Song t.i.tle: 畫心 (Painted Heart)

Music Composer: 藤原育郎 (Ikuro Fujiwara)

Lyrics Composer: 陳少琪 (Keith Chan)

Performed by: 張靚穎 (Jane Zhang)

Published: Oct 20, 2008

Background: "Painted Heart" is the theme song of the Chinese drama, Painted Skin, which is an oriental ancient era romance and magic movie. I haven't actually watched this movie, but the song is beautiful. The term 'painted skin' implies a disguise that transforms a monster into a beauty.

At the very start, there was no vocalise planned, but Jane Zhang added it of her own initiative after seeing the film when she saw that the movie was about the forbidden love between a human and a fox spirit. It exhibited the desire humans had towards the beauty of the world and their fascination for superficial loveliness. The vocalise was intended to express the misgivings, confusion, and sorrow in the hearts of the characters.

I skimmed over some of the wikipedia summary and it seems to be quite a heart-wrenching story…

Original Music Video:

Sung by the same person, but in a quadruplet(?). I personally prefer this version because the quality sounds a lot better to me:

Lyrics:

kàn bù chuān， shì nǐ shī lùo de hún pò

看不穿，是你失落的魂魄

cāi bù tòu， shì nǐ tóng kǒng de yán sè

猜不透，是你瞳孔的顏色

yī zhèn fēng， yī chǎng mèng， ài rú shēng mìng bān mò cè

一陣風，一場夢，愛如生命般莫測

nǐ de xīn， dào dǐ bèi shén me gǔ hùo

你的心，到底被什麼蠱惑

What I can't see through, is your disappointed soul.

What I can't make out, is the color of your eyes.

A gust of wind, a night's dream, love is as hard to predict as life,

What exactly is keeping your heart bewitched?

nǐ de lún kùo zài hēi yè zhī zhōng yān méi

你的輪廓在黑夜之中淹沒

kàn táo huā， kāi chū zěn yàng de jiē gǔo

看桃花，開出怎樣的結果

kàn zhe nǐ， bào zhe wǒ， mù guāng sì yuè sè jì mò

看着你，抱着我，目光似月色寂寞

jìu ràng nǐ， zài bié rén huái lǐ kuài lè

就讓你，在別人懷裡快樂

Your silhouette is drowned by the night.

Look at the peach flowers, what kind of outcome would they reveal?

As I watch you, hug me, my gaze is as still as the moon,

I can only allow you, to find happiness in another's arms.

ài zhe nǐ， xiàng xīn tiào， nán chù mō

愛着你，像心跳，難觸摸

huà zhe nǐ， huà bù chū nǐ de gǔ gé

畫着你，畫不出你的骨骼

jì zhe nǐ de liǎn sè， shì wǒ děng nǐ de zhí zhúo

記着你的臉色，是我等你的執着

nǐ shì wǒ， yī shǒu chàng bù wán de gē

你是我，一首唱不完的歌

Loving you, is as natural as a heartbeat, despite its intangible nature.

When I try to draw you, I'm unable to draw your bones.

I memorize your features, because I can't give up waiting for you.

You're the song, that I can never finish singing.

kàn bù chuān， shì nǐ shī lùo de hún pò

看不穿，是你失落的魂魄

cāi bù tòu， shì nǐ tóng kǒng de yán sè

猜不透，是你瞳孔的顏色

yī zhèn fēng， yī chǎng mèng， ài rú shēng mìng bān mò cè

一陣風，一場夢，愛如生命般莫測

nǐ de xīn， dào dǐ bèi shén me gǔ hùo

你的心，到底被什麼蠱惑

What I can't see through, is your disappointed soul.

What I can't make out, is the color of your eyes.

A gust of wind, a night's dream, love is as hard to predict as life,

What exactly is keeping your heart bewitched?

nǐ de lún kùo zài hēi yè zhī zhōng yān méi

你的輪廓在黑夜之中淹沒

kàn táo huā， kāi chū zěn yàng de jiē gǔo

看桃花，開出怎樣的結果

kàn zhe nǐ， bào zhe wǒ， mù guāng sì yuè sè jì mò

看着你，抱着我，目光似月色寂寞

jìu ràng nǐ， zài bié rén huái lǐ kuài lè

就讓你，在別人懷裡快樂

Your silhouette is drowned by the night.

Look at the peach flowers, what kind of outcome would they reveal?

As I watch you, hug me, my gaze is as still as the moon,

I can only allow you, to find happiness in another's arms.

ài zhe nǐ， xiàng xīn tiào， nán chù mō

愛着你，像心跳，難觸摸

huà zhe nǐ， huà bù chū nǐ de gǔ gé

畫着你，畫不出你的骨骼

jì zhe nǐ de liǎn sè， shì wǒ děng nǐ de zhí zhúo

記着你的臉色，是我等你的執着

nǐ shì wǒ， yī shǒu chàng bù wán de gē

你是我，一首唱不完的歌

Loving you, is as natural as a heartbeat, despite its intangible nature.

When I try to draw you, I'm unable to draw your bones.

I memorize your features, because I can't give up waiting for you.

You're the song, that I can never finish singing.

nǐ de lún kùo zài hēi yè zhī zhōng yān méi

你的輪廓在黑夜之中淹沒

kàn táo huā， kāi chū zěn yàng de jiē gǔo

看桃花，開出怎樣的結果

kàn zhe nǐ， bào zhe wǒ， mù guāng sì yuè sè jì mò

看着你，抱着我，目光似月色寂寞

jìu ràng nǐ， zài bié rén huái lǐ kuài lè

就讓你，在別人懷裡快樂

Your silhouette is drowned by the night.

Look at the peach flowers, what kind of outcome would they reveal?

As I watch you, hug me, my gaze is as still as the moon,

I can only allow you, to find happiness in another's arms.

ài zhe nǐ， xiàng xīn tiào， nán chù mō

愛着你，像心跳，難觸摸

huà zhe nǐ， huà bù chū nǐ de gǔ gé

畫着你，畫不出你的骨骼

jì zhe nǐ de liǎn sè， shì wǒ děng nǐ de zhí zhúo

記着你的臉色，是我等你的執着

wǒ de xīn， zhǐ yuàn wéi nǐ ér gē shě

我的心，只願爲你而割捨

Loving you, is as natural as a heartbeat, despite its intangible nature.

When I try to draw you, I'm unable to draw your bones.

I memorize your features, because I can't give up waiting for you.

You are the only one, I'm willing to part with (cut out) my heart for.

Happy reading~

Chapter 204: I've Already Tolerated You for a Long Time

Ning Shu replied 'oh,' then proceeded to tidy up the room a little. As she wiped off her sweat, she heard a sound come from the bathroom door and turned around to see that the school doctor uncle had finished his shower.

She hastily covered her nose in fear that her blood would spurt out. The school doctor uncle had walked out with only a bath towel wrapped around his waist. Furthermore, the towel was wrapped very loosely so his enticing V-line and b.u.t.t crack was faintly visible.

Those long legs, that muscular body… Ning Shu's throat was starting to feel dry. Although this body was a young girl, Uncle, you still shouldn't be so casual!

The school doctor uncle used a small towel to wipe his wet hair, causing his damp hair to fall over his forehead in a casual and s.e.xy way.

Ning Shu: …

f.u.c.k! She really wanted to just push this guy down!

The school doctor uncle saw that Ning Shu was staring blankly without moving and furrowed his brows. "Why are you still hanging around instead of showering? Don't you know how dirty you are? I've already tolerated you for a long time."

Ning Shu: How could you say this to a lady?

For better or for worse, she was a woman, even though she was a little young. However, the school doctor uncle didn't seem to treat her as a woman at all and completely treated her as a kid.

Ning Shu humphed. Although this body was young, her mental age was likely larger than his!

She went into the bathroom and saw that there were a lot of bath products laid out on the stand. Did all of this belong to the school doctor uncle?

Her impression of the school doctor uncle was once again corrected. This guy's obsession with cleanliness was beyond salvation.

Ning Shu took a nice and comfortable bath while enjoying the nice fragrances. When she came out, she purposefully walked around in front of the school doctor uncle a couple times.

The school doctor uncle glanced at Ning Shu, then frowned. "Why are you still so ugly even after getting clean?"

HIs tone sounded so incredulous and disdainful that it made Ning Shu's knees hurt. Uncle, couldn't you consider the person's feelings before speaking?

It was too hurtful, too much of a burn.

Her heart felt really tired.

"Do you know how to cook?" The school doctor uncle asked Ning Shu.

Um, uh. Ning Shu looked at the school doctor uncle blankly for a moment, then said bashfully, "Uncle, I don't know how to cook."

The uncle responded with incomparable contempt. "Aren't you a special agent? If your mission was in a more extreme place without food, do you plan to just starve to death? I've never seen a special agent as weak as you."

What the f.u.c.k? Was the uncle enabling comments mode? He criticized every bit of her from her very toes to the very ends of her hair. At the end of it, his conclusion was: she really was very trashy.

In the end, when the school doctor uncle saw that Ning Shu seemed completely unconcerned, he put on clothes and prepared to head out. "I'm going to go find some food. Don't run around, otherwise you're on your own if someone decides to kill you."

Ning Shu nodded as she wondered, was the uncle heading out to rob someone again?

After a while, the uncle returned with a bag of stuff over his shoulder. Even the way he carried groceries was very cool looking.

Ning Shu took the bag from him and opened it to discover that it was rice. "Where did you find this?"

"Someone gave it to me," replied the school doctor uncle indifferently as he patted the dust off his clothes.

There were barely any resources left in this apocalypse world, who the h.e.l.l would give you things!?

"Cook," said the school doctor uncle to Ning Shu.

Ah, um. Ning Shu froze. She had spent half her life in a hospital. She had never cooked in the task worlds either. Could it be that she was about to [get] a new skill?

#comment: The school doctor uncle is definitely trying to seduce our not-very-innocent little Ning Shu! Definitely!!

Some explanations:

Knees hurt = can't stand = about to kneel to the person.

Most Chinese manga have a switch for toggling on and off comments, and those comments would show up on the page as you read if you have the option enabled. Chinese comments are usually very humorous and oftentimes a little snide.

[get] is in English and the author was trying to make it look like a game notification.

Happy reading~

Chapter 205: Phoenix Had Feelings for the Uncle

In the end, Ning Shu didn't cook. The school doctor uncle had glanced at Ning Shu's worried expression and said, having you cook is just wasting food.

So the uncle had ended up cooking and even made steamed meat. The meat was cut so evenly it looked like it had come out of a mold.

The uncle's OCD sure was serious.

Ning Shu ate so much rice and meat that she burped continuously. She felt so moved that she was about to cry. The apocalypse world was too tormenting. When she was a little princess, what delicacies hadn't she tasted? Yet this meal seemed much more delicious.

After eating compressed biscuits for so long that her taste buds had practically died, the taste of rice and meat that was dripping with oil was so delicious that Ning Shu wanted to throw her integrity away and hug the uncle's thigh.

The uncle didn't touch the meat and just slowly ate the stir-fried vegetables. His movements were unhurried and elegant, causing Ning Shu to look like a ravenous wolf in comparison.

The school doctor uncle furrowed his brows as he watched Ning Shu eat ravenously. When he saw that her face was covered with oil, his lips twitched and he turned his head away. He couldn't bear to watch anymore.

After Ning Shu finished eating, she put the bowl down and belched in contentment. As she gave the uncle a thumbs up, she said, "Uncle, you're sure amazing. You know how to steal cars, dissect people, and can even cook." Ning Shu abruptly froze. She had accidently let slip the things that had happened in the school campus world. She glanced at the uncle and saw that he didn't seem to be listening, then sighed in relief.

The uncle sure was amazing! The only thing was that his mysophobia and OCD was a little severe, and that his tongue was a little too poisonous.

It was a good thing she had strong mental strength and could ignore all of the uncle's stabs.

The school doctor uncle narrowed his eyes and s.h.i.+fted towards the side. "Can't you talk to me after you wash your face?"

Ning Shu: …

This was the one annoying part about the uncle.

She went to the bathroom to wash her face but before she even finished, an ear-piercing siren came on. It was so loud it felt like her eardrums were about to burst.

Ning Shu hastily left the restroom and asked the uncle, "What happened?"

The uncle furrowed his brows as he said, "Zombies have come to attack the base. Gather your things and let's go fight the zombies."

"I need to go too?" Ning Shu asked as she pointed at herself.

The school doctor uncle rolled his eyes at Ning Shu. "Since we're relying on the base's protection, we need show them our value, got it, little girl?"

Ning Shu looked at the school doctor uncle with astonishment. When had the uncle become so sensible?

The siren was getting louder and louder. The uncle handed Ning Shu a gun and said, "Be careful, don't rush into the zombies. You don't have a special ability so don't rush off to die. No matter how strong you are, you won't be able to beat so many zombies."

Ning Shu accepted the gun. When she heard what the school doctor uncle said, she patted her chest and said confidently, "If there's danger, I'll run right away."

The school doctor uncle: …

The sounds of the siren was getting more and more urgent. The uncle and Ning Shu headed out, only to b.u.mp into Wolf and Phoenix who were staying next door.

Wolf remarked tauntingly, "Lower cla.s.s people who don't even have special abilities want to fight against the zombies? Don't end up becoming zombies."

The school doctor uncle simply swept a cold glance over him. Wolf instantly reacted by releasing his ability and staring guardedly at the uncle.

The uncle gave a cold humph, then pulled Ning Shu by her elbow as he walked past Wolf and Phoenix.

It sure was despotic enough.

Wolf's expression became very unsightly when he realized that he, as an ability user, was actually afraid of a lower cla.s.s person that didn't have an ability. It was truly shameful.

Phoenix looked at the school doctor uncle who was still wearing the same black windbreaker. Everything about him was attractive, his only shortcoming was that he didn't have a special ability. However, in this apocalypse world in which the strong made the rules, just being attractive wasn't enough. Strength was a must.

The thing that infuriated Phoenix the most was the fact that this lower cla.s.s person actually exhibited no interest in her but treated Daisy so well. How was Daisy anywhere near as good as her?

Phoenix, who has always been compet.i.tive, had tasted defeat when facing the school doctor uncle, so it ended up making her care even more about the uncle. She wanted to make him fall for her in order to wash away this defeat.

In short, Phoenix had feelings for the uncle.