一个误会
我和小林是十年的朋友。
Xiaolin and I had been friends for ten years.
去年我们差点儿因为一件小事不再来往。
Last year we nearly stopped speaking over something trivial.
事情是这样的。
It happened like this.
那天我在群里看到一条消息，说我做事不认真。
That day I saw a message in a group chat saying I didn't take my work seriously.
发消息的人用的是小林的名字。
The name on the message was Xiaolin's.
我当时非常生气，直接把她的微信删了。
I was furious and deleted her from WeChat there and then.
她给我打电话，我没接。
She rang me and I didn't pick up.
三个月过去了，我们一句话也没说过。
Three months went by without a word between us.
后来有一天，另一个朋友告诉我：那天小林的手机被弟弟拿去玩了。
Then one day another friend told me that Xiaolin's phone had been taken by her younger brother that day.
那条消息是她十四岁的弟弟发的，本来是开玩笑。
The message had been sent by her fourteen-year-old brother, as a joke.
我听完以后，坐在那里很长时间说不出话。
After I heard that I sat there for a long time unable to speak.
我很后悔，也很不好意思。
I was full of regret, and ashamed.
那天晚上，我给她发了一条很长的消息，向她道歉。
That night I sent her a long message apologising.
她只回了四个字：“早就没事了。”
She replied with four words: "It was fine long ago."
从那以后，我学会了一件事：先问清楚，再生气。
Since then I've learned one thing: find out first, get angry afterwards.