When I heard you say it was raining in Berlin, Yu Shu suddenly thought of the sea many years ago.
Four years ago, Yu Shu's father was taken away in a seaside accident, leaving her trapped in constant tinnitus ever since.
It's loudest when it's quiet.
When I think about that day, it almost engulfs the whole world.
She was used to enduring it, used to treating the roar as punishment, used to pretending that everything was normal in the bustling world.
Until Cen Yao appeared.
He taught her to distinguish between the sound of wind, rain, waves and heartbeat,
Teach her to re-capture reality from the noise,
Also teach her to admit that she is still worthy of being loved.
Many years later, on the day the cochlear implant was turned on, the engineer asked Yu Shu what he wanted to use to test the sound.
She said, "Track number seven."
That was a track she had not dared to open for ten years.
It was also the best voice he could hide in her future.
German translator × otolaryngologist
Purpose: Learn to perceive the world again amid trauma and distortion, and admit that you are still worthy of being loved.
