C1 Part1

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Obviously this is a new project I’m picking up & I’m pretty excited to share this novel. It isn’t a stressful read and is pretty cute and sweet. I hope you all enjoy!

The ML will consistently be described with various synonyms of lazy, indifferent, bored etc so if that gets on your nerves, this may not be the story for you. It does kinda stop after ~15 chapters, if that helps. Or read the manhua! The art is stunning.

Edit: I went a little crazy on my TL notes the first ten or so chapters. It gets better, I promise.

An empty bedroom.

Through the high-rise, wind-swept raindrops pitter-pattered against the floor-to-ceiling windows of the apartment.

In the corner of the floor-to-ceiling windows nestled a girl in a thin white nightgown.

She leaned her head against the corner, her dark, long and wavy hair hanging down, covering a portion of her delicate and pretty palm-sized face. Her eyelashes rested quietly on her lower eyelids.

The white nightgown exposed her legs that were slender and thin from calf to ankle.

But her seldom seen fair complexion further highlighted her prominent delicateness, appearing as if a gust of wind could break her.

The rain struck the window for a while longer, gradually slowing down. The bedroom resumed its empty silence.

Until the phone screen, lying on the ground by the girl’s hand, flashed and then an indifferent and lazy male voice broke the silence.

“Hey, incoming call.”

The slightly altered, digital voice easily awakened the lightly-sleeping girl.

Tang Ran opened her eyes, her vision hazy as if it were the middle of the night, and she subconsciously raised her hand to rub her eyes then froze.

… Ah, forgot again.

How come it’s been so many years since that accident, and she still hasn’t adapted to the condition of her eyes now.

Tang Ran lightly curled her lips, “Luoluo,” she whispered into the air, “Who’s on the phone?”

“From your contacts, labelled ‘granny’.” The lazy, pleasant male voice responded from the phone.

“Answer, remember to put it on speaker.”

“….”

This time no voice answered again. After a buzzing vibration, the call was answered and the voice across the phone spoke.

“Xiao Ran?”

Xiao (小) is added in front of a name as sort of an endearment. Other methods are adding an ‘er after, usually used in ancient novels (Ran’er) or repeating the name twice (Ranran).

“Granny, I’m here.”

“I’m sorry Xiao Ran, Granny’s flight was delayed because of the thunderstorm—you’re not going to that shop today, right? Wait for Granny to go with you tomorrow, okay?”

“It’s okay, granny, I can go by myself.”

“Eh? How could we do that!”

“And…”

Tang Ran thought of something and tilted her head slightly. The girl’s slender neck tensed up in a fragile curve.

“Tomorrow,” Resting on the large window, with the vast and empty sky outside the skyscraper behind her, she whispered, “Tomorrow, I’m supposed to go to the Tang house.”

It was like touching something forbidden.

There was a sudden silence across the phone.

It took a long time before the woman’s somewhat guilty voice picked up, “How did I forget about that? They called you back because Tang Luo… because that sister of yours is getting engaged to the young master of the Luo family, right?”

“Seems like it.”

“That father and grandmother of yours are so biased, could it be that you’re not really the Tang family’s child? Only caring about Tang Luoqian, it’ll be your sixteenth birthday in a few days, yet you’re still living outside by yourself. They’re not-“

“Granny.” The girl softened her voice a bit.

“Alright, alright… Granny won’t say anymore.” The woman restrained herself, “Then why don’t you wait until after coming back from the Tang house then I’ll accompany you to that shop?”

“…”

Tang Ran’s was pulled back from her absent-minded thoughts and she smiled very lightly.

“But I’ve already made an appointment with the store manager for today, it’s not good to change the time at the last minute. And don’t worry, I’ll wait for the rain to stop before leaving.”

“But…”

“Granny, I’m capable of taking care of myself, have you forgotten?”

“…”

Tang Ran patiently chatted with the person on the phone for a while before finally getting the other party’s consent.

The woman uneasily instructed, “Then you must be careful on the road ah, remember to ask for help if anything happens, don’t be shy!”

“En, granny don’t worry.” Tang Ran remembered something and laughed lightly, “Isn’t there still Luoluo to keep me company?”

En isn’t a word, more like a sound like ‘mm’

“Luoluo?” The woman was stunned, then responded, “Oh, that’s the name of the smart voice app that the store manager recommended to you, right? Oddly enough, I can’t help but react every time you say it.”

Tang Ran touched her phone and laughed lightly as she got up from the corner, “The store manager said it was the name of the development team’s leader, I think it’s a good name.”

“What leader, isn’t that a failed product that’s never been released on the market?”

“The store manager said that the team was just developing it for fun, so it wasn’t promoted.” Tang Ran thought about it, “And I think that Luoluo is smarter than many intelligent assistants on the market.”

“Why wouldn’t it be promoted if was really that great?” The woman said helplessly, “I think they just used it to deceive a naive, trusting child like you. Besides—no matter how nice the voice is, it’s just artificial intelligence, it can’t fly down from the sky to help you if something happens.”

“…”

The woman on the other side of the phone has always been quite prejudiced against artificial intelligence which was said to “completely replace service industry personnel in the future” because she was precisely in the service industry.

Tang Ran didn’t argue with her but only lowered her eyes slightly, looking soft and quiet.

When the call ended, the rain also stopped tapping against the window.

Tang Ran slowly walked a few laps around the house that was very familiar to her, changed her clothes, then took her white cane and walked out the door.

Her white cane is a portable walking stick that can straighten into a stick but easily fold into a more convenient shape.

For visually impaired people with low or no vision, the outside world was full of dangers: blind lanes could be blocked by parked bicycles, could lead to unknown sewer pipes, or even designed into confusing circling routes….

It’s actually kinda interesting but in China, they have specially done paths/lanes with raised tiles that were specifically added for blind people to help them navigate streets and avoid dangers.

Tang Ran remembered the theory that one of her blind friends had expressed: the city’s blind lanes weren’t meant to deal with the problem of helping blind people get around but to deal with blind people.

Beyond the blind lanes had even more unknown territory for them. But the good news was that sometimes they met warmhearted people.

When Tang Ran walked to the nearest bus stop with her cane, she took out her cell phone and was about to call out for Luoluo’s help.

At that time, a girl next to her hesitantly came forward: “Hello.”

Tang Ran was startled and slowly turned toward the direction of the voice. She closed her eyes slightly, her voice with tinged with a little confusion: “Hello?”

“Are you… taking the bus?”

“En.”

“What route do you want to take, I’ll see when it arrives for you.”

Tang Ran was a little surprised, but nodded, “I want to take the 936. Thanks.”

“You’re welcome, you’re welcome.” The other party seemed a bit nervous before suddenly responding, “Huh? You’re taking the 936, too? Same for me, I’m getting off at Qingyan Road, what about you?”

Tang Ran recalled, “Is that the second stop?”

“Yeah.”

“I’m at that stop too.”

“Ah, that’s a real coincidence!” The girl smiled and said, “It seems like we’re very fated, I’ll take you where you’re going.”

“…”

Despite declining and rejecting all the way, Tang Ran was still unable to refuse the other party’s good intentions.

Getting off the bus, Tang Ran re-hitch her blind cane.

“I’ve never heard of the shop you mentioned, do you have an address?” The girl supported her wrist and asked.

Tang Ran: “I’ll ask Luoluo.”

“Luo-?”

Without waiting for the girl to ask, a male voice that sounded extraordinarily lazy in the sunlight was called out.

“…I’m here.”

The girl gawked once at Tang Ran—she was sure that the voice was coming from the pretty blind girl.

Then she saw the girl take out her phone.

“Luoluo, how do I get to the ‘INT Future Shop’?”

“Listen to my command.”

After saying those four words in a lazy, imposing manner, that nice voice began to navigate.

The girl stilled for several seconds before responding, “This is?”

“It’s called Luoluo.” Tan Ran said, “It’s an intelligent assistant app.”

“I know such a thing exists but, this voice…” The girl inhaled a breath and finally said excitedly, “It’s so pleasant to listen to, oooh. how have I never heard a voice assistant like this? I want one too! What’s the name of the app? Just called Luoluo?”

Tang Ran was a little embarrassed, “This isn’t open to the public to download.”

“Huh?”

“It was recommended to me by the manager of the store I’m going to, a non-licensed commercial app.”

“Oh? So it’s like that…” The girl was disappointed, “Forget it then, I’ll walk you there!”

“…”

However, after Tang Ran and the girl reached their destination, the shop had a few scrawled words saying “INT Future” was closed.

can someone tell me what this means? 敢这么叫我的坟头草都成精了。i understand each word but put together, i suddenly am illiterate

if anyone wants to help edit/translate or offer suggestions for a better translation, please don’t hesitate! my work isn’t perfect so i encourage you all to help me make it better to read. i take some liberties with my translations so they’re not 100% accurate, lmk if i botched the actual meaning.

Disclaimer: This novel does not belong to me. I’m merely the translator.

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