这天,段艺泽在大众眼中消失了将近一个月之后忽然在推特上发图并配文:“Sheila Babe, I’m so proud of you!”图上的女孩明眸皓齿、巧笑倩兮,她身穿克莱因蓝的博士学位服,手里是她最喜欢的向日葵和香槟玫瑰:“I wish you a brightest future!”
直到吃完晚饭,尹书荷才有空刷起手机,无意中瞥见段艺泽发的文字,不禁轻笑出声。她趁段艺泽不注意,悄然回应段艺泽,用的是她论文致谢里的原话:“Babe Max, thank you for being at my side and encouraging me to take risks. You always gave me the most thoughtful and sincere advice when I was in dilemmas. I truly couldn’t have been who I am today without you being at my corner.(Max,谢谢你一直陪伴在我身边,一次又一次鼓励我挑战自我,也谢谢你总是在我陷入两难的时候给予我最真挚的建议。如果没有在你我身后,我不会像今天一样优秀。)”
午夜,段艺泽有悄悄发了一段暖心的长文:“Sheila and I wanted to thank everybody, my supporters, thank you for supporting me for no reason. Sheila mentioned to me so many times that she met my supporters when travelling alone, and she was so impressive that you were so nice to her. She really appreciated that, and I really appreciated as well. I also wanna apologize that I didn’t speak loud before because she’s still in school and I don’t wanna ruin her peaceful life. Sheila, thanks to you as well, thank you for being so brave to stand by my side. I know you’ve been in dilemma for a long time, but I’m so happy that you decided to face everything with me. Trust me, I’ll try my best to protect you.(我和Sheila想要感谢所有支持我的人,谢谢你们一直以来对我无条件的支持。Sheila对我说过很多次,她一个人旅行的时候遇见过很多我的粉丝,她很诧异你们都对她很客气很友善。我不能时时刻刻陪伴在她身边照顾她保护她,谢谢你们像陪伴我一样陪伴她,我和Sheila都很感激!我向你们道歉,没有在第一时间公开这段恋情。Sheila和我不一样,过去二十几年她一直待在学校,我不想破坏她平静的生活。我也很感谢Sheila,最终决定同意公开这段感情,我知道她做了很久的心理斗争。Sheila,请你相信我,我会尽我最大的努力保护你不受外界的伤害。)”
“Sheila Babe, I’m so sorry. I cannot be with you on your birthday this year.(Sheila宝贝,我不能陪你过生日了,对不起。)”段艺泽面带歉意地说道,随即看到小姑娘脸上一闪而过的失落。忽然想起今年早些时候小姑娘骗自己说,她没办法在他生日当天赶回来陪他过生日了,结果却惊喜地出现在演唱会现场。现在就让他把这个惊喜还给她吧。
“Okay. Do you have really important schedule?(好吧,你那天有很重要的事情吗?)”尹书荷再善解人意也不希望在生日当天被男朋友放鸽子,她自然不知道段艺泽的小心思。
“Yeah, Kevin made the schedule and he didn’t realize that.(嗯,Kevin哥帮我接了一个很重要的通告,他当时没想到是你的生日。)”段艺泽内心默默向Kevin哥道歉,他家小姑娘精明得很,他得编个像样的理由才能躲过她的法眼,“Babe, I apologize deeply, I should have realized that before it was too late. But I’ll be in Boston the day after to celebrate our anniversary, and I also invited your friends to be with you tomorrow.(宝贝,真的对不起,我应该早点意识到的。不过我第二天就去波士顿,我们一起庆祝周年纪念。你生日当天我帮你安排了party,还请了你的朋友们陪你一起。)”
“I don’t wanna talk to you!(我不想和你说话!)”尹书荷看起来是被气得不轻,“You missed my birthday yesterday and you turned me down just now. Max, this is not the way how you should treat your dearest girlfriend!(你昨天错过了我的生气,刚刚还拒绝了我。Max,你不能这样对待你的亲亲女朋友!)”
“Sheila Babe, you probably already know what I’m going to say next.(Sheila宝贝,你可能已经猜到我接下来要说什么了。)”段艺泽低沉的嗓音还是一如既往的性感,只是夹杂着一丝难以辨明的颤抖,“Today is our second anniversary, and we’ve been together for over 700 days. Nobody knows how lucky I feel to have you in my life. I don’t remember when I fell into you, but you were deeply in my heart when I realized that. I don’t wanna give any pressure on you, and I told myself that I should have waited a bit longer until both of us settle down. Sorry Sheila, I can’t wait anymore. The more time I spent with you, the greater surprise I got from you. You are gorgeous, adorable, brilliant……You deserve all the great words in the world, but above all, you are so thoughtful and supportive on everything I wanted to do, and you always choose to believe me and trust me, I don’t know who I would become today without you being at my side. When I look into your eyes, I saw the whole world, with you and me under the shiny sky.(今天是我们在一起两周年的纪念日,我们在一起已经七百多天了。没有人知道我有多庆幸,在我的生命之中遇到你。我记不得自己是什么时候爱上你的,等我意识到的时候,你早就已经在我心里。我不想给你任何压力,我也告诉自己应该在等久一点点,等我们两个都稳定下来再向你求婚。Sheila,对不起啊,我真的不想再等了。和你在一起越久,我从你身上得到的惊喜就越多。你优雅大气、温柔善良、卓越聪颖,你值得世界上任何美好的词汇!最最重要的是,无论我想做什么,你都无条件地信任我、支持我。如果没有你在我身边,我可能无法取得今天的成绩。我在你的眼睛里看到了只属于你和我的世界。)”
“There are a hundred ways to make this life happier, but I know my life would never be perfect until you ran into it. Can you imagine how nervous I was just now when I saw you stood still in the middle of the path? It seemed that I lost my heartbeat and I was so afraid that you would turn me down and leave. Sheila, I’ve compromised so many things during this life journey, but there is one thing that I cannot sacrifice in my life, that is you. Please forgive my incoherent words, Sheila. I never look forward to growing old, unless it’s with you. Sheila Babe, will you marry me?(我们有一百种方式让生活变得更加幸福,但我知道我的生命永远不会完整,知道你闯入我的世界。刚刚看你走来又忽然停在半道的时候,你知道我有多紧张吗?我的心跳好像在那一瞬间停止,我多害怕你拒绝我然后转身离开。Sheila,我在人生的旅途中做出了太多太多让步,唯有你,是我不能妥协也不能放弃的底线。我从来没有想过老去,但如果是和你一起,那似乎会很有趣。Sheila,请你原谅我的语无伦次,嫁给我好吗?)”