The Second Cup of Tea · chapter 4 of 8
Our First Walk
河边走走
Lu Wei is back, and their first date is a sunny walk by the river: two nervous people, two bubble teas, and a confession about green tea.
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- Jiang Ning 陆伟回来了！星期六下午，我们去河边走走。
Lù Wěi huílái le! Xīngqīliù xiàwǔ, wǒmen qù hébiān zǒuzou.
Lu Wei is back! On Saturday afternoon, we go for a walk by the river.
- Jiang Ning 这是我们第一次不在茶馆见面。我有点儿紧张。
Zhè shì wǒmen dì yī cì bú zài cháguǎn jiànmiàn. Wǒ yǒudiǎnr jǐnzhāng.
It's the first time we've met anywhere but the teahouse. I'm a little nervous.
- Jiang Ning 我们走了很久。他拿着两杯奶茶，一句话也不说。
Wǒmen zǒu le hěn jiǔ. Tā ná zhe liǎng bēi nǎichá, yí jù huà yě bù shuō.
We walk for a long time. He's carrying two bubble teas and hasn't said a word.
- Jiang Ning 陆伟，那两杯奶茶……有一杯是给我的吗？
Lù Wěi, nà liǎng bēi nǎichá…… yǒu yì bēi shì gěi wǒ de ma?
Lu Wei, those two bubble teas… is one of them for me?
- Lu Wei 啊！对不起，对不起！给你。我太紧张了。
À! Duìbuqǐ, duìbuqǐ! Gěi nǐ. Wǒ tài jǐnzhāng le.
Oh! Sorry, sorry! Here. I'm just so nervous.
- Jiang Ning 你也紧张？
Nǐ yě jǐnzhāng?
You're nervous too?
- Jiang Ning 他也紧张！好，现在我一点儿也不紧张了。
Tā yě jǐnzhāng! Hǎo, xiànzài wǒ yìdiǎnr yě bù jǐnzhāng le.
He's nervous too! Good. Now I'm not nervous at all.
- Lu Wei 你看，我还在手机上写了十个问题。我怕我们没话说。
Nǐ kàn, wǒ hái zài shǒujī shàng xiě le shí gè wèntí. Wǒ pà wǒmen méi huà shuō.
Look, I even wrote ten questions on my phone. I was afraid we'd have nothing to say.
- Jiang Ning 十个问题？那天在路上，我也说了十遍“我们一起喝茶，好吗？”
Shí gè wèntí? Nà tiān zài lù shàng, wǒ yě shuō le shí biàn “wǒmen yìqǐ hē chá, hǎo ma?”
Ten questions? That day, on my way there, I practiced “Shall we have tea together?” ten times!
- Lu Wei 真的？我们两个，真是一样！
Zhēn de? Wǒmen liǎng gè, zhēn shì yíyàng!
Really? We really are two of a kind!
- Jiang Ning 好，我们在这儿坐坐吧。我先问！
Hǎo, wǒmen zài zhèr zuòzuo ba. Wǒ xiān wèn!
Okay, let's sit here for a bit. I'll ask first!
- Jiang Ning 你为什么每个星期四都喝绿茶？
Nǐ wèishénme měi gè xīngqīsì dōu hē lǜchá?
Why do you drink green tea every single Thursday?
- Lu Wei 其实……我不喜欢绿茶。
Qíshí…… wǒ bù xǐhuan lǜchá.
Actually… I don't like green tea.
- Jiang Ning 什么？你喝了六个月的绿茶！
Shénme? Nǐ hē le liù gè yuè de lǜchá!
What? You've been drinking green tea for six months!
- Lu Wei 第一个星期四，我看见你，就忘了我想喝什么。
Dì yī gè xīngqīsì, wǒ kànjiàn nǐ, jiù wàng le wǒ xiǎng hē shénme.
That first Thursday, I saw you and forgot what I wanted to drink.
- Lu Wei 我说了“绿茶”。后来，王阿姨每次都给我绿茶。
Wǒ shuō le “lǜchá”. Hòulái, Wáng āyí měi cì dōu gěi wǒ lǜchá.
So I said “green tea.” After that, Auntie Wang brought me green tea every time.
- Lu Wei 我不好意思说“不”。
Wǒ bù hǎoyìsi shuō “bù”.
And I was too embarrassed to say no.
- Jiang Ning 六个月的绿茶！那你喜欢什么茶？
Liù gè yuè de lǜchá! Nà nǐ xǐhuan shénme chá?
Six months of green tea! So what tea do you actually like?
- Lu Wei 红茶。跟你一样。
Hóngchá. Gēn nǐ yíyàng.
Black tea. Same as you.
- Jiang Ning 陆伟，你还回北京吗？
Lù Wěi, nǐ hái huí Běijīng ma?
Lu Wei, are you going back to Beijing?
- Lu Wei 不回了。北京也有星期四，可是北京没有你。
Bù huí le. Běijīng yě yǒu xīngqīsì, kěshì Běijīng méiyǒu nǐ.
No. Beijing has Thursdays too, but Beijing doesn't have you.
- Jiang Ning 我的脸又红了。
Wǒ de liǎn yòu hóng le.
My face goes red all over again.
- Lu Wei 是我姐姐。她请你明天去她家吃饭。
Shì wǒ jiějie. Tā qǐng nǐ míngtiān qù tā jiā chīfàn.
It's my sister. She's inviting you to dinner at her place tomorrow.
- Lu Wei 她还说……她也写了问题。
Tā hái shuō…… tā yě xiě le wèntí.
She also says… she's written some questions too.
- Jiang Ning 几个？十个？
Jǐ gè? Shí gè?
How many? Ten?
- Lu Wei 一百个。
Yìbǎi gè.
A hundred.
What changed in the story?
- Why doesn't Lu Wei hand Jiang Ning her bubble tea at first?
“对不起，对不起！给你。我太紧张了。”
- What did Lu Wei prepare on his phone?
“我还在手机上写了十个问题。”
- Why did Lu Wei order green tea the first time?
“第一个星期四，我看见你，就忘了我想喝什么。”
- What tea does Lu Wei really like?
“红茶。跟你一样。”
- What does Lu Fang's message say?
“她请你明天去她家吃饭。……她也写了问题。”