Rather than returning to school, he drove straight to the psychologist.

羅輯沒(méi)有回學(xué)校，開(kāi)著車(chē)徑直去看心理醫(yī)生。

“You may need a bit of adjustment, but it’s nothing serious,”?the doctor said, after listening to his lengthy narrative.

“你可能需要一些調(diào)整，但沒(méi)什么大事。”聽(tīng)完羅輯的漫長(zhǎng)敘述后，醫(yī)生對(duì)他說(shuō)。

“Nothing serious?”?Luo Ji opened his bloodshot?eyes wide. “I’m madly in love with a fictional?person from a novel of my own creation. I’ve been with her, I’ve traveled with her, and I’ve even broken up with my real-life girlfriend over her. Is that nothing serious to you?”

“沒(méi)什么大事？”羅輯瞪大了滿是血絲的雙眼，“我瘋狂地愛(ài)上了自己構(gòu)思的小說(shuō)中的一個(gè)虛構(gòu)人物，和她一起生活，同她出游，甚至于就要因她和自己真實(shí)的女朋友分手了，你還說(shuō)沒(méi)什么大事？”

The doctor smiled tolerantly.

醫(yī)生寬容地笑笑。

“Don’t you get it? I’ve given my most profound?love to an illusion!”

“你知道嗎？我把自己最深的愛(ài)給了一個(gè)幻影！”

“Are you under the impression that the object of everyone else’s love actually exists?”

“你是不是以為，別人所愛(ài)的對(duì)象都是真實(shí)存在的？”

“Is that even a question?”

“這有什么疑問(wèn)嗎？”

“Sure. For the majority of people, what they love exists only in the imagination. The object of their love is not the man or woman of reality, but what he or she is like in their imagination. The person in reality is just a template?used for the creation of this dream lover. Eventually, they find out the differences between their dream lover and the template. If they can get used to those differences, then they can be together. If not, they split up. It’s as simple as that. You differ from the majority in one respect: You didn’t need a template.”

“不是的，大部分人的愛(ài)情對(duì)象也只是存在于自己的想象之中。他們所愛(ài)的并不是現(xiàn)實(shí)中的她（他），而只是想象中的她（他），現(xiàn)實(shí)中的她（他）只是他們創(chuàng)造夢(mèng)中情人的一個(gè)模板，他們遲早會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)夢(mèng)中情人與模板之間的差異，如果適應(yīng)這種差異他們就會(huì)走到一起，無(wú)法適應(yīng)就分開(kāi)，就這么簡(jiǎn)單。你與大多數(shù)人的區(qū)別在于：你不需要模板。”

“So this isn’t a sickness?”

“這難道不是一種病態(tài)？”

“Only in the way your girlfriend pointed out: You’ve got natural literary talent. If you want to call that a sickness, go right ahead.”

“只是像你的女朋友所指出的那樣，你有很高的文學(xué)天賦，如果把這種天賦稱(chēng)為病態(tài)也可以?！?/p>

“But isn’t imagining to this degree a little excessive?”

“可想象力達(dá)到這種程度也太過(guò)分了吧？”

“There’s nothing excessive about imagination. Especially where love is concerned.”

“想象力沒(méi)有什么過(guò)分的，特別是對(duì)愛(ài)的想象?！?/p>

“So what should I do? How can I forget about her?”

“那我以后怎么辦？我怎么才能忘掉她？”

“It’s impossible. You can’t forget her, so don’t make the effort. That will only lead to side effects, and maybe even mental disorders. Let nature take its course. Once more, for emphasis: Don’t try to forget about her. It won’t work. But as time passes, her influence on your life will decrease. And you’re actually quite lucky. Whether or not she really exists, you’re fortunate to be in love.”

“不可能，你不可能忘掉她，不要去做那種努力，那會(huì)產(chǎn)生很多副作用，甚至真的導(dǎo)致精神障礙，順其自然就行了。我再?gòu)?qiáng)調(diào)一遍：不要去做忘掉她的努力，沒(méi)有用的，但隨著時(shí)間的推移，她對(duì)你生活的影響會(huì)越來(lái)越小的。其實(shí)你很幸運(yùn)，不管她是不是真的存在，能愛(ài)就很幸運(yùn)了?！?/p>

This was Luo Ji’s most deeply felt romantic experience, a love that only comes around?once in a man’s life. After that, he took to an insouciant?lifestyle, going where life took him, just like the day they had set out in the Accord. And like the psychologist had said, her influence in his life decreased. When he was with a real woman, she didn’t appear, and eventually she rarely appeared even when he was alone. But he knew that the most secluded?part of his soul belonged to her, and she would be there for life. He even saw clearly the world she inhabited, a still snowscape?where the sky was forever graced with silver stars and a crescent?moon, the snow falling steadily. In the silence you could practically hear the snowflakes coming to rest on the ground like smooth white sugar. In her exquisite?cabin in the snow, the Eve that Luo Ji had formed out of one of his mind’s ribs sat before an ancient fireplace quietly watching the dancing flames.

這就是羅輯最投入的一次愛(ài)情經(jīng)歷，而這種愛(ài)一個(gè)男人一生只有一次的。以后，羅輯又開(kāi)始了他那漫不經(jīng)心的生活，就像他們一同出行時(shí)開(kāi)著的雅閣車(chē)，走到哪兒算哪兒。正如那個(gè)心理醫(yī)生所說(shuō)，她對(duì)他的生活的影響越來(lái)越小了，當(dāng)他與一個(gè)真實(shí)的女性在一起時(shí)，她就不會(huì)出現(xiàn)，到后來(lái)，即使他獨(dú)處，她也很少出現(xiàn)了。但羅輯知道，自己心靈中最僻靜的疆土已經(jīng)屬于她了，她將在那里伴隨他一生。他甚至能清晰地看到她所在的世界，那是一片寧?kù)o的雪原，那里的天空永遠(yuǎn)有銀色的星星和彎月，但雪也在不停地下著，雪原像白砂糖般潔白平潤(rùn)，靜得仿佛能聽(tīng)到雪花落在上面的聲音。她就在雪原上一間精致的小木屋中，這個(gè)羅輯用自己思想的肋骨造出的夏娃，坐在古老的壁爐前，靜靜地看著跳動(dòng)的火焰。

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lengthy： adj.很長(zhǎng)的;漫長(zhǎng)的;冗長(zhǎng)的

narrative：

adj.敘述的;敘事體的;善于敘述的

n.敘述;(尤指小說(shuō)中的)描述;講故事;敘事技巧

bloodshot： adj.布滿血絲的

fictional： adj.虛構(gòu)的;小說(shuō)(中)的

辨析：fiction novel

fiction：指人物與情節(jié)均為虛構(gòu)的文學(xué)作品。

novel：指長(zhǎng)篇小說(shuō)。

break up with： （戀人）分手;（夫妻）結(jié)束關(guān)系

tolerantly： adv.寬容地

profound： adj.意義深遠(yuǎn)的;深遠(yuǎn)的;深邃的;巨大的;深切的;嚴(yán)重的

illusion： n.幻覺(jué);錯(cuò)覺(jué);幻想;錯(cuò)誤的觀念;幻想的事物

under the impression： 原以為，誤以為

majority： n.大部分;大多數(shù);

template： n.樣板;模板;型板;?？?標(biāo)準(zhǔn)

get used to： 習(xí)慣;開(kāi)始習(xí)慣于

split up：

分開(kāi);拆分;（使）分手;（使）離婚;（使）離散

excessive： adj.過(guò)分的;過(guò)度的

disorder：

n.混亂;紊亂;疾病;失調(diào);不適

v.使混亂；使(身心等)失調(diào)

take its course： 任其發(fā)展;聽(tīng)其自然

course： n.進(jìn)程

Let nature take its course. 順其自然

come around：

（按照預(yù)期）發(fā)生，再度出現(xiàn);蘇醒

拜訪;探訪;改變觀點(diǎn);改變看法（以接受）

insouciant： adj.漠不關(guān)心的;漫不經(jīng)心的

seclude： vt.隱居;(使)與…隔離;(使)獨(dú)處

inhabit： vt.居住在;棲居于

snowscape： n.雪景(尤指使人印象深刻的)

grace：

n.優(yōu)美;優(yōu)雅;文雅;高雅;風(fēng)度;體面;寬限期;恩寵

vt.為增色;為錦上添花;裝飾;使榮耀;使生輝;承蒙光臨

crescent：

n.新月形;月牙形

adj.新月(形)的；逐漸變圓的

steadily： adv.穩(wěn)定地;堅(jiān)定地;堅(jiān)固地;不斷地

practically： adv.幾乎;差不多;很接近;實(shí)事求是地;實(shí)際地

snowflake： n.雪花;雪片

exquisite：

n.精致

adj.精致的;精美的;劇烈的;強(qiáng)烈的;微妙的;雅致的;敏銳的;敏感的

rib： n.肋骨;排骨