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1、GoldBoy,EmeraldGirl&AManLikeHimTwoshortstoriesfromYiyunLiFictionGoldBoy,EmeraldGirlbyYiyunLiOctober13,2008Hewasraisedbyhismotheralone,asshewasbyherfather.Shewonderedifhismother,whohadsetuptheirdate,hadtoldhimaboutthat.Siyuwasthirty-eight,andtheman,Hanfeng,wasforty-four.Siyu’sfather,aftersuppo
2、rtingherthroughcollege,hadremarried,choosingawomanthirtyyearshisjunior.Thewomanhadayoungsonfromherpreviousmarriage,whomSiyu’sfatherhadtakenonashisresponsibility.Theboywasnowinhislastyearofhighschool,andSiyu,havingtoldherfathermanytimesthathedeservedpeaceandsimplicity,maintainedarespectfuldist
3、ancefromhisnewfamily.EachyearshespentNewYear’sEve,andsometimesotherholidays,withHanfeng’smother,whohadbeenherzoologyprofessorincollege.TherewasnowaytopredictwhentheolderwomanwouldbeinthemoodtoinviteSiyu,soshetriedtokeepherselfuncommitted,whichmeantthatmostoftheholidaysshespentalone.“Professor
4、Daimustmissherstudentsthesedays,”SiyusaidaftersheandHanfenghadexchangedgreetings,althoughsheknewthatitwasnotthestudentsthathismothermissedbutthewhiteskullsofmammalsandbirdsonherofficeshelves,thedrawersfilledwithscalpelsandclamps1andtweezersthatshehadcleanedandmaintainedwithcare,andthefactthat
5、shecouldmaskherindifferencetothehumanspecieswithherdevotiontoanimals.ThefirsttimeSiyuhadseenProfessorDai,onacampustourduringtheopeningweekofcollege,theolderwomanhadbeenfollowingastruttingowldownadimlylithallway;shepaidlittleattentiontothegroupofnewstudents,andstoopedslightlythewholetime,asifs
6、hewerethemotherofatoddlerandhadtowatchoutforminoraccidents.Whenaboysteppedovertotakeacloserlookattheowl,shescoopedupthebirdinherarmsandglaredathimbeforestridingaway.“Retirementisastrangethingforher,”Hanfengsaid.Hismotherhadalwaysdespisedwomenwhograbbedeveryopportunitytomatchmake,butwithindays
7、ofhisreturntoChinashehadmentionedaformerstudentshethoughtheshouldmeet.Hismotherdidnotsaymuchelse,buthecouldsensethatitwasmarriagethatshewasthinkingabout.Twentyyearsoflivingawayfromherhadnotchangedthatinhim:healwaysknewwhatwasonhermindbeforesh
