Chinese online short story 罪恶有痕 Traces of Sin 35 (Intermediate to Advanced)

A knock on the door raised the alarm to Zhuang Liqun while he was hiding in his rented room. Then it turned out to be …

[simplified Chinese]
罪恶有痕 35

 

听起来是房东的声音，但庄立群希望他赶快走开，他已经交够四个月的房租，完全没有再跟房东打交道的必要。

门里门外都沉默了有十秒钟的功夫。庄立群突然有了一种不祥的预感。

随即，一声爆响，门被猛地撞开来。庄立群还没来得及看清门外人的脸，就被人迎头一击，按倒在地，动弹不得。

“小心有枪！”

话音刚落，庄立群的手腕就被人狠命一扭，完全没了力量，手一松，枪被人夺了去。

顿时，他的周围多出了好几个人。

他勉强转了转脖子，看清按倒他的是两个全副武装的警察。

“完了。” 他心里一沉。

 

[vocab table]

 
Simplified Chinese     Traditional Chinese     Mandarin Pinyin     English Definition

随即
   

隨即
    sui2 ji2     immediately; following which;

动弹不得
   

動彈不得
    dong4 tan5 bu4 de2     not capable of moving

勉强
   

勉強
    mian3 qiang3     to do with difficulty; reluctant

武装
   

武裝
    wu3 zhuang1     arms; equipped

 

[pinyin]
 zuì’è yǒu hén 35

 

tīngqilai shì fángdōng de shēngyīn， dàn zhuāng lì qún xīwàng tā gǎnkuài zǒukāi， tā yǐjīng jiāo gòu sì gè yuè de fángzū， wánquán méiyǒu zài gēn fángdōng dǎjiāodào de bìyào。

mén lǐ ménwài dōu chénmò le yǒu shí miǎo zhōng de gōngfu。 zhuāng lì qún tūrán yǒule yīzhǒng bùxiáng de yùgǎn。

suíjí， yīshēng bào xiǎng， mén bèi měngde zhuàng kāi lái。 zhuāng lì qún hái méi láidejí kànqīng mén wàirén de liǎn， jiù bèi rén yíngtóu yī jī， àn dǎo zàidì， dòngtanbudé。

“ xiǎoxīn yǒu qiāng！”

huàyīn gāng luò， zhuāng lì qún de shǒuwàn jiù bèi rén hěnmìng yī niǔ， wánquán méile lìliang， shǒu yī sōng， qiāng bèi rén duó le qù。

dùnshí， tā de zhōu wéi duō chū le hǎojǐ gèrén。

tā miǎnqiǎng zhuàn le zhuàn bózi， kànqīng àn dǎo tā de shì liǎng gè quánfùwǔzhuāng de jǐngchá。

“ wán le。” tā xīn lǐ yī chén。

 

 

[traditional Chinese]
罪惡有痕 35

 

聽起來是房東的聲音，但莊立群希望他趕快走開，他已經交夠四個月的房租，完全沒有再跟房東打交道的必要。

門裏門外都沉默了有十秒鍾的功夫。莊立群突然有了一種不祥的預感。

隨即，一聲爆響，門被猛地撞開來。莊立群還沒來得及看清門外人的臉，就被人迎頭一擊，按倒在地，動彈不得。

“小心有槍！”

話音剛落，莊立群的手腕就被人狠命一扭，完全沒了力量，手一松，槍被人奪了去。

頓時，他的週圍多出了好幾個人。

他勉強轉了轉脖子，看清按倒他的是兩個全副武裝的警察。

“完了。” 他心裏一沉。

 

[English translation]
Traces of Sin  35

 

 

The voice sounded like the landlord. However, Zhuang Liqun wished he could have left sooner. He already paid up to four months of rent. There’s no need to deal with the landlord again.

There was a moment of silence on both side of the door. He suddenly had a premonition that things would go wrong.

The door was forced open following a deafening bang. Before Zhuang Liqun could get a glimpse at the intruder he had been pressed down to the ground and couldn’t move at all.

“Be careful of the gun!”

What followed the voice was a powerful twist of his wrist that forced him lose the grip of the gun. It was then snapped off his hand.

He struggled to turn his neck and only found out the two men that were holding him down were fully armed police.

“I’m toasted.” His heart sank.