Fourteen Degrees Part 2

Shi Yun thought of the car that she had crashed that day. After wiping off the sweat mixed with rain on her face with two tissues, she was afraid to disturb him while driving but still wanted to ask about it. However, she held back until he drove the car into the underground parking lot.

His apartment was very close to Shi Yun’s university.

Few young people bought apartments in the old campus area. She didn’t know why, and Shi Yun didn’t ask.

When the car was parked and she got off, Shi Yun saw the familiar car parked in the parking space next to it. The white marks left by the scratches on the side of the car were particularly eye-catching against the black paint.

After Wei Congying got off the driver’s seat, the elevator was in his direction. He stood in front of the car and waited for Shi Yun to come over, and saw her looking at the car beside him: “I’ll send it to be repaired in two days.”

Shi Yun walked around the front of the car to his side.

She didn’t know if all the underground garages were like this. It was stuffy to begin with, but now because of the rain, it gave a misconception of it being difficult to breathe.

It had been several years since the community was built. The elevators were not new, nor was it a one floor per household layout.

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There were two doors for getting out of the elevator, and he kept to the right.

The door on the left still had a faded “福” character on it¹[1] 福, pronounced, fu, stands for blessings. Good luck, and good fortune., but his door had nothing but the house number. Wei Congying walked in the front and opened the door. After taking off his shoes, he put Shi Yun’s bag on the cabinet next to the entrance, and squatted in front of the shoe cabinet by the door to look for slippers: “There are only men’s slippers.”

As he spoke, the slippers he took out from the shoe cabinet were placed on his feet, and the pair outside the cabinet was left to Shi Yun: “Lin Fang has big feet; you can wear mine.”

Shi Yun had sandals on. When she walked over to his car, her feet were wet by the rain. She took the bag on the cabinet and followed him inside.

The air conditioner in the living room had been kept on, and the cool air brushed over her face.

His apartment was similar to a show apartment, but there was little furniture.

But there were a lot of things in the living room, one side was a decorative wall composed of acrylic shoe racks. There was also a display cabinet full of Gunplas² [2] Gunpla is an extremely popular line of mecha model kits that are made by Bandai. The name of the line comes from a portmanteau of the words “Gundam” and “Plastic Model (Plamo)”, and Gunpla are poseable model kits that are based on the various mobile weapons of Mobile Suit Gundam franchise, mainly the Mobile Suits. Gundam is a Japanese multimedia, sci-fi space opera franchise that began in 1979 with the premier of the original TV anime series, Mobile Suit Gundam, basically, the Star Wars of Japan – Credits to Manpig’s Collection and nashville.org, and the other wall had a bookcase.

The books on the bookshelf were arranged according to the nationality of the authors, and there were even a few certificates of charity contributions and a baseball on a bracket.

Shi Yun looked around and saw the Gunpla parts on the coffee table in the living room. He was probably in the middle of putting it together before he left. Shi Yun’s short sleeve was not completely dried, and Wei Congying didn’t go straight to the coffee table to continue putting together the model after coming back, but instead walked to a door, and turned the doorknob: “The bathroom is here.”

Shi Yun thanked him and walked in. When he heard the polite words, he smiled and said nothing.

The bathroom was not big.

Men’s toiletries were placed next to the sink and the toilet seat was turned up. A few bath towels and a set of jet-black pants and jacket were left in the laundry basket. The bathroom was clean and there was no bad smell.

She had already taken a shower in the dormitory, so Shi Yun simply took a shower and changed the wet short sleeve shirt on her body.

The shower gel was lemon-scented, and after carefully smelling the scent under the showerhead, it seemed that this scent already existed before she got in.

By the time she finished taking a shower, the heavy rain in the capital was still ongoing

When he heard Shi Yun coming out of the bathroom, Wei Congying was sitting on the carpet and fixing his model. Looking up, he saw that she had on a very common pajama style of short sleeves and shorts.

She didn’t go directly over to him, but stood in front of the display cabinet and looked at the Gunpla on the wall: “So you’re a glue guy³[3] Glue guy is internet slang for Gundam model enthusiast. As for why it’s glue and not model, it actually can mean both, model guy and glue guy. The literal meaning of the characters of the term Jiaolao is plastic guy since the models are made of plastic. But the plastic, jiao, is referring to model, so you can also translate it to model guy. Last but not least, since the quality of domestic China’s models can be poor, model enthusiasts will use glue to fix parts, hence the other translation of glue guy. On a side note, this was an interesting article I happened on regarding the woes of glue guys. Link here. Source credits: Baidu.”

Wei Congying felt that she probably had some knowledge in this aspect, otherwise she wouldn’t know the term glue guy, and looked up at her: “A fellow enthusiast?”

“No.” As she said that, Shi Yun stood in front of the display cabinet and turned to look at him: “Is there a hard edge? Do you need me to polish it for you?”⁴[4] Oftentimes, people will sand or polish the edges of their model parts to improve the joint connections. This point is mentioned in the link included in the previous note.

Wei Congying’s hand shook when he heard her words.

These words were too lethal. For a glue guy, it was equivalent to a woman saying she wants to eat, then a man preparing her lunch and milk tea, thus conveniently helping her skip the plot of Ganlu Temple in “Empresses in the Palace”⁵[5] Empresses in the Palace, also known as The Legend of Zhen Huan, is a 2011 C-drama adapted from a novel of the same name. The Ganlu Temple scene mentioned is a scene considered to be very awkward by many viewers and is often skipped. In fact, there was (I don’t know if it still exists.) a certain thing you could click to skip the Ganlu Temple scene and go to the part where the FL returns to the palace. So, the meaning of this comparison is that her words helped them skip the awkwardness of a non-nerd talking to a nerd. by the way.

Wei Congying slowed down, looked up at the person in front of the display cabinet not far away, and suddenly recalled the reason he asked for her number to begin with.

Shi Yun was indeed a very beautiful person; there was a little charm mixed in the pure and fresh aura she gave off, and the few moles on her face only enhanced that charm. Her black hair was a little loose; beauties with temperament were the deadliest.

Wei Congying looked at her, then raised his hand and patted the cleared space between his legs: “Come here.”

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Translator Corner:

Jeez, it’s been years since I watched The Legend of Zhen Huan with my family. For those who are curious about the scene and why so many prefer to skip it, you can read more here. Here’s another article with a different perspective.