" Nee-chan, what are you doing? " my sister asked dubiously as she spotted me zoning out by the window.

“妮酱，你在做什么？”姐姐看到我在窗外走神，疑惑地问道。

Otherwise, if I zoned out in the heat, this list would never be anything more than incoherent scribbles, and by the time school was back in session, I'd be left with nothing but my regrets.

否则，如果我在炎热的天气里走神，这份清单就只会是一些不连贯的潦草的东西，而当学校重新开学时，我除了后悔之外什么也没有。