Twenty-Three Degrees Part 1

Content Summary: Missing

After being locked up at home for four days, Lin Fang was finally able to breathe the outside air. On the first day of his liberation both physically and mentally, he first went to a luxury store to buy the latest season’s bag and then drove to his girlfriend’s school.

Looking at his girlfriend who was ecstatic about the gift, Lin Fang was not very happy and was thinking about when to break up.

Even Xiang Shaoyuan was able to go out that day, so they decided to take advantage and rip him off.

After all, he was the source. If he hadn’t fought and hit people who shouldn’t have been hit, they wouldn’t have been punished.

It’s just that the list of names of the victims who were eating out was not complete, and no one was able to get in touch with Wei Congying.

In the private room of a tea house, Lin Fang was cracking melon seeds while scrolling through his phone: “He’s not answering the phone, it can’t be that he’s still locked up at home, right?”

Jiang Xuyang shook his head: “No, he was messaging me a few days ago.”

The melon seeds in Lin Fang’s hand were gone. When he reached out to grab another handful, he found a blood blister had appeared on his lower lip and tossed them back in their bowl. He picked up the teapot and added some water to the slightly cold teacup, puzzling over why a person that could be contacted a few days ago suddenly couldn’t be contacted when Lin Fang was finally ‘free’.

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So the group of friends started calling the auto shop, but no one at the auto shop had seen him.

Lin Fang also went to Wei Congying’s apartment and knocked on the door, but no one opened the door.

They felt it was impossible for Wei Congying to still be locked up in his family home, but the group of friends still drove there out of concern.

Coincidentally, it happened to be dinner time when they arrived, and it seemed like they were deliberately looking for a free meal.

Lin Fang waited for Jiang Xuyang to pull over the car, unbuckled his seat belt and prepared to get out of the car. As soon as the car door opened, he leaned forward but was pulled back by a hand.

Lin Fang looked at Jiang Xuyang doubtfully. The person in the driver’s seat looked forward and reminded him: “Look.”

Outside the car, a girl about their age was wearing a stewardess uniform, holding a suitcase in one hand and a big-name shopping bag in the other.

They knew that person.

Lin Fang watched the girl walk into the old house of Wei Congying’s family: “Shoot.”

Isn’t this the daughter of Wei Congying’s father’s unforgettable first love?

No need to think about it, Wei Congying was definitely not inside.

But since he’s not here, where could he go?

Jiang Xuyang fastened the unfastened seat belt again, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong: “It can’t be that he’s still making love, right? That would kill someone, right?”

–

Shi Yun was sleeping in the dormitory when she received a call from Xiang Shaoyuan. It was a while before she recovered from her surprise. Did she sleep for twenty-four hours after staying up all night? It was as if there was a huge gap in her memory. Why did Xiang Shaoyuan call her?

Furthermore, the voice on the other end of the phone still didn’t seem to be Xiang Shaoyuan’s.

Her roommate was woken up by her cell phone. Shi Yun was lying on the bed with her phone on the side of her face and her eyes closed.

The phone was hung up.

Shi Yun turned over, and the phone slipped from her face. Shi Yuan, who was in the bed next to her’s, reached through the mosquito net and patted Shi Yun’s pillow, raised her head from her pillow, and said in a very weak voice: “Are we going to be asked to go to the laboratory again? Or are we doing something else?”

Shi Yun felt that her soul was still drifting through dreamland. Listening to Shi Yuan’s words, she felt as if she had answered, but the dormitory was quiet. She suppressed her fatigue for the time being, and in a weak voice, she reluctantly replied: “No.”

Shi Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. Her neck could no longer support her head. She lay down heavily and said, “That’s good.”

It’s not a lecture, it’s not a class meeting, it’s not something happening in the laboratory, it’s not something happening in the hospital…

It was her boyfriend who was missing.

Yes… Wei Congying was missing.

Suddenly, Shi Yun’s sleepiness ran away. She picked up the phone again and looked at the call history. Xiang Shaoyuan had called her a minute ago. It was not a dream or hallucination.

Yes, they said on the phone that Wei Congying was missing.

It took Shi Yun three minutes in total from getting up to going out.

When she ran downstairs to the dormitory, she immediately saw the car parked next to the roadblock. Lin Fang stood beside the car with his hands on his hips, looking extremely anxious.

Shi Yun didn’t know where Wei Congying had gone either. For however long it had been since he had contacted Lin Fang and the others, that was how long it had been since he had been in contact with Shi Yun.

Lin Fang asked Shi Yun to get in the car and prepared to go to the auto shop to look for him again.

Shi Yun got into the car and saw Jiang Xuyang fiddling with his phone in the passenger seat. He tilted his head slightly and greeted Shi Yun in the back seat: “No need to go to the auto shop.”

Lin Fang: “Then where do we go?”

“The racing track.” Jiang Xuyang pointed the phone screen at Lin Fang, “The people at the auto shop said Wei Congying drove away on the modified motorcycle four days ago.”

Lin Fang felt a headache coming on when he heard the words “racing track”.

“So, what happened?” Shi Yun didn’t understand why he would disappear when everything had been fine before.

The last time she saw him, he was called back by his grandmother. Shi Yun was catching up on her sleep in his apartment, but the person who originally said he would come back in the evening suddenly could not come back.

The explanation given at that time was that Xiang Shaoyuan had caused trouble, and his father told him to stay at home to avoid the limelight.

Shi Yun happened to be very busy those days, so she didn’t doubt he was there and she didn’t pay attention.

Besides, if Wei Congying stopped talking to her, Shi Yun was more likely to think that he wanted to break up, so she really hadn’t thought much of his disappearance.

When Shi Yun asked this question, neither of the two people in the front row answered her. Mainly, it was because this matter involved the past of Wei Congying’s family, which was the other party’s private matter. In addition, Lin Fang didn’t know if Wei Congying wanted to tell Shi Yun or any others.

But it was not good to ignore Shi Yun. He secretly looked at Jiang Xuyang, and Jiang Xuyang noticed his gaze.

Jiang Xuyang glanced at him: “Just say what you want, besides, you even called her out.”

Translator Corner:

Hello, Merry Christmas! ⁂̊⁑̥⍋ ´•௰•`๑ ⁑̥⁂̊⍋ Two more chapters will be coming out within the next 24 hours.

Hope everyone’s having a lovely holiday. Who’s seeing snow? I wish I was! ⋆͛*͛ ͙͛ ⁑͛⋆͛*͛ ͙͛ ଘ(੭*ˊᵕˋ)੭* ੈ✩‧₊˚⋆͛*͛ ͙͛ ⁑͛⋆͛*͛ ͙͛

She’s tired, I’m tired, we’re all tired. Yawn, I’m off to bed now. Enjoy~