Welcome! This thread is created specifically for a LYF fan fiction "Kissing Xiang Liu" which is very popular in China and is being translated by me. The synopsis of the story is as follows:
A modern reader of novel Lost You Forever who loves Xiang Liu very much accidentally time-traveled to the Dahuang world, and became princess Ah Nian on her way to Qingshui Town. She changed Xiang Liu's fate and eventually became his love. A long novel with a happy ending, one chapter updated (translated) each week.
Author: 吉巴罗
Original URL: https://m.jjwxc.net/book2/8259656
Note: Some names in the story are taken from the novel, not the drama. It won't affect reading.
If there are any errors or deficiencies in the translation, please correct me, thank you :-)
Comments are welcome!
Kissing Xiang Liu
chapter 1
The night was getting darker and the city lights had just turned on.
The desk lamp in a house was on, and someone was reading a book under the light. The book was held religiously by that person, and a page was turned from time to time.
From noon to dusk, till the food in the neighbors smelled delicious, the person reading the book did not even move.
She was clearly entranced.
She couldn't know how much time passed, until the night was about to end, the stars and the moon gradually disappeared, until the book wrote at the end:
"Xiang Liu said silently in his heart: Xiao Yao, from now on, I can no longer protect you. You have to take good care of yourself. I wish you happiness and peace for the rest of your life!"
The person reading the book started to move. She could no longer restrain her emotions and burst into tears.
Zhong Nianliu is not a sentimental person, nor does she like to cry, but at this moment, she was deeply moved by this character Xiang Liu and was completely conquered.
As for any chances to change his fate, she could only say that line of poetry: "How can I find a solution in this world, so that I can neither betray the Buddha nor fail you?"
What's special about Xiang Liu has nothing to do with romance, but his own character. Xiang Liu's regret is that since he has already given his promise to his country, he can no longer give it to his love...
"Nine-life Xiang Liu" has become Zhong Nianliu's eternal regret.
*
The set of books Zhong Nianliu read was "Lost You Forever" written by the author Tong Hua, which she found by chance in an old bookstore.
Since the rapid development of e-commerce, many physical bookstores have declined and closed down.
The person who sells her books is a white-haired "grandpa" with a pair of reading glasses always hanging around his neck. The small bookstore he runs huddles between a large sale mall and a trendy milk tea shop. People come and go outside the bookstore, and the customer flow is only moderate.
Zhong Nianliu has loved coming to this bookstore to read books since she can remember. Although it is old and small, the collection of books inside is of high quality. It does have "gold houses" and "faces like jade" inside, and it is a retreat for countless leisurely people and literati.
The name of the bookstore is more romantic than other antiques. It is called "Dreaming Destiny Bookstore".
That day, Zhong Nianliu bought a cup of milk tea from next door and passed by Dreaming Destiny. The "grandpa" held up a thermos cup and greeted her: "Little Liu, do you want to come in and read today?"
Nianliu looked up at the sun. It was high and scorching. It was still early.
So she nodded and entered the bookstore, "Grandpa, have you bought any new books recently?"
Hearing her sincere question, grandpa took a sip of tea, sighed and smiled: "I won't buy books any more!"
Although Zhong Nianliu didn't know the reason, she had a guess in her heart, so she asked reluctantly, "Why?"
"I'm going to the big city and live with my son and daughter-in-law."
He is smiling and affable.
"I see..." When Nian Liu heard this, she felt mixed emotions in her heart.
This small bookstore not only carries her childhood, but also her youth. If Dreaming Destiny Bookstore closes, she will lose the spiritual paradise where she recalls her childhood and youth.
However, it would be great for grandpa to be reunited with his family and enjoy leisure time with the younger generation. Thinking of this, Nianliu restrained her melancholy. Actually, she was happy for grandpa.
Zhong Nianliu handed over her favorite milk tea, "Grandpa, do you want to drink it? I treat you."
The old man didn’t answer for a while, but then he raised the thermos cup towards her and shook his head with a smile.
"Come in and see if there is a book you like. If you like it, just take it."
Only then did Zhong Nianliu realize that the bookshelves that were usually full of books became empty. It seemed grandpa had already given away many of them.
"Do you like this set?"
The old man put down the cup and walked straight to the place where her eyes had just stopped, pointing to the set of books with envelope-like covers.
The books were placed on the topmost level of the shelf. A warm orange light shone on the cover and the three words "长相思" had a simple, ancient and mysterious air.
Zhong Nianliu nodded as if she was bewitched.
"Then grandpa will get it for you. Just wait." Grandpa took the ladder and put on his reading glasses. He rubbed the cover as he took the books down.
"Lost You Forever. Well...it's destined."
Zhong Nianliu took the book and felt her heart beat faster for a moment. She thanked him repeatedly.
But grandpa waved his hand and said with a smile: "Girl, I wish you all your wishes come true and getting what you want!"
*
Late at night, Zhong Nianliu was lying on the bed. She was still immersed in the world of the book and couldn't leave.
She remembered that when she read the end, the character she admired most, the Nine-Life Xiang Liu, eventually died in battle.
His life was miserable and lonely. When he fell in love with someone he shouldn't have fallen in love with, he could only push her away. On the battlefield, his white clothes were stained with blood, and he was no longer seen in the world.
Whenever the moonlight shrouded her through the window, Zhong Nianliu would think of General Xiang Liu, who was as bright as the moon, dressed in white and spotless.
So she sat up and faced the bright moon and made a wish: I hope that in that parallel world, he would be able to protect himself, have someone to rely on, a place to go, and be happy and worry-free for the rest of his life.
The night was long and no one answered her.
That night, she thought about Xiang Liu and wet the pillow with tears.
With lingering thoughts, she finally fell asleep.
The moment she fell into sleep, the evening breeze blew and the pages on the table turned.
The moonlight is like a waterfall, and the girl sleeping soundly on the bed has disappeared.
*
"Princess, princess?"
Amid the gentle call, someone was carefully shaking Zhong Nianliu's arm.
The sound of wheels grinding on the sand slowly came to her ears, mixed with a few crisp bird calls.
Zhong Nianliu rubbed her eyes and woke up. A wooden roof appeared in her field of vision, surrounded by gorgeous silk satins in a classic style.
Combining the hazy figure of the man sitting upright outside the rolling curtain with the occasional gasping sound of the horse, Zhong Nianliu quickly came to the conclusion that it turned out that she dreamed that she was sleeping in a carriage.
The bed in the carriage is quite soft. Zhong Nianliu yawned a few times, pulled on the scented quilt, turned over and continued to sleep.
Haitang originally thought that their princess had woken up, so she was preparing things for dressing up, but when she turned around, she found that she had fallen asleep again.
She helplessly shook the girl's soft body again: "Princess, I beg you to get up quickly. We are about to arrive at Qingshui Town. It's time for you to dress up."
Zhong Nianliu, who was sleeping lightly with her eyes closed, couldn't help but frown when she heard this. Her eyes widened instantly.
Princess?
...Qingshui Town?
Brainstorming is like a raging tide. Zhong Nianliu's consciousness suddenly became clearer than ever before - weren't these words in the novel she read before falling asleep? !
Seeing that Zhong Nianliu was motionless, Haitang wanted to urge her again, but was afraid of upsetting the princess. She wanted to speak but didn't dare.
She twisted her handkerchief and thought, "Let's wait a little longer."
Zhong Nianliu didn't give her a chance to wait any longer. She sat up suddenly, first looked around in confusion, and then looked at Haitang with panicked and unfamiliar eyes.
The princess was so rarely quiet and docile, which actually looked endearing, but precisely because of this rare demeanor, Haitang couldn't help but feel terrified.
She quickly turned her head to the rolling curtain and shouted in panic: "Master Cangxuan! Princess, princess..."
The figure behind the curtain heard the sound and approached. The rolling curtain was held up by a man. His face seemed a little tired, but the concern in his eyes was unquestionably sincere.
The man asked softly in a low voice: "A Nian, what happened?"
Zhong Nianliu has read more than a dozen, if not dozens, of book-time-traveling novels. Seeing the young man with warm eyes and elegant aura in front of her, she could already confirm that she, Zhong Nianliu, an outgoing college student who likes to stay at home, had actually time-traveled into the novel!
The "Lost You Forever" that made her liver and spleen bleed.
And she suddenly shapeshifted and became the little princess who was loved by the people of Gaoxin!
The one she dislikes the most, that self-indulgent noble Gaoxin Yi!
(To be continued)
Chapter 2
Zhong Nianliu was helped off the carriage by Cangxuan's hand.
She is twenty-one years old and has never held a boy's hand before, let alone a handsome boy's. She was a little shy as well as embarrassed for a moment. When she opened the curtain and came out, her foot stepped on her skirt and she almost fell into Cangxuan's arms.
Cangxuan stopped for a moment, then smiled lovingly, and stretched out his arms to lift her off the carriage.
How dare Zhong Nianliu accept it?
She quickly avoided his hands and pointed to his hand that was close to her: "Let, let me hold your hand...Ge."
Zhong Nianliu blinked her big eyes, trying to make herself appear easy to control.
She was truly shy, with a bit red on her fair little face, which made her look quite cute and innocent.
According to the book, the man A Nian loves is Cangxuan. She had admired him since childhood and regarded him as a brother and a husband.
She must not mess up the performance, at least not deviate from A Nian's character from the very beginning.
Cangxuan's jade-gentle eyes glanced over. If she hadn't known how ruthless and secretive he actually was in the book, Zhong Nianliu would have regarded this personable young man in front of her as an elegant scholar.
Perhaps due to preconceptions, Zhong Nianliu was still a little afraid of him.
"Thank you, ge." After getting off the carriage, Zhong Nianliu quickly let go of his hand and walked first into the house where they would stay. Cangxuan was behind her, carefully telling her to walk slowly.
A group of people who looked like servants opened the door for them, and then stood respectfully on both sides of the door. Although they were servants, they all seemed to have very keen eyes, and one could tell at a glance that none of them were ordinary.
When Zhong Nianliu crossed the threshold and walked into the house, she had an illusion that was quite inconsistent with the scene - she felt that the two rows of people standing at attention would bow to her at any time like in Japanese cartoons, and then Shouting: "Welcome home, lady Nianliu!"
Then a formally dressed housekeeper would flash up next to her, biting his handkerchief, smiling with tears in his eyes: "Oh my God, I haven't seen the lady smile like this in a long time!"
Zhong Nianliu thought about this silently, intoxicated for a moment.
Haitang saw Zhong Nianliu with her hands on her hips, her eyes closed, and her expression was inexplicably intoxicated. The panic that she had just suppressed came to her mind again.
Nothing special happened on the way here, so why did something suddenly go wrong with princess?
She recalled that after that scene on the carriage -
After Master Cangxuan comforted her, the princess's mood calmed down a lot. She even took the initiative to explain that she had a nightmare, she was still immersed in it and was very scared.
Things in dreams are absurd, which is not surprising, but the strange thing about this incident is that princess very rarely has nightmares.
Occasionally when she dreamed of something bad, she would take that opportunity to throw herself into Master Cangxuan's arms and cry and talk. If Master Cangxuan failed to comfort her properly, she'd be upset for quite a while.
She had such a terrible nightmare today, but was very calm. Weird, weird!
*
After a few cock crows, the sky gradually became brighter.
Zhong Nianliu got up from the soft bed, stretched and walked to the window.
After these days, she has the ancient routine now like others, going to bed as soon as it gets dark and getting up before dawn every day.
In the center of the courtyard outside the window, there is a jade-calyx plum tree from Island Ying planted specially for her by Cangxuan. He also used his spiritual power to make the flowering period last forever. When the wind blows, the petals fall like snow, and the ground is pure white.
In fact, she doesn't like this kind of flower. It looks too cold. What's so good about it?
She likes peach blossoms, the fresh pink color, romantic and delightful.
But it doesn't matter anyway. He planted it for A Nian, not for her, so she doesn't care.
After thinking hard for so long, she still couldn't figure out the reason why she time-traveled into the world in the book.
Now she has taken possession of A Nian's body, which is actually lucky. She enjoyed the title and status of a princess and lived a comfortable and free life.
She finally understood why A Nian was raised to be so overbearing and domineering: Oh my God, such doting and flattery now makes her suffocating!
Here's the thing -
Yesterday she and Haitang went shopping. Zhong Nianliu said she wanted to go shopping, but in fact she wanted to find the heroine of this book. To be precise, it is Wen Xiaoliu who is still a man now.
Zhong Nianliu has never been able to let go of the ending of this book. The only reason is that Nine-life Xiang Liu.
She feels something special about him. Her appreciation is mixed with curiosity, mostly admiration. She feels like a butterfly chasing a flower.
He is extremely attractive to her. She wants to be near him, to touch him.
She is already here, why not meet him?
She also wanted to meet the heroine. After all, when she first read the book, she felt that the heroine was like a female version of Xiang Liu. She was so unfortunate that it made her heart ache.
Zhong Nianliu has always been soft-hearted and has strong empathy, so she has great sympathy and preference for this type of character.
As a result, she actually met the key person that day.
That day, she was so flattered by Haitang that she really thought she'd look beautiful no matter how she dressed up. As a result, she bought a lot of jewelry and cosmetics that she only found out when she got home were not suitable for her. While she was enjoying herself, she bumped into a pedestrian.
The person was also a woman, about the same size as her. She walked extremely slowly because she was holding something in her hands.
Suddenly a flying insect flew over. The woman lowered her head. Just as she was about to wave away that flying insect on the sheep blood, she was caught off guard and bumped into Zhong Nianliu who was talking to Haitang.
The woman lost her balance and the sheep blood spilled out, turning Zhong Nianliu's clothes into scarlet.
The incident happened so suddenly that Zhong Nianliu didn't react for a moment, until the disgusting fishy smell rushed into her nose. She felt like vomiting out everything she had eaten this morning.
Haitang next to her saw this scene, she immediately struck preemptively: "Cheeky inferior! How dare you offend my lady! You, choke her by water!"
Zhong Nianliu immediately panicked.
She didn't look at the road, so bumped into someone and spilled her thing. How could she punish the victim??
She suppressed her nausea, interrupted Haitang, and tried to stop her servants who was about to drag the woman away.
The woman was obviously not a person who could be bullied. She rolled her eyes at Haitang, rolled up her linen sleeves, and started to yell: "Who are you calling inferior?! You have any sense of shame? It was your lady who hit me! Uneducated thing!"
A few words instantly annoyed Haitang. She first pulled Zhong Nianliu behind her, and then used her eyes to signal the servants to protect the lady and punish the woman.
Soon, a crowd gathered to watch this drama.
The woman was caught by the servants but kept yelling and cursing.
Zhong Nianliu, who was obviously the person involved, was quickly pushed out of the crowd and became an irrelevant person.
It's farce inside, comedy outside. Zhong Nianliu squeezed desperately into the crowd, and struggled to reach the center. Just as she was about to open her mouth to stop the servants, two people came beside the woman. It was probably someone who knew the woman informed them.
Walking in front was a burly man with a wide and dirty mo'e tied on his forehead. His face was full of muscles, and he was particularly fierce when he pulled Zhong Nianliu's servants. There was another strong man beside him, with a tiger-like back and a bear-like waist. Although he also showed anger, his movements were not as rough as the big man.
"Look! Butcher Gao is here!"
"Chuntao's man is here too!"
People in the crowd muttered like this.
The two names "Butcher Gao" and "Chuntao" were like a switch, which suddenly killed Zhong Nianliu's idea of stopping the fight.
If she remembered correctly, the butcher Gao and Chuntao were in the book, one was Wen Xiaoliu's in-laws, and the other was Wen Xiaoliu's daughter-in-law!
To achieve the goal, one cannot be indecisive. Zhong Nianliu apologized like crazy in her heart, but on the surface she showed off all her acting skills.
Good to finally have a chance to go mad. Let her take this opportunity to vent all the fear and anxiety she has suppressed since she came to this world!
Zhong Nianliu first cried loudly, and then began to curse, pouring out a large number of modern or ancient nonsense.
The scene was originally noisy, but seeing how crazy she was, the crowd gradually became quiet.
In a tea pavilion not far away, a man in white who could not conceal his extraordinary handsomeness despite wearing a mask suddenly sneered.
He locked his eyes in the direction of Zhong Nianliu, tilting one corner of his mouth up, and drank the tea in one gulp.
Zhong Nianliu took a peek and saw that everyone was stunned, so she immediately struck while the iron was hot: "Haitang, use magic!"
Haitang was stunned and asked her princess in a low voice, "Princess, what is 'magic'?"
Zhong Nianliu stamped her foot and leaned close to Haitang's ear: "They humiliated me like this, don't you want to avenge me? Do something like somersaults, frog jumps, donkey rolls...to make me feel better?"
Nianliu finished speaking, Haitang had a great enlightenment.
She then loyally and firmly expressed her stance to Zhong Nianliu: "Don't worry, my lady, I will definitely avenge you!"
"Okay!" The delicate girl added with tears in her eyes, "But don't go too far...just teach them a lesson."
"You know...gege likes gentle girl." She added more.
"yes!"
The two held their hands, their eyes determined, their hearts colluded.
Zhong Nianliu prayed silently in her heart: Wen Xiaoliu, Wen Xiaoliu, you must show up!
(To be continued)
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