Listen to this articleThe Encounter
《遭遇》
A twist of fate, and he suddenly steps out of the evening southbound express, walks through a scattering of commuters on the station platform, and heads to the northbound local express. First he climbs the steps to the number 5 car, with its weak fluorescent lighting and breathing electric fans—a sound repeated in every car he passes through. Then, after hesitating, he finally chooses to sit in the number 7 car.
由于命运的指使，他忽然走出停靠在黄昏的南下快车，逆向穿过人影稀疏的月台，走近一列北上的平快。他先攀登第5车厢的梯级，稀薄的日光灯色与电扇的呼吸声响，在每一个车厢反覆出现，然而稍微犹豫之后，他即决定坐在第7车厢。
With his briefcase and bad dreams, he passes through a nearly deserted section of the car, at which moment he sees me huddling after work, exhausted, defeated; my hands like roots of late fall mangcao on the illustrated Classic of Mountains and Seas.
当他携带皮包与梦魇，通过中间一节几乎空洞荒凉的车厢时，他看见了下班之后偎倚着疲惫和挫折，双手犹如秋末的芒草植根于膝上一册图解山海经的我。
