This story was hosted a long time ago on the internet. If this ever gets big I'll track down the original author. I've changed a lot of things though.
fēn shŏu (分 手) The Breakup
hěn wǎn le。
很晚了。
It was deep in the night.
tā， yīgèrén zuò zhe。
他，一个人坐着。
He was sitting all alone.
zhuō shàng shì kōng jiǔ píngzi。
桌上是空酒瓶子。
There were empty wine bottles on the table.
tā hé tā fēnshǒu yǒu shí gè xiǎoshí le。
他和她分手有十个小时了。
Ten hours had passed since the two of them broke up.
tā zhǐ juéde yè hěn cháng, yě hěn liáng。。。
他只觉得夜很长, 也很凉。。。
He only felt the night was too long, and too cold …
ér tā， zhèng zuò zài huǒchē shàng， xiǎng zhe tāmen
fēnshǒu de xiàwǔ。
而她，正坐在火车上，想着他们分手的下
午。
And she, who was riding on a train, was thinking about the afternoon that they broke up.
bù jìde tāmen wèishénme zhēngchǎo。
不记得他们为什么争吵。
She couldn’t remember how the fight started.
kěshì tāmen dōu hăn chū le” fēnshǒu” liǎng gè zì。
可是他们都喊出了“分手“两个字。
However both of them tossed out the word “breakup”.
jiù zhèyàng， tāmen yǐ fēnshǒu gàobié。
就这样，他们以分手结束了三年的爱情。
Just like that, they broke up and ended their three years’ relationship.
Words used
jiǔ | 酒 | Wine
píngzi | 瓶子 | Bottle
