A City, Waiting for You: Extra – My city is only waiting for you

Translated by tsuki

The outpatient department got off work at 5:30PM, Xu Qin stayed in her office to read.

The new intern passed by the door and poked his head in to see: “Doctor Xu isn’t off work yet?”

Xu Qin: “En, just a little longer.”

Doctor Dong from the same department passed by and said with a smile: “She has a boyfriend to pick her up.”

“Oh, so blessed—”

“Exactly, he’s tall, handsome, and loves to pamper her.”

Xu Qin pursed her lips and smiled.

“Doctor Xu, I’m going!”

“Goodbye!”

The sound of footsteps quickly disappeared in the hallway, and Xu Qin read in peace. Ten minutes later, she closed the book, took her bag, locked her office door and went downstairs.

Late by ten minutes, she missed the peak period of hospital employees getting off work. She walked through the quiet hospital building alone, with few pedestrians, it was especially quiet.

She walked out the door, the sky was high and the earth was broad.

Later in the year, the weather in Di City was getting better day by day.

The sky was blue and the air was fresh.

The incoming breeze passing by was cool, fading away the ice-cold chill.

Winter was really over.

When the weather was good, people’s moods would also improve.

When she went down the steps, she unconsciously smiled, and walked quickly to the gate of the hospital. After waiting for less than a minute, she saw her family’s white car.

Through the windshield, the man in the driver’s seat looked at her with a widening smile on his face.

The car slowed down and stopped beside her.

She opened the car door and sat in the passenger seat, leaning over and kissing Song Yan on the cheek.

Today was the weekend, there was a lot of traffic on the road, and there were some traffic jams.

Song Yan slowed down, leisurely reached out to hold her hand, and rubbed it gently.

As soon as he saw her, he couldn’t help but get close to her, it was hard to explain.

“Was work tiring today?”

“I’m not tired. Compared to being in the emergency room before, it’s nothing. What about you?”

“Things were pretty easy going too.”

Xu Qin slowly grabbed his fingers, and suddenly asked: “Do you no longer need to do physical training now?”

“Obviously.”

The car in front moved, Song Yan touched the back of her hand with his thumb, then withdrew his hand, and drove the car slowly past the Shi Yu intersection. Thinking of something, he turned to look at her, “What’s wrong? You look so regretful. “

Xu Qin: “Then what if you lose your abdominal muscles?”

Song Yan: “……”

He laughed, “You like abs?”

Xu Qin said: “I like them.”

“That’s easy, I can do a couple hundred push-ups with you on my back at home everyday, then do a couple hundred squats with you in my arms. It’ll be about the same.”

Xu Qin thought about that scene and thought it was quite ideal, so she nodded with bright eyes.

After grocery shopping and returning home, they went through the door, walked around the screen wall, and went up the corridor. They saw the winter jasmine blooming in the yard, each yellow, bright and moving.

And on that big tree, pink and white magnolias also bloomed.

Xu Qin looked up and said: “So this was a magnolia tree.”

“It has grown here for many years.” When Song Yan bought this courtyard, it was already here, and the flowers bloomed and faded, as always.

Looking at the magnolia branches reflected in the blue sky, he said: “What other plants and flowers do you like, plant them all in our yard.”

“I don’t know much about these things.”

“It’s okay, take your time.” He said, “I’ll get some pictures for you to look at next time, you just choose what you like.”

“Are you in charge of the planting?” she asked.

“Otherwise?” he asked with a smile.

The wind chime hanging in the corridor ding-donged, the two chatted about flowers and plants, and went into the kitchen with the groceries they bought.

Xu Qin didn’t know how to cook, but she was happy to help Song Yan.

However, at most, Song Yan only let her wash the vegetables, and didn’t let her touch the knife, saying that her hand was for holding scalpels, for fear of accidentally cutting herself.

Xu Qin didn’t insist, so she walked around him while he was cooking, chatting with him, helping bring him the dishes, setting the bowls and chopsticks, serving rice, and so on.

A plate of fried fish with green peppers, a plate of stir-fried vegetables, and a bowl of cucumber soup. It was just enough for two people to eat.

After dinner, she snuggled into his arms, sitting on the terrace enjoying the night breeze, looking at the starry sky, a wide expanse, rectangular, like it was inlaid in a frame made by the eaves.

The starry sky was like a piece of dark blue velvet, sprinkled with diamonds.

Eternal.

In the corner of the bustling city, there was a quiet square belonging to two people. How wonderful it would be to spend the rest of her life like this!

The wind blew the wind chimes softly, and the wind blew the leaves to rustle.

Xu Qin was lying in his arms, covered with a thin blanket, and couldn’t help but recall the times when they were dating in high school, remembering that time when she followed Song Yan to uncle’s house to play.

When she was young, she would sit on the steps with Song Yan and look at the starry sky. At that time, she never imagined that there would be such a day in the future.

At that time, they were young, simple and full of enthusiasm.

She remembered that they were stuck together everyday, even when he was joking with his group of friends, he would turn around suddenly, pull her to his side, and kiss her with his head down.

There was a large audience, but his back always happened to block everyone’s sight, making her blush.

There were even bolder times.

When he was in high school, for a period of time he was continuously skipping class, and the teacher stopped caring about him. But he always missed her and had to go find her. Once when he went to school during recess, the teacher happened to be extending class time for a test, and everyone was sitting at their desks doing the questions.

Song Yan looked at Xu Qin from outside the classroom for a while, finally couldn’t bear it anymore, and walked into the classroom.

The teacher asked: “What are you doing?”

He said: “I’m looking for Xu Qin to give her something.”

Xu Qin was writing her test with her head down, and looked up at him in surprise.

With a smile on his lips, he walked to her table in a mischievous manner, supported the table with both hands, bent down, and put his lips on the center of her brow, leaving a kiss.

Xu Qin was caught off guard.

His back was in the way so the teacher didn’t see, but the students in the back row all saw.

“Wahhhhh!” Everyone jeered.

The teacher didn’t know why, “What are you all yelling about?”

Xu Qin glared at him with a blushing face, he smiled and said: “I’ll wait for you at the front door after school is over.”

He left.

At that time, they always loved being together, just like now, when they were together, they were happy in everything they did.

Washing vegetables was happiness, and watching the stars was also happiness.

Sitting in the central area, he read his books, she read hers, they were happy without talking to each other; occasionally looking up at each other between reading books, seeing his/her company in the warm home, was also happiness.

There was always a tacit understanding, just like when she looked down at her specialization book and felt around with her hand on the table, he who was also reading a book caught a glimpse of the pen in the crack of the table, picked it up and handed it to her. She took it and swiped to write, while he lowered his head and continued to read.

Just as he was stretching, ready to get up and go back to the room to watch a movie, she immediately put away her book, quietly stepped forward to hold his hand, and went back to their room with him. They nestled on their big bed to watch movies, listen to songs, and kiss, in their own world.

All the other lights were turned off, except for the dim built-in lamp above the big bed, emitting a soft light.

There was a warm and ambiguous atmosphere.

She slept on the lavender bed, her skin was white as snow, and she coquettishly entangled with him.

His big palm unscrupulously kneaded her body up and down, and within a moment, her cheeks were flushed and she was out of breath.

He kissed her all over her body, returned to her lips, turned over and pressed against her.

She put her arms around his neck, rolled around in his arms, rubbed their ears together, remembered something, and suddenly asked: “Have you got all the documents?”

“They’re all ready, how about you? Did you ask for leave tomorrow?”

“Yes.”

Song Yan touched her leg and asked with a smile: “What did you say when you asked for leave?”

“What else could I say, I just said that I’m going to go get a marriage certificate.” Xu Qin giggled, and said, “What about you, what did you say?”

“Going to take a wife.”

She buried herself in his chest and laughed until her shoulders couldn’t stop shaking.

But he was a little more serious and asked: “Xu Qin?”

“En?”

“Everyone says that marriage is a city under siege. Do you want to enter this city?” Song Yan looked at her seriously.

And Xu Qin also looked at Song Yan seriously, “If it’s with you, then I want to. I’m willing to be locked in this city by you for the rest of my life.”

He smiled, bowed his head to kiss her, and spread her legs vigorously.

She gasped slightly, and greeted him.

Outside the window, the moonlight was beautiful.

Spring was here, and the fresh smell of leaves floated in from the window.

She sank slowly under him, losing consciousness, and the moment he entered her body, her heart and her body were once again filled to the brim. She was thinking vaguely in her mind that there would not be another person in this world who understood her better and knew her better.

She thought that if she had a child in the future, she would name them Song Zhixu¹.

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¹Song Zhixu: song as from Song Yan, zhi as in “to know”, xu as from Xu Qin

m a e m: SO SWEET 😭 I love love how the title came about. The next post is an afterword by the author and the translation team 🙂 if you don’t make it that far, thank you for joining us on this journey to their city ♥️