“我才没有后悔！肃静！下面由我来献给蒋轻欢女士一首诗人纪伯伦的《我曾七次鄙视自己的灵魂》。”陆小满双手举起四方沙发抱枕挡住自己红通通的脸光脚站到蒋轻欢正对面。

Seven times have I despised my soul——Kahlil Gibran

The first time when I saw her being meek that she might attain height.

The second time when I saw her limping before the crippled.

The third time when she was given to choose between the hard and the easy, and she chose the easy.

The fourth time when she committed a wrong, and comforted herself that others also commit wrong.

The fifth time when she forbore for weakness, and attributed her patience to strength.

The sixth time when she despised the ugliness of a face, and knew not that it was one of her own masks.

And the seventh time when she sang a song of praise, and deemed it a virtue.【1】

陆小满粉扑扑的脚趾头不安地轮番抠着木纹地板，四方抱枕后面传来听感舒适极了的美音朗读，蒋轻欢平日里一向偏爱优雅内敛并且极富节奏感的英音，如今陆小满这慵懒随意的美式腔调竟也听得相当习惯，相较于传统意义上字正腔圆饱含深情的中国式朗诵，蒋轻欢更倾向于陆小满这种似对话又似讲述一般的自然朗读。

《我曾七次鄙视自己的灵魂》恰是蒋轻欢大学时候最喜欢的一首诗，过往人生中无论身处困境时亦或是云开雾散后，蒋轻欢总喜欢透过一遍又一遍阅读这首诗来审视自己。

“朗读得很棒呀，陆小满同学。”蒋轻欢听罢朗读过后拍手称赞，随后又道：“明天我要听中文朗读，题材要比这首更贴近现实生活一点点，体裁不必拘泥于诗句，小说选段、散文……只要是你觉得能入眼便可，如何？”

“当然没问题，为了赢得这张入场券我会拼尽全力。”陆小满光着脚丫噗通噗通地跳过一块块地板，似个淘气孩子一样扑到蒋轻欢身前。

“小满啊。”蒋轻欢沉默许久之后低声唤一句陆小满的名字。

“嗯？”沉浸在思索当中的陆小满闻声抬起头眸若清泉般地仰望着蒋轻欢。

“你大概是上天派过来陪伴我的吧。”蒋轻欢目光顷刻柔软了下来。

“不，我是循着你的琴声自己找来的。”陆小满把头轻轻一歪靠在蒋轻欢肩头咯咯笑道。