Secretly Captivated: Extras: GYM (End)

ALL ENCOUNTERS IN THE WORLD
WOULD ALL MEET AGAIN AFTER A LONG PERIOD OF SEPARATION

【one】

Late at night, on the train of Nanjing Line 2.

Gu Ye Mi walked in, randomly found a seat where there was no one next to it and sat down, he stretched out his hand and kneaded between his eyebrows, with a flicker of weariness in his expression.

Not long after he sat down, his phone vibrated suddenly, he unlocked it, it was a text message from a good friend, very few words in the content, but it instantly made him feel even more tired.

“Xiao Gu, I plan to resign, I will hand over the resignation letter to the dean tomorrow. You stay well.”

Gu Ye Mi sighed imperceptibly and thought of last month, where his good friend was brought to court by the patient’s family member on account of sexually assaulting a female patient on the operating table. Although it concluded with the other party losing the lawsuit, but his good friend’s reputation was greatly affected as a result, for a month he was subjected to the rumours and slanders as well as the coloured vision of society, and he had no patients at all. In the end, he decided to resign.

The train entered the station, and stopped steadily, the carriage door opened, and nearly all of the passengers stood up and prepared to get off the train.

This station was Xinjiekou, the transit hub with the highest flow of people.

Gu Ye Mi didn’t particularly minded and looked at the people around him who came and went, coming in and going out, his mind was still thinking about the resignation of his good friend. Suddenly, a girl caught his attention.

He looked up, and saw a sweet-tempered girl standing by the door of the carriage, a cup of bubble milk tea in her hand, perhaps it was too cold, her whole person shrank into her down jacket, but the body still shivered from the puffing cold wind.

Her lips were already pale, but she still stood aside quietly, and waited for everyone who wanted to get out of the carrriage to all leave, after the people who wanted to come in all went in, practically a second before the train door was on the verge of closing, only then did she slowly walked in.

Gu Ye Mi looked at her, and ineffably felt, that the sky cleared up and brighten slightly, the first evening snow melted.

Furthermore she didn’t find a seat to sit, she merely automatically grabbed the handrail, and stood in the slightly deserted carriage with her friend.

“But Secretly Captivated’s voice is really very nice. Listening to him, is just like being covered by poison, and the kind with no antidote.”

The sound was like the person, gentle and agreeable, completely lacking in aggressiveness, with a little bit of gracefulness and subduedness as well as softness of the patchwork of waterways*.

(江南水乡 jiāng nán shuǐ xiāng – esp in Jiangsu – as below)

As she mentioned his name, a smile gradually fused into the tip of the girl’s eyebrows, and inexplicably soothed his conflicted and progressively fretful mood due to work.

Alike water, it benefited all living things without dispute.

Before he left the train station, he heard her friend shout from afar: “Momo, don’t forget to bring back two boxes of West Lake Longjing for me when you get to Hangzhou the day after tomorrow.”

Momo… Hangzhou…

【two】

In the meeting room, the dean summed up last week’s report, Gu Ye Mi sat aside somewhat idly, absent-mindedly turning the fountain pen in his hand, suddenly-

“There’s a medical seminar in Hangzhou tomorrow, would there be anybody among you who would want to go and represent the hospital?”

Hangzhou…

What happened the next second, even he himself was surprised by the turn of events.

He heard his own light voice echoed calmly in the quiet room, in an instant it drew an amazed look.

He said, “I’ll go.”

The dean was obviously surprised all of a sudden, he looked at him, after a while then he somewhat hesitatedly spoke: “If you are willing to go, I would definitely agree. Just that Xiao Gu… you have two operation in the wee hours tomorrow, how can you directly rush over after, would your strength be able to endure?”

“No problem, I have a sense of balance.” He smiled, his neat, distinct and aloof features grew lively bit by bit.

In the vast and obscure sea of people, the unlikely odds of one in ten million…

He chuckled, his appearance somewhat mocking at himself.

Really insane.

【three】

“Umm… this mister, please wake up.”

As the gentle and agreeable voice from his memory sounded, at this moment it was so distinct that it made a person feel somewhat incredible. The moment he opened his eyes, Gu Ye Mi almost thought he was still in a dream.

The girl in front of him looked at him, she smiled slightly and somewhat bashfully. Although she looked a little embarrassed but she was full of concerned: “Umm, mister, I saw that you were still sleeping, so I thought to just remind you, that we will be reaching Hangzhou East Railway Station real soon.”

“Oh…” He momentarily did not know what he ought to say, Gu Ye Mi rubbed his still very exhausted eyes, and the figure before him eventually gradually became clear.

He opened his mouth and just as he hesitated and wanted to say something, and saw that when the girl in front of him heard the annoucement, she as if she was facing a great enemy, immediately threw a line of “I’ll get off the train first” then hurriedly turned around and left.

Gu Ye Mi looked at her slender and delicate back, and couldn’t help but smiled softly.

Take the risk*.

(冒冒失失 mào mào shī shī – bold, forthright)

【four】

In Wushan Night Market, the lanterns at the beginning, a tide of people.

The pedestrians all around were all in high spirits, Gu Ye Mi was in the rare relaxed mood, one hand was inserted in the pocket of his pants, and he walked freely and aimlessly among the crowd.

Ahead of him stood a temporary stage, on stage at present the flowing sleeves of a vivavious young female whirled around, taking miniature lotus steps, her mouth mournfully and sorrowfully singing the song《The Peony Pavilion》.

Did Du Liniang look for a dream?

Gu Ye Mi glanced at it several times, not very minding he turned around, as he was just about to leave, yet he saw on the southernmost side of the stage, a meek girl with a coloured lantern in her hand just stood there quietly not moving, with a focused expression, her eyes… somewhat sad and dejected.

Gu Ye Mi gazed at her quietly, she was in his line of sight which excluded every other thing, everything vaguely became a black and white image.

The odds of one in ten million?

Apparently, God indeed treated him a little too well.

【five】

On Friday, Gu Ye Mi finished the last operation, returned home and without even having the time to take off his coat, he turned on his computer right away and logged into YY.

Today was his first YY interview after he announced his comeback, he didn’t want his fans to wait too long.

In his earphones, the lively and sweet voice of the host Purple Ceramic Glaze incessantly asked questions* continuously, and he patiently answered them one by one.

(刨根问底 páo gēn wèn dǐ – idiom: to dig up roots and inquire at the base, to get to the bottome of something)

Everything went very smoothly, until–

He heard her voice once again.

Supple, soft, it brought a trace of excitement that could not be concealed.

The first time he heard her voice through the headphones, the Gu Ye Mi by the computer had his propriety all in disorder for the very first time, he paused for more than ten seconds, before finally controlling his excessively rapid heartbeat.

It seemed that his old friend had arrive.

【six】

Ten miles of Qinhuai, a turbulent tide of people, thousands of lanterns simultaneously shimmered.

The girl laid on his back, she intermittently said something or rather, her voice faintly somewhat choked with emotion.

He suddenly felt a little distressed.

“Momo… I like you, did you know?”

Her sleeping face was awfully calm, her cheeks were dyed a slightly reddish colour by the alcohol, yet her unobtrusive fair hand firmly grabbed his sleeve and refused to let go.

The demons and gods were at work*, he spoke just like that.

(鬼使神差 guǐ shǐ shén chāi – idiom – unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation, curious coincidence)

As soon as his words fell, even he himself was taken aback, and he glanced once again, at the girl who was still fast asleep on the bed.

She should… not have heard it I presume.

So unexpected, it probably… would have frightened her.

Thinking of the kind of panic-stricken* expression she probably would reveal, Gu Ye Mi pursed his lips, and revealed a somewhat distinct and aloof smile.

(惊慌失措 jīng huāng shī cuò – idiom – to lose one’s head out of fear)

As her breathing gradually became even, Gu Ye Mi cautiously and solemnly extended her fingers, and put them under the quilt, then attentively folded the corners.

He sat like that, and quietly watched her, as though time was just fixed at this moment, even the world was also noiselessly quiet.

Didn’t know how long he watched her in this way, until outside the door footsteps sounded from afar, he knew, he ought to leave.

“If it’s possible… I really hope, I can, in this way, watch you wake up every morning.”

Whose voice echoed lowly, with a hint of what seemed unlike a sigh, the silence hidden in the potent night.

【Seven】

Gu Ye Mi leisurely leant against the railing, with one hand propping his chin, he absent-mindedly lifted his head and gazed at the vast sky full of stars.

Tonight was very profound, and also very beautiful.

Didn’t know… if she has woken up now.

The evening wind was still equally peaceful, didn’t know what happened in the surroundings, suddenly even the circulated atmosphere became tender. It was awfully like… the expression she showed every time she looked at him.

An idea appeared, almost in that split second, he turned around, and sure enough… with a glance he saw her standing at the entrance of the balcony, her arms held his coat, and a pair of misty eyes that carried a little embarrassment and at a complete loss looked back at him.

A glance, pierced through 10,000 years.

He laughed, his voice unable to restrained his emotions and contagiously a bit tender: “Come here.”

“What’s the matter…” Her face blushed a little, while she asked, she clasped tightly to his jacket, step by step, practically without the least bit of hesitation she just walked in from the balcony’s entrance.

The first step, second step, third step…

All the way to him.

“Nothing’s the matter.” The girl in front of him was as gentle and beautiful as ever, he couldn’t help but leaned down and encircled her into his arms. The temperature from each other’s bodies mutually absorbed and gradually influenced bit by bit, his breathe could not helped become somewhat messy.

He felt the person in his arms who somewhat not wishing to be apart extended her hand and embraced his waist, he finally showed a satisfied until it’s so precious smile.

Nothing’s the matter, simply… suddenly really want to kiss you.

The night was awash with tenderness, a vast sky full of gliterring stars, their shadows intertwined, words lingered on, equally extremely touching.

The night’s spring breeze, the heart as if a mulberry leaf, and also… the season of flowers blossoming.

【end】

“Actually I’ve always wanted to ask you, what’s the reason for your comeback this time? When I was chatting with Qingmo and the rest before, we all felt that, if according to your character, it was very possible that from now on you wouldn’t have returned.”

“Oh… it’s probably because, I wanted to be seen by someone. When I stand tall, only then would she see.”

…

“Mi Da, when I was at Flower Burial SAMA’s song party, you said before, that you came back only because you wanted to stand a bit taller, to then be seen by that person. Did you know that this matter has now become a part of our secret worry… seeking for Mi Da to decipher, that person you’re referring to, ultimately who is she?”

“I can’t say yet, but… I believe that person have already seen me.”

…

“What’s the matter?”

“Nothing, I just feel…. it seems like, I really really like you.”

…

All encounters in the world, would all meet again after a long period of separation.

The End of《Captivated By You》’s Extras

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If you’re interested:
1. Audio book (Mandarin)
2. Radio drama (Mandarin)
3. The next book in the series (completely translated, set a few years after CBY)

Me: I love the fact that we get to see SC’s point of view 🙂

Wow. It’s over. Thank you thank you very much for following this story till the end! And thank you for all of your comments especially toreadchinesenovels who pretty much commented every week! If you have any recommendations on other books to read, do comment below as I’m sure others would love to know too.

May you find your own GYM. Or ML. And as always, stay safe.