The day he saw her，he was seventeen，
Her parents lived in another city，and she stayed with hergrandma and a cat. People called her“Kitty”，she called him“Uncle”--he was her father‘
The first time he saw her，she was sitting in a large bed alone，leaning forward，surrounded by a circle of postcards. He listened to her mumbling of stories she made up by herself，
She was alarmed and lifted her head，her large eyes were filled with hostility. For a moment he was mesmorized by those eyes，bright，lonely eyes，
She avoided his hand with pride. He smiled. Kitty，Kitty，I come to rescue you. She stared at him with distrust，
Moments after staring at each other，she gave in，and placed her tiny fingers in his palm. He said to himself，Kitty，Kitty，I am going to take care of you,for my life.He became her father and playmate in the days afterwards. He played games with her，
One day he noticed her fear of water，
He took off his shoes，stepped into shallow water,teasing her. With hesitation，she took his hand，so he led her into the pond，step by step. Her little feet turned red in the freezing water，
At that moment，
She did not attend her primary school entry exams until she was seven. The nights before her entry exams，he taught her maths，and play her Guitar after lessons. She loved the song“Return to Sorento”，so she asked him to play again and again，
That day he was waiting anxiously outside the exam hall，and finally he saw her came out of the door，
Uncle，she said，play me the song“Return to Sorento”？
He didn‘t visit her often after her parents returned to Shanghai. Years later，he got married，the bride also had large and bright eyes，
He didn not see her much since he got married，and since she grew up. The only chance he could meet her was on grandma‘s birthday parties. Always with her long and straight hair，and still a quiet girl，every time she touched his heart with those large，innocent eyes. His wife never stopped talking to him，so he could hardly find any chance talking to her，
He knocked. The door was not locked. He heard“come in”，and carefully stepped in. The room was a bit gloomy，but it was tidy. He saw her ironing her boyfriend‘s clothes，one by one，carefully，
He was hypnotized by her movement，and almost felt like he returned to the day when she was a child，sitting in a circle of postcards，almost in solitude，waiting for his rescue. He could not help reaching out his hand，trying to touch her smooth forehead. She lifted her head，whispered the word“uncle”，and continued with her work. He noticed the picture of her boyfriend on her desk，a cool looking man，cleanly shaved face，
Somehow he was worried. He couldn not help imagining that she sacrificed her lectures to stay in the house，cleaning，ironing，cooking dinner，and waiting for her boyfriend‘s return. Afterall，it was sad that a girl would lost herself for a man，but he couldn’t find a word to say. He had been her uncle，her only kin，and only lover. Now she had grown up，
She finished her ironing at dusk，and began busy with preparing dinner. She shyly invited him for dinner，
Well，as long as she‘
She seemed so happy，with a man strange to him. He was only her uncle. He was going to fade away from her life. He was going to disappear from her life，
He wandered hours in the street before he finally walked home. His wife would never know，why he kissed her eyes when they made love. Those bright eyes，
He was in a lecture for a law school when he received the notice. Without a word he dashed out，
He ran as if his life was depending on it. My Kitty，my angel，
She was in hospital. He was afraid that he would never see her again. Her boyfirend had left her，
He saw her parents waiting by a door. He threw the door open，and there was his Kitty，under a white sheet，black hair spreading all over the pillow. He approached her. She opened her eyes，whispered“uncle”
Kitty，Kitty，Uncle is here，
She gave a pale smile，
He promised to himself，he would take care of her for his life，
He read her boyfriend‘s files，and found that he was only a rascle living on girls. The man cackled when he found him,“Hey，she wanted that way，she’s men‘s slave by nature.”
He slapped that handsome face，only received another cackle，“Go ahead，I owe her anyway.”
The handsome face saw something in his eyes，“You love her……you sure you are her uncle？”
She was released from hospital a week later. He took her to his place rightaway. Her parents agreed，in fear that her boyfriend might show up again. His wife quietly took care of her. He knew his wife noticed something，as he can see from her eyes，
He did not know how to explain，that his heart was occupied by a girl，since she was five，
Eventually she left. In a sunny afternoon，
Goodbye uncle. I‘m pregnant，it’s his baby. My baby will need a father，I‘
He looked up and saw the pots steaming on the stove，the clothes she aired at the balcony were still damp. He could almost smell her in the room，but he knew she was gone. He could no longer find strength in his legs，so he sat down on the floor，
He remembered his cats when he was a boy. Cats always ran away，most of the time they returned，until one day they didn‘t. She was a cat，
Three years later，however，he received her call. Uncle，she said，would you come and pick me up？
He saw her in Guangzhou，together with that handsome face. That punk dumped her again，and made her a prostitute，until she was sick and weak，and could no longer satisfy those men. He saw them took her out. She could barely stand，only those bright eyes on her withered face stared at him. A little girl stood next to her. He tried to step closer，but was stopped by the man，
“Fifty thousand dollars and they are yours. Both of them. No discounts.”
He looked at her，she whispered“uncle”. He remembered his promise，and nodded at the man，
“I need some time for the cash.”
He heard the familiar cackle，“I can wait but she can‘t. Shes sick you know.”
He flew back to shanghai the same night to prepare the cash，and returned three days later with the amount. The man gave him a disdainful smile，“You are late. The price was just raised to a hundred thousand.”
He could not possibly have that kind of money，
He looked at her，she smiled weakly，“Uncle，take my daughter. I am not going to make it anyway.”He turned to the little girl. She had her eyes，bright，large eyes. He remembered those eyes again，eyes of such a little girl，reaching out her hand with hesitation. He was her only kin，
He had nothing to lose now，
The gun was stolen from a policeman friend. He knew the law well，and he knew the consequences. But he must save her，he must. His life was destined to be insaparable with this woman，
He aimed and pulled the trigger，in the orange flashes he saw people dodging and scattering，he saw Kitty‘s eyes wide opened，
He kept firing. Die，you bastard，die，you ruined her life，you ruined my love‘s life，
A body collapsed in front of him. He somehow enjoyed looking at the twisted face. Kitty，Kitty，Uncle has come to rescue you. He can‘t hurt you anymore，
His finished his clip and the last round in the chamber. There was dead silence，
He had some very good lawyer friends，
Kitty did leave him，
Before she died，she placed her fingers in his palm. “I am leaving，uncle. Sorry I didn‘t listen to you.”
And he remembered her，sitting in a large bed，
And he smiled，Kitty，Kitty，
She believed and gave him her hand. He did not save her，
She whispered，Uncle，could you take care of my daughter？
She sighed，Uncle，I always wanted to listen to your “Return to Sorento”……pity……
Another three years passed. He received his parole，
When he saw her，she was sitting on a stool，
He said，
The little girl turned to him，
When he felt her fingers in his palm，he asked，hey，what‘s you name？
She said，
Olivia……he struggled with a smile，
She forgave him afterall……
A few days later，he visited her grave with the child. Her photograph was right on the gravestone，
He turned to the child，young Olivia looked up shyly，
（FIN）
- translated by SerpentBlade，22 Oct，
