She gave up struggling. Her beautiful eyes were open, with the sorrow and melancholy of being abandoned in them, as well as the joy of being loved. Such complex and profound eyes appeared so unobscured in this lively girl’s gaze, looking particularly clear and bright in the lake water. But at the last moment, all her emotions were drowned in her eyes, leaving only a dead silence like a deep lake. The inextricable despair and disappointment finally turned into emptiness.

Using the last of her strength, Bai Yan grabbed the floating doll on the water surface. With a faint smile, Bai Yan finally let her body slowly sink like this. Her long hair spread out in the water like magnificent black seaweed. Her delicate and graceful body faintly appeared in the water. She slowly, slowly sank like this, like a sleepless fairy at midnight, about to fall into eternal slumber at the bottom of the lake in such a beautiful posture.

Bai Zimo panicked. When he lifted Bai Xiao onto the boat and looked into the lake again, he saw Bai Yan giving up on survival and slowly sinking like that. For so many years, he had never taken a good look at her. In his heart, she was no longer a sister, but the culprit who destroyed his happiness and made him lose his mother. She was really an unlucky child. When he and his father woke up at that time, what they saw was her alive and well and their mother already dead. They had no understanding of the pain of losing her, only knowing that she caused their mother’s death.

But what if she wasn’t well at that time? What if she was also sick and on the verge of death? What would everything have turned into?

When Bai Zimo finally looked at her, when he saw her desperate face clearly, he was startled to realize how similar their features were. And she gave up struggling like that, letting herself slowly sink. He witnessed with his own eyes her sinking into the water, her bright eyes open. A crystal clear teardrop slid down her cheek and quickly merged with the lake water. Although Bai Yan was already in the water, he still saw that scorching teardrop so clearly. At this moment, he discovered that all the blood in his body seemed to be freezing. He lowered his head in a slight panic to look at Bai Xiao in his arms, but saw her raising a strange and vicious smile, completely unlike the sister he doted on usually. Bai Zimo was stunned. Looking at the lake surface where Bai Yan’s figure could no longer be found, he actually felt heartbroken.

Han Zaijun finally let go, leaving a sentence, “I’m going to save her.” Then he turned around and leaped into the lake. On this side, tears had already filled Old Bai’s aged face. When he saw Bai Yan fall into the water, for so many years, he finally felt that familiar pain. He even remembered his deceased wife’s face, her resentful tears silently flowing as she looked at him. That was his daughter, that was his real daughter! A voice screamed madly in his head. When he was stopped by Han Zaijun and couldn’t go save her, when he heard Han Zaijun asking him over and over, “Do you still remember she is your daughter? Do you remember?” He actually felt pain and guilt as if he had gone crazy.

When Han Zaijun brought Bai Yan ashore in his arms, she was like a fairy sound asleep in the dark night, quietly lying in his embrace, without a sound, without a word, as if never wanting to wake up.

As Han Zaijun passed by Old Bai, he swept a contemptuous glance at him. He also looked at the small boat that had already reached the shore. Bai Zimo unprecedentedly didn’t take care of Bai Xiao, but sat alone at the bow of the boat, looking lost.

At this time, the icy aura around Han Zaijun intensified. When he rescued Bai Yan from the water, he almost went crazy because he had considered everything but never thought Bai Yan would be so disappointed as to give up struggling. Also because of this, only after repeatedly confirming that she had just fainted did he finally let out a breath. But the anger in his heart finally refused to be restrained. He opened his mouth and furiously rebuked, “How desperate does one have to be for a person afraid of water to stop struggling like that? Well, after so many years, Yanyan has finally become disappointed in you.”

As he spoke, he lowered his head to look at the doll tightly clutched in Bai Yan’s hand at the last moment. He reached out to take the doll and said coldly, “I later discovered that Yanyan had a habit of talking to the doll about what was in her heart. In order to know what she was thinking, I secretly installed a voice recorder inside it when she wasn’t paying attention. Now it’s been soaked in the water. Whether you can hear it or not depends on your luck.”

Then he sarcastically curled his lips and contemptuously threw the doll on the ground. The doll suddenly made a sound upon impact. Listening carefully, it turned out to be Bai Yan’s voice. Because of this, there was a hint of fluctuation in Han Zaijun’s eyes, but he still unhesitatingly carried the unconscious Bai Yan and quickly left.

The voice from the doll was intermittent. The delicate female voice was pleasant and gentle, but carried a faint, indelible melancholy. The people present only heard the girl say:

“Mom, when will Dad and brother stop being angry at Yanyan?”

“Mom, brother helped Bai Xiao again this time…”

“Mom, I miss you so much…”

“Mom, I did something bad, so my hand is broken. Only when Jun gege takes care of me, it’s good that Jun gege takes care of me… Jun gege is back. Will he also think I’m a jinx? Mom, do Dad and brother secretly come to see me and care about me? Is it just that Yanyan doesn’t know, and Dad and brother actually want me…”

“Mom, Jun gege is also going to be snatched away by Bai Xiao. Yanyan seems to be losing everything…”

“Mom, they don’t want me anymore, right…”

“Mom, should I go snatch Jun gege back? But then I really can’t be the daughter of the Bai family anymore, right? They will be angry and hate me again… But for so many years, only Jun gege calls me Yanyan… I miss Yanyan so much…”

“Mom, Amo asked me, if I’m old, which period of my life is the happiest? I said it’s all the days before I was six years old. At that time, life was carefree. The most painful thing was just piano tests and exams. At that time, my brother doted on me and liked to revolve around me. Dad would hug me and kiss me every day when he came home. And Mom, Mom would hold me and rest in the shade under the big tree. When Jun gege played the piano, I could also sit on the chair next to him. At that time, I only felt miserable and wanted to grow up because Mom wouldn’t let me eat more candy. But now looking back, that misery was so insignificant. In the days before I was six, I was the daughter of the Bai family, the little princess Yanyan loved by everyone in the Bai family…” Afterwards, the sound of muffled crying came from the doll.

Everyone fell silent, but in the silence, the suppressed crying of a man suddenly rang out. Old Bai collapsed to the ground, unable to support himself. He finally couldn’t hold back his tears. And Bai Zimo, looking at the doll on the grass, wailed in pain. A grown man cried like a child at this moment.

Sighs kept coming from the crowd. Finally, an elder spoke, “In the end, that child suffered…”

Later, Bai Yan was sent to the hospital by Han Zaijun. After falling into the water, Bai Yan had a high fever for several days. When she woke up again, her eyes were clear and pure, no longer having those traces of melancholy from the past. What was strange was that Bai Yan remembered everything after waking up, but had forgotten everything about her own identity. She didn’t remember her father and brother at all. And she clearly said, “I am an abandoned child, without relatives.” Han Zaijun and Amo looked at each other in silence, but unanimously remained quiet. The truth and facts weren’t important. They only wanted Bai Yan to be happy.

And the doctor said that after experiencing great pain, some people would selectively forget…

A few months later, Bai Yan and Han Zaijun got married. On that day, Old Bai and Bai Zimo also came. It’s just that Bai Yan no longer recognized them. She smiled innocently, nodded at them like she did to everyone else, and never looked at them again. After the wedding, Bai Yan and Han Zaijun went to the United States. Soon after, with Han Zaijun’s help, Amo also followed them to the United States. As for these two men of the Bai family, when they finally understood their own faults, they had nowhere to make amends, leaving only a lifetime of guilt.

In the last scene, Bai Xiao was waiting for Bai Zimo in a dejected state at the street corner. Finally seeing his figure, she chased after him and shouted, “Brother!” Bai Zimo paused his steps, but only said lightly, “I’m not your brother…”

Small theater:

One day, Gu Baobei had a whim and shouted, “I’m cooking today!”

Fu Junyan and Gu Xiao’an looked at each other and remained silent.

Seeing this, Gu Baobei puffed out her cheeks, put her hands on her hips and shouted, “I’m cooking today!”

Little Gu Xiao’an trembled, twisted his little hands, and grinned while nodding frantically. But that smile was as stiff as a steamed bun. However, the excited Miss Gu Pufferfish completely didn’t notice. Instead, she turned her head and looked at Fu Junyan with full expectation. Fu Junyan looked at her and laughed softly. He reached out to tuck her long hair falling on her forehead and said, “Be careful.”

So, Miss Gu Pufferfish charged into the kitchen full of enthusiasm.

Hearing the banging sounds coming from the kitchen, Xiao Qi, who was curled up sleeping on the side, was startled and whimpered pitifully. Gu Xiao’an immediately drooped his little face, pulled on Fu Junyan’s sleeve and whispered, “Brother-in-law… Brother-in-law…”

Fu Junyan patted his little face, sighed, then lowered his head to take out his phone and sent a message.

Finally, the noise stopped. Miss Gu Pufferfish excitedly brought out four dishes.

She smiled with her eyes narrowed and said, “Eat! You guys eat!” As she spoke, she even diligently handed out bowls and chopsticks.

Fu Junyan took them, first moved An’an’s bowl and chopsticks away, and put a half bottle of milk in front of An’an. Meeting Gu Pufferfish’s puzzled gaze, he said, “Watch him finish the milk first.” Then he turned his head and secretly winked at An’an, but said sternly, “No wasting, understand?”

After saying that, Fu Junyan gave Miss Gu Pufferfish a gentle smile and took the lead in picking up a piece of stir-fried potato and chewing it.

“Is it delicious?”

“Mm.”

“Then eat more!”

“Mm.”

“Gu Xiao’an, hurry up and drink your milk! Sister’s cooking is so delicious! Last time you couldn’t even grab it from him and didn’t eat much! An’an! Hurry up!” Seeing Fu Junyan eating happily, Gu Pufferfish thought her cooking skills had improved again. She waved her little fist in the air and encouraged Gu Xiao’an to quickly finish the milk and eat the dishes.

Gu Xiao’an drooped his eyes, hugged the milk bottle and kept sucking on the nipple. His little cheeks puffed up and down, but he actually drank very slowly in small sips.

Ding ding ding! Just as Gu Baobei was about to start eating, her phone suddenly rang. So our Miss Gu Pufferfish sighed, put down her chopsticks, rummaged through her bag for a long time to find the phone, and looked at the screen doubtfully, “Huh, why is it Shuang!” A few minutes after answering the phone, a certain pufferfish held the phone and said with a hint of regret while sniffling, “Shuang wants me to accompany her for a meal. She has something to tell me. Then you guys eat today! Eat more! What a pity… My great cooking skills…”

“Mm.” Fu Junyan slightly raised his eyebrows and nodded. He seemed to be relishing it as he picked up another piece of meat and said softly, “Be careful and come back early.”

When Gu Baobei left and the door closed, Fu Junyan still calmly reached out his chopsticks and picked up a piece of loofah.

But Gu Xiao’an finally spat out the nipple, looking at Fu Junyan with a bitter expression, his face as wrinkled as a little bitter gourd. He looked at the dishes on the table as if they were poison, then glanced at Fu Junyan who was chewing on the bitter gourd.

The little guy worriedly called out in a low voice, “Brother-in-law!”

Fu Junyan smiled, but picked up the last dish of salt-baked shrimp. After putting it in his mouth and chewing for a while, he turned to look at Gu Xiao’an and sighed, “We can’t let your sister cook anymore! It’s too sweet…”

As he spoke, he put down his chopsticks, patted An’an’s little head and calmly got up. He took out a garbage bag from the cabinet and poured the four dishes on the table into it bit by bit. Then, surveying the kitchen that was a complete mess like the aftermath of a hurricane, Fu Junyan managed to find a good pot and made a bowl of shredded pork noodles for An’an. As for himself, after calmly drinking two big cups of water, he started washing the dishes, fixing the stove, scrubbing the pots, and had no appetite for the whole night.

After Gu Xiao’an finished the noodles, he lay on Xiao Qi’s back. The two little ones both raised their heads and stared at Fu Junyan. Later when they got bored, Gu Xiao’an grabbed Fu Junyan’s phone to play with. He accidentally opened the sent messages. The little guy naturally couldn’t read, but if Gu Pufferfish was there, she would see that the first message on the sent list had a shining name: Shuang!

A few days later, Miss Gu Pufferfish once again went into hiding and lurking. She discovered that the forums and posts she often visited had a hot post about cooking and skincare issues. After reading it, Gu Pufferfish patted her chest and hurried to apply a face mask.

A few more days later, Gu Pufferfish found a magazine on the sofa. She flipped through it page by page out of boredom. The title of a certain article was: “The harm of cooking fumes to the skin.”

After a few days of worrying, after a long time of contemplation, a certain pufferfish said very melancholically and regretfully at the dinner table, “Fu Junyan! Hey! Your cooking is so delicious! I can never get tired of it in my life! So I won’t cook anymore! An’an, don’t miss sister’s cooking!” As she spoke, she secretly glanced at her handbag, thinking of sneaking out to throw away the magazine tomorrow. She mustn’t let Fu Junyan see it…

Of course, a certain pufferfish still had a conscience and stocked up on many face masks. After eating, she pulled Mr. Fu to lie on her lap and applied a mask for him…