小六的腿痛得厉害，他靠到十七身上，自言自语地低声唠叨：“早知道这么辛苦都逃不掉，还不如不逃。可如果不逃，我又怎么能知道你愿意遂我心愿呢？可是现在我该怎么办呢？如果你不要答应帮我多好，我就能痛快地斩断牵念了。如果刚才被围困住时，你不要让我独自逃多好。

Xiaoliu’s legs are really hurting, she leaned on Shiqi, muttering to herself in a low voice ” If I knew it would be this tough to escape, might as well not have done it. But if I didn’t escape, how would I have known you were willing to fulfill my wishes? But what should I do now? How nice it would be if you didn’t promise to help me, I can cheerfully cut these ties. How nice it would be if you didn’t let me escape by myself when we were trapped just now.

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 十七静静地搂着小六，小六安静地聆听着他的心跳。在这死亡之地，隔绝了所有红尘诱惑、所有人世牵绊、所有利益选择，让男人和女人之间本来复杂的关系变得十分简单，只剩下他与她。小六竟然觉得身有所倚，反而心里很安宁。

Shiqi held Xiaoliu quietly, Xiaoliu listened to his heart beat quietly. In this place of death, isolated from all worldly temptations, ties in the world, benefits and choices, simplifying the originally complicated relationship between a man and a woman, leaving just him and her. Xiaoliu actually felt a sense of calm since here was someone she can lean on.

 小六说：“干脆我们永远都不要出去了，就在这里面待着吧。”

    “好。”

    “好什么？”

    “待在这里很好。”

    “哪里好了？”

    “只有你、我。”

    小六轻声地笑，原来十七也很明白。这世上有时候很多的复杂在于环境，荒远深山里多的是白头偕老的夫妻，繁华之地却多是貌合神离的怨偶。

Xiaoliu said ” How about we never leave? Let’s just stay here forever.”
“Alright.”
“Alright?”
“Its good to stay here.”
“How is it good?”
“Just you and me.”

Xiaoliu laughed softly, so Shiqi also understood it very well. Often the complications are due to surroundings, there are far more couples living to a ripe old age in deep mountains than in prosperous places.

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小六问：“十七，你是因为恩情才对我这么好吧？”

    十七身子僵硬，迟迟没有回答。小六倚着他而坐，手放在他的胸口，能感受到他的心跳越来越急，好似就要蹦出来。小六依旧淡淡地说：“我救了你，收留了你六年，但这次你也算对我仁至义尽，等我们出去后，我们就算真的两清了。你放心，我以后再不会去麻烦你，保证离你远远的……”

Xiaoliu asked ” Shiqi, you are so nice to me because of gratitude right?”

Shiqi stiffened and did not reply. Xiaoliu leaned on him….she can feel his heart start to beat wildly, almost leaping out. Xiaoliu continued mildly ” I saved your life, sheltered you for six years, you have paid me back this time, after we get out, we are really even. Don’t worry, I won’t trouble you anymore, and will stay far away from you….”

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小六的嘴被十七捂住了，小六呜呜了几声，十七都不放，小六顽皮地用舌尖舔了一下他的掌心，十七像触电一样，立即逃开了。小六也被自己吓住了，半张着嘴，脸火辣辣地烧了起来。

Shiqi covered Xiaoliu’s mouth with his hand. Xiaoliu made a few noises but Shiqi did not move. Xiaoliu mischievously used her tongue and licked the palm of his hand. Shiqi immediately jumped, as if electrocuted. Xiaoliu was also shocked at herself, her face started to burn furiously ……

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 这次十七倒是回答得非常快，“你是女子。”

This time Shiqi answered very quickly “You are a woman.”

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 小六其实心里也早就感觉到十七应该知道她是女子，虽然不知道十七到底是如何知道的，“你怎么就这么确信？连相柳那么精明的家伙都不敢确认我是女子。”

In fact, Xiaoliu felt early on that Shiqi should know that she is a woman, even though she did not know how he came to know it ” How can you be so sure? Even an astute fellow like Xiangliu is not sure about it.”

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小六向来是一副无赖男儿的样子，第一次流露出小女儿的娇态。虽然牢房黑暗，十七看不真切，可已经节节败退

Xiaoliu had always put on the airs of a rogue, this is the first time she has shown this cute feminine side. Even though it is dark in the prison and Shiqi can’t see very well, he’s already beating his retreat.

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十七的头埋在小六的头发里，半晌后才平静下来，“被折磨羞辱时，我也曾想过如果我能逃出去活下来，必要他痛不欲生。可如果真是那样，纵然我活下来了，我也死了，不再是一个完整的人，只是一个被屈辱和仇恨折磨的可怜人。幸运的是你救了我。不管我再残破丑陋，你都视若珍宝，小心翼翼地照顾，不管我身上有多少恐怖的伤痕，你都会因为我……羞涩脸红……”这一次小六没有阻止十七，而是静静地倾听。

Shiqi buried himself in Xiaoliu’s hair, only calming down after a while ” When I was tortured and humiliated, I also thought that if I could escape and survive, I would want him to also suffer painfully. But if that was the case, even though I have survived, I would also be dead, no longer whole, just someone pitiable who had been humiliated and tormented by hatred. Luckily you saved me. No matter how broken or ugly I was, you still treated me like a treasure, carefully tending to me, no matter how many horrifying scars I had on me, you still could feel shy because of me… and blush…”
This time Xiaoliu did not stop Shiqi, but listen quietly.

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小六，我看到你，心里没有仇恨，只有感激。感激老天让我仍然活着，并且让我身体健全。我的眼睛仍然能看，能见到你耍赖扮傻；我的耳朵仍然能听，能听到你唠唠叨叨；我的双手仍然灵巧，能帮你擦拭头发；我的双腿依旧有力，能背着你行走。小六，我不想报仇，只想做叶十七。”

Xiaoliu, when I see you, my heart has no hatred, only gratitude. I am grateful that the heavens allowed me to live, and I am still able-bodied. My eyes can still see, I can see you teasing and acting silly; my ears can still hear, I can hear you chatter incessantly; my hands are still nimble, I can dry your hair; my legs still have strength, I can carry you on my back. Xiaoliu, I don’t want to seek revenge, I just want to be Ye Shiqi.

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小六沉默。

黑暗中，十七看不到小六的任何表情，紧张地忘记了呼吸。

Xiaoliu remained silent.
In the darkness, Shiqi can’t see any expression, and he forgot to breathe in his nervousness.

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 死一般的黑暗，死一般的寂静，这座大荒中赫赫有名的恐怖地牢本应该让被囚禁者度日如年，痛不欲生。

可小六和十七相依着说话，都不觉得时间流逝，十七很庆幸颛顼把他和小六关在了这里，让他有勇气说出他的奢望，他甚至内心深处真的不想出去了，他愿意就这样相依着一辈子。

In the darkness like death, in the silence like death, this famously horrifying prison in Dahuang should let those being imprisoned feel like each day is a year, unbearable and agonizing.

But as Xiaoliu and Shiqi talked while they leaned on each other, neither felt the passing of time at all, Shiqi was even thankful that Cang Xuan had imprisoned him here with Xiaoliu, so that he had the courage to voice out his desperate wish, he even felt that he really didn’t want to leave, he is willing to live like this forever.

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狱卒的脚步声响起时，十七只觉得一切太短暂。

    狱卒恭敬地请他们出去，态度和送他们进来时截然不同，抬了竹架子来，点头哈腰地想把小六抬到竹架子上。

    十七不肯让他们碰小六，抱起了小六，跟在提灯的狱卒身后。

When the footsteps of the prison guards came, Shiqi only felt that it was all too brief.
The prison guards respectfully escorted them out, their attitude completely different from when they brought them in. They brought a bamboo stretcher for Xiaoliu.

Shiqi did not want them to touch Xiaoliu, so he carried Xiaoliu and followed behind the guard.

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  高辛一年四季都温暖，服饰很轻薄，讲究飘逸之美，喜穿木屐。此时，十七身着天青色的高辛衣衫，宽袍广袖、轻衣缓带、玉冠束发、足踏木屐，行走间，步如行云、衣袂翩飞，真正是明月为身，流水做姿。

    两个婢女看得呆住，小六也是目不转睛。十七有些然，微微垂下了眼眸，却又好像很喜欢小六看他的样子，迎着小六的目光，走到了小六面前。

Haoling is warm all seasons of the year, so their clothing is thin and light, particular about flowing beauty, favoring wooden clogs. Shiqi is wearing an azure Haoling attire, with flowing sleeves and loose robes, light belted clothing with a jade crown hairdo. He walked like gliding clouds, clothing rippling, luminous like the bright moon, elegantly flowing like water.

Two handmaids were stunned and just stared, Xiaoliu also can’t take her eyes off him.

Shiqi was a little conscious and lowered his eyes slightly, but he also seemed to like how Xiaoliu was looking at him, and walked towards Xiaoliu..

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 十七觉得，自从地牢出来，小六就一直在努力掩饰内心的紧张。十七推测和俊帝有关系，以小六的性子，不可能是因为俊帝的权势，那只能是因为俊帝这个人。

    十七轻轻握住了小六的手，低声说：“不管怎么样，我都会陪着你。”

Shiqi felt that, since they have left the prison, Xiaoliu had been trying very hard to conceal her anxiety. Shiqi guessed that it had something to do with the King of Haoling, and since Xiaoliu was not someone who cowered before power, it can only be because of the person.

Shiqi gently held Xiaoliu’s hand and said in a low voice ” No matter what, I will be here for you.”

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在没有进殿前，小六一直很紧张，反常地沉默着。可此时，他反倒泰然自若，笑看着俊帝，任由俊帝打量。

Before entering the hall, Xiaoliu had been very nervous, and was uncharacteristically silent. But now, she was actually very calm, looking at the King of Haoling with a smile, letting the King size her up.

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按照一般人的想象，一国之君的晚膳应该很复杂，可俊帝的晚膳却十分简单，简单得就好似大荒内最普通的富贵之家。

For most people, they would imagine that a King’s dinner should be a complicated affair. But the King of Haoling’s dinner is very simple, its as simple as an ordinary well-off family in Dahuang.

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一桩桩、一件件想来，一切早摆在他眼前，可他那一颗冷酷多疑的心，竟然视而不见。

All the pieces of memories, came before his eyes, it was all clearly in front of him, but his cold and suspicious mind, turned a blind eye to it all.

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颛顼有千言万语翻涌在胸腹间，挤得他好像就要炸裂，可是他不敢张口。三百多年了，他已经不再是凤凰树下、推秋千架的男孩。父母双亡、流落异乡、寄人篱下，他戴着面具太久，已经不知道该如何真心地喜悦，真心地悲伤。他学会了用权谋操纵人心，却忘记了该如何平实地接近人心；他学会了用各种手段达到目的，却忘记了该如何真实地述说心意。

Cang Xuan had alot to say in his heart, all gripping him to the point of exploding, but he did not dare to say a word. It has been 300 over years, he is no longer the little boy who pushed the swing under the phoenix flower tree. His parents both gone, exiled, relying on charity, he has worn a mask for too long, he no longer knew how to be whole-heartedly happy or sad. He has learnt how to manipulate others, but forgotten how to approach others with sincerity; he has learnt how to attain his goals by various means, but forgotten how to express his true feelings.

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三百多年了，她已经不是凤凰树下、秋千架上的小姑娘。

    她曾在深山里流浪，像野兽一样茹毛饮血；她曾被关在笼子里，犹如猫狗一般被饲养；她被人追杀过，她也杀了无数人。她的生命就是谎言、鲜血、死亡，所有人都在欺骗，她不知道该相信谁，不知道该以何种身份站在众人面前。

It had been 300 over years, she is no longer the little girl on the swing, under the phoenix flower tree.

She had wandered in deep mountains, hairy and drinking blood like beasts; she had been caged and kept like cats and dogs; she had been hunted, she had killed countless people. Her life is full of lies, bloodshed, death, everyone is lying, she don’t know who to trust, and what identity she should use to stand before everyone else.

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