失 语 / At lost 4 words [3.b]# Translation - 译林
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At night, when he returned home, the sound of the
woman upstairs could already be heard. Zhiwen
wondered if it would be easier to negotiate with
the woman alone, but decided to wait a while longer.
He deleted several soliciting messages on his
answering machine, trashed a host of spam emails
in his electronic mailbox, heated dinner, finished
it, and, keeping track of the solo sound-maker
upstairs, worked up his courage to get the talk
over with. Having dumped the chopstick-and-bowl
into the wok
woman upstairs could already be heard. Zhiwen
wondered if it would be easier to negotiate with
the woman alone, but decided to wait a while longer.
He deleted several soliciting messages on his
answering machine, trashed a host of spam emails
in his electronic mailbox, heated dinner, finished
it, and, keeping track of the solo sound-maker
upstairs, worked up his courage to get the talk
over with. Having dumped the chopstick-and-bowl
into the wok