Twenty Degrees Part 2

And to top it off, she was criticized. The way the instructor looked at her was akin to how everyone was discussing maple leaves and sweet-scented osmanthus. She was good at theory and simulated surgery, but she couldn’t do it when actually facing the patient.

Witnessing her mother’s death in front of her, but being unable to do anything at that time, Shi Yun was constantly bound by that sense of powerlessness.

When the mind is shackled, one loses all strength and capability. This was the horror of the psychological shadow.

After being criticized by the instructor, she still has to go on duty.

She was accompanied by Shi Yuan.

They were both people who had fallen to the ends of the world but it was somewhat comforting to see that there were others who were also suffering hardships; though Shi Yun didn’t have much to say to Shi Yuan.

Her good relationship with her was limited to comparing her to the others in the dormitory.

For dinner, the two of them did not eat together. Shi Yun brought a cup of coffee back from the convenience store, and when she went to change in the locker room, he saw Shi Yuan hiding inside and eating Chinese crepes¹[1] Also known as Jian Bing or Jian Bing Guozi, it;s a popular breakfast sold at street stalls in China. It consists of a wheat and grain-based crepe, egg, deep-fried crackers, two to three savory/spicy sauces, scallions, and coriander. Source: Red House Spice .

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After all, everyone who has calculated the possibility of retirement still went into the clinic the next day as usual and continued diving into the laboratory at night.

She was no exception.

And so was Shi Yuan.

The night shift wasn’t too busy. When Shi Yuan entered the on-call room³[3] Sometimes referred to as the doctors’ mess, it is a room in a hospital with either a couch or a bunkbed intended for staff to rest in while they are on call or due to be. Source: Wikipedia with a pair of rabbit eyes⁴[4] The rabbit eyes are a metaphor for how her eyes are bloodshot., the seniors saw her and ended up inviting everyone to drink milk tea, which could be regarded as an encouragement to the younger generation.

Shi Yun had coffee so she didn’t drink it, but she was dragged out to go bring in the takeout delivery by the embarrassed Shi Yuan.

The takeaway guy in yellow clothes was striking and conspicuous enough even at night. When Shi Yun was fetching the takeaway, her phone rang.

It was Wei Congying.

He called and cut straight to the chase, asking if she was in the hospital or in the laboratory.

After learning that she was on the night shift today, he hung up the phone without saying anything else.

Shi Yun put away her phone. There were no clouds tonight, the Mid-Autumn Festival was approaching, and the moon was getting rounder and rounder. She had heard that benefits would be distributed this year, but she didn’t know if they would receive any.

Shi Yuan’s bad mood came and went quickly, she had already brought back the two bags of milk tea from the takeaway boy’s incubator box, and handed a bag to Shi Yun, looking at the takeaway boy who was leaving, Shi Yun Yuan suddenly sighed: “Maybe their salary will be higher than ours in the future.”

It was very likely.

However, the way the world worked was that others would envy you for your impressive occupation, and in return, you would envy how others were making a lot of money working an unskilled job.

If Shi Yuan was really asked to deliver food, she would realize how tough it was to deliver food on windy and rainy days.

People were always envious of this and that, but the number of matters that Shi Yuan envied was a little much.

For instance, boyfriends.

Before the elevator came, Shi Yuan leaned over and held Shi Yun’s arm affectionately: “Did your boyfriend call you?”

Shi Yun didn’t like to talk about Wei Congying with others, so she only hummed in response.

“Is he coming to see you? Maybe to bring you supper or something?” Shi Yuan shook Shi Yun’s arm, “It’s so romantic.”

Shi Yun didn’t think so: “The chances of that happening are lower than that of him coming to the hospital to see a doctor.”

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But later on, Wei Congying really did go to the hospital.

It was to see a doctor.

But it wasn’t for him, it was for Xiang Shaoyuan.

Jiang Xuyang and Wei Congying were the ones who brought Xiang Shaoyuan to the hospital. They were waiting outside the debridement⁵[5] Debridement is the removal of damaged tissue or foreign objects from a wound. room until, after waiting for a long time, the two went outside to smoke.

When Shi Yun sneaked over, the two of them were standing under the overpass, breathing out clouds of cigarette smoke.

After not seeing each other for a few days, he was now wearing long sleeves.

And how much did Wei Congying like black? On his upper body was a jacket with some racing suit elements, his pants were black overalls, and his shoes were black and white sneakers.

As if he feared being discovered at night.

The osmanthus tree swayed, and the fragrance wafted in the wind, blowing away the white smoke beside him.

He stood there with his back to Shi Yun. The moon was very bright today, and there was a street lamp not far away. In short, he was very eye-catching in Shi Yun’s eyes.

He held a cigarette between his fingers and stood face-to-face with Jiang Xuyang. The two of them were smoking. She didn’t know what the two of them were talking about but their expressions weren’t very good. Jiang Xuyang ended up indicating with his chin in Shi Yun’s direction which made Wei Congying turn his head doubtfully.

Shi Yun and he met each other’s eyes, Jiang Xuyang opened his mouth, but Shi Yun couldn’t make out what he said because they were too far away. Jiang Xuyang then put out his cigarette, turned, and walked into the emergency building.

She walked over, her stride not too long. Wei Congying smoked half a cigarette in a few puffs before she came over.

The smoke rings he blew out were swept away by the evening breeze, and the baby hairs on his forehead were ruffled by the wind. The smoke and wind blinded him, making him squint his eyes in response.

Shi Yun walked a few steps before him and stopped: “Why are you here?”

Wei Congying lowered his head and put out his cigarette before she came over: “Xiang Shaoyuan drank too much at the bar and got into a fight.”

The author has something to say:

My poor kids(the ML and FL), seeing everyone call out for them to break up in the comments every day.

No one interacts with me in comments, yingyingyingyingyingying (crying sfx)

Notes:

[1] Also known as Jian Bing or Jian Bing Guozi, it;s a popular breakfast sold at street stalls in China. It consists of a wheat and grain-based crepe, egg, deep-fried crackers, two to three savory/spicy sauces, scallions, and coriander. Source: Red House Spice

[2] To be struck by lightning is a metaphor that is often used to curse the other to not die a peaceful death. It comes from A Dream of Red Mansions.

[3] Sometimes referred to as the doctors’ mess, it is a room in a hospital with either a couch or a bunkbed intended for staff to rest in while they are on call or due to be. Source: Wikipedia

[4] The rabbit eyes are a metaphor for how her eyes are bloodshot.

[5] Debridement is the removal of damaged tissue or foreign objects from a wound.