Love Is a Lie Detector
2018-01-05ByHuiGuniangTranslationbyYuLan
By Hui Guniang Translation by Yu Lan
Love Is a Lie Detector
By Hui Guniang Translation by Yu Lan
W hen I was giving a lecture at a university,a student of mine told a story about her childhood.
“My parents got divorced when I was six. They thought I was too young to understand it. To keep the secret, they lived in the same house long after the divorce. They still loved me the same, but I knew they were no longer together.”
She told us both she and her mother loved eating meat, and her father liked vegetables. Her mother used to cook half the dishes with meat and half with vegetables. But one day, there was only meat.
As for her father, one piece of clear evidence was that he used to call her mother to open the door for him. One day, however, he began to use his own keys.
Most importantly, when the families went out together, the father and mother didn’t discuss the destinations as before. They both came to ask their daughter’s opinions, because they did not care about each other anymore.
She said, “It seems easy to keep a secret from a six-year-old. But they overlooked the most important fact. They forgot that I loved them.”♦
(From Liaoshen Evening News, November 7,2017)
在大学里做讲座，一个学生谈起儿时往事。
“那时我才六岁，父母离婚了。他们觉得我小，不懂事，所以办完手续后很长一段时间还住在同一套房子里，依然对我很宠爱。但我就是清楚地知道，他们分开了。”
她说，她和母亲都喜欢吃肉，父亲喜欢吃素，母亲以往做饭都会半荤半素，但是忽然有一天，母亲只做肉菜了。
父亲的表现在于以前回家就喊母亲开门，可是不知从什么时候起，他腰带上开始挂上钥匙。
最重要的是，父母依然带她出门游玩逛街，以前他们都会商定去哪里，但是后来，他们都来问她的意见：“囡囡，你想去哪里？”因为他们已经不再重视对方的意见。
她说：“你看，所有人都觉得对一个六岁的孩子隐瞒一件事是多么简单，却忽略了最重要的一点。他们忘了，我爱他们啊。”♦
爱是测谎仪
文/辉姑娘 译/于兰
（摘自《辽沈晚报》2017年11月7日）
